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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1911
Page
8
Readers weigh in on current issues in short communications, explaining views with honesty and plain language. Contributors sign with real names to ensure accountability, and letters aim to fit on one side of the page within a concise 300 word limit.
A L Camp writes to Baditor Tribune defending local coal prices and challenging Gilcrest Lumber Company pricing in Greeley Colorado. He compares Boulder Louisville and Kersey rates, cites freight effects, and notes Island Grove park funding and race profits given back to the city. He calls for courteous debate and transparency.
Russell responds to Camp Editor regarding Tribune coverage of taxes and prices charged by Greeley merchants. He references the February 7 coal price article titled A. L. Camp Takes Another Shot at the High Taxes and states his purpose to discuss its relation to coal pricing.
Head Consul J. I. Book Head Clerk Co V Benson Head Manager James Stenhouse Deputy Head Counsel J J Hoover and District Manager James M Kennedy travel from Denver to perform initiatory work. The Greeley Camp aims for 600 members soon and to become one of the largest in the state. Colorado has 27000 members and the national total nears 800000.
C O Russell explains Boulder coal prices and freight differences to Greeley. Louisville lump coal costs 4 75 per ton at Boulder versus 5 50 at Greeley, small lots equal, cheaper Baton or St Vrain coal noted at 4 25. Freight mine to Greeley 60 cents higher. public urged to compute net price, concludes Greeley dealers gain 15 cents yet wet open cars and distance offsets.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. W. Cheney & Co. of Toledo pledges one hundred dollars for each untreated catarrh case. Notary Be ON Gwinston cites oath dated December 6, 1886. Company promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as blood and mucus targeted internal remedy.
A prisoner, Sadrowsky, tries to extort via a plan to seize his baggage and recover a portable document essential to reclaim a gum. He promises a third of $160,000 and insists on a cable dispatch to a confident contact, naming a coded recipient in Madrid and instructing Will Barber to act.
R H Snyder a Greeley clerk testifies to lasting relief from backache and kidney trouble after using Doan's Kidney Pills first in Chicago. He praises the remedy as prompt and permanent, noting his 1906 cure as proof since his 1902 public recommendation.
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
A Greeley coal dealer defends higher priced Gorham and Industrial coal at Kersey arguing better quality and community benefits justify cost. He challenges Mr Camp to prove otherwise by Feb 7, touts local farms and institutions, urges unity between farmers and business, and backs living in Greeley as worth a premium.
For sale notice lists a water heap in Fort Collins area, 640 Remington street, Larimer County. Includes location in Colorado and sale details inferred from fragmented text.
Miss Yonters hosts Mea dames Hiram and Clarence Rudd as Margaret Sanford attends a Greeley concert on a Tuesday. Ferguson family arrives from Denver occupying the new house beside the store. School closed last week for heating work on the new laboratory, making this the best equipped rural school in Weld county. Miss Ethel Joel vacationed in Fort Morgan while Prof. Molineux visited Denver. A dedicatory hall dance, decorated in red white and blue, featured an elegant banquet served by Mrs. W. E B. Day assisted by Mrs. Earl Thompson and the Misses Joel and Hilderman.
George Lewis visits Denver on business at the start of the week. Mrs. W J Bannon and children travel to Denver Tuesday to visit relatives. Mrs Reeves is ill with peritonitis. Mrs R B Brown is taken to Mercy hospital for a surgical operation. Mrs Anna Pettee of Denver visits her mother Mrs Mattle Coykendall then returns home with her son George. L W Birkle is in Greeley on business. Mrs Mary Perdieu and daughters depart for Goodland Kansas for a several week visit. Kenneth Squires, son of M A Squires, is sick again. G C Pease and family visit Mrs Pease's mother Mrs Jane Stanton. Mrs L W Coffman, recently ill, showing improvement. Harry Judd suffers a knee injury south of town while working.
An inch of snow fell Saturday night and temperatures remained cold. Mr and Mrs Rudd and baby granddaughter of LaSalle visited their sons R and C Rudd, then returned home Saturday. Mr McIntyre traveled to Greeley earlier in the week. Mr and Mrs BE Warner visited with Mr and Mrs Sanford. Austyn and James Painter, sons of Mr and Mrs John E Painter, who entered Fort Collins Agricultural College in September, returned home due to serious illness.
Webster rents his tract to Mr Register of Greeley for one year. Webster may visit relatives in California Oregon and Washington. An infant son of Mr and Mrs George Kammerzel died of organic heart trouble and was buried. Boyd and sons operate a steam saw and will provide bridge plank for the county and the sugar company. Local farmers resist beet contracts seeking six dollars per ton for a safe profit margin next year.
Fosston reports Mr Knaufsinger returning from Nebraska to visit relatives. J B Forney learns his uncle is ill in Pueblo and travels to his bedside. The Kensington club convenes on a Saturday afternoon. W C Dickerson rents five acre tract to Howard Vroomap of Greeley.
Mrs Claud Clarkson and two children visited Mr and Mrs John Clarkson Friday. Rev M R Kerr and Rev T C Brockway with spouses and children stayed with Mr and Mrs T A Foley. Mrs W R Calvin and children, wintering in eastern Nebraska, plan to return soon. J R Valley held a ranch sale Thursday and plans moving to town.
Kersey George Norburn returned to Hugo after a pleasant visit. J. T. Herrington and family went home to Trenton Missouri. Martin Johnson and family moved back from South Dakota. The Rev. Corey of Evans was a visitor recently.
Earn steady position as own boss with salary and expenses. Call or phone Mr. McCown at Marl borough Hotel in Greeley for details.
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