Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Of all meddlers, there is none who get it in the solar plexus quite so hard as those who meddle with love. The chap who used to be so sure that our winters were growing warmer now has his donuts, and, perhaps frosted ears.[Read More…]
Tag: Days Gone By
DAYS GONE BY – February 29th, 2024
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Spring can’t be far off. A solitary blackbird made its appearance the other day. Late reports from the Douglas Creek and Rangely sections of the range indicate that cattle losses will be large. An unusually heavy fall of snow and a limited supply of[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY – February 22nd, 2024
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago The meteorological conditions during the week have been of a favorable character on an average. In other words, it was neither very cold nor very warm. A large lion hunting party, headed by John Goff, went up Sulphur Creek Sunday morning, but as yet[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY – February 15th, 2024
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Some traitors are bad, and others are merely good men who have been converted from the error of their ways and are no longer available for campaign use. A young lady from the outside gives Meeker great praise for the good dancing and nice[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY – February 8th, 2024
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago The Odd Fellows will celebrate St. Valentine’s Day, next Tuesday evening, February 14, by giving a dance at their hall. Vernal is considerably worked up over alleged late gold discoveries in the vicinity of the Colorado-Utah line. There ought to be no scarcity of[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY – February 1st, 2024
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Experience teaches people a lot of things they’d rather not know. Dr. French was a passenger on the outgoing stage Monday morning en route to Plymouth, Pennsylvania, to visit “the folks at home.” The doctor will be absent two months or longer. Our local[Read More…]
Days Gone By: January 18, 2024
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Nothing succeeds like the success of some people’s failures. Smallpox is quite the epidemic in various parts of the state, but as yet there are no cases in Meeker. Rifle, however, is said to be afflicted. Irons for the new Miller creek bridge were[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY – January 11th, 2024
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago The year may be young, but that is no excuse for supposing that it needs you as its guardian. On Thursday evening, the Rev. Handel gave a party to a few of his friends. The occasion was Mr. Handel’s birthday. About 20 persons sat[Read More…]
Days Gone By: January 4, 2024
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago In expressing himself to the voters the candidate should prepay the freight if he expects to get there. The ice harvest is now in full blast. The weather was cold and disagreeable during the past week, the thermometer being generally below zero. Meeker Herald[Read More…]
Days Gone By: December 28, 2023
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Last night the record for the winter, so far, was made with the government thermometer registered 28 below zero. The Herald didn’t have a reporter at the theater last Wednesday night to witness the rendition of “The Sunny South, or the Moonshiners Revenge,” but[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY – December 21st, 2023
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago There is some talk of buying steel cages for the county jail, and the proposition will be put before the commissioners in a favorable light at their forthcoming session. Under present conditions prisoners are taken to Glenwood or Leadville for safe keeping, and the[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY – December 14th, 2023
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago St. James church is being beautifully decorated for the Christmas tree festivities. Three tons choicest eating apples at Hay & JoHantgen’s. S.V. Shankland of White River was among the lower river people who visited the metropolis this week for business purposes. Meeker Herald ~[Read More…]
