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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1912
Page
3
Local retailer urges shoppers to hurry through a five day pre inventory sale with sharply reduced merchandise prices. The notice claims competitive pressure and promises proof of lower costs than advertised.
C L Fitch details field trials across Colorado districts evaluating fusarium root rot in potatoes. He notes moisture, soil depth, and cultivation effects, with observations from Greeley Del Norte Eagle and other areas. The report links soil temperature patterns to disease risk and outlines practical cultivation and moisture considerations for growers.
Fragmentary notes discuss soil fungi and potato plants, noting temperature and moisture effects on fungal activity and plant health. The text hints at years fungi survive in soil and their impact on potato growth amid competing weeds.
A practical guide outlines soil and irrigation practices to keep the seed bed cool for rapid growth, avoid saturation, and minimize disease risk. It covers plowing, land condition, night irrigation, ditching, crop rotation, and timely manure, with notes on seed testing from Luis, Carbondale, Greeley, and Fort Worth. An upcoming New Cachela Poudre stock meeting in Greeley is announced for January 9, 1912.
The Colorado and Southern Railway offers round trip Homeseekers Excursion tickets to New Mexico and Texas at reduced rates on the first and third Tuesdays of each month through the year. Final limit twenty five days with liberal stopovers. For details contact T. E. Fisher, Denver. Also a note on la grippe dangers and a Honey and Tar Compound testimonial.
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The Couzens and Williams families marked silver and 23rd/26th wedding anniversaries with a Sunday dinner at the Couzens residence. Both couples married in Weld County and have spent their married life there. The event was covered by The Tribune in Weld County.
In a lengthy trial the district court ruled the county commissioners acted legally in forming the Denver Greeley Valley Irrigation District board. The ruling quashed a writ of certeorari, confirming the commissioners and the board led by Fr S Smith Booker E Smith and Charles M Worsfeld as the legal governing body.
Colorado grants a coal lease to A. W. Dymond of Denver, giving the state board power to regulate coal prices and cancel the lease if prices exceed a fixed limit. The lease sets monthly sworn cost statements, including mining and delivering costs, payrolls, royalties, and selling costs, and requires selling coal at cost plus up to 50 cents per ton profit.
Mr and Mrs W H Farr celebrated their thirtieth wedding anniversary with a family reunion at 913 Eleventh avenue. A 15 person turkey dinner was served with Christmas decorations. The couple, married in Canada, moved to Greeley where they raised three sons, H W Farr Karl Farr and Lloyd Farr. Guests included relatives from Eaton Denver and Cheyenne. A previous dinner featured eleven cousins and many Farr relatives. Karl Farr was away at Ann Arbor Michigan.
James Thompson, 58, a Windsor pioneer, died after a long illness following the drowning of a son last year. Born 58 years ago, he moved to Windsor over 30 years ago and built a strong farm. He was active in county politics. Funeral services were Sunday at the armory with the Masonic lodge in charge. Also note a 1912 calendar date urging attendance at S. L. W. Ranch Company's seventh annual horse and mule sale on February 20, 1912.
Henry T. Finck argues in The Future of Cooking and Eating that home electric cooking remains costly but could drop with broader use. He suggests rental ranges by electric firms, low daytime rates like gas, and combining ranges with fireless cookers to allow brief daily heating and quick finishing tasks.
The statement envisions a culinary millennium where cooking boxes become unnecessary. It highlights a shift toward integrated food preparation solutions, emphasizing efficiency and modernization while signaling broad accessibility for home cooks and professionals alike.
Otto Hasch died at his Windsor area home from a brain abscess last Saturday. He was 37, survived by his widow and six children. Hasch served as noble grand of the I O O F lodge in Windsor. Funeral services were held at his home Sunday morning conducted by the lodge.
Roger Wilson son of Mrs. John Deboo set a local record by leaving Denver a hospital twelve days after an appendicitis operation. He was transported eight miles to Edgewater for home recovery after surgery followed by a quick return from illness. He is well known in Greeley.
A skating party at the reservoir west of town was held Wednesday evening. Despite the low temperature, young people enjoyed a merry hour on the ice under winter skies.
Early Saturday 8 the steps at the Fort Lupton armory were set ablaze by a carelessly discarded cigar found by L. Beeten. The blaze was extinguished with little damage. Try a Tribune wanted.
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