Diamond swindlers target jewelers in cross country scheme
A well dressed woman and her husband, Issac Goldblatt of Chicago, traveled from Greeley to Kansas towns using a counterfeit factory story to pawn or borrow on brooches and jewelry valued at 400 dollars. They demonstrated a routine of swapping pieces to secure 165 dollars per deal, repeatedly traveling through multiple states over several years.
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Greeley
Glazier's
Glazier
Kansas
Kansas City Police
Issac Goldblatt
Chicago
Lilly Finney
Ohio
Griffin
Goodland
Kans
Norton
Mankato
Concordia
Lawerence
Greeley Schools to Reopen With Remodeling and Staff Changes
The public schools in Greeley will open on Tuesday September 9 after Labor Day. Remodeling includes new floors at the Meeker building and a base ment cloak room, modern toilets in East Side basement, and office furniture upgrades. Drinking fountains will be installed. six teaching changes occur in lower grades with Miss Mary B. Wright replacing Miss Marie Henness as sewing teacher.
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Greeley
Committee On
Meeker
Alice Hendricks
Mary B. Wright
Marie Henness
Grand Island Matrons Arrive for Visitation Tour
Miss Golda Sampson and Miss Margaret Jensen arrived this morning from Grand Island Nebraska. They will spend several days in Greely viewing local sights and then proceed to Fort Collins for a month with relatives.
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Golda Sampson
Margaret Jensen
Grand Island
Neb
Greeley
Ft. Collins
Ramsay Buys Chicago Block for 150000 Investment
Chicago dispatch reports Charles H. Ramsay of Greeley purchased a downtown six story brick building at 158-160 Monroe street for 150000 with a 27 1 2 by 192 foot leasehold. The property lies in the heart of Chicago’s business district and is described as the largest local purchase in some time.
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Chicago
Charles H. Ramsay
Greeley
Monroe Street
Ramsay
Northern Trust Company
Chicago Business District
Eaton Crops in Jeopardy Over Water Rights Dispute
Aug 8 Eaton reports a water-supply crisis as 206 million feet of late irrigation water withheld by Charles Hottell of Hottell Flour Mills Fort Collins threatens to cut crop yield by about one third. Farmers accuse milling interests of breaking a 20 year pattern while seeking a rapid, amicable settlement with legal options limited.
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Eaton
Charles Hottell
Hottell
Fort Collins
Eaton Ditch
Windsor
No. 2 Ditch
No. 2
Windsor Reservoir
Eaton Ditch Company
W. R. Clark
Fire Destroys Becker Homestead at Johnstown
A morning blaze destroyed the old Al Becker homestead in Johnstown. The unoccupied house, now in John Kline's possession, held valuable furniture valued near 5000 dollars and was insured for 2000. Also noted: George Rudeffer harvested 39 acres of fall wheat at 52 bushels per acre and spring wheat at 45 bushels.
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Johnstown
al Becker
John Kline
George Rudeffer
Diamond in Cherry Pie Shocks Couple
Mrs. Knowles canned cherries from a recent harvest and baked pies with them. A dropped cherry pit revealed the missing engagement ring diamond, found after meals and tears, ending the mystery.
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A. H. Knowles
Taft Western Visit Possible If Congress Adjourns
Secretary to the President informs Greeley officials Taft may visit September 21 at the Weld County fair but a definite decision awaits Congress adjournment to allow planning of the western trip. The invitation comes from Weld County and local leaders expect Congress to adjourn for the summer.
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Congress
Kinsella
County Fair Association
Taft
Greeley
Colorado
Weld County
500th Anniversary in Scotland Next Month
The notice outlines forthcoming commemorations of the 500th anniversary of the University of St Andrews in Scotland. It notes Harrison and Sons publishing a book on Halstead’s bibliographic memoirs and highlights Halsted related works and editions across Japan, Paris, and Chicago with prefects and university leaders involved.
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Scotland
University of St. Andrews
Harrison and Sons
St. Martin's Lane
London
Science
Wil
Halstead
Halsted
Sendai
Japan
Tohoku Imperial University
Dr. Halsted
Chicago
Gauthier—vVillars
Paris
Laisant
International Review
L’enseignement Mathematique
Yoshio Mikami
8. Nedsu
Baron Kikuchi
Kyoto University
Ault Druggist Returns to Laird After Short Venture
L H K Sayer of Laird, who opened a drug store in Ault this summer, moved his stock back to Laird this week after deciding the venture was not good.
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Ault
L. HK. Sayer
Laird
Crowl Couple Tour Through Gr eley en route to Omaha
Mr and Mrs M B Crowl of Minerva Ohio visited Greeley this morning staying with James Neil and family for a few days before continuing to Omaha after a two weeks journey across the state.
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M. B. Crowl
Minerva
Ohio
Greeley
James Neil
Omaha
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Kansas City
Becker
White House
Washington
Charles D. Hilles
W. E. Kinsella
Greeley, Colo
the Tribune
Platteville
Tribune
Absolute Clear
Marseilles
Saas
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