Open House for Greeley Daily Tribune Inaugural Edition
The Greeley Tribune invites friends to an open house at 722 Seventh Street next Monday evening from 7 30 to 9 30 to view the new daily edition printing plant. The event includes music and refreshments as the paper marks its first issue and explains subscription rates of 2.00 a year in town and 3.00 out of town. A separate obituary note reports John Bodeen losing his wife and two children within days, with funeral services held at the Swedish Mission church and interment at Greeley cemetery.
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Greeley Tribune
Tribune
Seventh Street
Mons
Ribune
The
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Seventh Avenue
John Bodeen
Swedish Mission Church
Froman Recalls Early West Career and Broadway Ties
Panic Froman, longtime theatrical manager, shares memories of his westward start in 1874. He recalls going to Greeley with Horace Greeley’s colonization plan, serving as assistant secretary, and writing for subscribers. He notes his brother joined him in show business and praises decades in touring with the Lyceum and other high profile shows.
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Daniel Froman
Lyceum Theater
York
West
Pueblo
Jack Haverly
Min
Horace Ey
Greeley Colonization
Greeley Fe
Tragic Seventh Avenue Tale Ends in Aid and Hope
A damaged item recalls a recent local tragedy on Seventh Avenue where John Bodeen and his wife faced illness and financial strain from doctors' bills. Philanthropic neighbors provided aid, helping Bodeen recover with the Colorado air aiding his health. The piece notes the family welcomed a child on a Sunday in June, marking a fragile turn toward stability.
Land Values Rise With Cultivation Trade Near La Salle
J. W. H Browne traded ten acres on the Delta for an eighty acre farm near La Salle last Friday. The Delta land, now with alfalfa, is worth about 400 dollars per acre, while the traded eighty acres are considered equal in value per acre to five years ago. No buildings exist on either parcel.
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Browne
Sam Peery
Delta
la Salle
Faculty Host Warm Reception For Summer Students
The State Normal school's faculty hosted a large reception for summer students Friday night. Decorations featured cottonwood greens and greens, palms, ferns, carnations, and roses. A chapel program included performances by J C Kendel and Miss Mary Kendel, Miss Winnifred Sibley, Miss Vivian Abbott, and Miss Harle the violinist. Attendance neared three hundred as registrations rise.
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State Normal School
Z. X. Snyder
Hannum
Abbott
Hays
Elizabeth Cannell
J. C. Kendel
Mary Kendel
New York
Winnifred Sibley
Denver
Vivian Abbott
Chicago
Elizabeth Kendel
Mary
Harle
Dispute Over School House Divides Highlandlake
Highlandlake residents contest Mead’s plan to pull a school wing to Mead and assign two teachers per site. Greeley lawyers and Mead director changes loom as the board’s vacancy handling could shift control.
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Mead
Highlandlake
Highland Lake
Rufus Mead
New Sewer System Planned for Greeley Area
City officials work out plans for a large sewer system serving southeastern and eastern Greeley including Twelfth Avenue and Seventh and Sixth Streets. A new trunk sewer will relieve the downtown main sewer, running east from Twelfth to an avenue on Ninth Street, with southside sewers emptying into it. Estimated cost around 320000.
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Greeley
Twelfth Avenue
Seventh
Sixth
Ninth Street
Fourth of July celebrated with Sells Floto show arrival
Big Fourth of July plans include the Sells Floto midway on July 3 and a two day celebration with a prominent parade in Greeley. The state normal summer session opens June 16 with 35 percent higher registration, featuring extensive work on industrial and vocational education, special subjects, and individualized teaching to boost student effectiveness.
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Tribune invites guests to see making of a newspaper
The Tribune invites ladies and adult friends to its office at 722 Seventh Street on Monday evening June 29 1908 to witness the making of a newspaper and view a well equipped small city printing office. Music punch and wafers from 7:30 to 9:30.
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State
Greeley Tribune
Seventh Street
Fourth of July Festival in Greeley Features Parade and Fireworks
J L Brush will be grand marshal leading a daylong schedule in Greeley with bands, militia units, 1000 participants, 200 Japanese displays, and a Loretta Twins parade. Speakers include Congressman Bonynge and Charles J Hughes. Lincoln Park hosts a 100 voice chorus, fireworks both noon and night, a basket picnic, Island Grove races, and downtown games.
