Greeley City Moves To Expand Industry And Public Works
Municipal proceedings discuss allowing city to authorize public improvements and support industries. Estimates include 150 dollars for a hall project and 75 dollars for a city officer’s floor work. A connected report notes January disease concerns and regional weather impacts. Local notices cover a water injunction and community events in Johnstown and Springs with brief civic mentions.
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Shields
Issioner
E. Aiken
Unknown Dead Man May Be James McBride
City Marshal D F Camp receives a letter from Miss Holdie McBride seeking information about her brother James McBride of Kansas City. He came to Greeley last September and has not been heard from since the burial of the unknown man found in a box car at Platteville last fall. The officer describes how inquiries are answered with the stranger’s death by self-inflicted action.
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Platte + Ville
James McBride
Kansas City
D. F. Camp
Hdldie
McBride
Greeley
Denver Girl Found Unconscious in Symes Building Lavatory
Kathrine M. Snyder, a Denver woman, was found unconscious on the seventh floor in the Symes building after leaving attorney Charles McCutcheon’s office. Police suspect a narcotic intoxication. she was taken to the county hospital in precarious condition.
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Denver
Katherine M. Snyder
Symes
Sixteenth
Champa
James
Miss Snyder
Charles McCutcheon
McCutcheon
Williams Celebrate Golden Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary
Riverside California notes the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Williams held January 25. Daughters Mrs. William Ecker and Mrs. Sidney Hallett attended from Greeley. The event also marked the oldest lion James W. Williams of Los Angeles celebrating his twenty-fifth anniversary. The couple have eleven children, 27 grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. Civil War veteran Williams served in Company D, 42nd Missouri infantry. Vic Malone suffers a badly sprained wrist.
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Riverside
Calif
J. P. Williams
William Ecker
Sidney Hallett
Greeley
Ecker
James W. Williams
Los Angeles
Enthusiasts Dress Groom in Night Shirt for Joy Ride
An ecstatic wedding caravan decorates a groom in a night shirt for a joy ride to the depot. Ray Lawson drives a decorated buggy as crowds cheer, rice scatters, and the train becomes a moving ad sign. Photographs capture the suitcases and the quirky procession ends with the couple departing toward Denver amid Hoodoo legends.
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Ray Lawson
County Commercial Club elects new officers and road plans
New officers of the county commercial club include J. E B Shater as president W A Insinger first vice president JL KE Frazier second vice president H Fr Bedford treasurer and J F McCrory secretary The group praised retiring president Nf S St John for road work and pledged continued good roads effort The club opposed the proposed county courthouse and S M Edgell was named Weld county vice president of the Colorado Good Roads Conference association Petition drives aim to add 2000 more names to form road maintenance districts with local papers urged to publicize the new law and solicit signatures North of Greeley has 1953 names south 802 and the city area around Greeley 771 indicating room for more work
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The
County Commercial Club
J. E B. Shater
Pierce
W. A. Insinger
Greeley
JL. KE. Frazier
Windsor
H. Fr. Bedford
Platteville
J. F. McCrory
Good Roads Movement
St. John
S. M. Edgell
Weld
Colorado Good Roads Conference Association
Peckham Creamery Busy With Dairy Output Rise
Peckham creamery under W L Carroll produces about 20 pounds of butter and 100 pounds of cheese daily. Supplied by 100 cows, local farmers boost herds and improve stock. Increased dairy interest in the county may bring more Peckham farmers into dairying, expanding regional dairy output. The Peckham factory markets its products in Denver. George Briggs of LaSalle travels to Loveland for a lawsuit.
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Peckham
Peckham Creamery
W. L. Carroll
Denver
PROHIS BUSY AT LA SALLE
LaSalle Jan 31 About fifty signers have joined a Prohibition petition seeking a state wide vote on an amendment to the constitution. Women of the La Salle W C T U circulate and plan to deliver the petition to Peckham. Evans W T U women carry and circulate a similar petition in Kersey. The petition bears 150 signatures and asks for the amendment. Rudd Brothers, once local, have sold out and move to Otts Bluff Nebraska.
