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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
1
Two performers Stevens and Ellis presented a piece titled Pinary Law Was Subject at the local opera house. The event featured a brief program and drew a modest audience.
A sizable audience including women and Miss Meredith heard speakers critique the convention system in Colorado. They urged direct election reform, citing party caucus control, state ticket preselection, and legislators chosen by party bosses rather than voters. Advocates noted attempts in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth General Assemblies to pass direct primary laws, but none reached a vote or printing.
Mr and Mrs W B Woodruff of the village were in an auto spin Thursday afternoon when a smashup occurred. Mr Woodruff suffered a broken arm and was said to have struck a tree. Mrs Woodruff escaped serious injury in the accident that was described as severe and unusual for the area.
Weld county representative candidate B K Packard voiced strong sympathy for a direct primary election law. He told the Tribune editor he is ready to sign a written pledge and work toward reforms matching the State Primary league’s goals, criticizing past convention systems and pledge to promote improvements aligned with his four year consideration.
Special to the Daily Tribune Denver October 2 Taft train due 6 30 pm crowds gather for a monster parade and celebration led by Sheriff Nesbit Police will head the procession followed by city and state officials Taft party in carriages lambeau clubs Colorado Springs delegation A Taft admirer division weighing at least 216 pounds will march A reception at the Auditorium precedes and follows the speaking event.
Miss Ethelwyn Fezer married Clarence 2 My detail notes a quiet but elegant wedding at the Fezer home in Greeley with white décor and autumn flowers. John Doane officiated as Ebert's serenade and Mendelssohn wed march accompanied the couple into the parlor. The bride, a pharmacist and church helper, and the groom, a Greeley native with a ranch near Heyburn, Idaho, left for their new home the same evening.
The September issue of the Crucible, the Normal school publication, offers twenty six pages of readable content. Editor Abbie McNicholas and staff contribute a late story on William Bootes year and G R Miller begins a series on The New Theory of Teaching History in the Elementary Schools. Departments include Kindergarten, arts and crafts notes Current Things and Thought Y W C A literary societies junior and high school notes, with nineteen staff members.
W G Last, formerly with Schumann Piano, abducted secretary Herman Schlingman at gunpoint in Denver and forced him to sign a false confession of forgery while demanding $90. Schlingman escaped as Last pursued him, triggering a street chase with witnesses calling for help.
Short early price list from Greeley markets shows potatoes priced per hundredweight, butter per pound, eggs per dozen, and poultry per pound with fragmented OCR text. The readable items indicate standard grocery commodities but lack complete figures or dates.
Washington reports 1907 gold and silver production at 4 373 27 ounces of silver valued at 37 299 700 dollars. Colorado leads in both metals with 20 897 000 dollars in gold and 7 587 000 dollars in silver. Alaska California Nevada Utah South Dakota Montana Idaho Arizona also contribute notable amounts.
Dr. A. G. Van Haaften, a Hindu from India and son of a temple priest, returns to speak at the Congregational meeting with two addresses set for Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday evening. The Rocky Mountain Congregationalist praises his tale of foreign life and temple secrets, noting his education and clear English.
Three firemen perished when the S. H. Knox store collapsed during a blaze in Youngstown Ohio. Fire Chief Rowley among the dead as the building, housing offices and a school, burned with $175000 in losses. A dozen others were seriously injured in the fast spreading fire. The basement origin sent flames through upper floors before the structure tumbled into the basement trapping crews.
The Greeley Starch and Potato company will receive cull potatoes on and after October 15. Bring in your culls as early as possible. A. L. Lindner, Manager.
In Denver a patrolman and a thief guarding the buried St Patrick church chalice clashed as the thief dug near the stock yards. Ryan fired, the thief fled uninjured. Separate item notes an auto trip 50 miles NE. a child died, coroner summoned. auto trapped in a prairie mud hole overnight with four horses needed to free it.
A stranger identified as Mr. Davis fell from a train Wednesday evening at Greeley station while returning from Ault. He sustained a badly injured hand with a cut thumb and bruising. Davis plans to locate here and is visiting Mr. and Mrs. S. B. McCandless of 422 Eleventh Street. Farm loans, Sanborn & Houston.
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