Colorado Telephone to build new Rankin Street plant
Colorado Telephone gains the Rankin property at Tenth Avenue and Tenth Street for a brick two to three story building. Estimated cost near 125000 with a 2000 line switchboard and underground conduit to serve the growing system in Seeley and surrounding towns by 1910. General Manager Burgess and Chief Engineer McCain led the acquisition and planning efforts.
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Colorado Telephone Company
Rankin
Tenth Avenue
Tenth Street
Basibeen
E. M. Burgessnd
G. E. McCain
Eover
H. H. Croll
Greeley
Hergy
Ipment
Ind
Seeley
Eaton
Windsor
Eleven Foot Corn Stalk Tops Local Exhibit In Greeley
Frank Volmer grows eleven foot corn in Platteville and touts it as the district's best. Show items include plums prunes and crab apples from Bo Os and Greeley. Carrel's real estate showcase displays the towering corn and other fruits drawing crowd attention.
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Carrel
Frank Vol- Mer
Platteville
Bo“Os
Greeley
Three Generations of Horse Flesh at Weld County Fair
John Laughlin of LaSalle will exhibit three aged mares at the Weld County Fair opening September 1. The mares weigh 950, 1350 and 1600 pounds, ages 21, 14, and 4, with the oldest mother to the middle and the middle mother to the youngest. The display promises an evolution study.
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Big Weld
John Laughlin
LaSalle
Laughlin
Miss Nellie Hard Returns to Longmont Schools
Miss Nellie Hard, who spent the summer in Greeley, has returned to Longmont and will teach in the Longmont schools this year.
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Nellie Hard
Greeley
Longmont
Miss Hard
Forget That Grouch and Root for Greeley Scouts
A lighthearted verse urges readers to forget worries and cheer for the Greeley Scouts. It invites all to join in, drop cares, and enjoy a communal rally in the sand. The poem blends humor about complaints with sportsmanship and local team support.
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Job
Greeley’s Banc
Union Pacific Rushes Work on Greeley Line
State Real Estate association plans October talks on hog raising and feeding to boost farming in the state. H. W. Moore of Denver, Princeton graduate and practical hog raiser, is eyed to address the meeting with expert guidance for farmers. Misses Mary and Chrissie Wilson and brother Tom return home from New Castle Pennsylvania after a summer with relatives.
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State Real Estate Association
H. W. Moore
Denver
Moore
Princeton
Thee
Mary
Chrissie Wilson
Tom
New Castle
Husband and wife seek police aid in desertion case
T and M Snively dispute wife desertion and defense of their two children and household goods. Sheriff and city marshal handle calls after threats to life. wife delays action citing Sabbath. Both parties plan to leave the city with the children, while the husband vows to prevent it.
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Sheriff's
T. &. Snively
Snively
Florance
1518
Third Avenue
Marshal Williams
Marshal Williams Drove Hurriedly To the Scene and Found Mrs. Snively
Auto Dodging in Vogue On Streets Monday
A chaotic scene on Eighth avenue shows pedestrians dodging autos as a steady stream of cars heads to Cheyenne for auto races. Vehicles from Denver and farther south travel through Greeley, with about fifty cars staying overnight and an estimated thousand cars passing through the city yesterday.
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Eighth Avenue
Cheyenne
Denver
Colorado Springs
I Iso
Peublo
Gages
Greeley
Ault Attracts Investors With Ranch Purchases
August 16. F L Barney of Grand Junction buys the southwest quarter of the Roberts and Cooper ranch from T L Greer in Ault. The land has a well and pump house with a gasoline engine. two newcomers, G H Eager of Kingston Illinois and H Davis of Abilene Kansas, anticipate further property deals and homesteads.
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Ault
F. L. Barney
Grand Junction
T. L. Greer
Roberts and Cooper
Greer
Aust
G. H. Eager
Kingston
Ill
H. Davis
Abilene
Kan
Paget
Davis
Maxwell
N. M
Roy Clarks
Weld's Exhibit Seeks Barley Samples for Fair
The Commercial club of Greeley seeks barley samples from Weld County farmers for the great grain exhibition to be taken to the Interstate fair and later sent to the national exposition. Farmers are urged to report and bring specimens to the Greeley Tribune office or to the Commercial club rooms in the Camfield hotel.
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Commercial Club of
Greeley
Weld County
Greeley Tribune
Commercial Club
Camfield Hotel
Culver Family Trip Highlights Denver Visit
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Culver and Nelson Reynolds returned from an auto trip to Denver. Mrs. Culver's sister Ellen Ouderkirk accompanied them and visited Salida to see another sister.
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W. E. Culver
Nelson Reynolds
Denver
Miller to Lead Colorado State Normal School Department
Dr. Irving R. Miller will lead the department of Science and Philosophy of Education at the Colorado State Normal School. He authored Psychology and Thinking this year and is praised as a scholar and teacher with Chicago training and Wisconsin Normal experience. Miss Harriett T. Stalmaker of New York City will replace Miss Adisa Parker as English teacher and high school preceptress.
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Irving R. Miller
Department of Science and Philosophy of Education
Colorado State Normal School
Adisa Parker
Miss Stalmaker
Teachers College
New York City
Miss Parker
Onions Best Crop for Kirk Roberts Near LaSalle
Kirk Roberts a resident a few miles west of LaSalle says onions are his best crop this year with several acres, good profits expected. Rains near LaSalle district supported agriculture, while sugar beets, though slow in spring, benefited from moisture and heat to reach a record breaking crop.
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Kirk Roberts
LaSalle
Curio Cabinet of Jail Inmates Reveals City Dangers
In the city marshal office a cabinet holds odd items donated by former jail inmates. Each piece has a tale from a hammer that injured a sister to concealed saws in shoes and a case knife used to cut a jail bar. Weapons, badges, stolen goods, and narcotics reveal a web of local misdeeds and escapes.
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Dunham
Rail Rivalry in Colorado Signals New Lines to Greeley
Denver reports indicate a race among Union Pacific Burlington and Denver interests to expand north from Denver toward Greeley. Parallel UP lines reach Sand Creek and St Vrain as Burlington plans Hudson to Greeley track. If built, two Denver to Greeley routes may emerge, reshaping regional rail access.
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Denver
Union Pacific
LaSalle
Greeley
Sand Creek
St. Vrain
Brighton
Fort Lupton
Denver, Laramie & Northwestern
Cheyenne
Dacona
Grant
Denver, Laramie
Burlington
Colorado
Boulder
Denver & Interurban
Col
Night Blooming Cereus Party At Mrs Lawson’s
A socially charged event in Aust on August 16 featured a gathering to watch the buds unfold on Mrs. John Lawson’s night blooming cereus, a plant in the family for nearly fifty years. A dozen friends attended, with a dainty lunch served by the hostess and a fine time reported.
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John Lawson
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