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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1896
Page
8
Windsor residents cast two hundred seventy two votes as election night results drew dawn. Dr Lovejoy reports birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs I E Stanford on October 31. Tally watchers Seaton and others noted returns into daylight Tuesday.
Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder receives the highest honor at the World’s Fair earning a premier award. The recognition highlights the product’s quality and consumer trust amid competing brands and exhibits.
Election day scenes in Cripple Creek and Windsor prices marked by voter activity and small town life. An obituary honors Mr. Hopkins of St Anthony, Idaho, a founder and respected merchant, with details of his family and funeral turnout.
W M Hopkins longtime Greeley resident died Tuesday afternoon at 3 o clock after a long illness. He was one of the oldest residents in the community and his passing marks the end of an era for local families and institutions. The funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.
The article notes William Jennings Bryan set records in speeches and miles traveled during the campaign. It cites a table listing speeches since early dates, 30 states spoken in, and about 19,023 miles traveled. It mentions many towns visited briefly where words were not counted as speeches.
The Philadelphia Times recounts a Gotham tale of a young man who courted Miss Carrie Astor, became debt-ridden and failed to secure marriage, then vanished from New York. He was seen abroad in various ports and cities, including Rio de Janeiro and Yokohama, before disappearing twelve years ago and never returning to New York. The engagement to Orme Wilson followed shortly after.
A new English study describes Napoleon Bonaparte’s illness and fatigue during the Napoleonic Wars. It notes he suffered a growing malady since 1806, with lethargy and periods of deep sleep during key battles including Wagram Bautzen and Waterloo where he slumbered while events shaped his fortunes.
A German inventor describes a hollow tube house with a water circulation frame. Horizontal and vertical tubes under floors and ceilings heat during winter and cool during summer, maintaining a steady interior temperature by circulating water that changes from about 100 degrees to 40 degrees. The system aims at consistent comfort and efficiency.
In a small Irish town General Vane and his wife face a beggar woman with fresh distress stories as they travel in their carriage. She claims to dream of tea and tobacco payment, and the couple finally grant her the pound of tea and tobaccy after a witty exchange about dreams.
An elderly man and a staff poet banter about free silver and political danger. The poet jokes he will vote against Bryan early and often, while the old man reassures safety in the exchange attributed to the Chicago Times-Herald.
Brown notes minister spoke at length on church finances last Sunday. Robinson questions church matter as a topic. Brown retorts about mortgage interest overdue by three months as discussed in Brooklyn Life.
The historical note recalls how the word imp described a child in early English writing. It cites Shakespeare’s use of imps for children in the “ower and Jeremy Tay or’s sermons describing “the beautiful imps that sang hosannag to the Savior in the temple.”
The article explains how thorium, a rare metal discovered by Berzelius, gained high value as thoria used in incandescent gas burner mantles. Demand rose after thoria proved ideal for mantles, prompting searches for new sources. Monazite deposits in Norway, North Carolina, Canada, and Brazil expanded supply. Prices fluctuated from high initial levels to $15–$20 per pound or more, depending on availability.
A Washington Star reader offers a lighthearted take on weather mood and domestic banter. A woman notes cooler days bring complaints from her husband about coffee eggs and house, while she relishes hot weather as a kind of vacation and accepts sunsmoke for now.
A kind hearted philanthropic fly finds another fly caught on fly paper. He offers aid and lands, becoming tangled himself. The tale ends with a moral urging deeds of charity through benevolent organizations. It is reported in a Truth era moralizing tone.
A Kansas girl sent east to school answers a teacher's question with humor. She defines a farm as a body of land surrounded by a barb wire fence, reflecting rural wit in a lighthearted exchange.
A fragment from Up-to-Date presents a sharp exchange about Foley, noting his whisky preference and Hoffstat's quip that Foley survives it because his wife is a snake charmer. The dialogue hints at domestic irony and local humor.
A honeymooning couple in New York and then home share vows of fidelity. He denies drinking gambling or tobacco, but a mistaken valise reveals a different truth. The scene ends with the porter clarifying the mix up as both characters slowly recover.
A reader argues that ancient people from Adam to Noah were extraordinary in stature. Using a rule that maturity takes 20 years and height scales with age, Noah would reach maturity around 270 years old at about sixty seven feet tall and 1375 pounds, implying the originator of the race was similarly large.
A Kentucky paper credits Kentuckians with origin of the term stump speaking. It notes John McLean, age 24, moved from Logan county to Shawneetown in 1815 with little capital and grew into a powerful orator. His 1818 congress campaign against Daniel Cook used stump speeches, giving rise to the expression for political oratory.
A giant pie in Denby Dale England commemorates the Corn Law Repeal with 1120 pounds beef 180 veal 112 mutton 60 lamb. Crust 1120 pounds flour 160 lard dish 10 feet by 6 1 2 feet by 1 foot deep weighs 385 hundredweight costing 1250 dollars. It was drawn in procession by sixteen horses from oven to cutting.
A brief exchange contrasts reading faces with refusals in a London Tid-Bits style quip. The dialogue showcases wit about interpretation and politeness.
A French naturalist announces a new instrument named the glossometer aimed at measuring the tongues of bees. The device is described as a delicate, precise tool for studying bee anatomy and feeding behavior.
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