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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1908
Page
2
The article recalls Mrs Langtry’s 1880s London role as Mile Mars and a noted incident with a crippled shoe black from Sloane Street invited to the theater. He could not climb stairs, so she had him placed in a theater box, astonishing the audience with the sight of a backstage observer in plain sight.
In New York artistic circles the term absolut ly dominates discussions of art forms. Critics and patrons now describe works as absolutely all right or absolutely perfect, stressing each syllable to signal insider knowledge. The trend reflects a shift from earlier praise such as swell or perfectly grand.
A pair of wayfarers discuss a clever ruse to secure meals and clothing. The first grifter plans to pose as a racing balloonist who has just descended in the woods, tossing his hat and faking disarray to gain entry at any house. The second man regards the scheme as a success.
A North Dakota girl driving a cow to be milked sought shelter under a tree during a thunderstorm. A lightning strike struck the tree within minutes, injuring the girl but leaving her fine after an hour. The cow died, horns torn off, in the strike.
Mrs. Hardapple jokes that spring is observed at the college as well as elsewhere. She suggests sending Zeke a hoe and rake while noting he is busy digging up Greek roots these days.
The Woman's Dispensary of New Orleans is owned by the city’s women who financed its construction. It is a beautifully equipped house where the poor receive free medicines, and the owners expect to reap blessings from their charitable work.
In a long ago remark Wolsey said he was dodging an automobile when a roller skater struck him. Historians, with singular obtuseness, have persisted in blaming Henry VIII for the mishap.
A Towanda Pennsylvania audience of over 200 avoided panic when a fire broke out in scenery during a Hale's Opera House performance. A stentorian gallery shout to keep the curtain up stopped mass exits as four stage hands suppressed the blaze and the curtain rose again for the show to resume.
In a tense exchange, Miss Hoskins-Helen tells Mr Miller to inform their mutual friends that he has stopped visiting after she rejected him. He proclaims lasting devotion and offers to do one thing to ease the embarrassment.
The article notes about 65 000 physicians in the United States with fewer than 500 practicing vivisection. It records roughly 300 to 400 vivisection experiments carried out in the year, and claims U S activity is seven to nine times higher than in England according to a pro vivisection source quoted by Vogue.
A doctor asks a colleague about attempting grafting on a patient with burns. The patient resists, saying he will pay a reasonable fee but reach his limit. The exchange underscores that their procedure is not ordinary skin transplantation.
Chicago society women revive the spelling bee while St Louis sisters study skat. Invitations have been scratched on tin plates, a quirky custom reflecting a time of unsettled orthography.
A Beatrice style joke from the Detroit Free Press about a hen and a confused hen mother. The punchline hinges on a cold storage egg that could not thaw as she sat on them.
Frederick Van Eeden, the Dutch poet and economist, speaks on poverty at a New York tea. He argues there is enough for all if justice prevails and questions reform zeal. A student anecdote follows about reform being decided by a dog named Wilhelm with a sausage test.
The idea that nicknames, like greatness, are imposed on certain men and statues echoes in the assessment of George Gray Barnard. The passage suggests public perception shaping enduring epithets for notable figures and art alike.
Marble sculpture titled The Great God Pan stands in Columbia University grounds. Attendants are asked for directions and reply with a puzzled stare, while the statue is locally known as Peter Pan across the campus.
He recoils from breakfast eggs and confronts a looming bankruptcy. His wife Hilary urges perseverance after a night of hope, but the mail reveals four more wedding invitations, underscoring the mounting pressures on the couple.
The Yale Record depicts a playful, non antagonistic student faculty dynamic with faculty jokes about an unfortunate pupil. Campus life features joke laden banter and busy lunch rooms nicknamed dog wagons for bologna sandwiches and hot dogs, with students and staff sharing humor.
A New York boy fights another boy mocked by his mother. After his mother drags him indoors and lectures on fighting, the boy angrily reveals the other boy mocked his mother, saying she wears petticoats, prompting a stunned reaction.
A dialogue recalls a photographer once at the top of his field. Bella’s pictures impressed a Pittsburgh multimillionaire who admired the images but, upon meeting Bella, hurried back home. The exchange notes his business decline after Bella's experience.
A professor is approached by a seedy man asking for a dime. The man claims to be a poor scholar, admitting he never attended school, prompting the professor to question the claim after giving a coin.
Probation Officer Tisdel sent twenty youngsters to school or face the compulsory education law after visiting Fort Lupton last Tuesday. He found many children aged 8 to 12 working in canning factories, with attendance at the school far lower than the number employed.
Ten year old Lota Gibbeon celebrated with five grade classmates and teacher Migg Lillian Lackore at the Gibbeon home. AMay pole dance on the lawn and plum hunt entertained guests amid piano music and outdoor refreshments. Lota received many gifts and enjoyed a delightful afternoon with family friends.
Mrs N J Oney of 412 Eleventh Avenue is 86 and celebrates her seven year effort planting and tending a peach tree that finally bore fruit this year. A grandchild had a photo taken with a basket of Greeley peaches this morning.
A Philadelphia Press exchange notes Mr Meekton and Miss Gabbie are fond of each other. The quip suggests he rarely speaks, making her the focus of conversation. The remark highlights playful banter about their relationship dynamics.
A Philadelphia Press fragment shows a bantering exchange where Wise jokes about selling a dime novel as security after taking it from a messenger boy who quickly delivered a note and returned with an answer.
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