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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1912
Page
5
Figures for 1910 and 1899 show crop values up 62.7 percent per acre with ten key crops driving most of the rise while farmer purchasing power grows, despite a 14 percent average rise in farm inputs. Land values have roughly doubled, creating strong incentive for farm ownership and income. Breeders' Gazette.
A dated census note reviews governance of farm products and power dynamics from a decade ago, citing regulatory shifts and economic factors shaping farming communities and markets.
An epidemic of coughing grips residents of the town with old and young affected. The advertisement promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a quick safe reliable cure for all coughs and colds, noting it contains no opiates. Distributed by Gilbert Bros. across three stores on Park Place Opera House Block and Sterling Building.
The Christian church ladies hold an all day quilting event at Mrs J N Westfall’s home. A big noon dinner will be served and the day’s stitched pieces will be sold afterward to raise funds.
Mrs W S Bailey of McCreary Kentucky suffered a severe lagrippe that developed bronchitis causing sleepless nights and coughing like consumption. One bottle of Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound gave relief and she was permanently cured. Gilbert Bros three stores.
Guests in Camfield hall enjoyed an all Brazilian program directed by Mrs. Charles E. Southard. The night featured Guarani selections with soloists Miss Camfield and others, plus a diversified second part introducing various composers. Hosts included Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ewing and Dr. and Mrs. W. O. Weber as ushers served punch afterward.
The readable fragments show an arresting sequence involving an act of violence and several youths. Names and locations are unclear in the text but the piece hints at a local incident requiring police or court attention. Further details are unreadable in the surviving OCR segment.
A notice from Weld County Colorado announces a final settlement hearing for the estate of Henry Tro with Eleanor FB Igo as Administratrix on March 4 at 10 A M. The hearing will determine heirs at law and invite all potential heirs to appear and present their claims or objections.
A Cornell farm survey of several towns found only about one fifth of 570 farmers had ever attended college. Those with college training earned about 840 dollars yearly, high school graduates 622, and those with only district schooling 318, highlighting education as a key economic factor in farming.
A report notes a college trained man earned thirty six percent more than a high school graduate and nearly three times as much as a district school graduate, highlighting income disparities by education level per The Youth's Companion.
Fort Lupton hosts the new Shut club formed by local business men. The club has two divisions led by Mayor Selis and Nate Moore, with no scores yet. Winners will receive turkey dinners from the losers.
At a Denver convention the county commissioners endorsed a complete statewide highway system without singling out any one route. They criticized Pueblo delegates while supporting routes favored by Greater Colorado Highways associations and condemned the Pueblo action. They favored the state map routes including Berthoud Pass, Rock Island through Colorado Springs, Santa Fe Trail and Rainbow, Platte Canon, and a north to south central highway plus the Thousand Mile Circle. They also urged coordination with highway associations except for the recent conference recommendation of a single route.
Twenty five Union Pacific traffic officials were hosted at the Brown Palace hotel by Denver hotel men business leaders and city and state officials at a luncheon Friday. They urged routing passenger traffic through Denver and explained railroad efforts to boost tourism and attract settlement on vacant lands to build longer term earnings.
Frank G. Moore and Eva G. Goldsworthy of Denver traveled to Greeley to obtain a license and have Justice of the Peace T. C. Pressly officiate the ceremony after hearing good luck traits follow his weddings. The Reading Club of Ault met with Mrs. Colonel Taylor for a fortnightly session, reviewed history lessons, and sewed while enjoying refreshments.
Platteville Building and Loan Association, now incorporated, has operated in Platteville for 20 years. It reports strong business, financing many local homes and businesses, and its charter has been renewed for twenty years more.
The British government on Jan 1 1912 assumed ownership of all telephone services, integrating the bureau with post offices under the postmaster general. The move, building on decades of telegraph nationalization, adds about 1.25 million miles of wire and 600000 customers, boosting capital to around 25 million dollars.
The Men and Religion Forward movement in Denver aims to apply a scientific, business like approach to religion. At a Twentythird Avenue Presbyterian meeting, leaders argued for material over spiritual arguments and suggested a tiered treatment for rich and poor followers. From March 21 to 24 institutes will teach scientific religion in the business section, with five daily sessions from 4 30 to 5 30 and evening platform lectures by expert religionists beginning soon.
Windsor resident Robert Harris, known as a weather prophet, predicts warm weather for the coming week followed by a change with the moon and a six week spell of heavy snow. He bases forecasts on musk rat catches and, though crippled, has others trap for him.
The Colorado governor's conservation address delivered to a Kansas City convention was ordered printed in the Congressional Record and thousands of copies distributed. The Republican press protests, noting the $88.30 printing charge and that the speech focused on western conservation, not primarily Colorado.
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