Forty Years Ago in Greeley Highlights and Prices
A Greeley snapshot notes coal at 36.50 per ton and chickens trading 60 to 75 cents each. Lemons cost a dollar per dozen, a major blizzard disrupted travel with a train stuck, temperatures plunged to 18 below. Community events include a church festival, a fire department meeting, and a new minister arriving in Denu. Local disputes over liquor sales and irrigation policy surface in Tribune debates.
Fred Piel Sentenced to Death Coming Back
Fred Piel, previously convicted of murder in Greeley and sentenced to hang, will be returned to the county jail for a new trial after the supreme court granted a rehearing. He was charged with killing George Kerber in Meade and had been in Canon City penitentiary awaiting court action.
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Fred Piel
Greeley
Supreme Court
Piel
George Kerber
Meade
Canon City
Militia Men of Greeley Well Fixed
Government supervised annual inspection finds Company D qualified to field on short notice. Captain Hi B Nelson and staff compliment the unit after drills under Captain A C Drake. Visiting officers plan further inspections in Ault and Windsor. Fort Lupton hosts a double header basketball after the armory games.
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Hi. B. Nelson
Regular Army
Greeley
Nelson
Company D
A. C. Drake
J. B. Goodman
Field Artillery
Denver
Edward Verdeckberg
First Colorado Infantry
J. H. Cole
Washington, D. C
I. A Elliott
Ault
Windsor
Fort Lupton
Armory
Co I
Brighton
Homesteader at Nunn Dead After Illness
Carla Redmond died this morning at the county hospital after a illness from tuberculosis of the throat. He had lived with his family on a homestead near Nunn and was 44. Survived by widow and children. Funeral arrangements pending likely at Thompson Claypool parlors. Appointments: J O Denniss and H M Bedford named representatives from Platteville Commercial club to Weld County Commercial club board. Bedford also treasurer.
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Carla Redmond
Redmond
Nunn
Thompson-¢laypool
Platteville
J. O. Denniss
H. M. Bedford
Platteville Commercial Club
Weld County Commercial Club
Bedford
Hereford Irrigation Deal Draws Northern Capital Interest
Eaton January 31 news reports Chicago capitalists have agreed to buy Lovella Ditch and Reservoir interests near Hereford for 325000 with options to complete within six months. The transaction, led by Louis B Reed and local owners Farr Larson and Farr, signals likely full development of the irrigation project. The Lovella ditch and reservoir, fed by Crow Creek, serve about 10000 acres, attracting land rush prospects this summer as Hereford grows as a future district hub. Mrs Hesford entertained a group of ladies yesterday.
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Hereford
Lovella Ditec and Reservoir Company
Walter J. Farr
Chris Larson
Faton
T. J. Farr
Greeley
Crow Creek
Lovella
Wyoming
Suit filed over exempt property sale by constable
W T Gordon sues Constable Morford to recover three times the value of property claimed exempt by law. Gordon says Morford sold a team and cow for 2150 that fell under exemption, while Morford contends the property was mortgaged.
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Kersey
Tan
W. T. Gordon
Morford
Gordon
Warning to invalids to avoid Colorado unless funded
A warning from the state board of charities and correction urges indigent consumptives planning to come to Colorado to stay home unless they can provide their own necessities of life. The advisory notes that the sick are better off at home without insufficient resources to cope with costs.
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Colorado
State Board of Charities and Correction
Kersey Newlyweds Ride Town on Fire Truck
Rex Gardner and Ethel Pye wed at Kersey with Rev. Coffman officiating. After the ceremony the couple rode a fire truck through town as residents cheered, marking a festive hometown welcome. They are 18, with Gardner son of Perry E. Gardner of Scotts Bluff. Funeral services for Mrs. E A Gibford were held at Macy's parlors before burial in Newton, Iowa.
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Kersey
Rex Gardener
Court House
Rex Gardner
Ethel Pye
Scott’s Bluff
Nebraska
Gardner
A. W. Coffman
Perry E. Gardner
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Miss Pye
Clyde Gardner
Wyoming
Mrs
E. A. Gibford
Macy’s Undertaking
J. T. Thompson
The
First Christian Church
Newton
Iowa
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