Greeley Tribune Chronicles a Hobo Writer’s Rise and Fall
A famed hobo writer Teddy McGruder arrives in Greeley to seek stamps and work. He pens lively city building stories but later faces discipline for unreliable crop reports and questionable conduct with women. The piece notes his early fame, eventual restraint, and a broader education board retirement fund initiative starting with a 0.1 mill tax to support teachers meeting age and service requirements.
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Ella J. French
Congressman Rucker Hurt in Philippines Sail Accident
Special to the Daily Tribune Denver Oct. 12 Congressman At terson W. Rucker of Breckenridge in the first district was severely injured in Mindanao aboard a small lake boat. A sudden breeze veered the sail, striking him with the boom and fracturing his skull. He was rushed to shore, operated on at a British hospital, and is reported to be resting easily with expected recovery.
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Fire at Windsor school building endangers students
Special to the Daily Tribune Windsor October 12 a stove overheated triggering a fire that endangered seventh and eighth graders temporarily housed in the Opera House. Fire was limited with minimal physical damage and pupils moved to a third grade room while seventh and eighth graders study in the basement. Windsor families cope with ongoing school building projects.
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Three Dread Diseases Strike Greeley Child
An 18 month old on Sixth street suffers pneumonia whooping cough and diphtheria simultaneously in a malignant form. A second child of Mrs Corn, age 1 8 months, is near death from diphtheria. The family is quarantined and guarded to prevent spread. the mother supports three children.
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Pheumon
Bigger Better Greeley Boost as Commercial Club Elects Directors
About 85 to 100 attendees at the Caledon restaurant annual meeting in Greeley elected new Commercial Club directors J B McCutcheon O C Russell J B Phillips H F Hurlbut R B Rugh J C Ewing D A Camfield D J March J F McCrery. The Weld County Exhibit earned 94 of 100 points at the state fair.
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J. B. McCutcheon
O. C. Russell
J. B. Phillips
H. F. Hurlbut
R. B. Rugh
J. C. Ewing
D. A. Camfield
D. J. March
J. F. McCrery
Greeley
Eighly
Caledon
Clayton
John Doane
Newton N.dell
J. FP. McCrery
Weld County
Ucts
C. F. Bell
Model Mills
O. O. Russell
Weld
J. M. B. Petrikin
R. G. Strong
H. C. Watson
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Detroit Wins Game Pittsburg
Detroit defeats Pittsburg in a noted contest with a final score reflected by the scoring line. The game summary notes Detroit securing the win, with players contributing to the victory.
Greeley-Poudre District Plans Major Waterworks
Directors canvassed October 4 bonds with 188 for and four against. The project to extend the Pierce lateral and expand the Poudre Valley system aims to finish by 1922. Contractors will sublet to nearly a hundred firms and begin work within two weeks.
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Greeley
Crow Creek
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Stove Prairie
Poudre Valley
Colorado
Laramie
Bold thief at Windsor makes good getaway
Windsor reports a bold thief took $16 from Will Toenning's clothing while he slept in the annex of the American Hotel on Saturday night. The burglar entered several rooms but only Toenning's was left unlocked, and no other clues were found.
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Will Toenning
Toenning
Missouri Man Finds Relatives After 32 Years Reunion
Missouri man Harry Ford of Kansas City, while in Greeley, discovered C. H. Ford listed in a city directory. The pair, once playmates in Dover, Delaware, reunited briefly at a ranch before Ford's urgent trip back to Kansas City. Eva Ford helped confirm identities amid childhood reminiscences.
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Kansas City
Greeley
C. H. Ford
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Dover
Delaware
Eva
Cc. H. Fords
Street Railway
Greeley Men Buy 4 000 Acre Roberts Ranch
The 4 018 acre Big Roberts Ranch in northern Weld County transfers to J J Purcell H M Arbuckle and Dr H C Bennett after a Denver option dispute. Roberts receives 21000 cash plus assets and the farm includes improvements a partially completed reservoir and two other water works to serve the spread.
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J. P. Roberts
J. J. Purcell
H. M. Arbuckle
H. C. Bennett
Denver
Troy
Roberts
Greeley
Columbus Day Celebrated by School Children
Today is Columbus Day and the school children honor the anniversary with exercises. The biography of the great discoverer and the tribulations of his expedition will be revived for the four hundred and sixteenth time. Tomorrow the primary pupils will know as much about Columbus as the grownups and the anniversary lesson will be lasting and impressive.
Hammered Brass Trends In Home Decoration
Hammered brass is rising in popularity for home decoration as metalography follows pyrography as a fad. Sets cost 75 cents to 3.50 and let hobbyists craft hammering projects at home. Ready to hammer stamped brass vases appear, with items like powder boxes book racks candlesticks ash trays and jardinières praised by local dealers in Greensley.
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Greeley
Ice King Morse Faces 15 Years in U S Prison
New York October 12 Charles W Morse once called ice king and coastwise steamship line organizer banker and capitalist may serve fifteen years at hard labor in the Atlanta federal prison unless the U S Supreme Court reverses a circuit court ruling sustaining a lower court verdict finding him guilty of violating national banking laws. He was held on $125000 bail since June 17 and has been in Tombs prison tonight.
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New York
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Charles W. Morse
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Tombs
United States Circuit Court of Today
Elks swarm into Pueblo for state reunion
Hundreds of Elks descend on Pueblo for the state reunion with reception committees greeting trains. The business district glows in purple and white banners, and officials estimate more than being part of the festivities as all amusements are free. The weather is ideal and B. G. Eaton travels to Omaha.
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Pueblo
One Failure Shown in District Spud Crop Survey
The Tribune questioned twelve representative farmers about their potato yields with no bias. Only one farmer failed to report. most others cited at least 100 sacks per acre for portions of their crop, indicating generally strong production in the district.
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Spud crop shows promise in Greeley district reports
Reports from the Greeley district show potato yields per acre ranging from seventy to 125 sacks. Farmers like J W Ewing, J A Hicks, J F Baker, E H Brown, Chester Blunt, Fred Mason, B R Williams, Charlies Adams, and Co H Ford provide figures from ten to thirty acre tracts, with some fields partially dug and others still progressing.
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J. W. Ewing
J. A. Hicks
J. F. Baker
E. H. Brown
Acre
Chester Blunt
Fred Mason
B. R. Williams
Charlies Adams
H. Ford
Package Jewelry Found Along Road Near Eaton
Adam Koehler, a Russian worker for BR A Trenary, found a velvet bundle with scarf pins chains and other items beside a road near the Trenary house. The bundle was brought to Trenary who notified the marshal. Police consider the find may relate to recent robberies but it could be lost stock of a peddler from nearby ranches.
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Eaton
Adam Koehler
BR. A. Trenary
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Kees
Trenary
Trenary Farms
L. C. W. Gavin
Pueblo Marriage Telegram Sparks Last-Minute Nuptials
A telegram to Mrs. Emma R. Kelley reports her daughter Miss Kelley wed at 5 30 o clock Thursday afternoon in Pueblo. She traveled there as Greeley YWCA delegate to a state convention and married Chris Bernard of La Junta after the gathering. The affair ends Miss Kelley’s years in Greeley after graduation and service as a sub-committee member.
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Emma R. Kelley
Ninth Street
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Emma Kelley
Greeley
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