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J. L. Brush
Greeley
Cheyenne
Loretta Twins
Robert W. Bonynge
Charles J. Hughes
Denver
Emil B. Hatch
Lincoln Park
Island Grove Park
Greeiey Teachers Attend Summer School Program
A number of town school teachers join a summer session to stay updated on modern pedagogy. Registered instructors include Miss Etta Richardson eighth grade, Miss Bertha Whitman sixth grade, Miss Lillian Lackore fifth grade, and Misses Conkright and Yolanda Comstock.
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Etta Richardson
Bertha Whitman
Lillian Lackore
Conkright
Yolanda Comstock
Jack Boyle Estate Heir Claim Might Surface
Sheriff Florance received a letter from J G Boyle claiming to be Jack Boyle’s brother. The Weld county estate, valued around 8000 dollars, has lacked claimants and has been administered by Al Hilton of Grover. Boyle was murdered about two years ago at his Chalk Bluff home during supper with friends.
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Jack Boyle
Weld County
Florance
J. G. Boyle
Riley County
Kansas
al. Hilton
Grover
Boyle
Chalk Bluff Country
New Colorado State Normal School Expands Education Research
The article notes Colorado State Normal School's new professional and research department in education led by Dean Will Grant Chambers with plans to launch in September 1908. It cites broad investigations, state impact, a strong faculty, a training school, and an advanced library and museum system to support statewide educational advancement.
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Colorado
St. Joseph
Z. X. Snyder
State Normal School
Will Grant Chambers
State Normal School of
Cheyenne Couple Wed In Local Ceremony
Miss Eleanor Adams and Bert Crans of Cheyenne were married here by Rev. D. D. Forward of the Baptist church after stopping in the city during their travels. The couple had a license already and were wed at a prayer meeting on a Wednesday night.
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Rev
D. D. Forward
The
Baptist Church
Eleanor Adams
Bert Crans
Cheyenne
Greeley
Gas pipe squirt gun brawl ends without arrests at Eaton concert
A band concert side show in Eaton escalated from fashion criticisms to a scuffle with a gas pipe gag weapon. A soaked youth collided with the attacker, knocking him cold, but authorities halted proceedings after noting both sides agreed to call it a draw and the incident cooled.
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Eaton
Frank Wykert
Allah
Frank Wrykert
Johnny Jones
Mortgage Filed For 300 Million By Burlington Railroad
The Chicago Burlington & Quin cy railroad company filed a 300 million dollar mortgage to secure a bond issue. Bonds run 59 years from March 2 1908 maturing March 1 1958 at five percent interest. Proceeds fund refunding bridge work Mississippi and Missouri rivers line improvements and new construction. Copies filed in every county Burlington operates through.
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Mississippi
Missouri
Burlington
Brrreton
Burlington & Deer
Nebraska
Denver
Colorado & W
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Nebre
Cheyenne
Pacific
Colorado
Relic Hunt Party Heads for Cliff Dwellings Expedition
Jesse Nusbaum heads a 100 member expedition including Harvard professors and students to explore Cliff Dwellings in the Montezuma region. The team includes engineers and Indians as workers with Nusbaum as official photographer. They will map sites in McElmo Mesa Verde Utah and Pajarito Park Espa nola New Mexico with plans to finish last year’s work.
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Jesse Nusbaum
Normal School of New Mexico
Las Vegas
Harvard
Edgar L
Mr. Nusbaum
Prof
Hewitt
Prof. Hewitt
Prof. Cummings
Morley and
Kidder
Fynn
Denver
McElmo
Montesuma Valley
Colorado
Utah
Pajarito National Park
Espanola
N. M
Dedication Services for New Church at S L W Ranch
The Church of Christ at the S L W ranch holds a threefold dedication Sunday June 28 with a 10 45 morning service by Rev J E Lynn of Warren Ohio. A 2 30 Fellowship Service features local ministers and a 7 30 finale by Rev J F Finley. The $2000 building is well equipped and open to all with a basket dinner.
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Church of Christ
S. L. W. Ranch
J. E. Lynn
Warren, O
Greeley
Kersey
J. F. Finley
First Christian Church
Fort Collins
Women of Woodcraft Greeley Circle Holds Monthly Entertain.
The Women of Woodcraft Greeley Circle No 3 hosted a regular monthly entertainment last Friday with a fine program and light refreshments. Several visitors attended including a member from the Longmont lodge.
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Greeley Circle
Longmont
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