Greeley Hosts August Business Club Invitation
A notice announces the 1907 meeting of the state Commercial association in Greeley Colorado from August 20 to 22. It promises city hospitality including a Harvest Festival, hotel lodging at Camfield, tours, band concerts, and sessions in the Elks hall. Agricultural reports note sugar tonnage steady with potential gains and potato crop uncertainties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ate Commercial Association
Seeley Commercial Club
Greeley
Colorado
Camfield
Ewest
Elks’ Hall
Rain Boosts Crops In Local District Despite Poor Irrigation
Rain in the first two weeks increased crop prospects in the Greeley district. Potatoes, previously thin, improved with last week’s showers and are expected to yield an average crop. Beet crops also advanced after the rain, signaling overall agricultural benefit worth near a million dollars to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soalled Greeley
Drowning of Earl Terry Near Platteville and Fort Lupton
Earl Terry a 1905 Normal school graduate from Ellensburg Washington who taught in Idaho Springs last year drowned Wednesday evening in a small lake between Platteville and Fort Lupton. He went fishing after supper with old classmate Wheeler Kelsey. his hat floated first and the body was brought to Greeley by Coroner Macy. Funeral set for Friday at 2 p m.
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Earl ‘Terry
Normal School
Platteville
Fort Lupton
Wheeler Kelsey
Terry
Ellensburg
Wash
Idaho Springs
Greeley
Macy
Tribune Country Correspondents Outing at Eldorado Springs
The Tribune announces its annual outing of country correspondents at Eldorado Springs on Friday Aug 30. It will be a one day respite from the 52 issue year and aims to rally readers and staff in a lively excursion unlikely to reform the world but sure to entertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keeley
Tribune
Eldorado Springs
Coney Island
Some Dog Troubles in the Park and Court
An Alaskan Spitz owned by Claud Evans faced police court after an incident in a city park where a mail carrier’s daughter allegedly pulled its tail and was bitten on the hand by the dog. Evans then sued for the dog’s return from the pound and was accused of striking Price, sending him to court on an assault charge as the dog remained at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud Evans
Tom Burns
Evans
Churchill
Price
The Hungriest Thing in Our Well Fed City
Greeley workers push a cement sidewalk crew to the limit as a steam powered mixer churns gravel cement and water.Twenty five men rely on a single platform foreman to keep pace while pay reflects effort not skill. The article details grading, mixing, and finishing steps for miles of sidewalks and the tough daily grind.
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Greeley
Fort Collins Hen Lays Egg With Clock Face On Base
A Fort Collins hen reportedly laid an egg bearing a clock face on its base, cited as a playful offset in a local feud with Greeley over a $100,000 cannery project. The piece jokingly imagines hens producing clockwork eggs and cuckoo clocks, then defends hens for focusing on money making tasks like city halls libraries factories and parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Collins
Greeley
Eastern Colorado stockmen oppose bureau quarantine rules
Cattlemen in eastern Colorado protest a government quarantine order against mangy cattle. They claim it devalues cattle by 2 to 10 per head, forces dip procedures on healthy stock, and confines animals to quarantine pens at markets, lowering sale prices and harming market appeal. The quar antine covers all east of the mountains and requires dipping before sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Bureau of Animal Industry
Bureau
Denver
Editor Woods Threatens Editor Lewis in Kersey Dispute
Editor C R Lewis of the Kersey Enterprise had fellow editor Woods arrested for assault with a deadly weapon after Woods reportedly drew a gun during a dispute in Kersey. The confrontation follows tensions tied to Woods and local business matters. Mrs Lulu McNew and Mrs Line Barger visited Julesburg and stayed with Mrs G M Robbins in Greeley.
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Deck Woods
C. R. Lewis
Kersey Enterprise
Woods
Lewis
Enterprise
Kersey
Lulu McNew
Linebarger of
Julesburg
Greeley
G. M. Robbins
Kansas Governor Urges Prohibition Lessons From Kansas City
The Greeley chautauqua concluded after ten days of events with Gov. E W Hoch of Kansas delivering a keynote on Kansass superlatives and the liquor fight. He cited Kansas City Kan saloon closures boosting bank deposits and saving law enforcement costs, and argued for broader prohibition alongside other state reforms.
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E. W. Hoch
Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
Gov Hoch
Colorado
Binder Twine Trust
Hoch urges more religion in politics and business
In concluding his talk Gov Hoch urged greater religious influence in politics and business and more old fashioned faith in the Bible.
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Gov. Hoch
Forest Planting Circular Aims at Western Kansas and Beyond
The forest service issues a circular for forest planters in western Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma northwestern Texas eastern Colorado and New Mexico noting the region is treeless though some planting exists It urges careful species selection site choice and plantation management to grow forests for protection wood supply and shade with guidance on species needs planting and care.
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The
Forest Service
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Windsor jeweler engraves eighty four letters on pin head
Frank G. Steadman sent a pin to the Tribune engraved with eighty four letters. The inscription includes the alphabet and the phrase The Greeley Tribune, thanks for mention in this week's paper. Under magnification the tiny letters are clear despite visible roughness on the pin head.
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Frank G. Steadman
Windsor
Tribune
Greeley’s Big City Improvements Highlight Growth
The passage outlines vast civic projects in Greeley including a gravity water system, a new city hall and library, seven miles of cement walks plus six more miles planned, a $100,000 canning factory, park enhancements, street grading, and a major chautauqua. It notes hotels, new homes and business blocks, and strong fiscal health as residents fund these upgrades and vacations while continuing construction.
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Greeley
Colorado
Eighth Street
Fourth Avenue
Fourteenth
Strike Stops Colorado & Southern Freight at Greeley Yard
The ten day Colorado & Southern trainmen strike reached Greeley last Saturday noon with yard and freight crews walking out. No freight has moved since, except a Parker Amusement train prop shipment received Sunday morning. dispute centers on a pay raise.
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Colorado & Southern
Denver
Greeley
Union
Parker Amusement Company
Miss Ida 8B Clarifies Tribune Item
The note defends Miss Ida 8B for bringing the centi pede to the Tribune office and says no offense was intended by a prior item about Miss Susie Michaels. Michael is praised for decorous conduct during the visit a couple of weeks ago.
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Ida
Michael
Tribune
Susie Michaels
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Ate Association of Business Men
Great Western Sugar Company
Greeley District
Lewis Scared
Gov
Greeley Chautauqua
C. & S. Strike
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