City council weighs finances and street work
City officials held another midnight session to review the year’s finances and ongoing improvements. Taxes, water charges, and upcoming bond obligations were discussed as crews moved poles, trees, and plans for a new filter bed while setting rules for theater leases and street railroad funding.
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Seventh Avenue
Dely
Perever
R. A. Fitugivens
Union Pacific
Lroad
Comet
Postal “Cleeraph Company
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Sture
Knee Deep in June by James Whitcomb Riley
The speaker longs for a lazy June afternoon in an orchard with shade and grass to breathe freely. He imagines rest and escape from work, lying among clover blooms and sky glimpses while recalling departed friends and carefree days. June’s warmth, birds, and honeyed speech drive a playful devotion to a simple, restorative life.
City Council Considers Ballast Meaning and Street Grading
The council questions ballast in the contract and agrees to grade the street six inches deep like the rest, with one third charged to the street car company. The company likely intended this, and wording will be amended. The council plans a follow up Tuesday evening to audit bills before the Fourth.
Police Court News Delinquent street walkers and disturbances
A street walker named Mabel was jailed for twenty days vagrancy and faces larceny trial after rings were found on her. Two Lucerne men Jim Morton and George Harris were jailed at midnight for disturbing the peace and await trial. Another beggar was picked up and likely to be fined while possessing money.
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Mabel
Davis
Hbeer Ti Neet
Lucerne
Jim Morton
George Harris
Taft to Attend Insurance Convention in Colorado Springs
William L. Clayton, commissioner of insurance, arranged for President Taft to attend the annual insurance commissioners convention in Colorado Springs on August 24 and 25, with an address on August 23. Clayton, returning from New York, met former insurance official B E Rittenhouse, now head of Provident Life in New York, who chairs the committee inviting Taft. The committee reports Taft will accept and be in the west at that time.
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William L. Clayton
Taft
Insurance Commissioners
Colorado Springs
Clayton
New York
BE. E. Rittenhouse
the Provident Life Insurance Company of
Rittenhouse
Washington
West
To Better Ault Schools Ault Special
At a Wednesday special meeting at Olive Branch Schoolhouse voters approved building an addition and adding ninth grade studies by 39 to 20. Adjournment set for Saturday to decide tax levy and total cost. The district spans seventeen miles and will not issue bonds, only raise taxes.
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Olive Branch
City Codifies Largest Cottonwood Bet In Greeley
A group of real estate men measured trees and confirmed the cottonwood outside J D Potter’s Twelfth street home as the city’s largest. The tree spans twelve feet seven inches in circumference four feet above the base, about four feet in diameter, planted in 1870 by Grandma Dunham.
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J. D. Potter
Twelfth Street
Anont
Greeley
Grandma Dunham
To Choose School Site Ault Special
Ault plans a special meeting on July 12 to decide the location for a new schoolhouse. Architects Wright of Boulder Williams of Fort Collins and Patterson of Greeley favor a new building over adding to the old one.
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Ault
Wright
Boulder
Williams
Fort Collins
Patterson
Greeley
Choir Prepares Fine Music for Congregational Church
The church choir plans exceptional music for Sunday evening with a rehearsal tonight followed by hot weather refreshments. All members are urged to attend.
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Congregational Church
Four Divorces In Twenty Minutes Sets Weld County Record
Four divorce cases were finalized in twenty minutes this morning under Judge Gamble amid claims of non-support cruelty and runaway husbands. Dora E. Duffy and Lula Lewis, Emma Hansen and two others secured decrees with attorney Joseph C. Ewing assisting three and Herbert E. Baker for the fourth. Court costs totaled about 15 dollars per case. Separately, Robert McF. Doble leaves Home Electric for Baca Land Co. F A Fellows may resign and A L Lindner to return as manager as the local lighting firm cuts staff to maintain earnings.
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Weld
Lula Lewis
Windsor
Wray
Emma Hansen
Chicago
F. A. Fellows
A. L. Lindner
Fellows
Greeley
Northern
Denver
Discouraged Tenant and Wife Leave Farm for Parts Unknown
Discouraged renter Gene Robert Hill and his wife departed by train from the W. H. Eaton farm east of Eaton on Monday. Hill left behind almost all belongings except his wife, taking nothing from the farm except the wife due to his crop misfortune.
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Gene Robert Hill
W. H. Eaton
Eaton
Goodby
Hill
Mrs Churchill Reports on Eastern Sanitation and Industry
Mrs Isabellle Churchill tours the eastern states for a women’s journal. She inspects important buildings focusing on sanitation and investigates industrial conditions affecting women in the region.
