The Age of Rubber and Looming Shortages
The piece notes rising rubber demand outpacing supply with 1907 production at 71,300 tons and growing consumption for tires boots and machinery. It traces rubber history from India to vulcanization, and discusses wild tree depletion, planned plantations, new plantations, and possible synthetic rubber from coal tar and related chemistries.
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India
England
South America
Perry
Boston
Charlee Goodyear
United States
Mexico
Brazil
Walt
Germany as main supply source replaces Brazil
The Rocky Mountain News notes that Germany will be the chief source of supply instead of Brazil, signaling a shift in sourcing strategy. The report highlights implications for trade flows and regional partnerships.
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Taly
Germany
Astead
Brazil
Rocky Mountain News
Greeley Visitors To Inspect New Denver Laramie Route
A group of sixty Greeley businessmen planned an observation trip to Denver next week to view the Denver Laramie Northwestern line already built. The party rode from Union depot at 2 PM to a bends area thirty miles from Denver and returned by 6 PM. President Johnson said grading extends forty three miles from Denver with heavy rails for the largest locomotives. graders are near Hillsboro.
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Greeley
Denver
Denver, Laramie & Northwestern
Union Depot
Brighton
Johnson
Hillsboro
Nelson Hurt at Percy Allam Ranch Near Ault
Genel Nelson, a new arrival from Madison Wisconsin, fell from a horse at the Percy Allam ranch near Ault. The hard fall tore ligaments in one ankle and caused minor injuries. He remains laid up from the accident while his friends at the ranch express sympathy.
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Genel Nelson
Percy Allam
Ault
Nelson
Madison
Wis
Kensington Club Dinner Party for Husbands at Beer's Home
Ladies of the Kensington club hosted a dinner party and social evening for their husbands at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Beer on Sixth Street. The pink decor and hearts reflected Valentine season as 34 covers were served at two long tables. Mayor Frank Green and his mother, Mrs. A. M. Green, attended as guests of honor and Mrs. Green performed original recitations before games and singing wrapped up the evening.
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Kensington Club
Frank Green
A. M. Green
McMillen Rents Farm Moves to Platteville in Evans Special
W. J. McMillen has rented his farm and will move to Platteville to serve as superintendent of the independent ditch. A ranch sale followed a call, where he disposed of farming implements and stock and recently built a new house at Platteville.
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W. J. McMillen
Platteville
Attorneys Tew and Ewing Lead Third Denver Bankruptcy
In Denver this week Attorneys Charles Tew and Joseph C. Ewing represent Daniel Maher in a voluntary assignment in the U S bankruptcy court. They previously prevailed for John O Grady of Greeley who faced nearly 37 000 in liabilities and turned over about 280 in assets. The breweries claimed 10 000 surplus but the referee accepted the invoice and rejected the dispute.
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Daniel Maher
Denver
John O'Grady
Greeley
O'Grady
Evans
Mortgage Filed For Northern Colorado Power Bond Issue
The Northern Colorado Power company files a mortgage with Central Trust of New York to secure a 6 million dollar bond issue and 2.506 million for improvements. Bonds dated May 1, 1908 bear 5 percent interest and cover the Lafayette plant and several related electric utilities. About 200 thousand dollars will fund transmission lines to irrigation districts.
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Northern Colorado Power Company
Central Trust Company of
New York
Lafayette
Longmont Electric Light and Power Company
Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Company
Consumers’ Electric Company of
Four Boys in Court Over Pelt Theft Near Sugar Factory
The sheriff arrested Walter Foster last evening in connection with missing hides from pens near the sugar factory. Three younger boys confessed to stealing pelts and selling them to Pearce for twenty five cents each. Pearce allegedly sold them to a hide man. all four will be arraigned this afternoon.
