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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1911
Page
8
A satirical piece from a Denver Post artist recounts the Greeley convention visit with humorous digs at local officials, residents, and booster mood. It lampoons hospitality, lodging, and the city’s boom with playful, non-graphic jabs and colorful locals.
Notice sets February 4 1911 meeting at 822 Ninth Street Greeley Colorado for stockholders to elect a board of directors and transact other business. Secretary Harry L Dowell signs January 19 1911. Mr and Mrs George Conant of Wampa attend convention as guests of Mr and Mrs R D Thompson.
A 19th century portrait describes marijuana use among Mexican peons. It claims agua miel fermentation plus smoking cannabis creates delusions of vast enemies, exaggerated fear, and violent behavior ending in arrest. It notes insect eating, pulque worms, and distorted animal sizes as part of the effects.
The Natchez built in Cincinnati and captained by T. P. Leathers raced the New Albany vessel Robert B. Lee commanded by John W. Cannon. The Lee beat the Natchez by thirty three minutes to set a new 1,278 mile record, attracting fifty thousand spectators and a banquet in Cannon's honor.
Harvard man at a Cambridge dinner recounts a Philadelphia ball anecdote about sailors and a silver caster misnamed as a chandelier. A waiter jokes that the crew’s education differs, and the sailor persists insisting to fetch the item.
A humorous exchange notes a woman fretting over debt and its effect on her nerves while her husband also suffers. A friend mentions an attempted loan of a hundred dollars, illustrating the pervasive worry over money in their circle.
A brief exchange notes that proposals arrive not in words but through sighs, haws and gurgles, reflecting humorous wit from the Cleveland Leader.
A humorous exchange cited from the Boston Transcript features a pun about grandmothers losing teeth and eating, with a line about a biting tongue and a joke between Willie and a parent. The quip lampoons family talk and wordplay.
A quotation from Locke on education as the path to refinement and thoughtful character. The text emphasizes reading as a key companion to reflection shaping a gentleman.
Colorado Agricultural College conducts experiments comparing whole cut and ground alfalfa hay for steers lambs and hogs. Three steer lots, three lamb lots, and four hog lots test ground hay versus whole and cut forms to determine nutritive value and cost effectiveness for farmers. Results will guide on grinding economics.
Harper's Weekly describes a brown wren of Canary size building an elaborate six by two foot platform nest in a small horizontal branch tree. The bird constructs a dome shaped nest with thorn thick walls and a crooked tunnel leading to a thorn fenced gateway to protect its eggs or young.
Brander Matthews and Francis Wilson dined at the New York Players club and drafted a letter to Mark Twain, guessing his Europe location. Twain replied within weeks, saying he was indeed there, with the chainmail post route passing through Harper & Bros., Chatto & Windus, a Vienna bank, and a town in Austria.
A Nuremberg correspondent notes drastic German adulteration laws after a French friend sent four bottles of burgundy. He pays 24 pence for two analyses, receives certificates, and learns two bottles must form the basis of each analysis, leaving him with unused wine and empty bottles.
A short guide on using self suggestion to induce sleep. It outlines relaxing the body, embracing a sleep posture, and repeating a calm formula to overcome fear of insomnia and promote rest. The piece warns against anxious thoughts that block sleep and emphasizes mental calm and relaxed breathing.
The sister of Simon Newcomb recalls their father John Newcomb’s search for a wife guided by theory. He stays at farms to study daughters, helps with chores, and judges thrift and education. A misjudged suitor angle ends when a candidate leaves dough for a horse, revealing thrift as the decisive flaw.
In El tham England a Sunday sermon on Who art thou prompted a uniformed officer from the Sixteenth regiment to interrupt. He explained he was on a recruiting party with his wife and family and wished to meet local clergy and gentry. The disruption unsettled Dr Beadon and the service ended early.
A 300 year old Newark custom recalls merchant Gofer who got lost in a forest one October. Hearing Newark bells, he found his way home and left funds for ringers to play on Sunday nights each October and November.
In a 1895 letter to Mr. Klein Adelina Patti notes turning fifty two the previous month and continuing to sing every year since age seven. She jokes about being a wonderful little woman as Musical Life in London recollects.
A Washington Star excerpt notes Pufferton as having a supercilious manner. Mise Cayenne agrees he cannot say a pleasant day without seeming patronizing the climate.
A Philadelphia Bulletin blurb recalls a humorous exchange about a mock menu quail, with a deanery waiter insisting the quail was never on the bill of fare and calling the note a fancy touch.
Wilbur F. Cannon Colorado Pure Food Inspector toured the Greeley grocers convention praising the town as a food standard and stressing compliance with the pure food law. He plans a Denver speech and faces a later court appearance in a Denver case alleging a state pure food law violation.
A public health notice urges prompt attention to kidney discomfort and urinary changes. Local resident Mrs. T. L. Travia of Greeley Colorado endorses Doan's Kidney Pills from Gilbert Drug Co. as effective for backache and kidney pain. Sold by dealers 60 cents. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY agents. Remember the name Doan's.
A Rexall 93 Hair Tonic advertisement touts restoring hair from bald heads by destroying germs at the scalp and stimulating roots. It promises relief from scalp irritation, dandruff prevention, and no staining, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Available in 50c and 1.00 sizes at Gilbert Drug Stores Rexall Stores.
Public sale notices list numerous farm auctions in Colorado towns from January to February. Items include horses cattle hogs alfalfa hay farming outfits and machinery with locations near Bracewell Milliken Greeley Beebe Draw Ault Windsor and Ault areas. Watch bulletin grow.
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