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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1891
Page
5
The notice lists Windsor schedules for a local mail and express service with multiple daily departures. It mentions agents and timing details such as 7 223 p m and 11 12 a m, with exceptions on Sundays.
Windsor correspondent reports muddy conditions from Greeley trip and school illnesses. Local deaths from diphtheria strike the community as May recovers, with skating and ice work continuing on the lake. Cattle losses from ice break and prize essays at the writers contest are noted alongside nearby town updates and social events.
Correspondence from Hichtanpiaker notes Dr. Rankin of Denver will lecture next Tuesday while W. O. Thompson of Longmont speaks this Friday. A mixed musical entertainment is planned for about a month with a chorus of singers practicing now. Captain Nichols hosts a large social with about sixty attendees enjoying music readings and refreshments. Mrs Rankin's scholars have been...
San Quentin convict C R Bachman devised a novel fraud scheme by forging warden authorized documents. Reading envelopes allowed him and two accomplices to obtain forged orders on a life-term inmate’s funds, fooling officers until investigators linked the forgeries to Bachman.
A Kansas farmer in Chicago Times critiques Van Baren Denslow and the New York Tribune on the financial crisis and tariff policy. He argues democracy collapses when lending favors the very rich, urging farmers to resist monopolistic gains and defend liberty against creditor power.
A New York Sun piece observes men increasingly filling roles traditionally labeled as women’s work. It cites California laundries with male shirt workers, male dressmakers and milliners in New York, male nurses, and men in sewing, cooking, housekeeping, boarding houses, hotel services, and steamboat chamber chores, noting strength and artistry factors.
Denver News urges rapid state payment to Greeley for the State Normal School contract and calls for broader funding. Boulder Herald rejects Weld county annexation by Adams county. Durango Herald argues free coinage defeat harms Republicans. Denver Republican backs Australian ballot law and campaign finance disclosure with McKinley bill support.
A promotional passage extols Syrup of Figs as the world’s most pleasant and effective laxative, claiming it cleanses the system gently in spring or any time and noting its growing popularity since first production.
A Chicago Herald letter ponders why women laugh loudly in public in contrast to men. It argues loud laughter hides character, while a brief intelligent gaze and a smile could reveal wit. The piece critiques vulgar, ill bred behavior and warns loud guffaws drown subtle humor.
The piece cites historical wheat production data, noting 1874 yields of 512,760,000 bushels and a peak of 490,500,000 bushels in 1889. It argues that rising population and domestic demand will require higher production, countering the era of surplus. An economist’s view warns the era of heavy surplus production is waning.
Clement Wragge, the meteorologist aboard the Ben Nevis, cast 150 sealed bottle messengers overboard during the voyage from Australia to England in 1878. Only six were recovered, including one drifted 5,500 miles in two years to Mobile Bay after looping from 87°N 38°W through the Caribbean into the Gulf of Mexico.
A western Ontario correspondent notes farmers are moving and politicians should heed their needs for relief from low prices and heavy mortgages. The Patrons of Industry gains traction from Kent to Middlesex as reformers spread, with Sir Richard Cartwright saying farmers are unusually focused on tariff and trade issues after thirty years of experience.
The North Carolina General Assembly adopts a resolution directing U S senators in the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses and representatives to vote for financial reforms outlined by the National Farmers Alliance platform at Ocala in December 1889. A copy of the resolution is to be sent to the state delegation.
The Philadelphia heiress Ava Willing, betrothed to John Jacob Astor, son of the late William Astor, is described with a softly brilliant complexion violet eyes and a charming disposition. The piece praises her natural charm and grace, noting her as a fitting bride for Astor per the St. Louis Republic.
The Augusta Herald reports the same hairpin from car No. 7 on the Turpin hill line again aided the trolley during its trip. The original pin was removed Friday morning and replaced with a purpose made pin, but the old device could have continued to perform the duty for months. Fred Merritt operated the motor switch.
Venetta teasing Beatrice about Charlie’s views on marriage. Beatrice insists he will marry, citing his practical gifts as evidence. Set in Epoch era tone with witty dialogue.
Dialogue notes indicate a housekeeper asks if the milk is Alderney. The milkman replies it is New Jersey milk, and the exchange ends with a favorable remark about the milk. The snippet records a small, everyday exchange reflecting sourcing differences.
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