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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1904
Page
2
A Vienna suburb Leopoldstadt flood left residents hungry after the bridge was washed away. Emperor Francis II boarded a bread laden boat and rowed to the opposite shore urging courage. His act inspired others to brave the ice and deliver relief to the starving crowd.
A witness describes a porcupine attacking a blacksnake on a road. The hog bites the tail, rolls into a spiny ball, and endures repeated strikes as the snake wounds it. After the snake tires and bleeds from spines, the porcupine rolls over the snake to disembowel it.
A West Indian sea captain in New York surveys pianos for his wife describing a shiplike piano with black walnut hull, iron frame, steel rigging and reinforced planking. He notes dimensions including six feet one inch taftrail length, thirty eight inch beam, and fourteen inch hold with sturdy clews and battens for protection against a ten year old boy or a cyclone.
The Tucheler Haide, the largest continuous distinct forest district in west Prussia, spans thirty five square miles and shows large temperature swings. Snow extends to May and night frosts occur in early June. Prehistoric remains from late stone and Bronze ages are found. Inhabitants work mainly in forestry and farming. Polish is prevalent though German is widely understood.
Bragge reports to the East India Company in 1621 a price for cats and dogs used to control rats in Bermuda. The entry notes 20 dogs and many cats as rat control, with cats valued at 5 pounds each and dogs priced at 100 pounds 0s 0d. The account implies cats were sacred for protecting Bermuda’s fruit and produce from rat damage.
A humorous dialogue unfolds as a patient asks what the surgeon will do with a saw. The physician answers with a grin that he will “see if I can saw where your trouble is,” highlighting the comic exchange in the hospital setting.
A witty exchange unfolds as a weather observer defends accuracy against a skeptic who mocks forecasts, arguing that published mistakes would paint a favorable record for their work. The banter reflects newspaper-era tone and civic interest in forecasting.
In a Bits item, Algy jokes about Miss Haughtie being reserved, noting Reggie has “reserved her for life” after outings on the river. The exchange highlights flirtatious banter and social maneuvering in a light column.
In a brief social vignette Celia asks Delia about a theater trip. Delia confirms going, noting the Jones family fell ill and passed their tickets, while Mrs Brown lent her a new hat for the outing.
The average coffee tree in Honduras produces half a pound of beans.
The Paris police, famed for wit and disguise, use informers and many motor cars to pursue crimes. A Versailles chateau burglary shows their pursuit by automobile followed by arrest and seizure to La Fourriere. The piece notes the Surete’s diverse methods and trophies collected from police work.
A Scots professor mocks students for neglecting observation. He reveals the finger he tasted came from his mouth, not from the gallipot, showing how misperception hides in plain sight.
The passage recalls a historic Australian gold rush when offices emptied and ships rotted at anchor. Prisons were left unguarded, streets unpatrolled, and officials playsed menial roles. Geelong had a single servitor with a missing leg, and people slept in open streets and improvised shelters. Convicts robbed and slaughtered. Hulks overflowed with prisoners.
A gigantic Japanese spider crab on display at the American Museum of Natural History is described as the world’s largest crustacean. The specimen measures twelve feet with a body about half a bushel in size and eight elastic legs, with two massive pinching claws that could encircle a man.
Great Britain and America lead in deep sea measuring. More than half the seafloor rests at depths just under three miles. A south Atlantic trench covers 7,000,000 square miles or 7 percent of the globe, while the Indian Ocean hosts many deep holes among known bottom features.
The article describes a “diamond ink” made from fluoric acid and barium. The barium acts as a bodying powder with no effect and brushes off after fifteen minutes, leaving a design on glass when stamped with a rubber band stamp.
Davis notes that animal movement includes parachuting mammals flying squirrels and various birds reptiles and flying fish. The list also features spiders and flies as kite fliers in natural history observations.
A wry exchange features a wife calling out her husband as he laments the marriage. She recalls his earlier insults while he admits it was foolish to wed. The playful dialogue centers on animal nicknames and a comic marital misstep.
A playful note questions if big ears signal generosity and suggests nature itself embodies generosity, attributed to Puck. The exchange contrasts belief and wit with a whimsical observation about character traits.
