Fourth of July Celebrations Plentiful Around Greeley
Citizens of Greeley face a choice tomorrow with a wide range of Fourth of July options. Island Grove Park offers a racing card and entertainment, Seely's Lake hosts rowing and dancing, and towns like Evans, Milliken, Platteville, Windham and Gill plan major festivities. Evans features a sunrise salute, parades, ball games, park speeches, picnics, races, and fireworks with police ensuring order. Gill and Jersey coordinate a joint celebration near the river with gun club events and multiple races, while Platteville highlights horse racing as part of a busy program.
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Greeley
Thountains
Island Rove Park
Seely’s Lake
Evans
Milliken
Platteville
Windh
Gill
Eaton
LaSalle
Treeley
Odd Fellows Hall
Gill Andersey
Ese
Rver
Plumb Bridge
Uth
J. Elwood
Gnn
Kersey Band
A. W. Coffman
Kersey and I
Gasoline Blamed for High Living Cost in Greeley
A columnist estimates annual gasoline expenditure in Greeley at about 40 320 dollars based on 600 automobiles averaging sixteen miles per day and one gallon per sixteen miles. The piece notes figures are rough but argues gasoline must be worth the price.
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Greeley
New Reservoir to Double City Water Supply on Hill
City council last night approved building a duplicate reservoir on the hill above town to enlarge the water supply. Engineering plans to be prepared immediately. The project, paired with a new filter bed, aims to reduce shortages and improve distribution. Crosswalks at seven corners were let to Gibson & Donaldson. A Thirteenth Avenue sewer project was ordered by the board of health. Sixteenth Avenue opening between Ninth and Eleventh Streets was referred to a committee. The old volunteer fire department is dissolved as an auto speed ordinance takes effect. W agons and bicycles must stay to the right. A drinking fountain will be placed in Island Grove park. City health is good. smallpox cases are down. The city marshal reports recovered stolen goods and 150 licensed dogs, with nine dead and 36 alive unlicensed.
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Shattuck
Gibson & Donaldson
Thirteenth Avenue
Seventeenth
Nineteenth Streets
Board of Health
Sixteenth Avenue
Ninth
Eleventh Streets
Island Grove Park
Melons Tempting Freight Car Theft Reported
A freight car on Colorado and Southern tracks was broken into last night and watermelons taken. Two young suspects were arrested and jailed. They claimed they were from Chicago en route to Salt Lake City. One boy had an oversized bunch of keys, and both denied guilt. One left town this morning, the other held briefly before escaping.
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Colorado & Southern
Chicago
Salt Lake City
Ooth
Auburn Progressive Club forms with Emily Newman leading
Auburn July 3 The Auburn Progressive Club was christened yesterday by a band of women led by Miss Emily Newman. The club aims to curb gossip and improve community ties among parents teachers and pupils with planned supervised play for children. Mak W reports on a chid chautauqua session led by Mrs Edgar Ruth who taught The House Built on a Rock. A neighborhood children’s picnic is set for July 25 at Mrs John Dunn’s home.
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Auburn
Progressive Club
Emily Newman
Edgar Ruth
John Dunn
Dr Shields to represent Greeley at hygiene congress
At the city council meeting Dr W H Shields city health officer was chosen as Greeley s representative to the international congress on hygiene and demography to be held in Washington D C in September. attendance is uncertain. The meeting is expected to be one of the largest of its kind with many top physicians from the United States and abroad.
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W. H. Shields
Greeley
Washington, D. C
Shields
United States
Bright Lights at Milliken for Fourth of July
Special to The Republican reports Milliken prepares for the big Fourth of July celebration with colored lights along streets and decorated business houses. Officials expect an unusually large crowd and a lively townwide event tomorrow.
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Milliken
Ault Declares Weeds Nuisance. Borough Moves to Clear Lots
Ault officials at a July meeting declared weeds a nuisance and ordered immediate clearing of vacant lots streets and other areas. The board considered framing an ordinance to cover the issue. Water supply problems forced Empson company reps to secure town water while the mayor was authorized to hire Joseph C. Ewing of Greeley as city attorney. E Schroll resigns as town engineer and John Cherry succeeds him.
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Ault
Town Board of
Empson Company
Joseph C. Ewing
Greeley
E. Schroll
John Cherry
Installation of Pastor at United Presbyterian Church
At 8 o'clock this evening Rev. R. A. McConagha will be installed as pastor of the United Presbyterian church of this city. Rev. J. P. Gibson of Fort Morgan will preside at the services. Rev. RE. N. Orr of Denver will preach the sermon. Rev. R. C. Gibson of Loveland will deliver the address to the pastor elect and Rev. W. B. Gillis of Fort Collins will address the congregation. A cordial invitation is extended to sister churches and all interested in the church work.
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R. A. McConagha
United Presbyterian Church
J. P. Gibson
Fort Morgan
RE. N. Orr
Denver
R. C. Gibson
Loveland
W. B. Gillis
Fort Collins
Parliamentary Practice Drill For Young Folks In Greeleys
The Greeleys last night in the Methodist church held a parliamentary practice drill led by A B Copeland. Youthful members faced hard questions and the session aimed to ease future officers into administration. The Y meetings will continue for weeks at the church parlors, now the permanent venue.
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A. B. Copeland
Greeleys
Methodist Church
P. A
Bvang
Olante
Passing of Norris Bill Not a Final Settlement
Local property owners in Greeley argue the amended Norris bill and presidential signature do not settle the Union Pacific right of way dispute. The case awaits a U S Supreme Court decision, with uncertainty whether Congress action will help or the bill prove unconstitutional.
