Thread: 100 Years Ago: First Christian Church destroyed by fire

100 Years Ago: First Christian Church destroyed by fire
By Mike Peters
January 1, 2023 at 6:30 a.m.
100 Years Ago: First Christian Church destroyed by fire – Greeley Tribune

100 Years Ago, for the first week of January 1923, from the issues of the Greeley Tribune-Republican newspaper:


• Scott of the First Methodist Church of Greeley, said that the first week of the new year will be the beginning of selling souls to the devil. He urged everyone to attend the daily services of the church for the first week of the new year.

• The First Christian Church of Greeley was destroyed by an early Sunday morning fire that started in the furnace just after Sunday school was ended for the children of the church. Damage was estimated between $5,000 and $40,000.

• Moses, the oldest horse in northern Colorado, died yesterday at the age of 35. Owned by Sir Cecil and Lady Moon, the horse had traveled the world before being retired at Log Cabin, Colo., north of Fort Collins.

• In southern Guinea, the greatest luxury that can be placed before a guest is a pot full of roast boa constructor steaks.

• Opinion and advertisement: "Those cheap eyeglasses sold by 10-cent stores are made of green bottle glass that interfere with light rays. They will eventually ruin your eyes." Paul Dill Optical Specialist.

• Persons who eat high gluttony meals in Germany are adding fat to their bodies, according to the government. Because of that. High gluttony meals will now be taxed an extra 25 percent.

• Garnsey & Wheeler Ford is having problems obtaining the most popular types of Ford autos at this time. Touring autos that are available at this time are the Touring Runabout for $298, the Touring Auto with Dem Rims for $393, and the Starter Runabout for $269.

• When first introduced to America, men would not carry an umbrella, because they were considered an "effeminate product." It wasn't until years later that men agreed to carry one in a rainstorm.

• According to writers from newspapers in the east, if you wan to get rich from your writing, write the story that will make the reader feel more "up" than "down."

• Column: "Men and bees are much alike. They give up a mighty small quantity of honey in proportion to the amount of noise they make."



— 100 Years Ago is taken from the original pages of the Greeley Tribune, the Weld County Republican, and when they merged, the Greeley Tribune-Republican...