Improvements Costly Council Session Focused on City Finances
The city council held a lengthy Wednesday night session to review finances, discuss sinking fund prospects for bonds, and adjust licenses. They reviewed tax collections, water revenue, and costs like interest, with plans for a new filter bed and Seventh Avenue work.
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Seventh Avenue
R. A. Fitzgivens
Union Pacific
Hecht
Postal Telegraph Company
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Avenue
City Council Revises Contract Ballast Wording
The council questions ballast meaning in the contract and plans wording changes to align with street depth. It will bill the street car company one third of a six inch depth and reconvenes next Tuesday to audit bills. The Fourth holiday allowance prompts minor employer changes.
Four Divorces in Twenty Minutes in Weld County
Judge Gamble grants four divorces in twenty minutes for four women fleeing degenerate spouses. Attendants Ewing and Baker aided three and one plaintiffs respectively. Cases cite nonsupport cruelty and a run away husband with details of wives Dora E. Duffy Lula Lewis Emma Hansen. Court costs totaled about $15 per plaintiff as they left rejoicing.
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Weld
Denver Woman Offered Fellowship in Modern Languages
Miss Frances Rosenbarg of Denver has been offered the fellowship in modern foreign languages at Colorado State Normal School. A 19 year old graduate of East Denver High School class of 1906, she recently completed training at the Normal School. Her senior year teaching in Ninth grade German was so successful she was moved to Tenth grade, a move reserved for exceptional cases.
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Frances Rosenbarg
Denver
Colorado State Normal School
Miss Rosenburg
East Denver
Normal School
Mise Rosenburg
Automobile Kills Cow Ault Special
A milch cow owned by J. F. Glover died after conflicting with H. B Cave who drove an automobile on the road between Pierce and Ault. The parties have settled the matter satisfactorily according to the latest accounts.
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J. F. Glover
H. B Cave
Pierce
Ault
Cave
Greeley Papers Consolidate With New Rates Declared
On July 1 Greeley newspapers consolidate into two papers the Daily Pioneer Weld County Republican Daily Sun and Daily Tribune Greeley Tribune with new rates. The Tribune and Republican drop to 1 50 yearly for weeklies and 3.00 yearly for new dailies with carrier and 3 00 if prepaid. The Pioneer lowers to 3.00 yearly for mail subscribers and 3.00 yearly for carrier delivery. CG H Wolfe and Charles Hansen named managers and stockholders in the new publishing company.
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Greeley
Daily Pioneer
Greeley Sun
Weld County Republican
Thesley Republican
Greeley Tribune
Tribune
Consolidated
Pioneer
Daily Tribune
New Republican
CG. H. Wolfe
the Tribune
Charles Hansen
THE
Greeley Republican
Greele Tribune
C. H Wolfe
Advertisers Endorse Greeley Newspaper Consolidation Plan
In Greeley Colorado on June 10 1909 local businessmen and advertisers endorse a consolidation of Greeley newspapers excluding the Greeley Tribune to form a unified plant. They pledge support to fair advertising rates and oppose new competing plants as long as equitable terms continue.
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Greeley
Greeley Tribune
City of Greeley
Greeley to Merge Dailies into One Paper
The Windsor Poudre Valley notes that Greeley has had three dailies and one weekly, overproducing newspapers and burdening readers and business, with a plan to merge the three Republican papers into one. The Tribune and the merged paper under Fansen’s direction are seen as relief for the town.
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Greeley
Tribune
Fansen
Windsor Poudre Valley
New Sidewalks Facts In The City This Year
City sidewalk inspector notes three and a quarter miles of sidewalks built since March 1. The city clerk records show two miles built in the season, with many new walks in Forest Park addition and along West Seventh to Tenth streets. By snow time the total may reach about six miles, rivaling the amount built before March 1.
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the Tribune
Eleventh Avenue
Kinsella & Browne
Forest Park
West Seventh
Largest cottonwood in Greeley sparks city bet
A dispute among real estate men regarding the largest tree in the city ended with a committee measuring trees. J D Potter’s cottonwood on Twelfth Street proved the biggest at twelve feet seven inches in circumference. The plant was set in 1870 by Grandma Dunham. A separate note reports a Mexican man Frank Gusman jailed for insanity after killing a horse at Berthoud.
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J. D. Potter
Twelfth Street
Greeley
Grandma Dunham
Frank Gusman
Berthoud
Larimer County
Criminal Court
Treaser
Indicted Woodruff Returns to Face Land Fraud Charges
Mark G. Woodruff former state land board registrar under two administrations was arrested near Wheeler's ranch and returned to Denver to answer district court charges tied to the Hurt of Saguache land conspiracy and the Egeria coal land leases. He is to testify before the legislative investigating committee. Civil suits seek recovery of Hurt land and Egeria lease cancellations.
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Mark G. Woodruff
Register of the
State Land Board
Denver
Legislative Investigating Committee
Woodruff
Saguache
Routt County
Egeria
Republican State Land Board
Wheeler
Creede
Brighton
Sheriff's Office
Loveland Grays Hammer Greeley in First Inning Fallout
Loveland defeats Greeley 6 to 3 as Greeley again falters in the first inning. Sorenson fans 17, Derby collects two hits in three at bats, and Derby to Luman, Davis on double plays highlight a fast 1:20 game. Knowles umpired.
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Greeley
Loveland
Loveland Grays
Sorenson
Derby
S. Morris
Apgar
Miller
J. Luman
L. Davis
Knowles
School Superintendent Resigns Windsor Special
T. B. Burns resigns as Windsor school superintendent after years in the post. The Windsor school board accepted the resignation at Wednesday night’s meeting. Burns has been chosen as superintendent of Berthoud and plans to move after selling his Windsor home to J Cable.
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T. B. Burns
Windsor
Burns
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Ling
New Street Railroad Company
Mr. Barber
George Reed
Dan Vance
Seventh Street
Invorce Court
Emma Hansen
Chicago
Condon Mere
D. R. McArthur & Co
M. J. Neill Furn
Farmers 8. & M. Co
Goodman & Neill C. Co
Park Merchandise Co
Shaw Dry Goods Co
C. A. House
Clark & Faulkner D. Co
Woodruff & Mumper
Franks. Miller
A. W. Jacobs
A. J. Park D. G. Co
E. S. Carrithers
First National Bank
F. H. Gilcrest Lum
F. J. Green
Charles E. Phelps
Ramsay Dry Goods Co
G. D. Horne
Thompson Music Co
Noyes & Watkins
H. H. Thurlby
Cash Grocery Co
A. B. Casey
Clayton Lumber Co
Bartlett Lumber Co
B. F. Waggoner
McCutcheon Hdw
I. O. Glazier
Wilson Grocery Co
Greeley National Bank
H. Reynolds & Co. Weld Co. Savings Bank
Union National Bank
J.T. Clough Furn. Co. Weld Co. Ab. & Inv
Young & DeVoe
Lofgren Bros
J. D. Potter P. & H. Co
Sanborn & Houston, Curtis & Son
Geo. Dauth
Bole
State Normal Faculty
Schuman
Miss Sibley
Swallow
Eva Dell Acque
Millade
Mr. Fitz
Weld County
Windsor Special
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