Colorado Teachers Meet in Denver for Four Day Session
The Colorado Teachers association will convene in Denver starting December 31 1907 for four days. Absent speakers include Mrs Jessie L Gaynor and W J Spillman with J Kern Gordy and W O Thompson also slated to speak. eighteen sectional meetings and about 100 Colorado teachers presenting papers. Railroads offer special rates one and one third fares with a fifty cent minimum from all stations.
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Colorado Teachers’ Association
Denver
Jessie L. Gaynor
St. Joseph
W. J. Spillman
Washington, D. C
J. Kern
Rockford
Ill
J. P. Gordy
New York University
W. O. Thompson
Ohio University
Columbus
Colorado
Colorado & Southern
Colorado Midland
Cripple Creek
Denver & Rio Grande
Pueblo
Missouri Pacific
Union Pacific
Rock Island
Silver Camp No. 9242 Organized in Severance
Deputy Head Consul G. T. Lancaster organized one of Colorado’s largest Modern Woodmen of America camps in Severance on December 3. The new Silver Camp No. 9242 enrolled 61 members and 15 transfers, with officers installed by State Deputy R. N. Moffit and Forrester Captain Matthews.
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Severane
G. T. Lancaster
Colorado
Lancaster
R. N. Moffit
Forrester
Matthews
Cheyenne Camp
Fort Collins
Windsor
Greeley
Eaton
Cheyenne
Loveland
Silver Camp No
W. W. Williamson
O. L. Pettepier
A. S. Rogers
E. J. Sickler
George Schillig
A. A. Riggs
C. G. Rains
E. J. Kellogg
Co. M. Rose
David Wailes
Tom Ireland
M. P. Ween
James Tallman
America
Wilbur Starr Concert Co Delights Greeley Audience
The Methodist church program last Monday evening as part of the Greeley High School lecture course drew a mixed crowd that, though small, was enthusiastic. Mr Starr impressed with a fine baritone and impersonations while Miss Livingston the violinist and Miss Dodds the contralto sang well. Mrs Wilbur Starr performed cellist and pianist pieces to general acclaim. all earned generous encores.
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Methodist Church
Wilbur Starr
Miss Dodds
Card of Thanks for Support During Illness
We express sincere thanks to friends for kindness shown during the last illness of our mother and grandmother. W L Miner and Family, Mr and Mrs Clifford, Mr and Mrs Brink, Marion Brink, F R Girardot.
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W. L. Miner
Clifford
Brink
Marion Brink
F. R Girardot
For Eczema Tetter and Salt Rheum
The intense itching from eczema tetter and salt rheum is quickly relieved by Chamberlain's Salve. Many severe cases have been cured by it. For sale by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
Ty All Druggists
Lincoln Life Mask Described by Paris Sculptors
Tru man H. Bartlett recalls how in 1877 he showed a plaster life mask of Lincoln to a Paris bronze founder who praised its beauty and character. Fremier and other sculptors noted its unique planes and stature six feet four, tall and slim, lending value to Bartletts statuette sketches.
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Paris
Lamenais
France
Soand-so
Fremier
Lincoln
Truman H. Bartlett
McClure’s
Dewey Dodges a Shot Under Farragut’s Command
In a Civil War memoir scene, Admiral Farragut often visited a gunboat acting as a dispatch boat. He witnessed Lieutenant Dewey dodge a sudden shot as Confederate gunners rushed a fieldpiece to the riverbank. The admiral quipped about human nature and the inevitability of dodging danger.
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Dewey
Farragut
Playing Gooseberry in Victorian Courtship
London Notes and Queries explains gooseberry as a term for a third person who accompanies a couple on a walk. A girl brings a friend to “play gooseberry,” while the invited girl may refuse. The lad may be called the “gooseberry fool,” and the dish gooseberry fool is made by stewing green berries with water sugar.
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London
The Fall of Rome and Its Overthrow
The text notes Odoacer’s proclamation as king of Italy in A D 476 ending the western empire. It contrasts the eastern Byzantine empire established in 395 and fallen in 1453, and argues Rome fell not by a single nation but by the combined pressure of barbarian forces and Roman corruption.
