Postal regulations aim to cut dead letters in schools
Postmaster General Meyer directs letters to children on proper addressing. School officials in Greeley act, sending instructions to teachers and pupils. Emphasis on legible names, street numbers, city and state, with return address in top right corner. Ink is required. Aims to reduce the 13 million annual dead letters and ease postal burden. Also notes a lecture by Prof. Chambers on thinking versus imagination for teachers.
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Meyer
Postal Service
Gray
Charles &. Carter
Carter
Greeley
Harrison
Eivery
Chambers
Forward
Will Grant Chambers
Colorado Normal School
Baptist Sunday School
Enos Mills Lectures on Forestry At Congregational Church
Enos A. Mills spoke on the economic value of forests and the need to conserve and replant trees. He cited Germany Japan and Switzerland as examples of forest wealth and contrasted them with the United States where funding is tiny and reforestation sparse. He noted a Swiss forest near Zurich yields $12 per acre annually and urged greater government support for forestry and fire protection.
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Enos A. Mills
Congregational Church
Mills
Germany
Japan
China
Zurich
Switzerland
German
United States
Henry DeVotie Visits Son in LaGrange District Fishing
Henry DeVotie visits his son Duane DeVotie in the LaGrange district. Tuesday he and his brother John formed a fishing party and traveled to No. 2 reservoir where they enjoyed good luck.
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Henry DeVotie
Duane DeVotie
LaGrange
John
No. 2 Reservoir
Weld County Farmers Club Proposes Inspectors for Potatoes
A Weld County committee from the Farmers Club and the commission men agree to experiment with potato and produce inspections at cost. Led by EB Bliss and P F Daven, the plan calls for a chief inspector in Greeley and local inspectors to be hired, aiming to raise markets and prices for growers.
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Weld County Farmers Club
Commission
Camfield
Tuesda
Farmers’ Club
E. R. Bliss
P. F. Daven
R. M. Haythorn
C. L. Pitch
Cc. F. Mason
M. S. Losey
Eaton
P. BE. Boyle
Greeley
W. H. Ross
W. P. Grant
Lucerne
Weld County Produce Dealers Association
Ope
Farmers Club
Weld County
EB. R. Bliss
Infant dies near Ault. funeral held at home
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Carder of a ranch seven miles northeast of Ault died Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services were held at 11 o clock this morning from the home and interment followed in Eaton cemetery. Mrs. Albert Nichols learned of her sister Mrs. A M Harris death at Pullman Washington. Nichols had gone east to be with her sister but returned to Colorado due to illness of her own daughter Grace. Eva Morris of Ault is a sister of the deceased.
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M. M. Carder
Ault
Eaton Cemetery
Albert Nichols
A. M. Harris
Pullman
W. VI
Nichols
Colorado
Grace
Eva Morris
Beebe Draw School Closes After Illness Disrupts Term
Beebe Draw School ends an eight month term Tuesday due to teacher illness. Substitute Miss Gross of Greeley completed work as Miss Andrews was unable to finish. Lois Leroy, 14, the sole eighth grade graduate with a 95 percent average, will attend Florence High School next year.
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Beebe Draw
Heebe
Andrews
J. L. Leroy
Florence High School
Denver Couple, Former Arcade Theater Owners, Return Home
Mr. and Mrs. J. Carnahan, former proprietors of the Arcade theater, returned to Denver this morning, where they expect to remain.
City Council Moves To Gravel Streets And Regulate Poll Tax
The city council held a midnight session addressing street work and tax collection. Aldermen debated gravelling seventeen miles from the general fund, police to nab poll tax dodgers and speeders, and new water and irrigation charges. A house-to-house tax push, motor vehicle rules, and portable permits for spring plantings were discussed with several items referred to committees.
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Denver
Colorado Springs
Greeley
Luther
Howard
Canning Factory
Ninth Avenue
General Fund
Hays
Alderman Hays
Normal School
Enery
City to fund improvements around hall and library
Aldermen oppose cost to city but city engineer presents plans for lawns drives and walks around city hall and library with work to begin immediately.
Runaway Carriage Injures Mrs. Munce Near Greeley
Mrs. Will Munce sustained serious injuries when a borrowed horse ran away and threw her against a tree near the Unitarian church in Greeley on Tuesday afternoon. Her husband, driving with one hand to guide and the other to raise an umbrella, was also thrown but escaped harm.
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Evans
Will Munce
Unitarian
Greeley
Munce
Mance
Fine Dog on Exhibition in Ault Windows
One of Colorado's finest dogs, a Petrie wolf hound, is shown in the City Drug store windows in Ault today with eight puppies. The dog, famous from dog shows since puppyhood, has a December Outdoor Life feature and is owned by T. Jones, a local real estate man.
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Colorado
Ault
Petrie
T. Jones
Sober Men Find Den of Snakes Near Ault
Report of telephone line work near Ault uncovered a den of about 30 garter snakes. Workers killed many, piled the reptiles by the roadside at the M. L. King ranch, and left others in the ground. A neighbor reportedly found twelve garter snakes in his well.
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Ault
M. L. King Ranch
New Street Grader Brought for Evans Project Trial
A city council approved street grader arrives for Evans trials with Denver expert in charge. A Kersey committee visits to view the machine as potential local purchase. Also, the Christian Endeavor prayer meeting plans to appoint six month leaders with Miss Clara Johnson Thursday evening.
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Evans
Denver
Kersey
The
Christian Endeavor of the Christian Church
Clara Johnson
Chain gang urged as six stores report break-ins
Police link six last night burglaries to youths after entries at Neill Lumber Bartlett Lumber Kittle Withey Carter Produce Club and White House and Club restaurants yielded little loot. A tramp jailed on vagrancy ties to previous robberies. officials push for a chain gang to curb growing vandalism.
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Neill Lumber Company
Bartlett Lumber Company
Kittle & Withey’s
Neill Lumber Co
Carter's Produce and Implement
Seventh Street
Club
White House
Stevens
Scott Bullard
Fraternal Union Lodge Delights Eagle Hall Crowd
The Fraternal Union of America staged a top season entertainment in Eagle hall drawing over 300 attendees with many turned away for lack of space. A four song program featured Misses Grayham Luther Cart and Mr Allie Gates, then dancing to music by Griffin Williams and Smith. Refreshments followed as attendees praised the event as the best yet.
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Eagle Hall
Fraternal Union of America
Grayham
Luther
Cart
Allie Gates
Messrs
Griffin, Williams and Smith
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Wilkenville, N. Y
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Front Street
Oswego, Ohio
Enos Mills
A. E. Leake
Greeley Candy Company
N. Burger
Jacob Hoover
Council
Fraternal Union Entertainment
Mary F. Rausch
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