Weld County Eyes Exposition Exhibit At Great Corn Show
Greeley Commercial club directors meet county commissioners to seek funding for Weld county to send an exhibit to the National Corn exposition in Omaha. Officials cite potential sweeping publicity and prize opportunities, with a detailed table of cash prizes for various grains and crops. Outcome depends on county action.
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Weld County
Greeley Commercial Club
Omaha
Commercial Club
Timothy
Greeley District
Missing pocketbook and suspect in Denver case
The Empeon canning factory employee Oscar Olsen loses forty dollars in cash and a gold watch fob after a rooming house visit by Walter C. Torrey, a sheriff's search extends to Denver and Cheyenne, with Torrey missing and no employment since leaving the factory. Separately Secretary J F McCrery questions an odd grain stalks classification as possible new grafting or misidentified wheat barley rye, awaiting expert advice.
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Oscar Olsen
Empeon Canning Factory
Fifth Street
Sheriff's Office
Walter C. Torrey
Young Torrey
Canning Factory
Greeley
Olsen
Torrey
James Price
Ben Mlorance
Denver
Cheyenne
A. C. Drake Ranch
DRESS UP THE CITY FOR BIG FAIR
City authorities anticipate a fair season push to clear weeds and decorate before the Weld county fair opening on September 1. Officials expect a large influx of visitors and aim to present a gala appearance across town. Mrs. J. C. Mosher visited Fort Collins to see relatives and friends.
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Weld
Husbands watch your wives
A lurid aside argues husbands should guard wives against flirtatious eyes and outside influence, urging vigilance as a social system. The piece mocks cheating and urges men to keep control, framing wife behavior as a target for strict male oversight.
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Cherchez la
Iake
Elion
Beggar G. W. Carroll Found With Gold and Fined in Greeley
Greeley authorities arrest 78 year old G. W. Carroll for street begging. Police find $50 in gold and additional money, a gold watch, matches, a Loveland ticket, and a card claiming age and incapacity. He pleads need to beg and is fined 15 dollars plus costs and released. He cites relatives in Boulder and travels from San Francisco.
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G. W. Carroll
Marshal Williams
Carroll
Greeley
Cheyenne
Loveland
Davis
Boulder
San Francisco
Chi
No Lamb Shortage Felt by Local Sheep Feeders This Fall
Ranchmen consult on lamb prices and freight costs as they prepare for winter feeding. Experts say prices should not exceed four and a half to five cents per pound and note no overall lamb shortage, with demand expected to rise if markets open. Hay supplies in Northern Colorado are tight, limiting feed.
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Denver
Laramie City
la Junta
New Mexico
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Colorado
Wheat yields forty five bushels per acre near Highland Lake
L P Mudd of the Highlandlake district reports dry land wheat at forty five bushels per acre after threshing. Local grain is Exceptionally high quality and yields exceed expectations with four machines active. Hiring of effectual farm hands is difficult during threshing season. The Christian Endeavor of the Christian Church holds a business meeting this evening with Mr. and Mrs. C B Phillips.
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L. P. Mudd
Lake District
The
Christian Endeavor of
Christian Church
C. B. Phillips
Boy Hurt By Grindstone Accident Loses Finger
Glenn Deffire of Eaton was injured when a shovel slipped while the other boy operated the grindstone. The blow opened two fingers to the bone and severed the little finger, causing significant pain. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Deffke. Miss Elma Wilson has returned to duties as librarian at the Greely public library after a two week outing at Rockhurst.
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Glenn Deffire
Eaton
Glenn
George Deffke
Elma Wilson
Greeley Public Library
Rockhurst
Merchants Push Back Against Yellow Sensation In Greeley
In Greeley, merchants rebut Dr. W A Philips’s claim of 150 percent profit as highway robbery. A feed dealer cites oats at 2 per hundredweight with 5 cents added for rolling, selling to Philips at 2 ¼, and hay profit around 12 percent after costs. Grocers report 2 3 percent profits on many goods, with some items yielding 6 to 7 cents per can in canned goods.
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Greeley
W. A. Philips
United Presbyterian Church
Philips
Dr. Philips
Weld County Agricultural Auto Designed for Fairs
The Greeley Commercial club plans an exhibition auto to showcase Weld county products at multiple fairs this year. The concept features an automobile constructed from grains grasses and beets with a steering wheel of spuds and a cantaloupe horn, plus large W E L D letters formed from county crops.
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Greeley Commercial Club
Weld County
Sugar Beet Crop Prospects in Greeley District
A. D. Hammond of three miles south of Greeley praises the current sunny weather for beets. He notes rapid growth and increasing sugar content, predicting the fall sugar factory will process over 200000 tons, with payouts exceeding one million dollars to local growers.
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A. D. Hammond
Greeley
Tobacco and Cigars Offered at Williams Corner
Ladies, call at H. EB. Williams', 809 Righth street, for your husband's favorite Tobacco and Cigars. A lady will wait on you.
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H. EB. Williams
Woman Steals Gold From Sum merville Home in Greeley Case
Hilma Yeagy, four months married to Irvine Yeagy, admitted theft of 234 dollars from Harvey Sum merville’s residence by cutting a screen two weeks ago. City Marshal Williams tracked the case, Yeagy confessed after questioning, and gold pieces began turning up. Yeagy, a close friend of the Sum merville family, was arrested in Greeley and described as a blonde.
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Hilma Yeagy
Irvine Yeagy
Eaton
Harvey Summerville
Williams
Mrs. Yeagy
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Opera
W. C. Torrey
J. F. McCrery
J. C. Mosher
Fort Collins
Fred Marsh
G. A. Webb
Teddy
Highland Lake
Boy
New Eaton Home
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