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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1906
Page
2
A local grocer urges stock up on lunch goods and wafers to keep families cheerful. The ad stresses the value of well fed, happy households and promises fresh groceries at moderate prices with two phone numbers for orders and delivery.
The Portland vase puzzled antiquarians with debates over its material and origin. Wedgwood proved the blue body was filled with white glass and cut cameos, noting repairs after a break. The vase, once priced high, was copied in Jasper ware, with copies varying in size and finish. The piece, once at the British Museum, was damaged by a drunken visitor but repaired. The relief subjects are debated, with museum notes citing Thetis and Peleus themes and a youthful Paris bust on the base.
In West Philadelphia a father recalls a night when his three year old stood on a hall chair gazing at the grandfather clock and twisted his face to stop the clock. The child explains the effort with innocence and humor, reflecting a family vignette reported by the Philadelphia Record.
A German tale reports a Dutchman shaving in shirt sleeves when a tremor cuts the nose and toe. He binds the warm fragments to wounds, swaps them by error, and discovers the mistake two weeks later. Now he must remove his boot to scratch his nose.
A teacher asks what can be bought by the foot after a lesson on measurement. Johnny volunteers with a playful demonstration and correctly answers stockings, eliciting amusement from classmates.
A Kansas City Independent account describes a depot official denouncing a baggageman for rough handling of trunks. The official warns about the damage caused by the impact on the concrete platform as travelers look on in astonishment.
An observer near Clayton watches a woodcock feign injury and guide her three eggs through a series of deceptive moves. She shifts eggs, evades a close approach, and returns to the nest after a long retreat, then resumes care despite the intruder. The account appears in Forest and Stream.
The word doily stems from Robert d Oy ley a Norman follower who held lands at Hook Norton oxfordshire. Each year at St Michael feast he must tender a linen cloth worth 3 shillings. D Oyley women embroidered quitrent cloths for state occasions and formed a notable needlework collection, later known as the D Oy ley linen.
An irritable firm head questions a young employee about his claimed academy training. The worker admits attending Professor De Flippendale's dancing academy after a disputed spelling error makes the boss suspect incompetence.
Miss Minnie Hammontree and Wm Cohen wed at the Methodist parsonage in Fayetteville Arkansas on July 3 Rev Fletcher officiated. The couple will reside in Greeley with Cohen employed by Clayton Lumber.
Mae Heath and W B Green wed at 7 am on Saturday at the Heath residence on Normal Hill. Rev J A Davis officiated before close relatives as red roses, sweet peas, and ferns decorated the rooms. The couple left for a honeymoon via La Salle to Denver then Salt Lake City Boise City Seattle and California.
The district attorney dropped charges against James O Neill Sam Scoville and Fred Metzer in the killing of Jack Boyle at the William Ketchum ranch Chalk Bluff country. No trial proceeded due to insufficient evidence though suspicions centered on O Neill before alibis were shown.
J B Houghland of Eldon Iowa recounts aiding a comrade from Elgin Illinois returning from the Grand Army encampment in Washington City who was struck by cholera morbus. He gave Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and believes it saved the man's life. He says he has used it for immigration parties and always carries it. Sold by all druggists.
Earl Faulkner twelve years old son of Clarence I Faulkner nearly drowned Tuesday afternoon while swimming with other boys north of the city. He fell into a deep note in the river and was pulled out unconscious by Ed Taylor and Marvin Morgan. A fisherman assisted as the group resuscitated him.
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