Local notices mix sales and social news in Greeley
Readable items report Red Front sales and millinery discounts at Myers Grocery Co and Trinity church events. Social notes mention Hazel Ahrens and Lela Colom visiting Denver, Mrs. H. Reynolds and Jones family in town, and Wasley family gathering. Local court actions include fines for liquor without license, an age consent case, and a tentative settlement on a Gill & Decker matter. A Cripple Creek drama is booked for Dec 4 at the opera house.
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Helen Shaw
Pueblo
Myers Grocery Co
Victoria
Jos
Otoupalik
Jos. Otoupalik
Mr. Baird
E. M. Cook
Unity Church
Woman’s Guild
Trinity Church
Bernard Hashberger
Frederick Warde
Greeley Opera House
The
Golden Rule
Union Pacific
Evans, Platteville
Peckham
Lupton
Lucerne
W. P. Wasley
Will
Golden
School of Mines
Bert
Denver
Gill & Decker Ranch
Montana
California
Dale
Mr. Decker
Cripple Creek
Greeley Club Backs Mountain Water Plan for City
The Greeley Commercial Club unanimously approved the gravity water system with sedimentation filtration and storage and pledged support at the December 26 election. President W L Clayton signed the resolution, urging all taxpayers to back the measure for future city prosperity.
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Commercial Club
Greeley
George G. Anderson
Greeley Commercial Club
W. L. Clayton
F. P. Frost
Memorial Day Observance By Greeley Lodge 809 Elks
Greeley lodge 809 Elks led by B P O Ellis observes Memorial Day on Sunday Dec 3 at 8 PM in the Greeley opera house. Members should meet at the lodge rooms at 7 30 PM and march in uniform if possible. Public invitation extended to all.
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the Elks
Greeley Opera House
Stephen E. Dunleavy
Greeley Lodge
B. P. O. Ellis
Order
Elks
Opera House
City curfew order for minors in Greeley
Parents and children under sixteen are notified that all underage persons must be off the streets by 8 PM daily. Violations may result in a night in the city jail as enforced by Eugene Williams City Marshal on November 29 in Greeley.
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Eugene Williams
Mills Lecture At Presbyterian Church Promotes Simple Life
Enos A Mills of Estes Park spoke at First Presbyterian Church on Mountain Climbing and Outdoor Life with proceeds aiding Greeley High School reference library. Mills, a leading advocate of Colorado’s simple life, discussed nature’s charms and the value of natural living based on his mountain experiences. The talk impressed listeners though not with fanfare, and Mills’ search for a mislaid girl earlier Sunday night added a separate note of local concern.
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First Presbyterian Church
Enos A. Mills
Estes Park
Greeley High School
Mills
Colorado
Mr. Mills
Trinity Lutheran Church Service and Sunday School
Trinity Lutheran Church holds English service next Sunday at 10 30 a.m. Sunday school follows at 12 p.m. Pastor P. B. Fritsche is in charge.
Sunday Services at Seventh Day Adventist Church
Sunday school starts at 10 a m. Morning service follows, with an evening service at 7 30 p m. The Seventh Day Adventist church sits at the corner of Eighth street and Fourteenth avenue. Pastor Oscar W Gustafson invites all to attend.
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Seventh Day Adventist Church
Eighth Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Oscar W. Gustafson
Thanksgiving service program with music and sermon
Services begin at 10 45 voluntary Polonaise Chopin thanks giving anthem O Lord How Mani fold Barnby euphonium solo Sullivan Mr Elliott will preach giving An Afterword to Thanks giving.
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Chopin
Barnby
Sullivan
Elliott
Sermon series on church history at United Presbyterian
Morning worship discusses The Liquor Problem and evening worship covers The Sway of Eccesiasticism or the Curse of Priestism. Sixth in a series on church history, covering the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Strangers welcome. Orville A. Petty, pastor.
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Orville A. Petty
Wireless Telegraphy Boosts Alaska Route With Unbroken Year
General Greely notes the Nome to St Michael wireless line has operated for 12 months over 107 miles handling Nome Seward Peninsula telegraphic traffic daily. The De Forest system in Greeley plans immediate completion and startup once power is secured. Over 1,000,000 words were sent in the year with no errors in commercial code usage.
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de Forest
Greeley
Home Electric Company
A. W. Greely
U. S. Army
Alaska
Nome
St. Michael
Seward Peninsula
Young Couple Wed Amid Romance Before Parental Consent
Clarence H. Withers and Miss Daisy Beets wed last Tuesday with parental consent. The bride traveled to Kersey for her mother’s approval but halted overnight near Evans with friends, sparking a tale of romance and a search by the mother and others.
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Clarence H. Withers
Daisy Beets
Kersey
Evans
Marriage of Dorothy Seay and Robert H Yates announced
Miss Dorothy Seay and Robert H Yates of Highlandlake were married yesterday by Judge Southard of the county court.
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Dorothy Seay
Robert H. Yates
Highlandlake
Southard
Ray E. McClave and Miss Anna Phillips wed at Platteville
Ray E. McClave and Miss Anna B Phillips of Platteville were married at Platteville last evening. The couple are prominent in the local community.
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Ray E. McClave
Anna
B. Phillips
Platteville
Caywood Matthews Wedding Shocks Platteville Hall
Matt Matthews and Robert Caywood along with Miss Mabel Irene Caywood of Platteville wed here last Monday evening in a hurried ceremony. The union, planned as a secret, leaked when a guest whispered of the event.
