Building Up Barr ing Sugar Factory Surges Beyond 1902 Boom
Greeley saw a building surge from 1901 to 1902 driven by a sugar factory influx of workers and demand for housing. About two hundred houses were built in the year, with total building value exceeding the prior boom by about 5875 dollars. New streets, sidewalks, and several proposed homes and a potato starch plant costing around 30000 dollars are noted, with detailed local properties and owners listed.
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Greeley
Boom era ends yet building thrives in city
Despite a postboom dip, city construction shows strength with higher dollar value than 1902. The 650000 sugar factory project looms large, others include Swedish Mission and German Lutheran church improvements and multiple carpentry jobs totaling thousands, reflecting robust activity amid fewer houses.
Building boom shapes city growth with hundreds under way
A citywide canvass shows thirty homes under construction and two more completed since May 1 1903. Three business blocks Williams Ninth Woolf Eighth and Potter Ninth Streets rise as total new building reaches 353 300 including 180 800 for homes and 172 500 for public and commercial structures.
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Williams
Ninth Street
Woolf
Eighth Street
Potter
School contests showcase pupil prowess at field events
Ninth grade girls and boys dominate the drills with multiple winners across sprints throws and distance races. The report lists Moore, Draper, Miss Laughrey, Miss Alps, Miss Churchill, Miss Waite and others as top performers in events from 60 yard dash to hammer throw and base ball bat.
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Moore
Miss Abbott
Draper
Miss Laughrey
Miss Waite
Candidates face inflated credits in closes race
The article lists numerous residents and addresses, noting a grand total of 353 300 credits and claiming many have safes with credits that could nearly double published figures. It warns several candidates could shift positions if late credits are counted and urges maximizing credits to win the trip.
Despondent man harms self then flees to Denver
Despondent over health and domestic trouble M L Hammond of 416 Eleventh Street cut his throat and stabbed his abdomen with a pen knife in a dugout Sunday. Neighbors found him, Drs. Church and Spaulding treated him, and he was taken to the county hospital. He escaped the next day and caught the afternoon train to Denver. Hammond is described as an epileptic. Also noted, Mr and Mrs P Saunders left for Cleveland, Ohio, last Thursday for a two week visit to Mr Saunders' old home.
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M. L. Hammond
Eleventh Street
Drs. Church and
Spaulding
Dr. Spaulding
Denver
Hammond
P. Saunders
Mr. Saunders
Cleveland
Ohio
Normal High school field and track day highlights grades
The first annual boys and girls field and track day for grades nine through eleven was held last Friday afternoon. Participants from each grade competed in twenty events, with the eleventh grade winning most events while the tenth also showed strong performances.
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Normal High School
City Wins Damages Case in Fort Collins Jury Verdict
The case of Isaac Lewis Darby versus the city of Fort Collins sought 20000 dollars in damages. A jury returned a verdict for the city after deliberations Saturday night and evening. The incident occurred December 16 when Darby fell into an excavation outside the Eiks building under construction, causing injuries including paralysis.
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Isaac Lewis Darby
Fort Collins
Darby
Eiks
Athletic event results and a medical trial narrative
The text lists boys and girls events with places and times from a school meet including the one mile race and 220 yard dash with Moore and Beall named. It then shifts to a military drill by girls and a trial summary noting a limb injury, medical expert testimony, and Fort Collins Dr. J E Courtney as a key witness in the verdict.
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Draper
Beasley
Moore
Ellis
Abbott
Brake
Alps
Beall
Camo
Reid
Fort Collins
J. E. Courtney
Denver
State Board of Pardons
Bijou irrigation district seeks water rights and reservoirs
D A Camfeld presented a proposal to Bijou farmers last Tuesday to sell the Bijou canal and reservoirs plus 1000 Riverside reservoir water rights to be siphoned across the Platte into the Bijou ditch. The plan includes expanding the Bijou ditch through Reservoir No 1, forming a new irrigation district with about 17 per acre bonds, and securing ownership of the Bijou ditch and 1000 Riverside rights. Riverside reservoir rights priced around 3200 each. Also noted: testimony from Darby case described as hysteria related, with witnesses citing movements and strength interventions. Darby, a former Greeley contractor, is connected to the report. Platt Burke of McConley Burke attended the Denver Republican state convention.
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Morgan Ditch
Irrigation District
Jackson Lake
Bijou
Fort Morgan
D. A. Camfeld
Riverside
Platte River
Petrikin Couple Begin Extended Trip East and South
Mr and Mrs J M B Petrikin started last Thursday on an extended trip east and south visiting St Louis New Orleans and Galveston during the journey.
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J. M. B. Petrikin
St. Louis
New Orleans
Galveston
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Bator Wweeet Heeler
OOD Greeley Hospital
Weld County Hospital
Willis Hill
Potter Building
Devenport, G. P
Devenport
Devenport G. P
Devine
Elsie
Ewing
Evans A. B
Hall R. L
Fighth
Johnson Otis
T. Johnson George
Kimberly Mrs
Miller Fred
Morley
Sarah
Mareh D. di
Neil Dwight
Nichols George
Newman
Eva
Poulson
Pollock L
Pollock
Pollock F
the Tribune
Lofgren
Ae Banens
Adams W. R
Allen P. W
Anderson
Bunker M. A
Ida M
Wighthay
Bickford David
Beer C. W
Brownlee Wm
P. W. Allen and
Arthur Strong
Twellfth Street
Behrens John
Ely
Clark
Curtis F. M
Dak
The
Elsie Teas
Alma Anderson
Blanche Middleton
Pleasant Valley
Edna Blunt
Windsor
Fort Lupton
Alice Safford
Woods William G
White BK. L
Fourteenth St
Yardley Isaac
Fifth St
H. S
W. R. Adams
D.R. McArthur
Ninth Avenue
Greeley Hospital
Darty
Larimer County
I. L. Darby
Platt Burke
McConley & Burke
Sterling
O. E. Churchill
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