Greeley Prepares Largest Delegation for State Convention
At a Commercial Club meeting last Tuesday the group voted to send the largest ever Greeley delegation to Fort Collins on Thursday October 25 for the Colorado State Commercial association convention. A special train or reduced rates will be arranged and the Greeley band will join to boost the bid. Local businessmen are urged to attend in force to secure the convention for Greeley.
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Commercial Club
Greeley
Fort Collins
Colorado State Commercial Association
Noah's Ark Offers Large Line of China in Greeley
The store announces arrival of a wide china selection with a new French hand painted line on display. Shopping incentives include a framed oil painting with purchases of ten dollars and tickets for discounts. Catalogues for carpet rugs and linoleum available in color.
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China
Greeley
Chicago man buys ten sections in Colorado and Wyoming
James Bright of Chicago, via the Ar buckle Purcell Land Company, bought six sections west of Grover in Weld county and four sections across the Colorado line in Wyoming. An extensive land speculator, he views the cheap lands as a profitable investment. Total price stated as 19200.
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Arbuckle-Purcell Land Company
James Bright
Chicago
Grover
Weld County
Colorado Line
Wyoming
Bright
Columbus Day Observed With School Program
Last Friday October 12 the governor proclaimed Columbus Day as a public school holiday. The high school held a morning program with songs by the school orchestra and readings by Albert Tuck Hattie Yardley Irving Newton Hazel Godfrey and Matilda Gibson. Rev. O A Petty gave a fine address.
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Albert Tuck
Hattie Yardley
Irving Newton Hazel Godfrey
Matilda Gibson
O. A. Petty
Death of Mrs. Henrietta Dumm in California
Word arrives of the death on October 12 at Ocean Park California of Mrs Henrietta Dumm wife of Dr W W Dumm former Park Congregational church pastor in Greeley for six years and moved to California five years ago She was formerly from Denver and married to Dr Dummy a year ago leaving a three day old baby
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Ocean Park
California
Henrietta Dumm
W. W. Dumm
Dumm
Park
P. E. O. Sisterhood Meets Reviews House of Mirth
The P. E. O. Sisterhood gathered Friday at Mrs. A. W. Ferguson home to review House of Mirth by Luna Smith. Two new members Mrs E. H. Genge and Mrs Thurlby joined from other chapters. Sixteen members attended and refreshments followed.
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P. E. O. Sisterhood
A. W. Ferguson
Luna Smith
E. H. Genge
Thurlby
Basket Social At Ss L W Schoolhouse Friday
A basket social is scheduled for the Ss L W schoolhouse on Friday night November 2 to raise funds for an organ. The highlight will be ladies lunch boxes auctioned by 8 F Houtchens to the highest bidder with the basket pairing to the winner.
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Ss. L. W
F.houtchens
Meek Passenger Seeks to Say Farewell to Mother-in-Law
A Glasgow steamer labors in heavy seas as officers tell passengers there is no danger. A quiet man keeps asking if the ship will founder. He finally explains he wants time to bid his mother-in-law goodbye if the vessel sinks.
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Glasgow
Goodby
Harper's Weekly
Ancient Egyptian papyrus medical treatise decoded at Leipzig
A papyrus roll acquired near Thebes in 1872 by Dr Ebers, via an Arab grave robber, was translated and placed in the University of Leipzig Library. Dating back over 7,000 years, the hieratic text details comprehensive medicine with organs like the heart and abdomen, listing 700+ substances and multiple preparation methods.
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Ebers
Thebes
Egypt
University of Leipsic
First Carriage in Maine Carried By Rev Francis Winter
The Rev Francis Winter a Boston native and Harvard graduate settled at Bath in 1767 where he became an ardent patriot. He married Abigail Alden in 1768 and in 1771 used the first carriage in Maine a two wheeled chaise drawn by horses and guided by two enslaved helpers to clear the road amid rough travel conditions.
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Francis Winter
Boston
Harvard College
Bath
Gemwel Standish
Mr. Winter
Adams
Otis
Warren
Winter
Abigail Alden
Plymouth
Lewiston Journal
Dazzling Lighting Praised From 1727 Coronation Tales
A French observer in London during the 1727 coronation praises city illumination. Lanterns and large globes with night lamps decorate homes while Westminster Hall features forty crown shaped chandeliers with wax candles. A clever cotton wool and chemicals setup carries flame between candles, astonishing all present.
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George H
London
M. Saussure
Westminster Hall
A Doctor's Endorsement for Rochelle Salts and Soda
A physician advocates Rochelle salts as an excellent spring remedy taken with water several times daily to soothe the stomach. He dismisses fears about soda as a safe, common ingredient in foods and praises a mixture of Rochelle salts and bicarbonate of soda as a gentle general medicine.
Frog poison of a tree croaker noted in New Granada tale
Travelers beware a small tree frog in New Granada whose skin exudes a milky deadly toxin used by natives for arrows. The article contrasts general frog harmlessness with this dangerous species and its poison.
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New Granada
United States of Colombia
Emerson Quote on Freedom and Individual Perception
A concise excerpt urges true freedom in thought and action without outside patterns. It emphasizes self-trust, rejecting press influence, and that vision comes from one’s own eyes or not at all.
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Emerson
Auction Anecdote Sparks Wife Bids Badly
A snappy exchange recounts a husband lamenting missing auctions as his wife bids alone. The sarcastic man jokes about always bowing to his wife while Mr Hen pecks adds that she never allows him to attend sales.
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Mim
Mr. Henpeck
Hhiladelphia Prees
Quotations On Discretion And Marriage From The Leader
A Cleveland Leader quip contrasts a son’s arrival at discretion with impending marriage. A Browning line about pain serving a lesson adds a reflective note on moral growth.
Training Dogs By Breed Traits And Tricks
A Lestie’s Weekly feature outlines dog training by breed. It notes poodles are easy to train while dachshunds resist because they are clever, collies flatter and unreliable, Vienna militia dogs valued for speed, and fox terriers perform aerial tricks for meat rewards.
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Vienna
Lestie
Erratic Engines and the Haunted Locomotive Tale
The New York Herald notes superstition around Friday launches and unlucky trains. It cites a South Florida rail line where a locomotive named "the hearse" killed many and caused drivers to quit, yet apparitions or ghosts were not involved. the machine was broken up after ongoing troubles.
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South Florida
New York Herald
Verbal flatterers and their charms
A critique from Family Herald on people who offer flattering remarks to those they contact. It notes their good hearts tempt them to please others, their skill in crafting phrases, and the risk of folly and excess in the pursuit of popularity, especially among women.
First Perth Church Built by Soldiers in 1820s
The first Western Australian place of worship in Perth was built by soldiers soon after their arrival in 1820. It used bulrushes as its primary material and served multiple roles. It provided Sunday worship, functioned as an amateur theatre during the week, and acted as a barracks for the troops at all times.
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Western Australia
Perth
Sign lineage links Lombard bankers to Medici emblem
A house founder described as a medicus left a lineage where descendants became bankers and brokers. Their sign featured gold pills once used by Medici and Lombard bankers, later transformed into sable arms with two gold pills on a blue field.
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Florence
World delights in sunny people and praise for the poor
Henry Drummond laments hunger among the old and urges practical aid. He argues joy and love offer more relief than bread alone and says giving a garment of praise to the needy can be more comforting than blankets.
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Henry Drummond
The Critical Period Dialogue Fragment
A fragment from a periodical features a quirky exchange about birth, age, and belief with phrases like Duffer and Puffer debating maturity and thinking. The readable text hints at playful wordplay or satirical dialogue from a historical page.
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