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Odoacer
Italy
Theodosius
Constantinople
Rome
The Prettiest Wild Flowers on a Fast Moving Train
A pessimist notes the beauty of wild flowers seen from a speeding train. He contrasts scrubby daisies by foot with the dazzling wild roses and giant black eyed Susans flashed by on the carriages passing the fields.
Burns concert planned for pioneers fountain fund
Under Emil B Hatch the Tribune hosts a Burns tribute concert to raise funds for the pioneers' fountain. The program, set for Burns' birthday week, features unison chorus, a soprano–tenor duet, Scottish airs, Burns readings, bagpipe selections, and more with Mrs Gale performing solos and a finale of Auld Lang Syne. Mesdames Glazier and Weaver hosted a kitchen shower for Mrs August Baab, with forty Baptist ladies attending and organizers providing kitchen-themed gifts and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil B. Hatch
Tribune
Fund For the Pioneers
Burns
Edinburgh
Man at fair claims seventeen children to visit elk
A man at a country fair tells the elk tent keeper he cannot enter without his wife and seventeen children. The keeper is shocked, then offers to bring the elk out to see the large family.
1908 Sugar Beet Contracts Set With Northern Colorado Farmers
The Great Western Sugar Company and farmers agree on nearly unchanged terms from last year. Beets pay twice monthly instead of once, at $4.75 per ton with no siloing. Three quarters unsiloed pay $5 and a quarter siloed pays $5.50. Contracts will be uniform across northern Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Western Sugar Company
Colorado
Farm Investment stockholders meeting notice
Notice is given for the annual meeting of The Farm Investment Company in Greeley Colorado on January 14 1908 at 7 30 p m for the election of seven directors and other business. N Jackson secretary Greeley Colo December 5 1907.
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Farm Investment Company
Greeley
Colorado
N. Jackson
Greeley, Colo
Oppenheimer Opens Fine Cigar Store in Former Sanborn Site
Ike Oppenheimer, formerly of Colorado Springs, opens what may be the finest equipped cigar store in the state in the Sanborn & Houston location. The mahogany finished interior, plate mirrors, and modern cigar cases attract attention, with strong recommendations from Colorado Springs citizens.
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Ike Oppenheimer
Colorado Springs
Sanborn & Houston
Mr. Oppenheimer
Land Transactions Reported for Denver Buyers and Sellers
Byron Newton sold 320 acres west of Evans to C O Blandin of Denver for 3200 dollars. Herman Meyers sold 240 acres near the first tract to David Bell for 7500 dollars. A 10 acre Delta tract moved from T E Peery to J L Foster of Iowa for 1600 dollars. A house and lot east side sold from Thomas Rayburn to Phillip Ginter for 900 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Newton
Clint O. Heath
Denver
Evans
C. O. Blandin
Herman Meyers
David Bell
Delta
T. E Peery
J. L. Foster
Iowa
Thomas Rayburn
Phillip Ginter
Unique Club entertained at Mrs Couzens home
Unique club was entertained last Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charles Couzens. Outside guests included Mesdames H. C. Watson D. C. Muth and Emma Flint. After a pleasant afternoon with 500 the prize winners were Mesdames Watson and Gray. Refreshments were served by the hostess.
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Unique
Charles Couzens
Mesdames H. C. Watson
D. C. Muth
Emma Flint
Mesdames Watson and
Gray
Crone-Curtis Realty Co Seeks Property For Sale
Crone-Curtis Realty Co requests listings from sellers ready to price property to sell. We cannot supply buyers at present but seek any items for sale. If there is anything available, notify the firm for potential handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crone-Curtis Realty Co
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Severance Lodge
Woodmen
New Town
Lincoln’s
the Tribune
Mesdames I. O. Glazier
J. A. Weaver
August Baab
the Baptist Church
Weld County
Fresno
Fairbanks-Morse
Chaser
Frank L. Blunt
Seventh Street
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