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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1911
Page
2
The message notes Greeley high boys beat the Normal team in a local contest. It also references social scenes and church choir singing, with playful commentary on community events.
Loveland Herald reports Governor Shafroth remains firm against legislative delays and reprieve attempts. He quotes a rebuke to the House, praised for a clean, able administration despite outside interference, and predicts political fallout for wavering legislators.
The piece urges readers to embrace spring and productive work, praising farmers as examples and calling on urban residents to adopt a forward push. It notes lingering winter discontent but promises a return to momentum with honest effort and a focus on forthcoming business ahead.
Seventy five St Paul business leaders heard former Indianapolis mayor C A Bookwalter describe a year round convention plan. He said continuous conventions could bring commercial benefits to St Paul and nearby farming towns within a hundred miles, boosting regional prosperity.
Charles Townsend argues the national guard is now a vital part of national defense after the Dick bill, noting guardsmen are well equipped and trained. He praises citizen soldiery for patriotism and discipline, warns against standing armies, and urges public endorsement and support from fair minded citizens.
R. L. Ware led a meeting promoting the Lake City and Mankato electric trolley line. Speakers cited Indianapolis as a model for interurban networks, noting 20,900 daily riders and up to 7,090,000 yearly visitors. The plan includes a thirty five mile route with river bridges and government permits.
State Press reports Patterson suffers paresis from a severe attack termed Moffat tunnelitis. Editorials say the Moffat tunnel bill will be decided by voters. Democratic lawmakers push platform pledges with expected laws before adjournment. Governor Shafroth supporters seek county convention resolutions guiding votes after a set date.
A reader notes that the Colorado legislature is wasting expensive time rather than valuable time, expressing frustration about the pace and choices in state government. The letter cites the distinction between valuable and expensive in a pointed critique.
J Alden Loring will lecture to the Greeley Boy Scouts at the Christian church on Tuesday evening May 9 and a 4 p.m. matinee. The illustrated talk covers the Roosevelt Africa trip from Kapiti Plains to Gondokoro with 120 colored lantern slides.
Our alfalfa seed mix is priced at about iSe per pound and now offered at a lower rate. Contains no Sweet Clover or harmful weed seed. Inspection before purchase recommended. The Farmers Mercantile Company, 702 Fifth Street.
A motor delay from Chicago leaves the new electric fire alarm system out of commission in Greeley. A hurry order was placed and tests were expected last week, with arrival anticipated soon and first tests planned within the week.
This ad promotes Foley Kidney Pills claiming to provide the right kind of help to neutralize poisons and relieve backache headaches nervousness and other kidney and bladder pains. Sold by Clark and Faulkner Drug Co.
A dramatic egg accident in Gill occurs as six cases spill from a dray after the horses bolt in fear. Charles Kimmons supervises loading when the horses escape and scatter eggs across town, ending with the wagon wrecked in a shed.
Richard Gustav Peterson, two and a half, son of Rev R J Peterson and his wife, died at home on Twelfth Street after meningitis. The Swedish Baptist pastor had arrived with his family earlier in the year. the child had been ill three weeks and died during a night of shock when a stove pipe caused an explosion.
Nine men working on the North Sterling intake ditch narrowly escaped death when lightning struck a house where they were staying. Foreman William Kapernach led the crew as the bolt hit the building near Sterling on Saturday noon.
Mr and Mrs F A Pierce and their family departed last Thursday from their former home in lows to spend the summer away from the area.
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