Teddy Bears Craze Reaches Peak During Christmas Season
The Teddy bear craze, linked to President name, peaked at Christmas with widespread public interest. German makers faced high demand as Atlantic City sparked a global fad, prompting U S toy firms to boost output. Bears ranged from cheap cubs at two to three dollars to large five foot models, with prices climbing as wholesalers and retailers struggled to keep stock.
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United States
State Street
Wall Street
Atlantic City
France
Toyland
New Electrically Operated Letter Canceling Machine
A new electric cancelling machine was installed in the Greeley post office last Thursday. Engineer J. W. Curtis directs operation, capable of processing 12 000 to 18 000 letters per hour. Previous delays were due to power shortages, making Greeley the first city north of Denver with such a machine in Colorado. Fort Collins uses a hand powered model of similar design.
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J. W. Curtis
Fort Collins
Denver
Nelson Demorest Visits Denver for a Fall Trip
Nelson Demorest traveled to Denver last Friday for a several days stay, planning to tour the city and return in the coming days.
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Nelson Demorest
Denver
Hart-Parr Engine Firm Seeks Greeley Distribution Point
Charles Mott of Hart-Parr in Charles City Iowa visited Greeley last Saturday to arrange a local warehouse and make the city a Colorado distribution point for kerosene traction engines. The firm, which makes engines like a small gapsline model, recently received a $400000 order from the Argentine Republic for threshing and traction engines and has doubled factory capacity. A special engine is being built for Colorado’s high and dry altitude.
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Charles Mott
Hart-Parr Engine Company
Charles City
Greeley
Colorado
Nunn
Famine Relieved as Colorado Railroads Normalize Car Supply
Denver Post reports Colorado car famine easing with railroads in excellent condition and ample cars for most shipments. Potatoes from Greeley face sporadic shortages. coal, fruit and grain demand have stabilized. W W Field receives a charm at I O O F lodge. Sides to replace as Scribe after twenty one years.
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Greeley District
Greeley
Colorado & Southern
Colorado Railroad
I. O. O. F. Lodge
W. W. Field
Field
Sides
BUSTED BOOM Substantial Land and Irrigation Boom in Weld County
An era of development opens in southeast Weld County as a Denver eastern syndicate buys land and plans storage reservoirs to water 25 000 acres. The Keene Improvement Co organized by Greeley men aims to develop Keene on the Burlington line with a new two story depot. The boom echoes a prior coal rush near the area where a deep shaft proved the coal unfit, yet the irrigation project proceeds and targets Beebe Draw Kersey and Box Elder creek regions.
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Colorado
Denver and Eastern
Keene Improvement Company
Greeley
Keene
Burlington
J. A. Arbuckle
J. J. Purcell
Paul Purcell
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Denver
Fort Morgan
Platte River
Beebe
Kersey
Box Elder Creek
Giant Reservoir Planned by Colorado Mortgage and Investment
A reservoir site east of Beebe Draw is surveyed for a major project by Colorado Mortgage and Investment. The planned basin spans over four sections and a 440 foot dam could create northern Colorado's largest storage reservoir with nearly two billion cubic feet of water. The Platte Valley ditch will be enlarged and extended about two miles from its current terminus.
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Colorado Mortgage and Investment Company
Beebe Draw
Colorado
Platte Valley
Mail Service Woes Plague Johnstown and Nearby Towns
The Johnstown Breeze reports severe mail delays across Johnstown, Hillsboro, Welcome Hill, Mead, Highland Lake, and Berthoud. Despite daily trains into Denver, parcels travel circuitous routes, with a Johnstown to Hillsboro letter traversing 12 miles to Berthoud then 60 miles to Denver and 30 more to Platteville before delivery. The paper urges a three week fix, noting the problem should have long since been resolved.
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Longmont
Highlandlake
Mead
Hillsboro
Loveland
Denver
Berthoud
Platteville
Welcome Hill
Highland Lake
Eaton beet growers reject 1907 contract demands
The Eaton beet growers association unanimously rejected the Great Western Sugar contract offers of four seventy five a ton without restriction and five dollars flat plus ten cents a ton for one quarter of the crop. Greeley growers have not united but many oppose siloing clauses and weigh options for siloing at dumps or feeding beets to stock to test viability. The dispute complicates the Eaton area more than Greeley.
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Eaton Beet Growers’ Association
Great Western Sugar Company
Eaton
Greeley Beet Growers
Greeley
County court rules for officials in $2000 damage suit
M J Kemper and James Joyce lost their $2000 damage claim against Police Magistrate L B Willard and City Marshal Eugene Williams. They alleged false imprisonment from a raid on a fire house where gambling charges were pressed. Kemper and Joyce contended warrants were not properly served and they were merely bystanders. The court awarded the officials the victory. The Midland Concert company exceeded expectations with a large pleased audience. Helen A Doe Lyons Ila notes a concert tonight at First Presbyterian church.
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L. B. Willard
Eugene Williams
M. J. Kemper
James Joyce
Kemper
Joyce
Midland Concert Company
Helen A. Doe
Lyons
Ila
First Presbyterian Church
Ten Spearman railroad tales begin in Tribune series
The Tribune will print ten Frank Spearman railroad stories one per week, starting with Sankey's Double Header. The pieces feature rail men, collisions, and hairbreadth escapes with local road allusions. Readers are invited to share opinions on the serials. The piece also notes political battles over temperance laws led by Speaker Breckenridge, with opposition from brewers and liquor interests.
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the Tribune
Burlington
Union Pacific
Rio Grande
Sankey
Frank Spearman
Blackwood
Sidone Clark
Sidone
Tribune
Local option law gains ground in state legislature
The temperance issue advances as Colorado lawmakers push stringent local option bills. Speaker Breckenridge backs a tough law, citing Monte Vista and Greeley precedents where early settlers hedged against liquor. He argues policy should rest on proven facts, not dreams.
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Colorado
Breckenridge
Monte Vista
Greeley
N. C. Meeker
Mr. Breckenridge
Highlandlake and Mead Rise as Colorado’s Future Rival Cities
Communicated piece argues Highlandlake remains stable with a “Lake Drive” mood while Mead grows ambitious aiming to become Colorado’s capital, potentially eclipsing Denver as state institutions move there. It envisions Mead minting new progress, with Mead’s shine contrasting Highlandlake’s quiet conservatism.
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Mead
Buena Vista
Colorado
Lake Drive
Droplevard
Denver
Capitol
State House
Mint
Found His Trouble in Greeley Brawl Ends in Jail
William Newman caused a rapid early afternoon disturbance in Greeley after hiring a rig at Mansion stables. A neck yoke struck him, a chase across the street followed, and a later fight with James McLean in Gilcrest lumber yard left Newman near a coroner's case. He was revived by Dr Woodcock and Sheriff Florance and then jailed.
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William Newman
Greeley
Newman
Gilcrest
James McLean
Woodcock
Florance
Killed While Hunting Near Johnstown
Lon Dietrich farm hand on the J. M. Schultz ranch near Johnstown died after an accidental self inflicted gunshot while hunting along the Thompson river last Sunday afternoon. A search party found him Monday morning in a bloodied state. Coroner Macy investigated and reported death by a 22 caliber rifle likely by accident. The notes mention Midland Concert Company, First Presbyterian Church and a Tribune lecture course.
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J. M. Schultz
Johnstown
Thompson River
Macy
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