Greeley High class graduates at 18 average age
Greeley High School reports the class of 1931 averaged 18 years 1% months at graduation from 170 graduates. The oldest 21 years 2 months, youngest 15 years 7 months, with 26 over nineteen and nine past 20. Athletics average 18.9 years. Lewis Smith the standout youngest. State 20 year rule discussed, but many would be eligible if it were enforced.
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Gresley High
Te Ureg
Clana
Colegea
Lewis Smith
Quartermier
Atu Fent
Greeley
Giant Liner to Light Funnels for Night Safety
The Express of Britain, a 42,500-ton liner, will illuminate its 42 story height funnels with powerful lamps. The lights will be visible over 80 miles and form a moving aura on low clouds on clear nights. Illumination will also serve as a beacon for air travel and dirigibles.
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Britain
Alipa 9
Jong
Securities Fall as Stocks Slump in Monday Trading
Stocks slipped in Monday trading with widespread declines of 2 to 5 points. Market leaders fell into new bear market territory as investors faced losses and cautious sentiment dominated.
Sterling Miner Leases Continental Oil Station
Sterling Miner has leased the large Continental filling station opposite the Weld county garage at Eighth avenue and Terith street and will operate it himself handling Conaco products. H. R. Hanaford will assist as manager for Continental. The change went into effect Monday.
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Sterling Miner
Continental
Weld County
Continental Oil Company
Eighth Avenue
Terith Street
Hnimself
Conaco
Births and a homicide headline from metropolitan notices
The clipping notes births: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Sea strand at Greeley hospital on June 2, and a seven pound daughter to Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hightower on May 27 at Fuse hospital. Ed Miller and wife welcome an eight pound son at Greeley hospital on May 28. A Houston murder on June 1 describes Mrs. Maria Hart shot on the mezzanine floor of the Rica hotel in front of many witnesses.
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Conrad Seastrand
Twelfth Street
Greeley Hospital
Milliken
H. B. Hightower
Fuse Hospital
G CG. Fusen Alea
Ed Miller
Johnstown
Houston
Tex
Maria Hart
Beaumont
Rica Hotel
Christian Science Denounces Hypnotism and Mesmerism in Lesson Sermon
The May 31 sermon across Christian Science churches denounced animal magnetism and hypnotism as error. It cited biblical verses from Jeremiah and Isaiah and referenced Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures to argue mind is not in matter and that spiritual truth alone delivers the poor from evil.
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Lerson
Egypt
Pharaoh
Mary Baker Eddy
Beet Spacing Guidance for Filling Gaps in Rows
The text advises spacing gaps in beet planting blocks slightly closer than 12 inches to reach about 100 beets per 100 feet. It suggests asking for twelve inch spacing or considering ten inch spacing as an alternative, noting it might be worthwhile in many cases.
District Dry Meetings To Be Held Here In Greeley
Edwin G Johnson and Mrs Adriann Hungerford head the East Rufth district W C T U loyalty dinner at First Christian church Greeley Tuesday evening amid a full three day convention with sessions at both First Christian and Methodist churches. The schedule features devotionals, rallies, and talks including Some Legislative Battles by Johnson and discussions on temperance education and youth programs with attendees from Weld County and state officials.
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Edwin G. Johnson
Leitenant
Colorado
Adriann Hungerford
Woman's Christian Tamperante Union
Apente
Greeley
East Rufth
First Christian Church
Johnson
C. R. Graves
Albert A. la Follette
Moses H. Smith
Weld County
Stella Bedford
Frances Lago
Mabel Hall
Young Crusader
Hvans “Union Signal
Greedley
Jessie Fink
Grace Painter Pong
Young People’s
Loyal
Temperance’ Legion
Stella Brithart
Greslay L. T. L
Alice Houston
Auronio Benediction
America
Grace
Charles Hannen
W. %. Anderson
Rov
L. B. Grattan
Daisy Newell
Ault
Bidwin
Hungerford
the Christian Church
Granddaughter of Harding Wells Marries in Marion
Jean de Wolf, 22, granddaughter of Mrs. Warren G. Harding, and Charles Wall, 26, manager of a Marion furniture store, wed today at St. Pauls Episcopal church in Marion Ohio. The ceremony links the Harding estate line as Jean's family history traces to Kersey and editor Marshall De Wolf.
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W. G. Harding Wells
Marion
Ohio
Jeanne Wolf
Mra
Warren G. Harding
Charles Wall
Marion Furniture
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
George de Wolf
Jean de Wolf
Kersey
Marshall
Pete” de Welf
Georges
Marshall de Wolf
Executor from Kersey Recounts Family History and White House Visits
The obituary fragment notes a Kersey executor recounting his mother’s father and the death of Marshall de Wolf. It mentions Warren Harding, then a U.S. senator, visiting Kerkey to settle the estate. After de Wolf’s election to the presidency, Mia de Wolf and her children were entertained at the White House on occasions.
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Toceiver
Kersey
Marshall de Wolf
Warren Harding
United States
Kerkey
Tho Igiter
Mia
de Wolf
Whits House
Edgar Wins National Contest Prize Over Liquor Topic
John C. Edgar of Greeley earns second prize of 300 dollars in a national Intercollegiate Prohibition Association contest on alcohol in modern society. Other prize winners include Benjamin Ungerman Syracuse University first with 600 dollars for a trip to Northern Europe and Helsinki Finland, plus Clyde Cleveland Emanuel Minali?ry College and Mattie V Krey Bethel-Peniel College.