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Isabellle Churchill
Five Thousand in Six Weeks Take Government Land in Colorado
Five thousand settlers filed on government land in Colorado in six weeks, setting a Sterling district record. More than 1,000 filings occurred in the Mondell act area, with 326 acres claimed and expectations of near 1,000 more by mid July. Denver district saw 500 entries, Hugo Lamar and Pueblo districts each 700 to 1,000, totaling 1,600,000 acres claimed to date. Judge Armour of Sterling reports an unprecedented rush and calls it the best district record in federal land history.
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Colorado
Federal Land Office
Denver
Sterling
Hugo
Lamar
Pueblo
Judge Armour
Divorce suit filed by Mabel Barksdale in county court
In Cheyenne in 1902 Mabel Barksdale seeks separation from Henry K F Barksdale. She says she supports herself and two children aged 6 and 3 and accuses him of various abuses. Decree to be granted when court costs are paid.
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Ife
Thivorce
Chlof Mabel Barksdale
Henry KF
Cheyenne
Colorado Superintendents Session Sets July Meeting
The County Superintendents Association of Colorado will hold its twenty fifth annual session at the State Normal in Greeley on July 2 and 3 with forenoon and afternoon programs. Participating are Catherine Cook J H Shriber Helen Grenfell Mary C Bradford and Mary Rausch. Officers include J M Madrid president Emma G Myers vice president Marie V Donahue secretary and Pearl Moore treasurer.
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Emma G. Myers
Delta County
Marie V. Donahue
Teller County
Pearl Moore
Larimer County
Women of Woodcraft Convention Opens in Fort Collins
The district convention of the Women of Woodcraft sits in Fort Collins with twenty circles represented. Delegates from the Greeley circle attended led by Mesdames Mamie Thompson Tom Hall C Thompson J H Kidder B F Marsh O H Adams R J McLucas, along with members Jesse Nolin E G McKinney A J McCarter Ed Rosling and A T Ling.
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Women of Woodcraft
The
Fort Collins
Greeley
Mesdames
Mamie Thompson
Tom Hall
C. C. Thompson
J. H. Kidder
B. F. Marsh
O. H. Adams
R. J. MccLucas
Jesse Nolin
E. G. McKinney
A. J. McCarter
Ed Rosling
A. T. Ling
Dunham Family Welcomes First Great Grandchild in Hartford
Mrs Abigal Dunham receives a telegram announcing the arrival of a baby daughter at the home of Mr and Mrs Donald Austin Dunham in Hartford Conn This marks Mrs Dunhams first great grandchild and adds a new generation to the family with the newborn daughter welcomed at home.
Woodruff Returns to Face Charges in Land Frauds Case
Former state land board register Mark G. Woodruff was arrested near Brighton and returned to Denver to face district court charges tied to the Hurt of Saguache and Egeria land scandals. He faces indictments, will be questioned by the legislative investigating committee, and civil suits seek recovery of land leases and funds.
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Mark G. Woodruff
Register of the
State Land Board
Denver
Legislative Investigating
Woodruff
Saguache
Routt County
Egeria
Egeria Land
Republican State Land Board
Wheeler
Creede
Brighton
Sheriff's Office
Court Paragraphs in McCall vs Smith Move to Separate Actions
In McCall vs Smith a motion to separate two causes of action was sustained. McCall seeks damages for bank account interference and for injury to his character and credit. Ewing and Kelly for McCall and F J Green for Smith appeared. Leftwich of Fort Collins absent. Y Naka alias Eto, linked to merchants in Greeley and Morgan, remains sued with judgments against him. Attorney Ewing obtained a judgment for Nelson & Co of Fort Morgan for £488 this morning and he may be located in a strong district before season’s end.
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McCall
Ewing
Nelson &Os
Fort
Morgan
Bryan Jr. Weds Helen Burger at Grand Lake Outdoor Ceremony
W J Bryan Jr married Helen Virginia Burger in a quiet outdoor ceremony June 24 at the Lovering summer home on Grand Lake Colorado. Rev H S Huntington officiated. The couple will spend weeks at Grand Lake before heading to Arizona where the groom works.
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W. J.ryan, Jr
Grand Lake Colo
W. J. Bryan, Jr
Helen Virginia Burger
F. D. Lovering
Grand Lake
H. S. Huntington
Crete
Arizona
Seven or a Dozen Joe Nelson Receives Roosevelt Medal
Expressman Joe Nelson earns a Roosevelt medal for a large family. A new boy joined the Nelson household yesterday noon and Joe delivered cigars to celebrate. Currently six daughters share the house with each girl having a brother.
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Joe Nelson
Expressman
Nelson
Joe
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