Negro and Clara Alward case ends in settlement
The long contested matter involving Isaac Brown the negro and Clara Alward the insane owner ends with a settlement. The court allowed Brown about 1600 in goods stock and cattle, with two-thirds of property to be returned and the rest to be divided after the asylum owner’s death. A California sister contemplates criminal charges after investigations. The estate is eighty acres near Hudson valued at 4000, to be divided between the deceased’s California sisters.
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Isaac Brown
Clara Alward
Sonman
Massalta
Inmoe
California
Ewing
Denver
Hadson
Evans
Smooth Con Man Targets Local Merchants Saturday
A confident con man entered Thompson Clothing and Flag Clothing Saturday night using fraudulent checks to obtain cash and goods. He asked for a First National blank and forged two checks for 25 dollars each, receiving 25 dollars in change. Merchants hope a new credit union system could protect against such forgeries and ensure checks are verified before cashing.
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Credit Os Association
Toppy
Thomp- Clothing Company
Flag Clothing Company
Missionary Society Meeting At First Det Church
The Missionary Society of the First Det church met Friday afternoon at Mrs. Mason’s home. Mrs Stevens led the program with assistance from Mrs Turner, Mrs Lockwood, and Mrs Sanborn. Topics covered frontier missionary work, gold finding and its consequences, Christianity East and West, railroad building the driving of the Golden Spike, and the Mormon Question. Miss Beelbach reviewed France work in the United States. An original poem was contributed by Mrs Jennie Sanborn and D. D. Porward read The Drive of the Golden Nail. A seven dollar and six cent collection was taken. thirty two ladies attended.
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Beelbach
United
Os Am
Jennie Sanborn
D. D. Porward
Greeley Editors Welcome Visitors From Fort Scott
A group of editors and publishers spent several hours in the city. Attendees included L. A. ipson owner of the Republican in charge at Omaha Charles on manager of the Republican G. Rownsend editor of the Evening Courier and T. T. Wilson editor of Waves.
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Party of
Tribune Ad Snippet Reflects Reader Doubts
A fragment from the Tribune’s page shows a reader doubting details found in ads. The line hints at scrutiny of advertised information and the search for clarity in notices.
Local Man Arrested Over Fence Theft Near Ota
Jack Barnes a recent groom, arrested by the sheriff for stealing two miles of wire fence from a neighboring claim. Barnes says a man selling his homestead offered the fence and denies wrongdoing. The original owners are reportedly a cattle company inactive in the area.
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Jack Barnes
Ota
Barnes
New Town Emerges Near Greeley Amid Rail Plans
Greeley and vicinity brace for rapid change as a new town, possibly named White City, rises near Lucerne with a moved depot toward Greeley. The Crow Creek lines will gain a dispatcher’s office, a double track from White City to Greeley, and early real estate rush as farmers’ land becomes town plots.
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Greeley
Lucerne
Crow Creek
New Town
Fourth Street
White City
Sixth Avenue
Mad Use for Hailstones (LaSalle Special)
George Gregory of La Salle demonstrated a new use for hailstones after a severe hailstorm in Gilcrest. He let onlookers inspect his buggy back where he packed large ice chunks from the downpour. He joked about having ice cream for supper as damage from the storm was extensive.
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LaSalle
George Gregory
la Salle
Gilcrest
Denver Placer Syndicate Reports $380000 Find in California
A Denver group of small investors each under $200 contributed to a syndicate that has learned from the Allegheny district in California that a placer mine there has uncovered $380,000 in gold. The discovery promises substantial returns for the local backers and highlights the boom in California mining ventures.
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The
Daily Tribune
Denver
Allegheny
California
Appendicitis Operation on Mrs Horace Salfer
Mrs Horace Salfer of Lone Tree district underwent an appendicitis operation performed by Dr Calvin Greeley a few days ago. She was very sick prior to the procedure and the Salfers are well known ranch people of the neighborhood.
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Lucerne Special
Horace Salfer
Lone Tree District
Calvin Greeley
Salfers
Greeley Commercial Club Eyes Rail Hub Plan
The Commercial club in Greeley debates a new Union Pacific link through town to create a rail hub, including a Julesburg branch passenger route via Seeley, plus a large new county courthouse, funded by bonds. The plan aims to boost growth and connect Denver, Pueblo, and surrounding lines with Greeley as a division point.
