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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
1
Local sentiment calls for clearing the riverbanks of hoboes and crooks blamed for robberies and vice. Officials urge a proper camp and policing to protect workers and families, arguing the jungles attract trouble and threaten the town’s moral and economic well being.
Moynehan and Smith families hosted an elegant Wednesday musical at the midtown hall. Miss Reed and Miss Smith performed with Mrs. Ruth Baker Thompson accompanying on piano, while others delivered recitations and songs.
Asa Sterling via Arbuckle-Purcell Land Co. sells 3 520 acres in Box Elder valley to a Chicago Holland erga colony for 192 dollars per acre. Included are one fifth interests in Latham irrigation ditch and reservoir. About 20 families of gardeners will establish truck farming near the Union Pacific line south of Kuner.
Dr and Mrs Joseph C Shattuck celebrate their golden wedding in Denver with family including Judge Hubert L Shattuck and Orville Shattuck and Mrs Herbert A Howe. Reception at University Hall will feature pioneer Colorado residents and honors from public instruction, state land board, and Denver University roles.
A profile of Katie Williams born near Windsor Colorado and living a globe trotting life as a dwarf. The piece covers her view from three feet high her childhood farm roots eight years abroad and the travel life of performers who dwarf on shows while many seek ordinary happiness. She remains amiable and content with her circumstances.
The forecast calls for fair weather and cooler temperatures tonight with cooler conditions expected in the eastern portion. Friday warnings or specifics are not provided.
Reports say within a week the Wiley murder case will go to the supreme court for a probable new trial. E. Wiley, 55, Loveland father of nine, struck Swede Swan Hager at a Windsor coal mine. Hager died of blood poisoning from the wound. Wiley was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced by Judge Shattuck to ten years in prison.
An English couple touring vaudeville stops in Greeley this week while journeying from port to port. They recount a train wreck in South Bend and reflect on America with humor and irony. The man and a Mrs Rivers travel with a Rivers companion, concealing their act as reporters note.
A bleacher collapse at the Pueblo state fair at 1 pm sent about 200 people to the ground as 50,000 spectators watched. Two persons were probably fatally injured. many others were badly cut or bruised. A boy suffered a fractured skull and H. M. Man of Pueblo dislocated a collar bone with other injuries reported.
Pittsburg report shows at a golden wedding celebration for William H. Singer four children each received dinner favors of stocks bonds deeds valued at 4 000 000 dollars totaling 16 000 000. Singer wealth after gifting is estimated at 15 000 000 dollars. The lavish gifts were intended for his four offspring, including William Henry Jr and Marguerite.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. DeVotte came back Wednesday after a month traveling east. They visited Vernon New York, where Miss Louise Mason wed on September 6, and spent time in Chicago meeting a daughter-in-law and infant from Mexico. They also stopped in Des Moines Iowa. The trip marked Mrs. DeVotie's first visit to her husband's home in 40 years and to her own home in years. An accident marred the trip when Mrs. DeVotie's 94-year-old mother fell. she has since improved slowly under nurse care.
Fort Collins, Sept 17. C W Lee died en route to Wellington with a coffin for his brother in law. Witnesses at the coroner’s inquest say Lee fell from the seat. Morris says Lee stood by the wagon when he suddenly collapsed. Autopsy shows cerebral hemorrhage. heavy drinking appeared, embalming fluid ruled out as a cause.
Moore, jailed on a $2,500 bond, was acquitted by a Trinidad jury after a shot killed D. A. Cohen on August 11. The defendant testified he acted after finding his wife with Cohen in a depot berth, using a shotgun.
Twenty persons are badly injured in a Metropolitan elevated railroad wreck at the Western avenue station on the Garfield park line. A heavy fog impaired visibility, preventing the motorman from seeing signals.
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