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Congress
Union Pacific
Greeley
Supreme Court of the United States
Change of Venue in Bert Pickett Flood Case
Platteville reports that Bert Pickett charged with flooding a road with irrigating water had his case moved yesterday to Gilcrest for hearing. Judge Coykendall oversaw the change of venue.
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Platteville
Bert Pickett
Coykendall
Gilcrest
Fly Show Address by Dr Sherman Williams Friday Night
Dr Sherman Williams president of the state board of health will speak at the fly show in the old opera house Friday night July 5. Admission is free and dairymen are especially invited as pure milk questions will be discussed. The event features over fifty stationary slides and two reels showing flies’ harm. The state board collaborates with local health officers in a fly control campaign with endorsement from the Commercial club.
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Sherman Williams
State Board of Health
Opera House
State
Mrs Oscar Johnson Dies at Peckham
Peckham July 3. After several months illness Mrs Oscar Johnson died at her home from tuberculosis. She leaves her husband and four children aged 11 years to 3 months. Body to be taken to Denver for burial. Her brother P Swanson and wife care for the children.
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Peckham
Oscar Johnson
Denver
Colorado crops seen worth 100 million this year says Camfield
D. A. Camfield of Greeley arrived in Denver stating the state crops will total at least 100 million dollars. He cites full reservoirs water ample storage for next season and widespread prosperity. He notes thriving alfalfa, sugar beets, potatoes, fruit and grain with Arkansas Valley, western slope, northern and eastern Colorado all in strong condition. Potential hail is minor and not expected to alter the outlook.
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Colorado
D. A. Camfield
Greeley
Lake Cheesman
Standley Lake
Henrylyn
Denver
Arkansas Valley
Western Slope
Camfield
Denver Times
Wilson and Marshall named by Democratic Party
Baltimore July 3 Gov Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey was nominated for president and Gov Thomas R Marshall of Indiana for vice president by the Democratic national convention after four ballots. The Bryan camp backed Wilson while Burke for vice president faded. the convention adjourned sine die amid cheers. In Oyster Bay Col Theodore Roosevelt’s take on the nomination remained unknown as Senator Dixon said the colonel was too busy.
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Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
Marshall
Bryan-Wilson
Joseph E. Burke
North Dakota
Gov. Burke
Mr. Bryan
National Committee
Gov. Wilson
George Chamberlain
Oregon
Underwood
Clark
New York
Wilson
Oyster Bay
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Dixon
Weer
Registration Committee Named for Greeley Precincts
The board of county commissioners appointed a registration committee under the new primary election law for Greeley precincts. Ward One includes Precincts 1 2 and 3 with listed Republican and Democratic members. Ward Two and Ward Three also name specific representatives, with party affiliations and prior precinct changes noted.
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Board of County Commissioners
Greeley
H. F. Snyder
Patrick Bready
W. C. Roberts
J. E. Jones
A. I L. Mumper
John E. Camfield
C. W. Beer
John W. Hunter
J. A. Enright
Miss Lena Pleake
C. H. Wolfe
Samuel Graham
Frank I. Ewing
Henry Arbuckle
A. M. McClenahan
Ira I. Sides
George M. Houston
W. H. Delbridge, Sr
Charles J. Beer
J. W. Imboden
Robert Scott
S. A. Noyes
C. F. Bush
Er. T. Snyder
William P. Wasley
E. A. Douglass
Fred Mason
Fireworks at Evans Park regulate July 4 display
Evans July 3. Shooting of fire crackers allowed tomorrow only from 6 to 7 in the morning and 7 to 8 in the evening in one park corner designated by the mayor. No cracker longer than three and a half inches may be exploded to prevent horse runaways and reduce danger.
Mexican rampage suspect tracked by deputy sheriff near Eaton
Deputy Sheriff Hobart Frazier was called to the U. S. Lincoln place near Eaton this afternoon to take charge of a Mexican man alleged to have been on a rampage. The man had threatened others and this morning chased a fellow workman to a house with a knife.
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Hobart Frazier
U. S. Lincoln Place
Eaton
Fire Truck Slides Down Cripple Creek Hill Crash Damages New Vehicle
A new fire truck on a trial run from Greeley slid down Cripple Creek’s steepest street on Golden Hill, causing serious damage. Driver Perry Mead escaped injury as the $6,500 latest model overturned and drew townwide attention.
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Golden Hill
Cripple Creek
Greeley
Perry Mead
No Paper Tomorrow as The Republican Sits Out July Fourth
The Republican will not publish on July 4, as the newspaper pauses to join the town in celebrating the nation’s birthday in Greeley.
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The
Republican
Greeley
Preliminary Republican List of Possible Local Candidates
A rumor filled prelim list names several potential candidates for state senator county commissioner clerk assessor school superintendent sheriff and other offices. The list includes D B Carpenter Harry Teller John T Jacobs H B Witwer A E B Madden Samuel Rinn P B Woolston B A Wilk ens John Shafer J W Smillie J M Kutch George Weber G R VickRoy T T Wilson A R Fischer W C Thomas Thomas C Smith BE Hatch R B Winbourn M AFee W R Patterson George A Carlson H P Gamble G H Bradfield John C Nixon with note the names may withdraw and the list is open to revision.
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D. B. Carpenter
Harry Teller
John T. Jacobs
H. B. Witwer
Platteville
George Weber
Greeley
G. R. VickRoy
Fort Lupton
T. T. Wilson
A. R. Fischer
Mr. Fischer
W. C. Thomas
Thomas C. Smith
Windsor
B. Hatch
R. B. Winbourn
Sam M’afee
W. R. Patterson
George A. Carlson
H. P. Gamble
G. H. Bradfield
John C. Nixon
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