Playgrounds Grow Across Colorado In 1910 Report
The Committee on Playgrounds surveys Colorado towns from Denver to Cokedale. Rocky Ford Fort Collins and Greeley Normal install substantial equipment while La Junta plans a $1000 addition. Smaller towns use home made gear funded by local effort and even donations from Colorado Fuel and Iron to create fair to strong playgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Denver
Pueblo
Fort Colting
la Junta
Rocky Ford
Grand Janction
Greeley Normal
Golden
Fort Luptom
Olathe
Cokedale
Starkville
Fort Collins
Greeley
Grand Junction
Independence School
Fort Lapton
Downen
Fort Lupton
Colorado Fuel and Tron Company
School apparatus and activities across Colorado districts
The report details funding sources for school apparatus in Rocky Ford, Golden, Fort Collins, Grand Junction, Fort Lupton, and Olathe, noting varied contributions by boards, city councils, play proceeds, and community support. It also lists popular equipment and games by age group and highlights growing interest in indoor baseball and volleyball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Ford
Board of Education
Golden
Fort Collins
Grand Junction
Fort Lupton
E. L. Johnston
Packer
Olathe
Supt
Ward
Prin. Price
Cokedale
Colorado School Journal
Liniment Promises Quick Cure for Sprained Ankle
An article claims a sprained ankle can heal in three to four days with Chamberlain's Liniment due to improper prior treatment. It calls the preparation one of the best and most remarkable remedies in use and notes it is sold by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Spain
Shylock
Don Carlos
Gen B. Boynton
Jas
Seasonable Farm Hints From a 26th Century Farmer
Fall offers general farm improvements. Cows drink 60 to 80 pounds of water daily and dairy farming keeps soil in good condition. Stable cows before bad weather, feed winter rations, and plow corn crops in fall. Avoid overfeeding sugar beet tops and milk the same cow by the same milker each time. Buy heifer calves before winter quarters. Corn and water fatten. occasional roots improve appetite and bowels.
Dusting remedy for hens uses ash mix
When ready to empty the ash can mix a good lice powder with the ashes and empty Mmn the hen house. The hens will dust themselves fast and rid themselves of lice and mites.
French Fish Story of Marpignon Intrepid Anglers
A humorous piece recounts the Intrepid Fishers of Marpignon who persistently chase a single barbel in a nearly barren stream near Paris. After three days of exhausting effort the fish dies, and the most frequent catcher is crowned champion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Marpignon
Sais
Harper's Weekly
Fishskin Tartars of Manchuria Use Tamara Fish
The Fishskin Tartars live along the Peony river in Manchuria and rely on fishing and hunting. Over the last century they have dwindled as Chinese agriculture expands. They use tamara salmon for clothing and believe both flesh and skin have heat giving properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchuria
Peony River
Chicago Journal
Free sample offer for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
If you are suffering from bilious ness, constipation, indigestion, or chronic headache, send a one cent postal card with your name and address to Chamberlain Medicine Co Des Moines Iowa. They will forward a free sample. Sold by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain Medicine, Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain
World's Finest Hotel Named After Greeley
Demolition has begun at Thirty-fourth street and Broadway for the Greeley Square hotel, slated as the world's largest. Architect Frank M. Andrews says construction starts in about a month, with total outlay around 13.5 million dollars including site, building, and furnishings. The 31,500 square foot site costs seven million, largely from the McAlpin estate, and the hotel will have 1,600 sleeping rooms and about 1,000 baths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley Square
Frank M. Andrews
Thirty-fourth Street
Broadway
New York City
Andrews
McAlpin
Fischer Couple Return From Fort Lupton Visit
Mr and Mrs A R Fischer returned today from a visit in Fort Lupton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
A. R. Fischer
Fort Lupton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Committee On
Coledale
Variety Store
Main Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!