Denver Society Women Question Beetfield Child Labor Report
Denver club women led by Mrs. Mary Bradford visited Greeley to verify or discredit a bee field child labor report. They found children often work as contractors or with parents, and one child mocked the idea of pulling beet. Lafferty plans to publish observations to correct Denver impressions and note regional railroad townsite developments near Fort Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary C. C. Bradford
Denver Club
Beetfields
Alma B. Lafferty
J. S. Appel
van Waggenan
Lentz
Denver
Greeley
J.S. Appel Auto
Whch
Appel
Railroads push grading near Hillsboro with forks to Greeley
H E English led an auto party to Hillsboro to inspect grading by Union Pacific and Denver Laramie. Beets and crops are ahead of Greeley area. sugar factory expected at UP townsite near Hillsboro. DLNW lines extend toward Fort Collins with a branch toward Greeley. Union Pacific crosses DL to meet Vina Acoixa area as work continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Collins
LaSalle
Hillsboro
Union Pacific
Laramie
Big Thompson
Oklahoma Hill
Collins
Denver
Greeley
H. E. English
Denver-Laramie
Godfrey
Pleasant Valley
Colorado
W. R. Adams
Railroad Company
Merry-Go-Round Party Honors Edwene Clough Birthday
The O. F. F. club held a surprise Merry-Go-Round party for Edwene Clough on a lawn decorated with lanterns and pillows. Miss Edna Camfield organized croquet and a fortunetelling tent while hosts and guests shared a lawn lunch and rides in a horseless carriage and comfort swing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. F. F. Club
Edna Camfield
Edwene
Lillian Clough
Edith Heath
H. M. Arbuckle
H. H. Thurlby
Gertrude
Ruth
Albert
Edith Clough
Esther Hopkins
Mary Park
Mamie Hopkins
Mildred Starr
Louise Dauth
Grace Hall
Doris Brown
Esther Harrison
Lillian
Edwine Clough
Ralph Morrison
Nelson Reynolds
Dana Work
Rex Eaton
Everitt Colpitts
Howard Patterson
Fred Center
Ralph English
Will Hunter
William Lace
Harry and
Morton Balch
Colorado land rush breaks records as settlers flood six districts
About five thousand settlers have filed on government land in six weeks in Colorado. Sterling district reports a record number of entries, with 1.6 million acres taken up nationwide. Judge Armour of Sterling calls the rush the strongest in his tenure in federal land offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Federal Land Office
Denver
Sterling
Hugo
Lamar
Pueblo
Judge Armour
Beebe Draw Farmer Overcome By Heat
Peter Oster, a well-to-do Beebe Draw farmer, collapsed in the field Thursday afternoon. A doctor revived him, but he remained in a raving state through the night with doubtful recovery and possible lasting mental effects. Oster, 60, has lived in Beebe Draw for years and owns a leading local farm and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beebe Draw
Peter Oster
Oster
Day of Glorification for Greeley Catholics
The warmest day of the year saw the cornerstone laid for a new Catholic church in Greeley. Bishop Matz led a procession of priests as Mayor Houston praised the project and Judge Garrigues Dr Z Snyder and Father Ryan delivered remarks on liberty church and civilization with calls for unity and tolerance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Matz
Houston
Judge Garrigues
Stone symbolism in Dr Snyder address on civilization
Dr Snyder rendered an impromptu allegory on the cornerstone as life and civilization. He personified the six faces of the stone as truth beauty faith goodness hope and love and tied its dimensions to law order and obedience essential to government and freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Snyder
Catholic Church Principles Highlighted by Clergy Visit
A visiting priest and Rev William O Ryan discuss Catholic tenets linking church worship to law order and obedience. They critique Greek temple imagery and stress global unity of Catholic practice dating back nineteen centuries. The bishop confirms 32 children and several converts at the morning service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O’ryan
St. Leo's Church
Denver
Greeley
Mountain and Chautauqua Idea Bring Assembly to Mahommet
The article explains Bishop Vincent's plan for a liberal arts college under Lake Chautauqua’s trees and the spread of Chautauqua assemblies across the middle west. It contrasts the enduring educational movement with the circus and urges support from intelligent, aspiring community members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahommet
Vincent
College of
Liberal Arts
Lake Chautauqua
Lake
Chautauqua
Middle West
Rails on the Way for Crow Creek Extensions
The Union Pacific Crow Creek extensions to Greeley move on from the North Platte Grand Island main line with ninety pound rails. Old rails will be used on the new grade due to settlement. Bridge piling is complete, timbers ready by July 10, and track laying planned to start July 1 with bolts and tie plates arriving a week later.
