Trading stamps seen as menace to fair dealing in city
Editorials warn that the Green Blue and Red Trading Stamp schemes are aimed at merchants and customers, inflate prices, and resemble lotteries. Denver and Greeley merchants resist licensure and consider prohibiting stamps. towns report losses and cautious opposition nationwide.
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Greeley
Denver
East
Rocky Mountain News
Fort Wayne
Brad Street
Dun
Milwaukee
Denver Post
Denver Republican
Miss Margaret Doolittle Vacationing at Glen Park
Miss Margaret Doolittle is spending her vacation in Glen Park, enjoying the local scenery and leisure surroundings.
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Margaret Doolittle
Glen Park
Fourth Evans and Seely Lake Draw Big Crowds
Fourth of July in Greeley passed quietly with stores closed and city at rest aside from occasional fireworks. Davis-Shaw of Denver vs Greeley Reds baseball drew morning and afternoon crowds. Windsor bested Greeley Eagles 6 to 0. Afternoon events included cow pony racing and a roping contest followed by a grand evening ball.
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Denver
Greeley
Evans
Seely
United Presbyterian Church
Major Morgan
Halina Morgan
Archie Camp
Scott Bullard
Josie C
Oscar Pepper
Big Jim
J. C. White
J. R. Roberts
Bob Foster
White
Black Hollow Club
Evans Club
Weld County
A! Craig
St. Louis
Tip Kelly
Seattle
Seely’s Laké
Lucerne
Hazelton
Davis-Shaw Club
Greeley Reds
Windsor Club
Greeley Eagles
Union Reservoir outlet work advances in Weld County
Weld County surveyor L. L. Stimson has overseen the ongoing project on the Calkins Lake outlet, soon to be known as the Union reservoir. The ditch runs 3,000 feet long with a 40 foot depth, being developed by F. H. Hill & Co with Arthur Dalbey and Jess Doney holding interests.
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Hill & Co
Big Cut
Spring Gulch
St. Vrain Creek
Platte
Union Reservoir Co
Longmont Ledger
Weld County
L. L. Stimson
Weld
Calkins Lake
Union Reservoir
F. H. Hill &Co
Arthur Dalbey
Jess Doney
Weld County School Census Shows County Gain in Pupils
Weld county superintendent J E Snook filed the annual census with state official Mrs Grenfel. County totals 7026 school age children. boys 3675 and girls 3347. Greeley reports 1673 pupils. Eighty four districts show net gain 678 with heaviest increases in Greeley Windsor Eaton Elwell Johnstown Ault Buell LaSalle Platteville.
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J. E. Snook
Weld County
Greeley
Windsor
Eaton
Elwell
Johnstown
Ault
Foreman Falls From Roof During Gutter Work
Saturday afternoon Charles Couzens foreman of Robie and Moe Cutcheon’s shop slipped on the roof while supervising gutters at Mrs Annis residence corner of Tenth Avenue and Fifteenth Street. He toppled the ladder and both fell about twenty feet. Couzens was shaken and bruised but only sprained his ankle.
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Charles Couzens
Robie & Moe Cutcheon
Private investor seeks real estate and water stock security
A. M. McClenahan states he has substantial private funds ready to invest in solid real estate and water stock securities, seeking opportunities with clear returns and reliable partners.
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A. M. McClenahan
Gifts of Love to Mrs Meeker and Daughter Spark Debate
Lilian Whiting of Boston writes to the Greeley Tribune defending generous gifts she gave to Mrs Meeker and her daughter Rose Meeker. She details checks totaling over 1800 dollars from 1901 to 1904, notes gifts in money clothing and goods, and asserts the acts were acts of friendship and protection, not impropriety.
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Greeley Tribune
Miss Rose Meeker
Mrs. Meeker
Miss Meeker
Rose Meeker
Back Bay
Daughters of Revolution Form Colorado Chapter
The Daughters of the American Revolution held the first Centennial State chapter meeting in Greeley at Mrs. M. J. Hogarty’s home. Fourteen charter members answered roll call as officers and committees were named. a luncheon followed. The group postponed further applications for three months to allow more members to enroll.
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Greeley
M. J. Hogarty
Tenth Street
D. of R
Hogarty
Betsey Ross
America
G. S. Adams
N. F. Cheeseman
E. R. Thayer
Edna E. van Craig
B. G. Eaton
Eaton
D. E. Carpenter
Matinee Harness Races At Island Grove Park
Gentlemen's Driving club held a Thursday matinee at Island Grove park with good turnout and fair track. Results show 1:16 class winners Duplex and Hall, 1:25 class winners Yose and Marigold, 1:30 class Spike and Lillian M with times 1:10 4-5 and 1:24 etc. Judges were J S Gale and Captain Ogilvy. Major Bowen timed, Milton Seaman started, club plans weekly summer meetings.
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Island Grove Park
A. Camp
M. G. Morgan
Hallad
Hilleary
J. S. Gale
Ogilvy
Major Bowen
Milton Seaman
Lupton Court Bailiff Sends Roses to Friends
J. P. Gorman a Lupton court bailiff in this district court term is described as an ardent Sowers roses lover. He shared a box of fine tea roses with Mrs Grace Henderson and the writer and both thank the donor for his generosity.
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J. P. Gorman
Lupton
Grace Henderson
Miss O'Brien Heads East for Several Months
Western Union local agent Miss O'Brien leaves duties to travel to Oklahoma Kansas City and Chicago to visit relatives and friends. She plans to be away for a couple of months with Mrs O Farrell of Denver attending official duties in her absence.
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O’brien
Western Union
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Chicago
O’ Farrell
Denver
O’farrell
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Denver Field
Evans and
Seely Lake
German Lutheran Church
Seventh Avenue and
Sixteenth Street
Miss Whiting
Lilian Whiting
Boston
Daughters of Revolution
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