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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1898
Page
6
A fanciful poem describes children acting as soldiers in bright brigades in a garden. They march with flags, ride painted nags, and dream of victory as love crowns their pretend war. The scene closes with soldiers and lovers awaiting homeward at day’s end.
In a humorous domestic piece Peter Grigwell vows to whitewash his ceilings to save money. He bungles the job, ignites a fire, and a passing fireman douses the blaze as Mrs. Grigwell watches in disbelief. The next day the distemperers and house furnishers reap the consequences.
In Tuscany surviving medieval habits include burial by masked men with torches, bare foot palmers in ragged cloaks, mendicant friars with colored crosses soliciting alms, and religious processions of ecclesiastics in old fashioned vestments, all passing unnoticed.
A Moscow letter in the Paris Temps portrays Tolstoi as deeply engaged in philanthropy and religious work, denouncing science for science's sake as strongly as he once opposed art for art's sake. He laments that others fail to grasp his views, crying out to his fellows to open their eyes and see clearly, yet they remain perplexed.
A Washington Georgia Gazette tale recalls Guy Smith stopping at a gate with watermelons and asking his best girl to pick the finest. She learns he is barefoot and in his father’s breeches, and she quips that they are even except for the melon which she keeps.
The San Francisco Argonaut quotes a city editor asking the waterfront editor about the worst form of etiquette. A humorous note follows suggesting it might be chloroform or iodoform as absurd examples of improper conduct.
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Wabash announces faster freight from New York Boston Philadelphia and Buffalo to Colorado with its own Buffalo to Kansas City line replacing Michigan Central for fast service Train 57 renamed Hoosac Tunnel and delivery required at Franklin Street station before 4 p m Rates match slower lines and bill of lading emphasizes six day New York to Denver and sixty four day Boston to Denver transit. Signatories include C M Hampson S D Knight H B McClellan.
The Greeley Tribune lists stocked legal blanks with Denver prices covering Abstract of Judgment Attachment-Orders of Sale and Writs, Undertakings, Affidavits, Appeals Bonds, Deeds of Trust, Quit Claims, Power of Attorney, Replevin Writs, Subpoenas, Garnishee Notices, Recognizances, Indemnity Bonds, Leases, and related records. This inventory includes long and short forms, various attachments, and specialty items for county court proceedings and civil actions.
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