Delegates Named At Two Republican Conventions
Delegates from Weld County are chosen to attend both state and congressional Republican conventions in Colorado Springs next Wednesday. Roosevelt delegates are urged and Taft supporters push resolutions endorsing the Taft administration and Chicago 1912 national convention nominees.
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T. Taft
Taft
Roosevelt
Guggen- Smelter
Colorado Springs
Committee On Resolutions
Weld County
Greeley
Colo
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Chicago
Philharmonic Concert Enthusiasm At New Orpheum Theater
The Philharmonic orchestra performed in fine form on Sunday with encores demanded after most numbers. Soloists included J Scott Thompson on baritone horn and Morris M Rathbun cellist. The brass sounded strong in the Light Cavalry overture and Easter Sunday delays the next concert to April 14.
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Philharmonic Orchestra
Fine Fettle
New Orpheum Theater
J. Scott Thompson
Morris M. Rathbun
Grover Banker Predicts Boom as Fall Wheat Doubles
C B Abbott, banker of Grover, was in Greeley Saturday with optimistic talk of a boom. Grover anticipates a strong quest for land and a good crop as fall wheat acreage nears double last season. Abbott, a land office commissioner, also plans extensive dry farming on about 200 acres.
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Grover
C. Abbott
Greeley
Abbott
Commission T Land Office
Eggs by weight eyed in Greeley grocers
Poultry raisers in the Greeley area show improving egg quality. Tests from Wilson Grocery reveal heavier, more uniform eggs from Barred Rocks. East of town F W Steele average 25½ ounces per dozen, La Salle’s W T Sylvester 26 ounces, Peckham’s S R Faris 26½ ounces. Consideration given to selling by the pound for fair dealing.
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Greeley
Wilson
F. W
Steele
W.T. Sylvester
LaSalle
S. R. Faris
Peckham
Electric Co of Eaton Elects Officials at Annual Meeting
The Eaton tie company re elected J Farr president G H Denio secretary and R S Farr manager. The firm covers electric lines from Greeley to Pierce with over 15 miles extended this year and plans to reach Nunn. Power comes from Northern Colorado Power Co while all equipment is company owned. Demand rises as lifting water to higher lands expands irrigation.
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Eaton Tie Company
J. Farr
G. H. Denio
R. S. Farr
Greeley
Pierce
Nunn
Northern Colorado Power Company
Elecpower
Tomato Prize Promotes Local Youth Agriculture
Ort Lupton March 23. To encourage tomato culture among local children Frink proprietor of the Sil State Canning factory offered a prize of 25 dollars to the boy under 15 who grows the best crop from 35 plants. A second prize of 10 dollars and a third is promised. Also notices of a business partnership dissolution between E A McCarty and George G Donovan. Miss Ella Morrison of Hardin visited in Greeley on her way home from Windsor.
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Ella Morrison
Hardin
Greeley
Windsor
Missing Denver man in snowstorm near Barnesville
Albert Hoblit, 22, of Denver, disappeared March 7 while heading to his Weld County homestead 18 miles northeast of Barnesville. His mother and brother searched from Greeley to the prairies, aided by locals as a blinding storm and lost horses hindered recovery. A late phone tip from two weeks ago and a shelter near Mosher Heights offer faint hope of finding him.
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Albert Hobbe
Denver
Barnesville
Belle Hoblit
Percy Hoblit
Marquette Hotel
Greeley
Hoblit
John Broyles
Weld County
Sheriff's Office
Ault
Mosher Heights
Camfield
Fire hits vacant house and chicken coop in night blaze
Greeley fire fighters battled two overnight fires as darkness yielded to dawn. A vacant home at Eleventh avenue and First street belonging to Lem J. Baird was totally destroyed, insured for 2500 dollars. Hours later a Wyner family chicken coop on Seventh street burned. Also noted: Phillip Rafferty, 75, injured by a fall through a store window. his condition is critical. An advertise filler promotes Herrick's Red Pepper Plaster and Ballard's Horehound Syrup with local store mentions.
