Ownership dispute over Alward estate ends in settlement
In Isaac Brown and Clara Alward case, all suits were dismissed after a settlement. The insane woman’s sister from California threatens criminal charges if property is not restored. The agreement requires returning two thirds of the estate, clothing, and belongings, with $700 cash kept by the negro, and the eighty acre property valued at $4,000 slated to be divided after the woman’s death. Clara Alward’s past is recounted by the Tribune. A letter from Mrs. Carver in Riverside reports Mr. Carver’s failing health after a fall, drawing concern from California and Greeley friends.
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Isaac Brown
Clara Alward
Iery
California
Ewing
Denver
Hudson
Evans
The
Tribune
Atwood
Greeley
Started for England by Mrs Jas McCullough
Mrs McCullough leaves Wednesday for England to visit her old home unseen for 22 years. She will travel alone via Chicago and Boston, sails on the 15th, while her husband and family previously visited England about twelve years ago.
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England
LaGrange
Jas. McCullough
mcCulloughs
McCullough
Chicago
Boston
A. W
Estes Park group votes to build Prospect Mountain trail
A special Estes Park Protective and Improvement association meeting authorized a trail to Prospect Mountain’s summit. It will start at the Big Thompson bridge, climb the north side, and descend to Mary’s Lake, to be finished by July 4. A fish hatchery fund received 1400 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estes Park
Medicine Bow National Forest
Enos A. Mills
Frank O. Branley
Gesick Infant Dies At Home Near Greeley
Henry Gesick eleven month old son of Mr and Mrs Christian Gesick died Sunday at the family home six miles northeast of Greeley. Funeral services were held this morning at the German church on Elev enth street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Gesick
Christian Gewick
Greeley
Eleventh Street
Struck by Lightning Hits Windsor Transformer Station
A Windsor area transformer station was struck by lightning on Thursday afternoon. Mc Clellan and Taylor acted quickly to cut power and prevent a possible explosion as fire crews arrived. The storm brought heavy rain and significant hail.
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Northern
Colorado
Messrs. McClellan and Taylor
White City Emerges Near Greeley as Rail Line Expansion Looms
Greeley area planners reveal a new town near Lucerne to be called White City or North Greeley. A dispatcher’s office for Crow Creek lines may be placed there, with a double track from White City to Greeley and a Sixth avenue link. Real estate men rush to grab farm tracts for development.
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Greeley
Lucerne
Crow Creek
Fourth Street
White City
Sixth Avenue
Heavy Rain Causes Ditch Breaks and Hail Damage
A heavy Sunday storm battered the Beebe Draw area with multiple breaks in the English ditch and damaged headgates. A brief five minute hail streak left up to three inches of hail on some ranches, ruining garden fruit and delaying hay cutting. Gilcrest reports southeast hail with four inches on Box Elder flats, but limited farm impact due to sparse holdings.
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Gilcrest
Box Elder
Beets Under Water in Greeley Windsor District
Field Superintendent Walters estimates 150 to 260 acres of beets in the district between Greeley and Windsor are submerged. Farmers expect soaking could help if water recedes soon. L Schermer and Jake Bauer report submerged beet fields while crews repair No 3 wasteway. The cement headgate held, banks failed, wasteway moved about 40 cubic feet per second during busy hours, sparing parts of Greeley and surrounding fields from worse flooding.
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Gipson
Walters
Greeley
Windsor
L. Schermer
Jake Bauer
Greeley Aims At Rail Hub With Union Pacific Plans
Commerce club leaders in Greeley propose a daily Denver excursion during the National Educators association meeting and seek to relocate passenger service through Greeley. They also push a new Weld County courthouse, and favor making Greeley a division hub for Union Pacific with the Julesburg and Colorado branches centered here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Court House
Union Pacific
Julesburg
Commerce Club
Greeley
Gill
Hickman
McKelvey
Timothy
Clayton
New York City
Denver
National Educators Association
State Normal School
Weld County
Colorado
Court House
Jall
Ninth
Tenth Avenues
Tenth Streets
Struc
Ture
Pueblo
la Salle
D. A. Camfield
Ms. D. Sanborn
LaSalle
Cheyenne
Fort Collins
Hillsboro-Firestone
Crow Creek
Ureeley
Boys Cultivate Four Acres Beets
Joe Wilkinson of Greeley, a distinguished local farmer, confirms a Tribune beet grower article. Two boys, aged 10 and 12, earned $20 for Christmas last year under a contract and now manage four acres, projecting $100 this November, prompting questions about Denver boys working summer jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wilkinson
Greeley
Tribune
Mr. Wilkinson
Denver
Should Improve Seventh Avenue
Citizens urge paving and grading of Seventh Avenue alongside new streetcar rails. The street now popular and underdeveloped, with the railway company bearing much of the cost. Taxpayers should petition the council promptly.