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Walter Foster
Pearce
Tere
Stolen Shoes and a Stepfather in Court
A 16 year old boy Graham was brought from Ault for stealing a pair of shoes. His stepfather Ira B Warren, a carpenter and Sunday school teacher, turned him out a year ago. The boy earned about $3 weekly and spent it on clothes. the stepfather sought to have him quit school and work for him. Judge Nixon ruled the boy could keep his earnings for clothes, but the stepfather allegedly caused the boy to become delinquent, and an information may be filed against Warren. The case draws mockery for the stepfather’s pious posturing.
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Graham
Ault
David Copperfield
Ira B Warren
Murdstone
David
Nixon
Warren
Sunday Dinner At Camfield Attracts Growing Guests
Manager Hall of the Camfield plans an exceptional menu for Sunday dinner. The old time Sunday dinner at home yields to the family hotel style as each Sunday increases the number of guests at the Camfield.
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Hall
The
Camfield
Camfeld
Grading Outfit Ready for Cheyenne Cut Route
Kilpatrick's outfit of 18 carloads of horses and tools used on the Cheyenne cutoff, Boras cut, was loaded this morning and billed to Greeley for this evening. Eighty head of horses wintered near Platteville started toward Greeley, along with a new team of driving horses and a manager’s mule team from Omaha. If Brandenburger's cold wave holds off, dirt will lie Monday at several points along the line, amid bets over Union Pacific trackage, with some investors confident the rails will be laid on the Crow Creek branch within four months.
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Kilpatrick
Greeley
Platteville
Omaha
Hitchcock
Brandenburger
Union Pacific
Hill
Cheyenne
Crow Creek
Narrow Escape For Two Ladies In Evans Runaway
Mrs Will Riley and Mrs George Bedford of Greeley narrowly avoided a serious Evans accident Friday afternoon when frightened horses caused a shaft break. They controlled the horses and were not thrown from the buggy, then returned to Greeley by train. Mrs Riley had previously figured in a runaway two years ago with severe injuries.
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Tribune
Greeley
Will Riley
George Bedford
Evans
Riley
Weld County Seeks Second Class Status via Special Act
Weld county commissioners propose a special act to elevate Weld from third to second class. The move would raise officer salaries and reduce filing fees from one dollar to seventy five cents for deeds and similar documents. Sheriff’s staff would expand from three to six, with costs covered by the office budget.
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Weld County
Senate
Carpenter
Boulder
Up and Down Vagrant Faces Police Judge Decision
A vagrant appeared before the police judge this morning and received a three day sentence. He had no visible means of support and a light whisker beard. Officers had previously ordered him out of town, but he wandered in circles and returned to the same point. He will receive three days instruction at the police station to train his left side to keep up with the right.
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Poli
Efort
Ruth Sturgeon Celebrates Fifth Birthday in Greeley Visit
Ruth Sturgeon, now in Denver with her father, visited Greeley this week to celebrate her fifth birthday with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Grable. Friday party hosted by grandma and aunts Laura and Tessa Grable featured playmates, games, a birthday cake with candles, ice cream, and cake. Guests included Lucetta Mawhinney Edwin Mawhinney Virginia Asmus Ethel Campbell and Katherine Heuring.
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Ruth Sturgeon
Lincoln
Ruth
Greeley
Denver
Sturgeon
J. 3. Grable
Laura
Tessa Grable
Lucetta
Edwin Mawhinney
Virginia Asmus
Ethel Campbell
Katherine Heuring
Delta Psi Party Held At Cameron Home Friday
Trudy Cameron and Garry Roddy hosted a Delta Psi fraternity gathering at the Cameron homeFriday evening with twenty five attendees. Partners were secured for supper in a novel way and Misses Laura and Deta Cameron served refreshments.
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Trudy Cameron
Garry Roddy
Delta Psi Fraternity
Laura
Deta Cameron
Big Live Stock Shipments at Eaton Stockyards
The Eaton stockyards were busy with four cattle cars and ten sheep cars loaded and billed to Omaha. Cattle owned by George Musberger. Sheep shipped by W. H. Eaton J. M. Collins Dick Blake and Chris Nelson. District stock fetching top prices.
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Eaton
Omaha
George Musberger
W. H. Eaton
J. M. Collins
Dick Blake
Chris Nelson
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