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Readable price notations list several coin values: 25c 25¢ 10c 10¢ 10¢ 15c Ss $1.80. No additional context or items readable.
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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1903
Page
4
Readable price notations list several coin values: 25c 25¢ 10c 10¢ 10¢ 15c Ss $1.80. No additional context or items readable.
Founded in 1870 by N C Meeker the paper boasts a large circulation and a long local history.
Discussion over electric railway franchises grows as cities offer incentives beyond direct beneficiaries. Examples include Anderson Indiana granting a fifty year franchise with no city revenue and Santa Rosa California accepting L H Baggs bid of fifty three dollars for a Lakeport to Cloverdale line.
The piece lists townships in Indiana voting subsidies for electric railway lines including Brownstown Driftwood Logan and Floyd counties with December 1903 election dates. It notes a San Jose California injunction ruling against rail placement, and urges Weld county Colorado to back electric railway construction. It also mentions clothing donations for the Band of Love and a drive to clothe children for church attendance.
The Band of Love led by Mrs. Gordon resumes weekly Saturday meetings at 2 30 PM in the Salvation Army hall. Members knit and crochet to produce clothing for the poor, with several hundred items distributed last winter and more garments already given this winter. Mrs. Gordon notes unprecedented clothing needs in Greeley this season.
Mrs. Ella J. McMurray and Union Pacific clash over a sidetrack on her property. A justice court jury failed to reach a verdict on Ed Deuell’s assault and battery charge. The case leads to further proceedings as police allege threats with a cannonlike gun. McMurray’s hearing is set for December 11.
Amusements note previews the Mickey Finn company at the Greeley opera house next Saturday night December 4. The show features eighteen musical numbers across three acts plus a strong metropolitan cast led by Rube Welch and Kittie Francis with a large singing chorus. Also includes a report on the Greeley Gun Club shooting results from Thanksgiving morning with scores for twenty five targets per shooter.
A $25 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone destroying auction bills or bulletins after posting in town or country until the date of sale. Col. C. P. Kemmerer announces the reward.
Thanksgiving day events at Evans featured rough riding and steer roping. Notable riders from Colorado and Wyoming competed for prizes with McNerlie winning the bucking contest and John Vance taking the cowboy race and a $5 prize. Spectators packed trees and rooftops as the Greeley band supplied quick music.
The Salvation Army will provide a free Christmas dinner and baskets of supplies to many needy people this year. Anyone wishing to help should notify the captain at once.
Gill and Decker advertise oysters and related goods for sale at Keystone Ranch. Price listed as $1 per hundred pounds with business names and location included.
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