North Western rail receivers plan layoffs and changes
The Cone Company and Northwestern rail receivers move to rehabilitate finances. E Green remains president with a $10,000 salary as layoffs occur and operations adjust to reduce indebtedness. The plan targets extending in Greeley and settling debts, with receivers pursuing relief against related companies and a $5,000 judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cial
Cone Company
Marreceivers
den- Northwestern Rails
E. Green
Green
Matinee horse show draws unusual interest at exhibition
The Milliken club endorses good roads and plans a summer highway program. C A J Elam and S D Grif are named as standing committee on roads. A petition seeks improvements south of Mil, with plans for abandoned highway use. Gill Gun club discusses Fourth of July event with Kersey and H W B Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milliken Club
Gill Gun
Kersey
H.W. B. Edwards
Blub
Greeley Poudre District Votes July 13 on New Contract
A special election will be held July 13 in the Greeley Poudre district to ratify a contract for immediate financing the district appoint a new trustee settle leviable accounts and pay outstanding bond interest and extend time on river reservoirs. If ratified work would begin at once and resolve financial difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuan
Chicago
Greeley- Poudre
Greeley-Poudre
Water Tower for Protection at Windsor Sugar Factory
Windsor reports a 125 foot water tank rising on factory grounds to boost fire protection. The tower, higher than the smoke stack, will hold 400000 barrels of water and release automatically during fire. Lead plugs melt at heat, triggering a deluge through pipes suspended in room ceilings. Construction begins with concrete foundation. steel delivery pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Maybe running mate for Teddy
Kersey June 24. A horse bolted from Chester Talbot after a late ride circling town at least six times with a buggy in tow. The horse fenced the buggy, ended in the livery stable, and jumped the fence with the buggy left against Fred James' fence. The horse resisted political sides, jumping over the fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kersey
Paul Reveire
Chester Talbot
Fred James
Record Setting Plantings At Windsor Farm
Over two days Gordon Billings set cabbage plants at Rice and Green ranch Windsor with 25 145 in nine hours then 22 000 the next day due to good growing conditions and dropping by Greeley Camp A farmer from St Charles Street Rochester New York endorses Foley Kidney Pills for kidney trouble and urges readers to seek the genuine product not sold in bulk Farmers Union backs free text books urging school district to supply new books for next year plans to be acted on by the school board soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Billings
Greeley
Windsor
Greeley Camp
St Charless Sable
Cook St
Rochester
N. Y
Sable
Gilbert Bros
Farmers Union
Platteville Man and Ida Byers Wed at Rocky Ford
Harry J. Reed son of Mr and Mrs H G Reed of Platteville married Ida Byers on June 19 at Rocky Ford. Mrs H G Reed and daughter Ethel attended. The couple returned with them Friday. Reed is chief clerk in a large mercantile firm at Penrose Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platteville
Harry J. Reed
H. G. Reed
Ida Byers
Rocky Ford
Ethel
Reed
Penrose
Colo
Sugar Factory Talk In LaSalle On Independent Plant
George Briggs reported Ward Darley is in Berthoud negotiating with the Farmers Union for an independent sugar factory. A committee is formed to canvass the countryside for necessary acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaSalle
George Briggs
Ward Darley
Berthoud
Farmers Union
Light Man at Kersey Proposes acetylene system
S Arnold of an acetylene company from Denver appeared before the town board at Kersey to discuss installing the system. No action was taken. The town will lay several cement crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kersey Kersey
S. Arnold
an _ acetylene company of
Denver
Kersey
New submerged irrigation pump on Wallace farm
On the Wallace farm north of Fort Lupton a new submerged irrigation pump has replaced the old centrifugal unit. The steel frame pump can raise about 110 inches of water under the present system, boosting farm irrigation capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Lupton
Wallace Farm
Town
College men mix brains and brawn in summer fields
LaSalle reports college athletes like Dwight McKenney of the University of Colorado training in beets while studying jack rabbit rope in sage brush country. Bruce Parker, Rex Eaton, and Eugene Milliken also work in agriculture or related tasks in Nevada and Colorado, aiming to build muscle and stage presence for fall pursuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaSalle
