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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1907
Page
6
The Tribune printed a very small number of copies in 1905 1906 with figures cited as 164 1905 and 196 2200 2500. C H Woare listed as manager.
The Union Pacific construction orders revived after the money panic. Thousands of Wyoming workers return to the Carr-Borie cut-off near Cheyenne and a cut-off near Omaha. Chicago banks resume currency payments and national cities follow, signaling safer business and stock corrections.
The Postmaster General Meyer calls for a postal savings bank along with higher parcel weights and a rural parcel post system. He argues the savings bank would protect savers with government guarantees and keep money in circulation through safe national banks.
The proposal argues direct losses to depositors from money orders would end with a postal savings bank offering two percent interest. It caps deposits at 500 per person over age ten to keep it a true savings bank, appealing to immigrants. Canada’s system handles large sums, prompting urging to Congress and local influence.
The Greeley schoolchildren collected clothing and food for over 100 people this Thanksgiving. The article praises unselfishness taught in schools, notes the bundles gathered by Mr. Tisdel for redistribution, and expresses pride in the children's charitable act and its hopeful impact on future generations.
An advertisement asserts that babies die from croup only after a cold begins and claims Ballard's Horehound Syrup stops the first cough symptom, preventing danger. It notes the product is sold by all drug gists.
A city charity note thanks the school children teachers and Normal school staff for generous Thanksgiving donations on behalf of the city's poor and nearby residents. Signed P A-Tisdel.
A London report recalls Napoleon Bonaparte's early poverty at Vendemiaire and the later pride in lavish dress. He treasured the worn coat brought to Milan and Saint Helena, and popularized a gray ingote and high castor hat once linked to Empress Josephine.
A writer details the leaf cutter bee at work drilling a ten inch deep sand bank hole half an inch wide. It creates about a dozen leaf cell compartments from rose and sweet pea leaves, using jaws and six legs to cut precise shapes. Each piece is carried to the bank, then rejoined with clean cuts in midair.
On January 10 1429 in Bruges Philip the Good issued the decree forming the Order of the Golden Fleece to honor chivalry and heroism. The sovereign’s conduct was subject to chapter review and knights often invoked their dangerous privilege.
A king tested many charioteers by asking how close they could steer to a precipice without falling. One by one they offered distances from two feet to a few inches. The final candidate answered that his duty was to stay as far from the edge as possible, and the king chose him as the safest.
An attorney criticizes overbearing witnesses who bolster evidence with adjectives. He recalls a case where a woman suing for damages described her pain as “condensed” and said she was injured on the left side yet had to sit “teetotally” on the right side, a testimony deemed amusing by the speaker.
Mr and Mrs J B Holland hosted about forty Normal school girls at the Holland farm for Thanksgiving dining and games. Emory Holland opened his farm home as their host due to his parents moving to Greeley. A bonfire and candy hunt preceded a turkey and cranberry feast followed by games and a return ride to the city. The Hol lands have long invited unmarried women from the Normal school without homes to share the holiday at their home.
Greeley reader Mrs. F. M. O'Connor describes back and kidney pains easing after using Dean's Kidney Pills. The ad claims the remedy cures disorders caused by weak kidneys and notes availability at Reynolds Drug Co. and Foster-Milburn Co. as sole U.S. agents. Remember the name Douan's and take no other.
A warning that repeated colds can lead to chronic catarrh and the remedy is Chamberlains Cough Remedy. Mrs M White of Butler Tennessee reports relief and recovery after using it. Sold by all druggists.
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