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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1909
Page
4
A brief notice lists subscription rates including 1 month for 20 cents and 1 year at 3 dollars, with a second year at the same annual rate. The fragment suggests pricing for periodical access and renewal terms.
An editorial argues that after railroad funding worries pass, Greeley must establish a Y.M.C.A. to curb idle youth and pool hall loitering. It urges immediate organization, funding campaigns, and church collaboration to offer nonsectarian recreation and social activities for boys and homeless or seeking life outside home.
A warning from agricultural experts that the Greeley district potato crop suffered due to overworked soil. They urge crop rotation to maintain virgin fertility and prevent a decline in yield and quality, noting other factors besides soil exhaustion affecting this season.
A Prairie editor weighs the dry farming method, noting exceptional yields this year but warning that relying on it for a living is risky. The piece argues dry farms serve mainly as pasture and as land to bring under irrigation if possible, reflecting decades of state experience.
The piece argues that Colorado dry farms face long cycles of loss in dry years and that increased rainfall trends do not support optimistic claims. It cautions settlers to avoid dry land unless irrigation is feasible, suggesting pasture use if irrigation is impractical.
A Longmont Times expresses that the Greeley Republican editor lacks the true spirit of journalism. It argues editors should welcome public kicks as proof they are alive and urges self examination when criticized, urging corrections only if the paper was wrong.
The article notes a rare condition in U S sheep houses with feeders paying high prices while killers offer lower bids. A five car Idaho lamb consignment sold for $6.87 to $7.10 per cwt, suggesting feeders expect prices to stay up for six months and mutton to keep pace with other meats, urging consumers to abandon hope.
A humorous pitch suggests buying a hen to pay for a year's home newspaper subscription. Feed, breed, and eventually cook the bird to cover costs, turning poverty into profit while teaching a lesson in financial wit.
An 19th century medical note claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications as the ear’s inner passages remain unreachable. It blames inflamed Eustachian tube for ringing and hearing loss, and asserts catarrh as a major cause. The ad offers one hundred dollars for a cure and promotes Hall’s preparations for constipation and catarrh.
Willie Neff, 14, nephew of Mrs. Peter Lauridson in LaGrange district, was kicked by a horse and struck near the right eye. The blow broke the bone but no fever appeared, and the physician hopes to save his sight. The accident occurred during a disputed fight between horses. exact cause remains unknown. The same district reports another minor injury when 7 year old Margaret Robison fell from a beer wagon.
A canvas covered wagon stands each day by the eastern hitching rack near the city park. For two weeks a Russian driver and his mules leave the wagon and its contents, which include ragged bedclothes and odds and ends, unexplained. No theft or sale is evident. The curious seek answers about what lies inside.
Mrs W Culver of 813 Seventeenth street harvested four crates of peaches from a yard tree that had escaped notice. The fruit, praised by tasters, rivals western slope peaches in quality. The tree was planted years ago by Mr and Mrs W F Stephens who previously owned the property.
L B E Kent of Los Angeles visited Greeley Thursday to see his aunt Mrs. Amanda Youngs and cousin Harry Youngs. He has traveled from Portland and Seattle to Minneapolis St Paul Chicago Philadelphia Boston and New York before heading to Denver and Salt Lake City on the way home.
Dry land around Nunn commands higher prices with 160 acres west of Nunn sold to A P Hart at 25 dollars per acre and 160 acres north of Nunn to Grant McPerson at 24 dollars. A 320 acre tract southwest of Nunn was bought by F Royce at 22.5 dollars per acre. Local real estate agents report strong interest in farm land and a boom in town lot sales amid the Greeley Poudre ditch developments.
Stanley Wavia will start a brick nine room bungalow on the corner of Ninth Street and Thirteenth Avenue. The 250 by 190 foot lot will hold a one floor brick home costing about 8000 dollars with first class finishing and aims to be one of the most commodious in Greely.
A young man with a plated watch chain arrives in Greeley from the east and, after a flashy hotel stay and casual talk with a red faced farmer, is urged to abandon easy living. The editorial urges youths to seek work, file on homestead land, and become useful citizens, washing out vanity and getting busy in real estate and land claims.
One way colonist tickets available daily from September 15 to October 1 1909 inclusive. Sleeper cars accepted on payment of Wallmas fare. A few rates shown below for fares to points and information about liberal stopover privileges call or write. PS 25.00 on Ob ne.
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