Dwight McKenney
McKenney
University of Colorado
Boulder
Bruce Parker
State Agricultural College
Auburn
Rex Eaton
Tie Siding
Wyo
Eaton
Eugene Milliken
Milliken
Greeley Girl Dies in Iowa From Poisoning
Dispatches from Washington Iowa report Elizabeth Maitlan formerly of Greeley died there from arsenic poisoning, likely from candy. She was 23, a milliner, daughter of Samuel Maitlan, who with Mrs. Maitlan lived near Greeley before moving to Iowa. Elizabeth had sisters. she was engaged to Harry Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elizabeth Maitlan
Greeley
Maitlan
Samuel Maitlan
Iowa
Elizabeth
Harry Campbell
Dogs in Windsor area under quarantine after rabies scare
June 24 reports say Fay Gould's rabies suspected dog escaped and bit two others. Health officer Whittaker orders muzzling and quarantine for all dogs as neighborhood watches for symptoms continue. Separate items note an Illinois club drive led by W B Longwith near Aledo, a Gill victory over Galeton 4 to 2, and a dam break on Thomas Howlett lake causing bridge washouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Windsor
Fay Gould
Gould
Whittaker
Eaton
Illinois
Aledo
Chicago
W. B. Longwith
Gill
Galeton
Fred Miller
Platteville
Thomas Howlett
Cement Headgates Busy North Side Extension
Kew Headgates Gill reports the north side extension ditch emptied for maintenance as farmers install cement headgates and repair the small laterals supplying the extension.
Operation for Small Girl Eaton
June 24 Dr J C Carlson took Margaret White ten year old daughter of James White to Denver this morning to be operated upon for granulated eyelids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton
J. C. Carlson
Margaret White
James White
Denver
Enjoy Social Time Girl Farmers Union Meeting Social Time
The farmers union met last Friday night at the school house for a social time. The business program was short and the members and their wives ended the evening with a strawberry feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Union
Alumni celebrate Staters College twenty first birthday
Alumni gathered Friday evening to mark the twenty first birthday of the Staters College. The event featured class displays, songs, and memories from early years, with greetings from college officials and the Gunnison Normal, highlighting the institution’s growth and a nationwide alumni network. More than 2,400 alumni are scattered from Canada to the Gulf and from sea to Pacific, many hoping to meet in June 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bliss Ward
Carrie Fashbaugh
Tian
Keyes
Charles Lory
Agrical College
Vivienne Abbott
Amy Diebert
Snyder
Hays
Beardsley
Jesse Gale
C. A. Hollingshead
Gunnison Normal
Cana@g
Gulf
Pacific
Hail storm and wedding news from La Salle area
Hail damaged hay and beet fields in a strip from Rey Bottoms to Peckham near La Salle. In St Louis Miss Velma Paine and E Sullens wed, with Paine daughter of Mrs S H Paine, a Greeley native. Details of reunion and future home in Benton, Missouri provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Paine
Ph E. Sullens
St. Louis
Greeley
Sullens
Ley
Colorado
Ring Jose Sun com frie Gre Mr. ton, mari make bride Paine
A fragment notes a social event and a marriage involving the Paine family and a groom named Jose. Readable text shows a wedding context with a groom, bride, and attendees, but missing clear dates or full names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Sun
Mr. Ton
Mari
Paine
Telephone Girl Back on Job After Gasoline Fire
Miss Mary Kness returns to the switchboard in Johnstown after a gasoline flare up while cleaning a skirt. Hands bandaged, she connects lines and handles duties despite burns. No damage to the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Mary Kness
Miss Kness
Youth Stricken on Street Dies in Greeley
C. B. Reeves, 29, collapsed Friday afternoon from hemorrhage of the lungs and died hours later in his Union hotel room. A Nelson Nebraska native who came to Greeley two months ago for health, he was unmarried and survived by a brother in Nelson. G. E. Chamberlain, a friend, departed with the body for Nelson for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Reeves
Union Hotel
Nelson
Neb
G. E. Chamberlain
Greeley
Burglars Rob Japs Houses in St Petersburg
Two Japanese homes in St Petersburg were entered last night in Eaton. About $100 in cash and several watches and rings were stolen. In the first house clothing was rifled and $100 in bills taken. At the Magi residence rings and watches were also stolen. Investigators suspect a local thief familiar with the area. no arrests yet.
