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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1886
Page
3
A poem fragment questions peace as a deep sleep beyond turmoil and a tranquil scene with green fields and sky. It ponders whether peace lies in love near, in whispered sounds, or in a life of selfless rest amid global strife.
A Colorado Sunday School committee inspected 150 acres near Palmer Lake for permanent Chautauqua grounds. Dr. W. Finley Thompson owns the land and plans include an amphitheatre style tabernacle a hotel and cottages with sales proceeds funding park improvements. The project aims to draw summer visitors and families with low fares while the Prenger Rio Grande cooperates.
The piece discusses gold's devaluation as a global currency after California mines expand. It cites Holland Belgium and France moving away from gold, urges rapid gold investment into real property, and warns of heavy losses if held. Terrace Lake excerpt notes a basin lake with a 400 foot precipice nearby. The Queen quotes 1637 banquet orders from an English publication detailing progression of dishes and sequence for a formal meal.
The piece recalls the Dover Illinois strike of 1827 28 at Cocheco mills with American girls turning to factory work. It describes gate rules forcing late workers to the counting room and pay cuts, a mass walkout, and a brief resolution before later tensions between agents James F. Curtis and Joseph Arch. It moves to Arch’s Norfolk England home life and library reflecting labor union and reform era figures.
The quinquennial census shows 45 towns above 50 000 inhabitants in December last, up from 41 in 1880, with 21 exceeding 106 000. Cities like Dusseldorf Berlin Magdeburg Chemnitz Nurnberg Hamburg and Leipsic rise over 14 percent while Kiel Dortmund Mannheim and Karlsruhe gain more than 15 percent. Danish population up 5 percent and Memel falls about 45 percent.
Comic captioned scene shows a barber puzzled by a shave or hair cut, with a character asking how much and the barber replying he must ask the boss. The dialogue mirrors Harper’s Weekly style and humor.
A jumble of old anecdotes features a Montclair boy bargaining about goats in New York, a moral from Ananias and Sapphira, and a Louisiana style joke about Horace Greeley. The piece closes with a tale of Josh Billings and travel through mud in Skowhegan.
Brown announces a fresh line of goods from New York with ready to wear prices and promotions. Pants start at seven dollars and suits at twenty eight dollars, inviting customers to visit and compare value.
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