Ordinance Granting Electric Plant Franchise in Greeley
Greeley Colorado grants George J Spear and assigns a twenty year franchise to acquire construct and operate an electric light power and heating system with poles wires underground conduits and related equipment throughout streets alleys and additions subject to conditions. City may require undergrounding within a year if others install wires. Spear to supply city with 78 dollars per acre light from sunset to midnight and four lights per night. Completion within two years with eight month start. City may purchase after ten years at the principal plus five percent of net earnings. Passed July 7 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Spear
City of
Greeley
Colorado
P.r
Spear
City of Greeley
D. Strohl
M. P. Henderson
Anthony Wayne Early School Anti Scholastic Note
The piece recalls Anthony Wayne as a boy in a school run by his uncle Gilbert Wayne. The uncle writes to Isaac Wayne that Anthony is not a scholar and may become a soldier. He notes Anthony distracts classmates with battles and skirmishes and may be dismissed if study declines.
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GMM CT
Wayne
John R. Spear
Gilbert
Gabriel) Wayne
Anthony
Isaac Wayne
Joseph
Brother Isaac
Patience and Passion in a City Tale of Melons and Race
An editorial vignette contrasts aging impatience with unwavering drive, then shifts to a crowd riot over melons. Wolfe Londoner saves the day when a freight car delivers melons, prompting a partisan celebration and a racially charged, humorous introduction at a meeting where his race is noted with irony.
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Londoner
Republican Party
Field
Possum Jim
Williams
Mistah Wolfe Londoner
Wolfe Londoner
Origin of the phrase Catching a Tart ar traced to old cyclopedia
An examination of the anecdote behind the saying catching a Tart ar. The tale involves a private soldier calling out to his captain during a battle between Russians and Tartars. The exchange ends with the soldier saying the Tartar won’t let him. Grose and an Irish soldier variant are noted.
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Asia
Halloo
Strength Through Struggle and Earnest Work
A quoted maxim emphasizes that true strength comes from effort and discipline not despair. Ill health is a self built prison through thoughtlessness and lack of self control, and while circumstances or heredity may play a role both can be overcome with earnest thinking and deliberate effort.
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Maxwell
Insomnia Lingo Sparks Gentle Schoolroom Banter
A schoolmaster and a fellow student trade quips about sleeplessness. They joke the doctor labels the condition as nearis insomnis paralaxitis while each shares personal struggles with nights of poor sleep. The exchange preserves light humor amid a common ailment.
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Ethel
Reading fondness debates with a humorous twist
A light exchange shows Dick dislikes reading while the witty reply from a friend or family member hints at parental expectations. The joke plays on the idea of pretending to enjoy books to avoid being kept at it.
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Bob
Boston Transcript
Matrimonial. Forging love and forgiveness in marriage
A quotation from the New Orleans Times-Democrat notes that a woman who loves you forgives you too much while the one you love for gives you too little, reflecting on dynamics of affection and forgiveness in marriage.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Man in Earnest Finds or Creates Means
A concise quotation notes that a truly determined man either finds the way or makes one, implying perseverance and resourcefulness in the face of obstacles.
Field Prank Exposed in Denver Campaign Gossip
In Eugene Field’s geography, Slason Thompson recounts a Denver hoax where Field’s friend Mr. Londoner boosted colored voters’ support. Londoner, chair of the Reichhlesn committee, boasted of progress, prompting a bold morning advertisement revealing the scheme.
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Eugene Field
Slason Thompson
Denver
Londoner
Reowichlesn
Vield
Mania For Money Promotes Urban Temptations
A schoolmaster voice condemns the man whose sole aim is wealth and who turns to theft as a refined craft. He excuses his acts as thrift while causing others to falter and elevates himself above moral law, aided by a town’s approval as his wealth grows through commerce politics and religion.
Notable London Signs The Dog's Head In the Iron Pot
St Nicholas notes an enduring London sign The Dog's Head In the Iron Pot from early Tudor times. The sign sits on Blackfriars Road corner Charlotte Street for a wholesale iron monger. It recalls The Black Dog The Dog and Duck and The White Greyhound of John Harrison near St Paul’s churchyard.
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John Harrison
St. Paul's Churchyard
Shakespeare
What Fashion Means
Fashion serves trade promotion, pushing women to discard current wardrobes yearly and buy new outfits. The piece argues designers create obsolescence so last year’s gowns feel out of date, causing distress for stylish women.
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Collier's Weekly
The Worship of Heavenly Bodies in Central India
London Standard notes that in central India many tribes including the Korkus Khonds Tungeses and Buraetes worship the sun and moon. The Khonds honor nature powers such as the bison tiger hill and cholera as deities yet place heavenly bodies above them.
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Central
India
Deccan
London Standard
Eminent Specialist Dr Potterf to Tour Colorado
One day only in Greeley Colorado Dr Potterf president of the staff of physicians at the Boston Electrical Medical Institute offers free consultations and medicines to cure chronic diseases and deformities. He promises non surgical cures for deafness catarrh weak lungs indigestion and cancer and will diagnose with electricity and urine tests. Friday July 29 at Oasis hotel.
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Boston Electrical Medical Institute
N.B
Oasis Hotel
Greeley
Colo
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Pullman
Santa FE
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Chicago & Alton Ry
J. P. Hall
Gen’l. Agt
Denver, Colo
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Williams Block
C. Royer
Anthony Wayne
Rhodes
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Barreriat
Greeley, Colo
Dr. Potterf
Union Bank
Greeley Colo
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