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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1891
Page
3
The Tribune Almanac for 1891 is the largest issue yet, with 858 pages of facts, figures, and historical sketches. It includes party platforms, congressional bills, electoral data, divorce and marriage laws, voter qualifications, and athletic records, priced at 25 cents per copy.
The Secretary of War releases the court of inquiry on the Wounded Knee battle. General Miles condemns Colonel Forsyth as negligent and incompetent while General Schofield endorses the regiment’s conduct as commendable. Secretary Proctor and the President sustain the decision.
Admiral David D Porter, son of Commodore David Porter, born June 1813 near Philadelphia, entered the navy in 1829 and rose to rear admiral in 1863 and admiral in 1870. He commanded mortar boats at New Orleans in 1862, led gunboat flotillas on the Mississippi, aided Grant at Vicksburg, and directed naval actions at Fort Fisher. Grant called Fort Fisher’s assault the era’s most formidable armada. Porter later served as vice admiral and then admiral. Denver Times.
Pythian Sisters claim temples in sixteen states including Indiana Ohio Illinois New Hampshire Massachusetts Texas California Arkansas Missouri Kansas Minnesota Tennessee Rhode Island Iowa New Jersey Pennsylvania with hopes for Maryland and nationwide recognition. Missouri grand lodge meets in St Joseph October 1891. yearly membership up 2674, relief payments 6873.21 burial costs 1583.50. Oregon forms Pythian presence. Sydney Australia lodge forming. Arizona towns host strong lodges. Tucson No 9 largest town lodge. Sioux Falls contemplating endowment section. Omaha Gauntlet No 47 thriving. Mystic Tie in New Orleans enlarges journal. Rome Georgia Pythians strong. Georgia workers active.
John J. Davis of Pittsburgh born 1844 rose from clerk to assistant city comptroller in 1878. He led several fraternal orders and benevolent societies, served as supreme recording scribe of the Ancient Order Knights of the Mystic Chain, and was urged as a Pittsburgh mayoral candidate.
The grand secretary of New Hampshire reports 10 805 members in 78 lodges with 316 growth and 38133 30 in relief. Rebekah branch lists 5546 members in 38 lodges with 2830 sisters and 2716 brothers. Canada sent twelve representatives. Juniata lodge Raymond NH buys land for a new season. Halifax lodges initiated 108 members. Lincoln chosen for Odd Fellows orphans home in Illinois. town donates 40 acres and locals pledge about 70000. Chicago hosts 70 lodges. California has 27475 members and near 250000 annual revenue. First encampment dated June 1 1827, now 2100. Alabama Grand Lodge repeals ban on soliciting outsiders.
A poem by Eugene Field reflects on chasing odd relics in London shops with a refrain of being broke in the fall of years. The piece blends antique items with personal longing and rueful humor, ending with a playful aside about a serenading youth in Washington Post context.
A lyrical portrait extols a woman famed for blue eyes and rosy cheeks likened to lilies and roses. The verse praises her beauty and sweetness while noting she owns Old Colony stock and a Waquoit cranberry bog, inviting suitors to win her hand.
John Kendrick Bangs captures a child obsessed with writing gear. The boy ignores a rubber ball horse dolls and cars, instead spending every hour near a pen and ink, leaving toys neglected in a quietly humorous scene from Harper's Young People.
A nineteen month old fraternal order with more than 13 000 members holds a reserve fund of 275 000 dollars. The group added 1 202 members last month and has paid out over 90 000 dollars in sick benefits.
Deputy supreme president Laessig says the Mutual One Year Benefit order exceeded 11 000 members on January 1 and continues to grow.
A clever Utica youth aspired to be a letter carrier but forfeited that dream after secretly distributing his mother’s old love letters to neighbors. The incident, reported by the Columbus Enquirer Sun, suggests no further pursuit of the carrier trade by the boy.
The order reports rapid growth with forty new lodges formed in Maine over the past nine months, reflecting expanding membership and regional activity.
Richard H. Titherington in Munsey's Weekly presents a playful verse describing a lover's plea through garden imagery. The speaker likens the beloved to a queen among flowers, praising her beauty with lilting botanical metaphors and requesting her affection.