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Robert, Matthews
Mabel Irene Caywood
Platteville
Swedish Mission Meetings Begin December Conference
A conference will be held at the Swedish Mission church starting next Friday December 1 at 7 30 p m and continue ten days through December 10 Meetings will be held daily and in the evenings A number of ministers from the state and beyond are expected Special song and music will be rendered All are cordially invited A C Leafgren pastor
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Swedish Mission Church
A. C. Leafgren
Keene’s Rivalry and Fortune’s Fall in Wheat Market
The passage recounts James R. Keene a California millionaire facing threats from Jay Gould and others as he attempted to corner wheat. Despite betrayals that melted his fortune, Keene maintained nerve and predicted he would walk this street in victory when his betrayers are dead or penniless.
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James R. Keene
California
Jay Gould
Keene
Gould
Cammack
Success Magazine
Nonsense Composition About Twins From Student
A humorous student piece describes twins as a baby doubled and arriving early in the morning. The joke notes twins bring excitement and a doctor, and a mother who cannot choose which twin to discipline so she “gives it to both.” The narrator claims to prefer a billy goat to twins any day.
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Johnny
Indelible Ink Quip Turns To Sell More Goods
The joke asks why some ink is called indelible. The punchline suggests advertisers claim indelibility to persuade people to buy.
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Willie
Philadelphia Ledger
Tobacco Ads Offer Sanatorium Coupons
A tobacco factory manager complains that cigarettes harm health while the proprietor proposes a publicity stunt. They plan to issue coupons awarding admission to a sanatorium to anyone who collects 1 000 coupons. The Washington Star reports the exchange.
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Washington Star
Misreaded Lines Echo Between Miss Cutting and Lapleigh
Dialogue excerpt from the Detroit Tribune features Miss Cutting debating readability with Lapleigh Yaws. The exchange plays on metaphorical literacy and contrasts in perception.
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Detroit Tribune
Not For Him Stagely Jenks Seeks Comedy Part
Stagely Jenks wants a comic role. He believes he could be a success as a comedian. He argues that everyone would laugh at him, noting public reception and his own confidence in stage work.
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Jenks
Ancient Delos Coin Hoard Unearthed by Excavation
Archaeologists on Delos have found three lead vases with Athenian coins from the Archontes era. The largest vase held 249 coins of four drachmas each, mostly uncirculated. A second jar contained 172 coins from the same period and a third held 36 coins in gold and silver. The jars lay under house cellars deep underground. Numismatologists call this Greece’s most important coin discovery.
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Delos
Greece
Broadway Is Longest City Street With Homes To The Line
New York Herald notes Broadway now the longest street fully within city limits and populated from end to end. It compares Halsted Street in Chicago, which remains within farming districts despite longer stretch. The piece claims Broadway surpasses London streets in continuity of name within the metropolis.
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Broadway
Halsted Street
Chicago
London
New York Herald
Would Answer Her Purpose Beatrice and Angeline Quip
A playful exchange from Brooklyn Life notes Beatrice to Ethel about her engagement to Algy Hicollar. Angeline teases that she wants him to sit on rather than lean on, highlighting light social banter.
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Beatrice
Ethel
Algy Hicollar
Angeline
Brooklyn
United States Army Establishment Figures Listed
The army comprises 15 regiments of cavalry with 750 officers and 12 620 enlisted men and 30 batteries of field artillery with 126 coast artillery companies including 651 officers and 17 742 enlisted men. It also lists 30 regiments of infantry with 1 500 officers and 25 345 enlisted men, 3 battalions of engineers with 1 283 enlisted men, Porto Rican and Filipino scout contingents, and a total establishment of about 3 831 officers and 59 866 enlisted men.
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United States Army
Corps of Engineers
Staff Corps
The Missouri Mule Address At State Fair
Congressman W D Van diver praised the Missouri mule at the state fair saying the animal made Missouri famous worldwide. He praised its war and agricultural roles and noted it demands its price wherever men contend for supremacy in peace or war.
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W. D. Vandiver
Missouri
Stingy Man Quips About Women Working For Money
Quote from Philadelphia Record shows a stingy man telling women they do not know real work for money and his wife retorts that she finds earning money quite hard. The exchange highlights gendered views on labor and earnings.
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Philadelphia Record
Barnyard Chatter in the Birds and Animals
A light exchange in the Baltimore News features Dr. Duck recounting an insult by Mrs. Hen who called him a low down quack. The playful dialogue captures barnyard chatter and comic reaction from Mrs. Duck.
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Dr. Duck
A Conqueror From the Suburbs
A Detroit Free Press quotation highlights Sidney Snitz er as a conqueror with a witty remark about his family or circle. The line notes he is bringing a cook home, implying social climbing or notable status through a domestic helper.
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Sidney Snitzer
Detroit Free Press
Men in Corsets Debate Draws Attention
A Yonkers Statesman commentary questions men wearing corsets, arguing against allowing men to juggle with figures and prompting readers to consider gender norms and fashion contrasts.
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Yeast
Crimsonbeak
Yonkers Statesman
If She Thinks That It Was Clever Choice of Marriage
A wry quip from the Atchison Globe notes that a wife may judge her husband’s cleverness by the selection of her spouse, suggesting a comic measure of marital wit and perception.
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Atchison Globe
To Reform Him
A public dialogue presents a comic courtship where a character resists marriage, while a suitor presses for a husband role in a light hearted exchange from a Boston Globe style scene.
Profiting by the Exigency
A terse comment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer contrasts warnings of crisis with opportunistic attitudes, implying a critique of exploiting dire times for gain. The phrase “wolf at the door” signals looming hardship and the gleeful readiness to profit from others’ distress.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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