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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1904
Page
6
In Egypt, partners Taha Ali and Ahmed Hamad dispute a partnership fund. They seek a fakir who uses a religious water bread ordeal. After both share the bread and water, Taha Ali falls ill and dies. Ahmed Namad is implicated, but no medical position is found.
A minister known as an emphatic preacher struggles to weight his statements. He trails off with "as true as the night after day" and "as true as spring buds" before finally claiming "as true as the member on her way to church." A lady in the aisle later elicits a smile from the congregation, turning to laughter that is quickly tempered by sympathy.
Tennyson tells Mr James Knowles how he was offered the poets laureate seat through Queen Victoria s favor for In Memoriam He dreamed Albert kissed him then faced a choice two letters one accepting one declining lay on his table and he chose after dinner with port.
Verax in London News criticizes the word microscopist for its difficult articulation and awkward derivation. He argues the term should be broken into micro scopist with stress on the first syllable for ease and sense amid many similar words.
A writer notes that trees follow a law where each twig takes its thickness from the stem and that human anatomy mirrors these proportions. The piece claims arms measured fingertip to fingertip determine leg length, with other measurements similarly proportional.
A sassy passenger questions why tickets must be bought before boarding. The conductor replies that the rule exists to prevent delays if the train runs off the track. This exchange appears in New York Weekly.
A brief dialogue from Stray Stories features a man and woman debating half truths in a witty exchange. He accuses women of believing the wrong half while she jokes about not trusting more than half of what she hears. The vignette captures light social humor.
A chronicle bachelor asks the silent man if he will marry the best woman. The man replies I did. The exchange ends with a judge’s noting of the opposite decision in a court-like moment.
A three year old nephew tore up a 10 000 word manuscript yesterday. Daisy Cutting How precocious I did not know that he could read. Boston Globe.
The Brooklyn Life column reflects on perception of wealth and meeting life’s crossroads, noting that many recognize being met with circumstances even if they cannot name being well off.
An amusing tale recounts Lady Barker’s first dinner at Simla where servants left windows open. Monkeys outside seized the moment and raided the dining room, shredding glass and china, scattering fruit and sweetmeats, forcing dinner to be deferred while guests waited.
A historical essay attributed to an Indian student portrays the horse as noble yet irritable. It describes riding technique, anatomy, and behavior with period newspaper tone, noting four legs two front two rear and the horse’s instinct to cry for food at morning.
An ancient manuscript cookbook from 1734 presents a fricaise recipe. It directs cutting fowls, seasoning with pepper salt mace nutmeg cloves parsley onion, two hours to marinate, flour, fry in sweet butter, then finish with gravy. Egg yolks nutmeg lemon juice wine heat until thick, then serve hot.
An old Lincolnshire tale recalls a clergyman who lamented lack of appreciation. He recounts that leaving his previous parish he received a real silver salver, only to be outdone by a churchwarden who quips that gold would be better if he ever left Lincolnshire parish.
Mrs. Meeker aged nearly 90 lies seriously ill at home with pneumonia. She has just divided her property equally between her two surviving children, Ralph Meeker and Rose, her longtime companion. Recovery seems slight.
Annual meeting of The Lone Tree Ditch and Lateral company stockholders set for Saturday January 30 1904 at 7 30 PM at the office of A M McClenahan. Purpose to elect trustees levy assessments and transact other business. A A Woodbury secretary Greeley January 19 1904.
The annual meeting of stockholders will be held at Ault hall Fort Collins on Monday February 1 1904 at 9 30 a m for election of a board of directors and to transact such business as may properly come before the meeting G M Houston Secretary Greeley Colo December 31 1903.
Colorado & Southern offers round trips to principal southern resort points with low fares and special rail and water combinations. Details available from T. E. Fisher, General Passenger Agent, Denver Colorado.
Weld County Colorado board minutes cover multiple adjourned sessions from December 1903 to January 1904. It records the three commissioners R W DeVinny C H Rea and Fritz Wattenberg with clerk W R Adams noting claims presented examined approved and warrants drawn, plus adjournments to various dates and a visit to the Greeley hospital and county house.
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