Meeker’s 1870 Founding Noted in Postal Record
The notice records the founding by N. Oc. Meeker in 1870 and notes its mailing status with second class rates for transmission through the Greeley Colorado post office.
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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1906
Page
6
The notice records the founding by N. Oc. Meeker in 1870 and notes its mailing status with second class rates for transmission through the Greeley Colorado post office.
In San Francisco a harsh lesson on selfishness unfolds as Ray Stannard Baker notes. The Southern Pacific during disaster aided stricken residents and shipped supplies, costing the road about 1 million. Critics claim the railroad would pay double California tax rates and, via state boards, robs Californians of 500 thousand yearly.
The Weld County Tribune analyzes ballot strategy urging two choices for the Colorado supreme court. It warns Gabbert and Leeds threaten state interests, while Hartenstein and Caswell are seen as acceptable. cautions about corporate and labor influence and concludes voters may decide the court’s direction.
In the wake of the disaster unscrupulous bosses seized control of elections and unions push wages higher. Landlords double rents, dealers hike prices, and a self serving scramble follows. Baker cannot name a culprit, blaming humanity’s selfishness as San Francisco’s spirit decays.
The Commercial Club secured the next annual Colorado State Commercial association convention for Greeley. The city should plan early with committees to handle details, boost civic pride, and showcase Greeley to visitors, with advertising benefits outweighing entertainment costs.
A call invites residents to start a coordinated effort next spring to improve and beautify lawns and streets and to prove Colorado's capital is the finest and best city in the state to have a home.
An editor contemplates turning a heated rival paper feud into a column story with a sensational scare head while noting that the veteran surgeon hesitates before using the knife. The text hints at a drunken clash among workers and managers tied to press labor.
The Weld county legislature hopefuls vow support for measures to end party conventions, create a railroad rate commission, implement the Australian ballot, and bar corporations from politics. The paper notes four Weld candidates’ promises and credits Franklin J. Green’s letter while declining to endorse any single candidate, basing views on both sides of the issue.
The speaker at a Democratic rally urges rejection of Simon Guggenheim for Colorado’s U S Senate seat, arguing wealth risks bias and claims neither Guggenheim nor T M Patterson meets the ideal of a broad minded, working class origin with upward achievement.
The passage notes Senator Clayton’s known stance on the primary election law and his pledge to reintroduce the Lindsey bill on the first day of the sixteenth general assembly, with praise for the voters’ choice.
Bring the School Children to the Oasis hotel Friday and Saturday November 9 and 10 where Dr Sapero a Denver eye ear nose and throat specialist will examine their eyes and yours free Come early.
The writer reflects on Little Lessons in the Tribune shaping independent thought in Weld County. It touts honesty, elimination of grafting politicians, and calls for two more years of public education toward honesty, manhood, and best living through politics.
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