27 Aug 1909
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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
1
The article urges mer chants to decorate shops during the upcoming Weld County fair to enhance the city for visitors. It also suggests a flower parade with participating children as a fresh feature and notes speed class entries at the Weld county fair with listed participants and horses.
In Greeley area orchards growers debate sowing cover crops to improve soil. Benefits include humus, nitrogen, moisture retention, and winter protection, with practices ranging from red clover or alfalfa to alternating two years of cover crops with clean cultivation. Water availability limits use as cover crops conserve moisture only when water is ample.
Mrs. Gretchen Huffman in Windsor suffers dementia and extreme hunger with aversion to garments. She was found naked in the sun, feared dead by a frightened boy, and may face lunacy charges. Neighbors have aided her, claiming cruelty, while she is to be brought to Greeley for care.
Joe Hall of Severance promotes a West Virginia picnic at Nee’s Grove near Severance on September 6 seeking to unite Northern Weld County residents born in the state. He urges WV natives to join, regardless of gender or origin, to share memories and celebrate their birthplace.
Tonight is the last band concert of the season as summer wanes. The program includes March, Triumphal overture, The Sky Pilot serenade Dreamland waltzes The Rose Garden intermezzo Deed of the Pen overture The Benefactor and Light Cavalry as the concluding items, following a season of enjoyable concerts and city park weddings possibly inspired by romance.
Mr and Mrs Alvin Anderson of Chillicothe Illinois spent two days in Greeley and decided it would be an ideal place to live. They left Thursday afternoon for Denver and their first property purchase here awaits their return.
Miss Ethel Dullam is appointed training teacher for the third and fourth grades at the Normal Training school replacing Miss Dora Ladd. A Rockford College alumna and Greeley Normal School graduate of 1904, she brings two years of Spearfish State Normal School teaching, a bachelor’s work from Teachers College New York City, and recent roles in Indianapolis practice supervision and summer model lessons for teachers. Her qualifications and personal qualities are expected to endear her to Greeley.
A Greeley mother describes family planning around mountain trips and summer vacations. Many locals seek the hills for cottages or rental stays, trading comfort for simplicity. Women endure basic lodging for happiness, while camping trips attract youths for pure, sociable fun with friends.
In a humane local reflection the article urges consideration for delivery horses after a light hearted tale of a spool of thread and a hungry noon hour. It argues patience benefits horses tired by long work and previews tomorrow’s installment on the delivery horse’s view.
Justice requests sheriff aid to enjoin building of ornamental bridge and to protect Katie Ernst a 14 year old orphan from alleged kidnapping by four young men. Ernst was arrested in Greeley after a hotel employment dispute and awaits hearing before Judge Bradfield while placed in county hospital.
A freakish blaze on the Charley Peterson farm near Windsor set fire to straw and destroyed about fifty bushels of grain while threatening 200 bushels near the threshing machine. The fire endangered the machine itself, marking a peculiar Weld county threshing accident.
A fire sparked by a box of matches in a bundle of wheat ignited straw stock and damaged part of the grain on Deputy Sheriff Charlies Peterson’s farm. The threshing machine was moved to safety, saving about 300 bushels. roughly 50 bushels and the straw stack burned. Oats yielded 68 bushels per acre, wheat 42, barley 50. wheat sold at 1.40 per bushel. Peterson touts 57 acres of beets as a future profit source.
Mrs. W. G. Hubbell of Fort Lup ton traveled through Greeley on Thursday en route to Steamboat Springs. Her daughter Clara will stay in Greeley with grandmother Mrs. W. B. Cronkhite during the mother's absence.
George Givens of Rat on loses a race to file a homestead claim by ten minutes to a younger claimant who plans to cultivate and live on it. Mrs Martha Johnson of West Virginia, age 62, seeks a claim to bring her invalid husband to Colorado for higher altitude care, with legal steps underway.
Mrs. Mary McElroy owner of the adjacent building has filed in district court to stop the Opera House company from finishing an ornamental bridge fire escape over the alley to her roof. She seeks a permanent injunction and a ruling that the prior council's permission was invalid, alleging property damage and rights interference. The present council avoided ruling to prevent litigation with the plaintiff. The former council had offered settlement for damages.
Producers in the Greeley district learn about a potato cellar method proven by a local farmer. The dugout storage uses soil cover and straw to create a dry, cool climate, reducing shrinkage and providing cheap, efficient storage for potatoes and root crops in western conditions.
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