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John C. Edgar
Greeley
Jung
Geneva College
Beaver Falls
Intercollegiate Prohibition Association
Modern Society
Benjamin Ungerman
Syracuse University
Clyde Cleveland
Emanuel
Minalonury College
Mattie Vkrey
Bethel-Peniel College
Greslay
Delbert Wickstrom
Greeley State Teachers College
Germany and Britain Compete for North Atlantic Honors
Britain and Germany vie for transatlantic speed supremacy as the United States trails. Cunard builds two 73,000 ton ocean greyhounds to reclaim sea supremacy. Leviathan delays open the door. The Europa seized the crown in 1940 with a 4 day 17 hour crossing. earlier records include the Britannia and the Savannah's 1819 voyage.
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Washington
North Atlantic
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Cunard Line
Britain
Cherbourg
New York
Cunard
Liverpool
Atlantic
Savannah
New York City
Liversiood
Queenstown
Ireland
Press Liberty Upheld by High Tribunal
The Supreme Court ruled five to four that a Minnesota law censoring a weekly newspaper was invalid. Chief Justice Hughes said libel protections already shield the public from false reporting, while Justice Butler dissented noting press freedom allows restraint in peace or war.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Hughes
Butler
Vandevanter
McReynolds
Sutherland
Winograd Divorce Suit Tried in City Court
The district court heard the divorce case of Gandwa Winograd against Abe Winograd, a Denver junk dealer, alleging cruelty and seeking $25,000 permanent alimony plus a decree. Mrs. Winograd, a former New York Hebrew teacher, seeks dissolution after 18 years of marriage begun in Denver in 1929. The couple, who reunited briefly during a 1928 trip to Poland, testified they grew incompatible within weeks of marriage.
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Gandwa
Winograd
Abe Winograd
Mre. Wingrad
Denver
Rhoda
New York
Poland
Fort Lupton Wins Two Ball Games Over Weekend
Lupton scores two decisive wins at Fort Lupton on Decoration Day and Sunday. Fort Lupton defeated Spanish Night Club of Denver 12 to 7 and Mangone's Cafe 8 to 3. Batteries: Lafebre Lontino Encera McCauley Odle Golle Schlect Dugino Boan Powell Schlect.
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Fort Lupton
Fort Tarpton
Denver
Mangone
Lupton
Lafebre
Lontino
P. Encera
McCauley
0. Odle
P. Golle
Schlect
Magono
Dugino
Boan
Powell
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Florencer Harnes Barnes
Mrs Florencer Harnes 7% wife of William Harvey Barnes died Monday. A Greeley resident for 15 years she lived at 718 Thirteenth Street at death. Survived by husband and one daughter Mrs Smynders of Chicago. Body shipping to Gallopolis Ohio for burial. Sheep Shearing Completed Briggsdale June 1 Seven Cross ranch reports 608 sheep shorn last week. Andy Ross credited for leading a strong local program.
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Florencer Harnes
William Harvey Barnes
Morday
Harnes
Greeley
Thirteenth Street
Smynders
Chicago
Gallopolis
Burnink
Briggsdale
Seven Crose Ranch
Andy Ross
Jock
Greeley Printers at Typographical Meeting
Delegates from the Greeley Typographical Union attended the Intermountain Typographical conference in Fort Collins among printers from Colorado New Mexico and Wyoming. Otho Franklin Presley Pool and Charles L Kellow served on committees as the craft discussed apprentice questions local organization and reports. W I Reilly Colorado Springs was elected president and T A Stavis Denver reelected secretary treasurer with Franklin elected second vice president.
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Greeley Typographieal Union
Intermountain Typographical Conference
Wofons
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
Fort Collings
Otho. Franklin
Charles L. Kellew
Presley Pool
Greeley
Franklin
Charles L. Kellow
W. I Reilly
Colorado Springs
T. A. Stavis
Denver
Otho Franklin
Cigar-Smoking Turtle Disrupts Sunday Traffic
A smoking cigar perched in the mouth of a late Sunday crossing snapping turtle caused a traffic jam in downtown Washington. Officers captured the 18 inch reptile, along with its cigar, and placed them in a police station cell pending further action.
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Waanington
Carl P. Paul
Turtle
Cigar
Polica
Grain Supply Changes in New York June 1
The visible supply of American grain shows Wheat up 2,322,000 bushels, Corn down 2,387,000, Oats down 593,000, Rye down 286,000, Barley down 206,000. These shifts reflect adjustments across major grains in the market report.
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New York
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Atchison Jost
New York Central
Union Pacific
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania
U.S. Steel
American Telephone and Telegraph
Associated Press
Stork Express
Christian Science Churches
THE
Great Western Sugar CO
Edgar
Weller Lumber Co
Hoys
W. B. Bilas
2. T. Snyder
G. H. Bradfield
Greeley Printers
Tenth St
the Greeley Furniture Co
Farr-Jansson Co. Co
Grescy
Cab
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