A Barrow Shipbuilding vessel built for Antwerp carries petroleum in bulk challenging traditional oil transport. Vessels for palm oil fail due to corrosive attack on steel. Persian bulk oil use on the Caspian since 1760 cited. Electric lighting and safety measures aim to reduce fire risk amid inherent dangers.
In a dialogue recorded by Youth's Companion, James Howy known as the Ettrick Shepherd, discusses salmon habits revealing Scottish metaphysical thought. He asserts ilka saw mon returns to spawn, while a friend questions how a fish navigates turbid waters to its birth river. The exchange blends natural observation with wonder at instinct and memory.
The New York Journal notes telpherage or electricity driven parcel conveyance along overhead wires is largely experimental in the United States. In South America a 186 mile line links Buenos Ayres and Montevideo with 19 mile La Plata wire swing. Two 270 foot towers mark the start and mail boxes will run every two hours between the cities.
Principal elevator builders in New York adopt multipolar low speed motors to run hydraulic elevator pumps. Some motors connect directly to screw shafts of passenger elevators while others power elevators via belts. Motors feature self oiling bearings and self feeding carbon brushes to reduce attendant maintenance troubles.
Dudely Canesucker entered a Broadway restaurant and ordered fried calf brains. After a long wait he asked for updates, only to be told there are no brains left. The waiter, with a somber look, tells the patron there aren’t any brains at all.
A Brunswick Telegraph note recalls loggers in winter writing letters on birch bark. They used copperas as ink and partridge quills as pens, a common practice sixty years ago in logging swamps.
A New Yorker worth 25 million says he found the most comfort when his wealth counted about half a million. A man with a million enjoys far more comfort than a 75 millionaire, yet bears far fewer cares and anxieties. Stop at a million, advises the piece.
A New York Weekly item notes a baby was dropped by a clerk at a shop prompting a whispered exchange between a mother and her child about the incident. The line suggests a casual, grim moment in a humorous column.
Rochester figures including Dr J B Henson and Mr Warner advocate that Brights disease is kidney failure and can be cured by Warner's Safe Cure. They cite personal illness, expert analyses, and rising deaths from kidney disorders to urge direct kidney treatment.
The Blaine reports highlight James G. Blaine advancing a new thesis on trade with Brazil. The dispatches praise his foresight and diplomacy, noting no opposition as he moves forward, described with confident terms by the Chiccavo Evening Journal.
The through car service between Denver and Chicago via Union Pacific and Chicago and Alton railways offers unmatched comfort. Magnificent Pullman sleepers dining cars and chair cars run daily through without change from Denver to Chicago via Kansas City.
Advertiser praises Dr Cube Cough Cure as the sole cure for whooping cough and effective for colds and consumption with no opium or chloroform. It claims relief in one trial and sells for 50 cents at druggists. Ely's Cream Balm is endorsed by opera singer Wm H Hamilton for rapid relief from influenza and catarrh improving voice.
The Union Pacific expansion cuts the old Cheyenne to Douglas stage line, opening access to Wyoming’s mineral lands. Fast trains arrive with better service and lower rates, reshaping travel and commerce in the region.
The advertisement describes liver complaint and biliousness with symptoms such as coated tongue bad breath dry skin yellow eyes and dull right side pain. It claims Dr Gunn's Improved Liver Pills can cure these forms and ward off lingering sickness. Sold at 25 cents a box by F Fezer.
The ad promotes the Wabash Line for travel to many eastern principal cities, highlighting free reclining chairs on all trains, through Pullmans from Roey mountain region points, and dining cars on all trains, with C. M. Hampson as Commercial Agent in Denver.
Beginning Sunday February 1 1891 a through Pullman palace sleeper will operate from Salt Lake City and Ogden to St Louis via Denver and Kansas City on the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific lines.
The Great Burlington Railroad marks eight years in Denver with three daily through trains to Chicago and two to St. Louis. Trains offer dining cars Pullman sleeping cars and coach seating, with solid vestibulated cars and modern improvements. Colorado Headquarters listed as 1700 Larimer Street, Denver.
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