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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
2
A Rocky Ford Enterprise analysis argues American architecture is maturing with broader training and expert input. It predicts rich builders will empower architects to create original native styles and public and private buildings may rise in quality and character.
The piece notes increasing U S influence abroad with examples from Rev Newell Dwight Hillis at Rutgers praising American devices and industry. It cites reports from the Troy Times calling the American Empress a force for democratic ideas and contrasts modern mobility with Goethe era servant woes.
The sword of honor intended for Gen Stossel was presented to the St Petersburg Museum of War Relics in a ceremony marked by controversy. The once celebrated defender of Port Arthur was absent, court martialed, and labeled a coward, with the inscription altered to praise the Russian army.
In Lynn Massachusetts a local preacher tells women to keep their hats on in church arguing it helps solve the pew shortage. His quip highlights patterns of church attendance and social norms of the era.
Analysis traces the history of weather prediction from early observations to modern map forecasts. It notes how telegraph and circulation theory improved forecasts, but overall accuracy gains stalled after expanding forecast lead times and adopting combined local forecasts with map predictions.
The speaker warns that distrust in election returns threatens democracy and calls for full public accounting of campaign receipts and expenditures. He argues for transparent funding, rejects secret deals, and urges campaigns and candidates to disclose money openly under law to curb fraud and slander.
A commentary arguing government should not equalize competitive ability but provide equal opportunities. It states power misuse should be regulated, laws protecting rights must be enforced, and the American people possess practical conscience to guide the nation through trials.
Greeley leads Colorado reports with native tarantula sighting and a $200 starter to the Greeley Library fund. Leadville hosts a severe injury to Dr. Sol G. Kahn. a new town near Colorado Springs begins sugar beet support. Denver district court convicts Charles Whatles of grand larceny. a Cripple Creek post commander dies. Arkansas Valley sugar beets promise robust yields. Durango reports federal indictments for timber and coal land frauds. Canning factory finance in Greeley advances with local business pledges and Empson plans a Longmont or Greeley cannery with 12,000 cans per hour.
At Cape Breton immense olleries are worked beneath the ocean. Submarine mines cover a thousand acres and grow with time. Mines enter at shore and operators trace the vein under water for over a mile. Water pressure seals the bed like cement and fireclay lines the roof. Sediment is packed by pressure until no water enters from above.
President Kingsley of New York Life declares life insurance trustees are public servants with duties to policyholders and the public. He emphasizes high standards of efficiency, integrity, and performance, noting his twenty years with the company and promising daily record of responsible service.
A column sketches diverse scenes from early 20th century life. A teacher praises Tuskegee and Booker T. Washington to inspire Black students, a sharp Proverbial moment from Puck hints at fate, and a sardonic exchange ends with a quip about an ostrich feathered hat.
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as perfectly cooked, instantly served with hot milk or cold cream. It asserts pre-digested starch turns into grape-sugar during manufacture, aiding the weakest stomach and claiming the product is scientifically made at Postum Co. factories in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Colorado celebrates its birth with a daylong program planned by the Sons of Colorado. The event features a morning parade with pioneer floats, afternoon cornerstone laying for a new auditorium, and an evening pyrotechnic display. Prizes honor best decorated wagons cars and carriages, with officials promoting city and state participation.
Mrs. Thayer of Meeteetse Wyoming saved her three year old child from a mountain lion. She entered the yard fired a small revolver until empty. the noise frightened the lion away. She warded off danger by retreating to the house and trapping doors. The lion fled and was tracked by Thayer.
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