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Crow Creek
Union Pacific
Greeley
North Platte
Grand Island
White City
Knee Deep in June by James Whitcomb Riley
The poem expresses a longing for lazy summer days in June, with image rich lines about lying in shade and breathing free air. The speaker yearns for rest over labor, basking in orchard scents, clover blooms, and distant memories of old friends as June invites carefree revelry. The voice revels in June as the month to love and linger, with playful exclamations and rustic imagery.
Tenant farmer chases Union Pacific graders from crop ground
A LaSalle area incident reports a Union Pacific grading crew forced off a tenant farmer’s ground amid condemnation actions. The judge ruled the farmer acted within rights to protect his growing crops, with the road to deposit funds for damages and seek a restraining order to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
LaSalle
Changes in Light Company Shake Up Local Plant
Robert McF Doble, consulting engineer for Home Electric, leaves the local lighting agency to devote hours to Baa Land in the San Luis Valley. F A Fellows may resign as plant manager around month start, with A L Lindner set to resume leadership. Fellow s formed friendships in Greeley and may return to the Northern in Denver. The local company enacts retrenchment to keep staff lean while boosting earnings above lease costs. they pay Northern $500 monthly for use of lines and wires, and two and a half cents per kilowatt hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McF. Doble
Home Electric Company
Baa Land Company
San Luis Vally
F. A. Folows
A. L. Lindner
Fellows
Greeley
Denver
Union barber meeting aims to organize in Greeley
John EB Connelly of Denver’s Barbers Union local 2056 visited Greeley Tuesday to drum up a local union shop. He cited a new state safe law to begin August 6 and urged workers to seek union shop hours while noting limited turnout and a desire for work over time off. The only current union shop in town will open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. July 1 with Saturday close at 11 p.m. and other shops lack shop cards. Prices listed at 15 and 36 cents. Independence Day closes July 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John EB. Connelly
Barbers’ Union of
Denver
Greeley
Connelly
Clor
Greey
Deacon
Court splits McCall v Smit into two actions
In the case of McCall vs Smit the court sustained a motion to separate two damages claims. McCall seeks damages for tying up his bank account and for injury to character and credit. Attorneys Ewing and Kelly for McCall and F J Vree for Smith appeared. Leftwich of Fort Collins absent. Naka alias Eto, the Jap who entered merchants in Greeley and Morgan for 4000 last year, remains bound. judgment against him was entered this March by Nelson & Co. of Fort Morea for 488 dollars, likely in one of the best districts as the season ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCall
Ewing
Marsit
Nelson &Co
Fort Morea
County Superintendents Session Set for Greeley
The Colorado County Superintendents Association schedules its twenty fifth annual session at State Normal in Greeley in July with forenoon and afternoon meetings. Participants include Catherine Cook state superintendent J Shriber Mrs Helen Grenfell Mary Bradford and Mary Rausch. Officers named are J M Madrid president Emm Myers vice president Marte V Donahue secretary Pearl Moore Larimer treasurer.
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Ciation of
Colorado
State Normal
Greeley
Catherine Cook
J Shriber
Mra
Helen Grenfell
Mary ©. C. Bradford
Mary Rausch
Angocition
J. M. Madrid
Las Avim County
Emm Myers
Delta County
Mies Marte V. Donahue
Teller Courty
Pearl Moore
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Railroad News
Laramie Ave
ST. Peter’s Church
James E. Garrigues
Z. X. Snyder
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Garrigues
Friends of
Feedom
Friends
Church
Devine
Coleridge
Father O'Ryan
Jes
Lazin
March
Aprile
June
Waller
James Whitcomb Riley
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