State fair winners may compete for big prizes at New York land show
State fair champions in wheat corn potatoes barley sugar beets oats hops apples and alfalfa may enter the New York land show in November where $15 000 in prizes awaits. Top prize for 100 pounds of wheat is $2 000 and $1 000 for each other staple with second prizes and cups. Denver Chamber of Commerce will transport winning exhibits to New York and back at no cost to the exhibitor. Colorado products face rivals from the United States and Canada with special gold cups offered by notable railroad executives.
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New York City
New York
State Fair Management
Denver Chamber of Commerce
Denver
Colorado
United States
Canada
Thomas Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railroad
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Big Irrigation Project Promises New Water Route
The Handy Ditch and Associated Ditch companies plan a tunnel from Grand River through James Peak to the Big Thompson to connect the streams for irrigation. Engineers and observers from Berthoud Loveland Estes Park Greeley and Loveland Herald discuss surveys Pack across Flat Top to Grand Lake. The project aims to exploit late snowmelt water and expand irrigation across thousands of acres, increasing regional value and possibly prompting a state road through northern Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handy Ditch Company
Grand River
James Peak
Big Thompson
Associated Ditch Company
Herthy Auto
Berthoud
L. H. Fagan
W. F. Berner
Loveland
William Naylor
Loudon Ditch Company
L. W. Hendershott
Howe Supply Ditch Company
Mr. Schwinck
Greeley
Loveland-Greeley Irrigating
A. E. Sprague
Estes Park
Horseshoe Park
Flat Top Mountain
Grand Lake
Colorado
Cheyenne
Loveland Herald
Beets Harvesting Machine Demonstrated At Johnstown
A private trial of the Louis Blevins beet harvester by W A Purvis uses the Acme Patent and Development company device. The machine pulls tops and piles beets with only the driver, carrier not used yet, and a wagon-loading device is being perfected for single operation loading. A public demonstration and Weld County fair exhibition are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Louis Blevins
W. A. Purvis
Acme Patent and Development Company
Windsor
Weld
22 Inch Ear But It's Corn
A. J. Judd visits from Denver to his Briggsdale dry farm and reports unusually promising corn raised without irrigation. He shows a random ear measuring 22 inches, illustrating the season's notable crop. Judd's family remains on the ranch while he shuttles to Denver for business.
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A. J. Judd
Denver
Briggsdale
Alfalfa Giant Tom Foley Brings Five Foot Stool
Tom Foley of the Delta shows a five foot six inch alfalfa stool at the fair association office. He says the plant is four years old and the main root is nearly as thick as a man contact wire. Roots were cut, estimated twenty feet long when growing. Also note a notice for Dr K C Sapero at the Camfield hotel offering free consultation and examination for children.
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Tom Foley
Delta
the Fair Association
Milliken's Mill Begun In Town on New Foundation
Milliken August 25 work has begun on the foundation for a new flour mill set a block south of the Denver Laramie station. The $30,000 plant will handle 300 barrels per day with machinery that can be upgraded to 5,000 barrels daily for the next year’s crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milliken
Denver-Laramie Station
Syphon Method Attracts Irrigation Interest
W F Edmondson and his sons Ernest and Otto from Grover are developing a new irrigation plant. They have dug forty wells to be connected by a syphon to a central well where a pump will be placed. Local irrigationists watch the project with interest as it progresses.
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W. F. Edmondson
Grover
Mr. Edmondson and
Ernest and
Otto
Berthoud
May Prove Fatal When Kidney Trouble Strikes
Mrs. Alonzo Leedom of Greeley Colorado recalls four years of backache from kidney issues. Doan’s Kidney Pills provided quick relief and renewed strength, ending fatigue. Sold by dealers, 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Dean’s and take no other.
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Bright
Greeley
Alonzo Leedom
Fifteenth St
Colo
Missouri
Dean
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Real Estate Transfers Involving John Thompson and Grant Warner
John Thompson transfers Lot 7 Block 48 Sub Elks H and J Nunn to Grant G Warner for $1. Eli M Avery and John R Hardesty transfer Lot 7 Block 48 Sub Elks H and J Nunn to John Thompson for $1.