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Seventh Avenue
Seventh
Butcher Held on Statutory Charges in Erie Case
Erie school teacher Arthur Butcher faced a district court hearing after being held to the next term on two statutory charges. Bonds were set at 1500 each with his brother father and a man named Brimble as sureties. In court a 14 year old girl and two small boys testified against him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Butcher
Erie
Justice Hatch
District Court
Brimble
Runaway youths seek work in beet fields near Greeley
Three pale hungry youths from Denver aged about 15 and 12 with a 4 year old were found near Pierce and later in Ault asking for food. Denver ladies in a visit to Greeley accused of moralizing. Police transferred the trio to Greeley after being denied sustenance on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary C. C. Bradford
Denver Women’s Clubs
Greeley
Denver
Cheyenne
Pierce
Ault
Bijou Ditch Breaks After Heavy Rains
The Bijou ditch broke its banks after days of heavy rains in Green City. Water was turned off during repairs as the Platte River rose high. The storm halted potato planting in the district and soaked fields. Beet fields vary with thinning and planting status.
Denver Boys Put to Work by Sheriff After Train Rescue
Sheriff Florance finds twelve Denver children, six boys and six girls, trying to work while a widow mother frets at missing her youngest. The deputy takes the smallest boy home to his mother and vows to seek jobs for the other two boys, while the rest remain employed. The note laments neglect by a local president and committee.
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Florance
Denver
Beetfields
Denver Womn
Open air concert by Greeley band downtown park
The Greeley band schedules an outdoor free concert Thursday evening in the downtown park as a town diversion. On Sunday it leads the season's first excursion from here to Eldora, with about 300 Greeley residents expected to join.
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Big Greeley
Greeley
Eldora
Colorado Farmers Eye Top Honors at National Corn Exposition
W H Olin of the National Corn Association urges Colorado growers to promote grains and grasses at the Omaha Exposition December 6 to 18. He recalls Colorado placing second in wheat last year and aims for many first prizes in oats and other grains with over 50,000 in premiums and trophies at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
W. H. Olin
National Corn Association
Olin
Thomas Stone Died at 83 After Long Ranch Life
Thomas Stone died Tuesday at his family home 306 Eleventh Street aged 83. He lived in Greeley for years, owned a ranch near the city, moved to California, then returned to Greeley four years ago. Survived by a widow and four children including Mrs Julia Ingold of China whose husband died in a gun accident. Funeral services set for 2 30 p m Thursday at Macy's undertaking parlors.
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Thomas
Stone
Eleventh Street
Greeley
California
San Francisco
Mra
Julia Ingold
China
Russian Irrigation Expert Arrives for Colorado Study
Skorniakoff, an irrigation engineer from the Russian Department of Agriculture, arrived in Fort Collins to inspect Colorado irrigation systems. He is guest of Prof. L G Carpenter and will tour ditches and reservoirs north of the Poudre River with several weeks between Collins and Greeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skorniakoff
St. Petersburg
Department of Agriculture
Fort Collins
Colorado
L. G. Carpenter
Government Experiment, Station
Washington
Carpenter
Poudre River
Collins
Greeley
Union Pacific to Enter Collins
Fort Collins papers report Union Pacific plans to extend a terminus from Hillsboro to Collins with right of way secured. The move mirrors parallel lines toward Collings while Burlington and Colorado & Southern maneuver to counter. The unfolding railroad rivalry between Harriman and Hill could shift cattle and sheep shipments from Greeley to Collins Hudson routes, affecting northern Colorado freight and rates.
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Fort Collins
Union Pacific
Hillsboro
Collins
Denver-Laramie
Collings
Burlington
Hudson
Greeley
Colorado & Southern
Southern
Collinge
Colorado
M. Harriman
Mr. Hill
Narrow Escape in Cross River Flood Near Windsor
Shores and his young son were swept from a wagon by floodwaters near the Arthur bridge. Shores grabbed the boy, reached shore, abandoned the horse and wagon, then attempted to free the horse but could not due to wire. The father saved the child from drowning as water rose and the bridge washed out. The incident occurred as they traveled from a ranch near Ti nth towards Windsor.
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Arthur Bridge
Lopes Shores
Son
Shore
Shor
Shores
Tinth
Man
Windsor
Arthu
Majlor
Timoa
Track Laying to Start July First for Pleasant Valley Extensor
The Union Pacific plans track laying beginning July 1 for the Pleasant Valley extension. Crews will complete thirteen tiles by then, with about thirteen days needed to finish the extension. By mid August material will reach Gill, and Canfield may receive freight by July 15. Bridge piling proceeds over irrigating canals and Low Tree Creek as the Crow Creek line nears full grading.
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Union Pacific
Pleasant Valley
Sprague
Crow Creek
Canifield
Mo Zeta
Gill
Sixth Avenue
Violent Beebe Storm Wreaks Havoc and Lightning Strikes
A severe storm hit Beebe on Thursday afternoon bringing heavy rain and unusually sharp lightning. The Oster property suffered a strike that damaged a crane stacker, leaving the area soaked and visibility reduced to a wall of rain for a half hour. Residents described near whiteout conditions as floodwaters poured down.
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Beebe
J. P. Oster
Ed Wuen
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