A Carlyle remark highlights nature as the enduring force shaping poets and poetic imagination. The line frames nature as a primary influence guiding creative expression and literary form.
A writer notes the remarkable quickness some people have in distinguishing tiny sounds like a flea’s movement. Kirby and Spence mention a woman who could hear a flea on her nightcap, clacking as it steps. The piece compares evidence from animals and insects about sensing vibrations over distances.
Longman's Magazine explains that red green and violet are primary color sensations. It notes blue can emerge from violet and green, yellow from red and green, and discusses how light and pigment interactions affect perceived colors with water causing green not from blue and yellow pigments.
The article explains that clothing conveys metaphorical warmth or coolness, while fur and wool affect heat mainly as insulators. Fur and wool are poor conductors not due to thickness but because trapped air between fibers acts as a strong nonconductor.
The article describes a Russian wedding with brides men presenting sweets to bridesmaids. A personage carries a Christ picture placed near the altar. Bridesmaids dress variably in number, unlimited. The bride’s nurse oversees moving her dowry and is key on wedding day. A family relative pays the priest’s fees and many assistants share duties.
The article lists nettle species from the East Indies and Timor. Urtica stimulans and Urtica crenulata cause intense hand swelling lasting weeks. Urtica urentissima, known as Daoun setan or devil's leaf, grows in Timor and can produce effects lasting a year and has caused death.
The first actual electrical communication occurred in 1787 when French philosopher Lamond connected two electrical machines in different rooms by wire. He and his wife used moving pith balls to spell letters, enabling regular conversation.
Mr Near questions a novelty counter display as the salesman demonstrates a compact coin holder for carrying loose change. Mr Near quips that he never has loose change and moves on past the display.
Dialog sounding like a domestic scene with Mrs de Firm fearing a marriage to a domineering young man. Mr de Firm reassures that he will not mistreat their daughter and notes she takes after him.
The Washington Star quotes a studious girl praising beauty as lovely but not enough. Miss Cayenne responds that true accomplishment is the hardest form of beauty, highlighting inner merit over appearance.
A well to do Berlin gentleman fought a skittish horse past a repaired road with a dike and a single board sign. He asked a nearby policeman to hold the horse but the officer refused. The driver complained and the reply claimed the policeman was trained in infantry not cavalry and could not guide the animal.
The long women’s riding coat was popularized at Versailles by Madame de Pompadour as the correct hunting party attire. Her influence led the court to adopt the practical coat in bright velvets and galloon embroidery, a fashion carried into the era of Madame du Barry with portraits showing the velvet hunting coat and a powdered wig.
The article recalls Mile Bertin, Marie Antoinette’s milliner, who gained prominence after the queen waved to her from a Paris balcony in 1779. Bertin’s interviews with the queen boosted her shop, and she adopted royal language to describe her clientele, prompting a famed public distinction.
In Hare's narrative a one legged woman becomes the third wife of a wealthy widower. She discovers two cork legs labeled with other women's names, panics, and questions relatives who explain that the prior wives also wore artificial limbs and the husband swore to marry only one legged women.
A reflection on education as awakening and empowerment rather than mere accumulation of facts. It argues that some men possess knowledge yet lack education, while true education elevates the mind, broadens vision, and enhances enjoyment.
A humorous quote notes a boy described as a genius for his vast appetite. He prefers sleeping in the garret, walks in his sleep, tries to kick footballs at the stars, and climbs trees upon seeing a bailiff approach, drawing Atlanta Constitution amusement.
A humorous Chicago Tribune exchange shows an apartment hunter refused rooms due to the agent noting the hunter’s lack of family and an elderly, childlike relative living part time with them. The agent hesitates to grant the housing.
In a Chicago Record-Herald excerpt, a woman sighs relief as flames consume what was left of her home. She notes the old Bible bearing her birth date is gone, marking an end to a personal keepsake amid the blaze.
Scotsman to porter commends service and offers a pinch of salt as a humorous tip after lengthy luggage handling.
A Beecher quotation notes that education changes outward size and form but not the essential character of culture. It contrasts growth in scope with fundamental type. The remark reflects on how learning reshapes perception without altering core culture.