Fourth of July Planned by Fort Collins Businesses
Fort Collins prepares for the biggest Northern Colorado celebration with an all day program including a monster industrial parade, decorated auto and ragamuffin parades, street races, wrestling, a fire department event, numerous contests, three bands, and a remarkable fireworks display. Citizens are urged to attend and help make the day memorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Collins
Colorado
Dia ‘Ness Men’s Association
Milliken to gain rural free delivery routes
Rural routes eyed for Milliken as Post Office Inspector Frawley weighs favorably a plan to establish two rural free delivery lines. If approved, a 32 mile route covering lands east and south of Milliken would serve local farmers, who currently receive mail from Johnstown or Greeney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milliken
Post Office
Frawley
Johnstown
Benton Emerges as Likely Postmaster Nominee
Since the Riker post office shortage, a petition circulates in Benton to secure R. M. Benton as the new post master. Many signatures collected and will be sent to Washington for action. Mrs. Clugston serves as temporary post master for the bonding company that covered Ed Riker’s shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
P. M. Milliken
Riker Post Office
R. M. Benton
Washington
Clugston
Ed Riker
Milliken
United States Post
E. D. Riker
Riker
Rose ‘ E. Clugston
Power lines to Johnstown may extend if franchise granted
Word reached last week that the Northern Colorado Power company plans to extend lines from Miliken to Johnstown pending a franchise. The company has weighed the move for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Northern Colorado Power Company
Milliken
Power Company
Planning Picnic in Briggsdale Nets July 4th Invite
Briggsdale Sunday school plans a July 4 picnic in the woods west of town inviting all neighboring Sunday schools. Efforts are under way for an unmatched baseball game as part of the activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briggsdale
Evans to stage Fourth of July balloon ascent
Evans plans a major Fourth of July celebration with a balloon ascent by a top United States airman at 5 in the afternoon. J Abbott of Baldwin’s team is negotiating to oversee the ascent. An auto parade is planned with many Greeley cars expected to join the procession.
Deafness Cure Claims Catarrh Link and Offer
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local remedies and must use constitutional approaches. It claims nine of ten deaf cases stem from catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Also notes Hall's Family Pills and a land lease notice from the Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners with a July 4 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Notice of Application to Lease by John E. Reno in Colorado
Commissioners announce John E. Reno of Greeley Colorado has filed application No A-7 to lease public land in Colorado under section 36 township 7 north range 61 west. No other comments will be considered after July 4 1912. B L Jefferson signed the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Jefferson
Register State Board Land Commissioners
Greeley Tribune
Indemnity School Lands Lease Application Notice
Denver Colorado June 8 1912 notice is hereby given that Chas J Wall whose Fort Collins Colorado post office address has made application No A699 to lease the following described Indemnity School Lands in Weld County Colorado to wit E% of E% Section 38 Township 5 North Range 62 West IV: commissioners
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Land Commissioners
Denver
Colo
John E. Painter
Roggen
Weld County
Colorado
Jefferson
Register State Board Land Commissioners
Greeley Tribune
John E. Reno
Greeley
B. L. Jefferson
Chas. J. Wall
Fort Collins
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Wiley
Covena
Foley Kidd
Warren
State
Teddy
Ilinois
Kew
TWES
LA Salle
L. Gene
East
Dsor
Little Philtter
Vr Detter
Here
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F Detter
Collins
Evans
W. Nts
W. Els
Ete
Henry Candlin
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First National Bank
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Drexel Hotel
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Prop
Brown Palace
Union Depot
Seventeenth
Glenarm
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