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John Thompson
Grant G. Warner
Elks
J. Nunn
Eli M. Avery
John R. Hardesty
Miss Ethelwyn Bliss Dies of Typhoid at 19
Miss Ethelwyn Bliss died Friday afternoon after contracting typhoid fever while helping her family save their homestead near Keota. She was 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bliss, and had worked with her family to keep the farm amid poor crops.
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Ethelwyn Bliss
Greeley Hospital
Ethelwyn
G. W. Bliss
Keota
Love Family Reunion Draws John Love Descendants
Mrs. R. D. Thompson and her children from Greeley will attend the Love family reunion in Illinois this week. The gathering, held every five years, draws about 150 descendants. the two day event includes a business meeting, officer elections, and social time. The Love family is widely scattered with representation from nearly every state. The Thompson party plans to return to Greeley next Sunday.
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R. D. Thompson
Greeley
Illinois
Love
John Love
Oklahoma
Union
Reunion at Lowe Home Celebrates Twelve Year Family Gathering
A Sunday reunion at Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lowe’s home brought together the entire family for the first time in twelve years. They reside locally with a son and daughter in Greeley, another daughter in Oregon, and a daughter in Chicago. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Lowe and Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Young of Greeley, Mrs. J. Sharp of Pine Creek Oregon, and Mrs. Nellie Iverson of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowe
W. H. Lowe
M. H. Lowe
Greeley
A. N. Young
New Stomach Health From Chamberlains Tablets
H M Young Peters editor of The Sun Lake View Ohio says he suffered after eating until using Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. He reports intense relief after the first doses and a new stomach and perfect health after the second bottle. For sale by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Young Peters
the Sun
Lake View
Ohio
Chamberlain
Man Arrives in Greeley After 27 Year Trip on Bicycle
M B A Lasley, once a Greeley restaurant owner, arrives pushing a bicycle with camping gear. He left 27 years ago in a prairie schooner with his young wife for the northwest, later traveling from California on foot to reach Greeley again. He seeks old friends and landmarks, betting his cross country trek as his wager.
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M. BE. A. Lasley
Northwest
Greeley
California
Mr. Lasley
Offerle
Annie Armhurst
Port Angelus
Wash
Great Musical Treat Tuesday Evening at Congregational Church
John Doane Jr an Oberlin Conservatory instructor will present an organ program at the Congregational church assisted by Mary Kendel and Edith Letterington two leading Greeley vocalists. Other local talent will perform and tickets are on sale likely drawing a large crowd.
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Congregational Church
John Doane, Jr
Doane
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Mary Kendel
Edith Letterington
Greeley
Miss Esther Gauss Plans Missionary Trip to China
Miss Esther Gauss of St. Louis visits her uncle Rev O W Gauss in Greeley then sails from San Francisco on September 30 to Ling Po China as a First Presbyterian missionary. She will teach in a mission school and is accompanied by other missionaries to various destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Gauss
St. Louis
Greeley
O. W. Gauss
San Francisco
Miss Gauss
China
First Presbyterian Church
Ling Po
Orient
Greeley Dr Sapero ENT Clinic At Camfield Hotel
The Denver ear nose throat specialist Dr Sapero visits the Camfield hotel in Greeley for consultations and examinations on Thursday Friday and Saturday September 7 8 and 9. Free evaluations offered.
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K. C. Sapero
Denver Eye
Camfield Hotel
Sapero
Denver
Greeley
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Miss E. Bliss
M. BE. A. Lashley
Queer
Via
The
Denver & al Grande Railroad
Scenic Line of the World
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Sin
Bakersfield
Fresno
San Jose
Santa Barbara
Marysville
Western Pa
Southern Pacific
San Pedro
Port Ore
Tacoma
Seattle
Vancouver
Victoria
D&b R. R
Canon City
Elko
Reno
Vegas
Lovelock
Shafter
Winnemucca
Rio Grande
Los
Salt Lake City
Western Pacific Railway
Canons
Frank A. Wadleigh
Bartlett Lumber Company
Telephone
Greeley, Colorado
Fourth St
Dame Fashion
Cahill Dry Goods Company
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