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County Court House
Union Pacific
Julesburg
Commercial Club
Greeley
Mesers
Gill, Hickman
McKelvey Timothy
Clayton
New York City
McKelvey
Denver
National Educators Association
Weld County
Colorado
Ninth
Tenth Avenues
Tenth Streets
Struc
Ture
Pueblo
la Salle
L. A. Camfield
D. Sanborn
LaSalle
Seeley
Ureeley
Chevranch
Fort Collins
Hillsboro-Firestone
Crow Creek
Cole
Boys Cultivate Four Acres Beets
Joe Wilkinson of Greeley, owner of a leading local farm, confirms a Tribune beet grower article. He recalls two neighboring farm boys, aged 10 and 12, who earned $20 for Christmas by caring for one acre and now hold contracts for four acres, predicting $100 by next November.
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Joe Wilkinson
Greeley
Tribune
Mr. Wilkinson
Denver
Banner Year Predicted for Northwestern Colorado
Denver June 15 David Moffatt builder of the Moffatt road and president of the First National Bank of Denver says this season will be the banner year in the history of northwestern Colorado. He states eastern capitalists are about to loosen up and seek investments in the state.
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The
Daily Tribune
Denver
David Moffatt
First National Bank of Denver
Northwestern
Colorado
Runaway Youths Seek Work Found by Greeley Patrol
Three thin hungry youths from Denver aged about 16 and 12, who fled their homes seeking beet work, were rounded up in Ault after traveling with inadequate clothing. They were going to Cheyenne when rain halted their tramp and the Greeley story notes their family distress and the marshal’s role in tracing them.
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Mary C. C. Bradford
Denver Women's Clubs
Greeley
Denver
Cheyenne
Pierce
Ault
Free Thursday Night Concert by Greeley Band in Downtown Park
An open air free concert by the Greeley band is set for Thursday evening in the downtown park. Town residents are expected to attend. The band will also lead the first excursion of the season to Eldora on Sunday with about 300 locals likely to join. The concert aims to highlight the mountain excursion as a key feature of the diversion.
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Big Greeley
Greeley
Eldora
Colorado grains and grasses touted for national expo
W H Olin of Colorado National Corn Association urges farmers to back Colorado at the Omaha National Corn Exposition December 6 to 18. He cites past second place in wheat, notes over 50 thousand dollars in premiums and trophies, and proposes an oat trophy to honor the world's best oats.
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Colorado
W. H. Olin
National Corn Association
Olin
Looman Leaves After Kansas City Visit
Elmer Looman departed for his home in Kansas City following a several day stay with his mother Mrs. Degraw and sister Mrs. D. D. Bickford.
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Elmer Looman
Kansas City
Mrs. Degraw
D. D. Bickford
Union Pacific to Enter Collins
Fort Collins reports indicate Union Pacific has secured most right of way for a Hillsboro to Collins terminus. The company likely enters Collins, affecting Burlington cattle routes from Hudson to Greeley and shifting stock flows east via the Union Pacific or the Burlington main line. Rivalry between Harriman and Hill shapes future rates and service for northern Colorado.
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Fort Collins
Union Pacific
Hillsboro
Collins
Denver-Laramie
Burlington
Hudson
Greeley
Colorado & Southern
Southern
Ints
Northern
Colorado
Harriman
Hill
School Board Considers Athletic Building Gift and Plans
The board discussed reserving a corner of the new high school site for an athletic building with a $2000 pledge from Bruce G Eaton and $200-$500 from other citizens. An architect will draft plans for two buildings, heating systems were reviewed, and Mrs. Jesse Page was reelected secretary.
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Bruce G. Eaton
William Mayher
Edwin Starkey
A. K. Clark
Jesse Page
Carter
Severe Electrical Storms Hit Highlandlake Area
Severe electrical storms plus hail have swept the Highlandlake neighborhood for two weeks. Lightning killed two work horses owned by W. H. Helms during a heavy storm. Fishing parties are active as Jack Bishop reported fine mountain trout near Lyons Monday.
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Highlandlake
W. H. Helms
Jack Bishop
Lyons
Raid Near Sugar Factory Targets Disorderly House
Marshal Williams led a night raid on a shack east of the sugar factory imprisoning three women who had been causing disturbances near the Igo sheep pens for over a week. Surveillance had lasted days to secure evidence for conviction. The shack described as filthy. The three women face disorderly conduct arraignments and future penalties.
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Williams
Igo
Taken East for Burial of Mrs Marie Bellamy
The remains of Mrs. Marie Bellamy who died Monday of tuberculosis were taken to Cleveland for burial this morning accompanied by her mother. Mrs Bellamy was the wife of George Bellamy a lecturer and slum worker in the east.
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Marie Bellamy
Cleveland
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