To Be a Peach Parade Promises Greeley Splendor
An August 23 1906 parade in Greeley Colorado promises a three to five mile march downtown with a brass band at head middle and end. It will feature floats decorated autos and participation from Windsor Eaton Ault Kersey Evans Platteville and Fort Sutton with beets pumpkins and spuds in festive dress. The Macabees G A R and Woman's Relief Corps will appear with themed floats and prizes await a board meeting.
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A. D
Weld County
Greeley
Windsor
Eaton
Ault
Kersey
Evans
Platteville
Fort Sutton
Denver
Macabees
Woman's Relief Corps
Maccabees
William Mayher
Board of Managers
Curran Company
Cracker Jack Eldorado Springs Excursion Draws Record Crowd
The Greeley Tribune excursion to Eldorado Springs drew 729 participants from Friday. The group traveled to south Boulder canyon and returned by nine o’clock that night, marking a record for Tribune outings. The scenery was rugged and waters clear, with manmade pavillions and trails enhancing the natural beauty.
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Eldorado Springs
Greeley Tribune
South Boulder Canon
Tribune
Greeley
Mann
Dan McKinnie Arrested After Mead Riot and Escape
Dan McKinnie, once at Mead near High Lands Lake during a Friday night spree, was captured in Fort Collins after fleeing from officers in Mead and Longmont. He pleaded guilty to disturbance and assaulting an officer and received sixty days in the county jail in Greeley after arraignment before Judge Willard.
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Dan McKinnie
Mead
Highlands Lake
Gree
Coats
Longmont
Denver
Mrs Dedrick Returns From Six Weeks East Trip
Mrs W R Dedrick with her three children Helena Walter Jr and Mary Frances came home Friday night after a six weeks trip through the east. They started in Chicago visited a sister in New York then rode via lakes to Toronto and other Canadian points. Intended to stay until September but heat elsewhere drove them back noting Colorado’s cool mountain climate as superior.
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W. R. Dedrick
Helena
Walter RK. Jr
Mary Frances
East
Chicago
New York
Lakes
Toronto
Canada
Colorado
Mule Drives Couple Home After Surprise Encounter
Roland Sylvester and his wife were driving from Greeley toward their five mile west home when a sudden encounter startled their mule. The animal bolted across McKinnie's lawn ignoring any signs, but no one was hurt though the couple and the mule were visibly shaken.
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Roland Sylvester
Greeley
McKinnie
Normal College Plans and New Library Building
The State Normal prepares for the fall term with anticipated record enrollment and a new library building costing 50000 dollars. The structure, 170 by 80 feet, will connect to the main building and house 75000 to 100000 volumes plus study rooms. New faculty appointments include Dr. Halstead in mathematics and Miss Lobey in reading.
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State Normal
McKelvey
Snyder
George Bruce Halstead
University of Texas
Princeton
Johns Hopkins
Arnold
Halstead
America
D. D. Hugh
Department of Reading and Interpretation
Miss Lobey
Hochbaum
Bailey
Cornell University
Country Life In
State Normal closes summer term with record enrollment
The summer term of the State Normal finished its third session on Friday July 27 with an enrollment of 206 the largest on record. Regular teachers mainly from this state attended all summer to earn credits toward graduation. Closing exercises featured art interpretations of Beatrice Nike of Samothrace Sargent's Fresco of the Prophets Sistine Madonna and other works performed by students from Denver Boston Delta and Winnifred Sibley. Exhibits from arts crafts included pottery carved chairs desks woven baskets and garments from the sewing department. The school colors lemon and lavender appeared in bouquets of sweet peas and other blooms.
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State Normal
Beatrice
May Woodbury
Nike
Samothrace
Bassier
Delta
Sargent
Edith Brown
Denver
Winnifred Sibley
Miss Earle
Boston
Marriage Licenses for Kendel San and French Mead
Arthur S. Kendel and Roma San born July 26 of Greeley are wed. Edward A. French and Fannie Fern Mead, both of Evans, were issued licenses on July 28.
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Arthur S. Kendel
Roma Sanborn
Greeley
Edward A. French
Fannie Fern Mead
Evans
Water rights case denied injunction in Morgan county court
Judge Garrigues denied the temporary injunction in the Lower Platte & Beaver Canal Co. versus Jackson Lake Reservoir & Irrigation Co. suit heard Saturday. The dispute centers on pro rating water rights after surveys reduced capacity. original 700 holders argued for first claim, but the court ruled pro rating acceptable while tests and plans unfold.
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Lower Platte & Beaver Canal Co
Jackson Lake Reservior & Irrigation Co
Morgan County
Garrigues
Dry Farming Popular on Plains as Real Estate Booms
The article notes rising interest in dry farming across eastern Colorado with a surge in real estate activity. It credits thorough tillage and timely rains for crop success while warning that drought will test the Campbell system and that many people still wrongly believe crops can grow without moisture.
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Drouth
Colorado
Greeley Names First Scientific Lady Farmer Louise Palmer
Louise Palmer daughter of J R and Mrs Whiteman travels as a lecturer for Denver based Scientific Farming association. She studied the Campbell dry farming system and tours western territories teaching commercial clubs boards of trade. Her efforts helped establish experimental farms in Las Vegas New Mexico Trinidad Colorado and Bennett Colorado. She edits the womens department of the Scientific Farmer magazine.
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Greeley
Louise Palmer
J. R. Whiteman
Scientific Farming Association of
Denver
Boards of Trade
New Mexico
Texas
Las Vegas
N. M
Trinidad
Colo
Bennett, Colo
County Institute Opens With Strong Faculty and Attendance
The county institute opened Monday with 175 attendees and expected growth. Lead instructors include M. F. Miller Fort Collins superintendent, J. F. Keating South Pueblo superintendent, Mrs. Gertrude Bell state university educator, and Miss Mary G. Carson Denver Exterson School. Sessions run July 30 to August 10.
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M. F. Miller
Fort Collins
J. F. Keating
South Pueblo
Gertrude S. Bell
Department of Education
The
State University
Sanford Bell
Mary G. Carson
Exterson School
Denver
Miller
Keating
United States History
Bell
Tramp Demands Coffee at Dr Law Residence
Saturday evening a tramp entered Dr. Laws kitchen and demanded coffee. He refused to leave until Sheriff Florance arrived. In custody he gave the name John Laben and carried a bag of sandwiches. He claimed sickness and was held in jail awaiting arraignment.
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Dr. Law
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Eldorado
Ward Laybourn
Wkinnie
Cornell
Buffalo
Miss Enock
O. Parker’s Cook Co. Normal
School of Education
Chicago University
R. W. Cheever
Big Bend
Dr. Horton
Cheever
Roy Nowles
Oklahoma
Evans Courier
Truth
the Tribune
Lower Platte and Beaver
Jackson Lake CO
Judge Garrigues
Lady Farmer
County Institute
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