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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1886
Page
7
A poem fragment by Ella Wheeler Wilcox questions the value of haste and urges delaying ambition. The speaker argues life’s prime is brief and time should be spent in youth’s joys while valuing rest and contemplation. The lines contrast urgency with patience and early restraint.
A Buffalo Express report recalls the 1860 Chicago convention drama as Cayuga county crowds cheered Seward on the porch while telegrams showed rising votes then Lincoln’s nomination sent the crowd into sorrowful hush. The piece then shifts to dining trends with oyster and clam dishes expanding beyond basics and deviled crab imports becoming local staples.
A dialogue shows a young woman pushing for Mr. Carmell despite his past as a shoemaker now a “literary man” writing war articles. The father wavers then endorses him, while comic lines note a shift in support and curious family economics. Various humorous asides appear about class and romance.
The article explains that Chinese uses about 465 sounds but thousands of homographs, so writers use about 214 surrogate “keys” or pictures to classify words. Readers learn to guess meanings by narrowing categories, a method that has persisted for thousands of years according to St. Nicholas.
A historical vignette recalls the old bill posting wars in New York led by Harry Paulding. The rival factions clashed in police courts and even violence, with shows blooming on Broadway, church fronts, private carriages, and a mansion facade during the ongoing feud.
George W. Vanderbilt, youngest son of the late William H. Vanderbilt, believed he could become a writer and sought a reporter job at The Sun. His father opposed the plan, fearing unfair treatment. Vanderbilt chose to relinquish the chance, noting it may be too late to start anew despite his literary bent. He remains the wealthiest bachelor in America, per New York Cor. Galveston News.
A Chicago ceme tery worker describes costly monuments as vanity driven. He cites a widow who paid about $50 for a shaft erected over her husband's grave, paying gradually from wash-tub earnings, illustrating extreme devotion.
The ostrich feather trade in Tripoli collapsed last year causing widespread damage to its associates and harming related commerce. Trade with Africa’s interior has halted as capital retracts and investors await signs of improvement that have not yet appeared.
The process uses stone wheels to grind the surface, followed by iron wheels with sharp sand and emery, then brush wheels with putty. A continuous light water stream reduces heat from friction during each stage as described by a Scientific Journal.
Mrs Ella Wheeler Wilcox compares awaiting published magazine articles to waiting for an epitaph. She describes the anxious period before acceptance as a life event, noting the tension authors face while awaiting decisions from editors and publishers.
Real estate data show buyers shying from costly New York City homes this year while demand favors moderate priced houses. In India the female missionary ratio is reported as four per one million women.
A Southern advocate argues against mass Black migration to the North, claiming the race will remain in the South by divine will and economic ties. It praises healthier birth rates, improved child care, moral health, church cooperation, and white support for Black uplift, citing Jehovah as guiding force.
A Goshen boy John G. Welsh Jr writes on work in a Middletown Mercury column. He argues people dislike work yet many strive for high pay while avoiding labor. He asserts honesty in doing duty and contrasts avoidance with doing work like a man.
A collection of editorial snippets and remarks from 19th or early 20th century papers. The tone notes pensions for those going to war and praises cheerful conduct, with humorous dialogues about parenting, jury outcomes, and social character across Detroit New York Hartford and New London communities.
A Kingston family recently moved and a mother and her young daughter visited the former house. The child pointed to a newborn baby in the home and remarked they had moved too soon, saying they would have kept the baby if they had stayed. The note appears in the Kingston Freeman.
In Paris Texas Mr J E Corley who was bedridden and near death from consumption recovered after using Dr Kings New Discovery and New Life Pills gaining thirty six pounds. Also shared is a tale of wartime friendship rekindled between Capt J W Benedict and Capt William Hobson after a trout in milk story spurred letter from the old comrade and a planned reunion.
Testimonials from W D Sult and Abraham Hare claim Electric Bitters cure liver kidney and blood diseases. A Boston section cites Ely remedies for catarrh and voice restoration. A Kingston anecdote rounds out with a domestic joke about prayer and overbaked bread.
Clothes made to order and a perfect fit guaranteed, will wear twice as long as ready made clothes, and always look better, nothing but first class goods turned out at D. Taylor.
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