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Greeley Fire Department
Eleventh Avenue
First Street
Lem J. Baird
Fort Lupton
Phillip Rafferty
Rafferty
Herrick
Ballard
Gilbert Bros
Park Place
Opera House
Sterling
Weld County Guernsey Breeders Meet in Greeley
The Weld County Guernsey Breeders association held its first meeting since formation on February 22 in Greeley at H. D. Parker's Guernsey dairy. A paper on Guernsey cattle in Colorado preceded a resolution to sell only registered bulls. A luncheon used Guernsey milk, then visitors toured Parker dairy and the model plant. Guests included Prof. Morton B G D Bishop and Mr. Brush from the State Agricultural College.
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Weld County
Guernsey Breeders’ Association
Greeley
Guernsey
H. D. Parker
Myr. Parker
Colorado
Parker Dairy
Prof. Morton
B. G. D. Bishop
Mr. Brush
The
State Agricultural College
Association
Large Class Is Confirmed at St Peters
Passion Sunday observed at St Peters Catholic church with Bishop N C Matz presiding. He confirmed 75, both children and adults, at the 10 30 mass and 60 children received first holy communion at the 8 30 mass. Girls wore white veils and wreaths. boys wore black suits and white ties. Parish Ladies served breakfast in Newman Hall after. Bishop Matz preached at 10 30 mass, with Father O Dower delivering the evening sermon.
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N. C. Matz
D. D
Denver
Newman Hall
Matz
David T. O’dwer
Tragedy Haunts Ault as Farmer Dies Driving Convicts
Ault residents mourn Roy Blunt a young farmer killed near Springfield Nebraska while driving escaping convicts toward Omaha The slain man was husband to Dr A Anderson’s niece and the couple wed only months ago The bride Miss Anderson is reported nearly broken by the tragedy Also note Miss Bessie Ling visited Baton Sunday.
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Ault
Springfield
Neb
Roy Blunt
Omaha
Blunt
A. Anderson
Miss Anderson
Young Blunt
Petrikin and Wyatt tout canal fly control methods after travels
After a 7 250 mile journey lasting eleven ocean nights and eleven bed nights the pair visited Panama region Honduras Guatemala San Jose Costa Rica Colon Jamaica Cuba and Key West. Petrikin says Panama Canal sanitation reduced flies to six, thanks to lime spraying and surface oil to kill mosquitoes. He suggests Greeley adopt the plan to rid the area of flies and mosquitoes.
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J. M. B. Petrikin
D. B. Wyatt
Greeley
Panama District
West Indias
New Orleans
Panama
Honduras
Guataumala
San Jose
Costa Rica
Mr. Petrikin
Wyatt
Colon
Atlantic
Canal
Petrikin
Jamaca
Cuba
Maine
Key West
Florida
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Chie
W. K. Gilcrest
O. Dodder
John V. Crone
Harvey E. Witwer
W. M. Morse
Leo G. Mann
G. A. Hill
C. B. Norris
E. C. Abbey
John T. Jacobs
Grable
Elbert C. Smith
Thomas C. Smith
Fritz Wattenberg
Paul E. Boyle
D. R. Greigg
S. F. Martin
James L. Dorsey
John C. Nixon
W. D. Thompson
Peyton Woolston Hilbert J. Glover
George Schillig
R. A. Dix
L. B. Tucker
A. G. Pascoe
W. E. Keyes
R. W. Bullock
A. Gideon
A. Brayton
Con C. Clark
George H. Frye
Thomas Robinson
H. N. Bickling
David Kelly
Joseph Wilkinson
F. W. Calder
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Louis B. Reed
John Knutson
George C. Briggs
A. M. Russell
O. T. Carpenter
Gilbert Landell
I. N. Brown
L. C. Hammon
W. W. Kiteley
Rudolph Bethge
Paul A. Gregory O. D. Neill
A. Nixon
Louis C. Mentz
George Wasburn
H. E. Witwer
T. C. Smith
Thomas McWilliams
J. H. Hays
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National Republican Party
House of Representatives
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Ontario St
N. Y
Opera House Elk
Sterling Building
A. T. Monesmith
A. G. Johnson
John Bentley Af LaSalle
Arthur Bentley
John Bentley
Loveland
State of
Ohio
Toledo
Tucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
AL W. Gluuason
EFOP
McC
Jay
Itty & Donovan
U. McCarty
McCarty
E. A. McCarty
George G. Donovan
Frank Meeker
L. Nafzigger
ST. Peters
Nebraska
Bessie Ling
Baton
Panama Canal Zone
Petriken
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