Two men summoned for being drunk faced dismissal after their solicitor tried to read a doctor’s letter as evidence. The opposing solicitor objected, and the court ruled the letter inadmissible though evidence was insufficient. The doctor’s note stated both defendants were very drunk.
A magazine editor paid subscribers twenty pounds for the best true answer to what was the most important act of life. Most replies described deeds, except one who wrote being born. A second query offered twenty pounds for what is the most important act now, with the winner replying breathing.
A Cornhill Magazine writer notes etiquette in a French children handbook. Pupils are warned against phrases implying intimacy with addressees and should separate titles from objects like cheese and calf s head. Tourists are advised to keep definite phrases balanced to preserve entente cordiale.
An artist recalls illustrating a publication with a story of a brave Texan cowboy who lifts a fair maiden to the saddle front and kisses her before riding away. He notes the risqué image and jokes about sitting on the saddle horn.
The National Magazine recounts Senator Hoar boasting that he pulled wires to get Thucydides honored on the Worcester public library facade, claiming a fondness for the Greek historian and joking about influence used to benefit a point of literary recognition.
The piece notes that Indians are a poetical people with rivers named in expressive terms. Examples include Mississippi meaning father of waters Minnehaha meaning laughing water Horusa tonic winding waters Horicon meaning silver water and Ohio meaning fair to look upon.
A humorist recalls being advised that a mother-in-law joke would sell, but after marriage he finds she is no joke at all. The Cleveland Leader notes the shift in punchlines from old business lore to personal life.
The New York Press suggests taxing excessively fat people as a cure for obesity. It argues the tax would motivate them to work off excess flesh by worrying about the financial burden.
In a Boston Transcript snippet, Eunice laments lacking appropriate attire while Uncle George notes her gowns are always in fashion, highlighting a tense, humorous domestic moment.
The Atchison Globe notes that the average woman sacrifices much for peace, a sentiment implying men typically shape decisions. The remark frames gender roles in political and social conflicts, reflecting prevailing attitudes of the era.
Several large land deals closed recently. McClenahan and Woodbury sold half section on Lone Tree Creek to Stuckey and McLaughlin of Denver for 23000. Robert Jones ranch of acres south of Greeley sold to John S Flower of Denver for 17000. Albert Busse ranch west of Greeley changed hands for 9000 to Byron Newton and Son. Reey place west of Evans sold for 4000. Sam Huffsmith farm southeast of Evans brought 7200.
Found one set of store teeth. Tribune office urges owners to claim them. transfer arranged privately if desired. Secrecy promised to prevent further loss and ensure rightful ownership.
Notice to shareholders announces the annual meeting of Little Thompson Reservoir Water Supply Company at the secretary’s office in Greeley Colorado on January 1905 at 10 o clock a.m. for electing a board of directors and other business. Voter proxies invited signed W R Adams secretary.
The secretary of the Hillsborough Extension Dil company at Greeley Colorado announces a meeting on January 3, 1905 at 2:00 PM to elect a board of directors and conduct related business. Attendance or proxy submission is requested.
W S Bailey of True, Texas writes his wife was paralyzed for five years before using Ballard’s Snow Liniment, which supposedly cured her. He also recommends it for sores frostbites and skin eruptions. Sold by J F Fezer for 2 50c and 1.00.
Notice to stockholders of the First National Bank of Greeley Colorado announces annual meeting to be held at the bank on Tuesday January 10 1905 between 10 a m and 4 p m for electing seven directors for the ensuing year and consideration of such other business as may properly come before the meeting J M B Petri kin cashier
The Knutsos publicly thank all who assisted during their bereavement and those who sent flowers. May they receive blessings from the one who heals broken hearts.
Tuesday night the city council weighed adding precincts as three wards may split into two voting districts each. The judiciary committee holds the matter with no definite action yet. A subdivision map for the west town by Patton Parkman was rejected for lack of street allowance aligning with Fifteenth Avenue. Only minor items occupied council time.
An old box advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE as a quick cold cure with a promise to refund money if it fails. The copy mentions a signature from someone named rove or 9 rove’s signature and implies a money‑back guarantee per box.
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