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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1912
Page
3
A lengthy catalog list from a library, detailing fiction and juvenile non fiction volumes. Includes works by and about notable authors and a wide range of subjects from history and science to travel and adventure. Entries name authors such as De Morgan De Morgan, Oppenheim, Seton, and Stratemeyer, accompanied by titles and series notes.
Local society notes reveal a secret gathering of widowers and bachelors on a Saturday night. J. F. McFarland and John Lee are featured members with claims of property, amiability, and assets offered to applicants. Milliken widows smile as they adopt the motto Veni Vida Vici at a forthcoming meeting.
Mayor Ben ton of Milliken resigns the cashiership while keeping an interest in the Milliken bank. He will enter real estate and insurance with Mr. Cully of Oklahoma, who has become a bank stockholder. James A. Gafford sold his bank stock to Mr. Cully and W. H. Moore of Kansas, with Moore to assume cashier duties. The bank is said to be doing excellent business.
Milliken Commercial club initiates a drive to improve telephone service. It plans to partner with Weld club to promote a broader, more efficient network and reduce tolls for residents contacting nearby neighbors. The effort centers on mobilizing subscribers and securing improved local connectivity.
In district court Friday attorneys Hilton and Walsh moved to quash bribery perjury and forgery cases against Denver contractor Sheely. Affidavits claim charges are vague and unwarranted and seek change of venue. Names Paul Gregory La Ver Denver George Mayer Met these appear in filings as unnamed witnesses.
Mrs Delia M Lovell is 86 this Saturday and celebrated with friends. Oldest member of the W R C in Colorado she has been a key figure at G A R encampments for decades and recalls stories of P T Barnum. Born in Milford Connecticut she moved to Greeley in 1878 and long hosted gatherings at the family homestead later home to Mrs F H Badger. The annual Badger reunion marked the day with old friends and warm remarks about her vigor and wit.
Gill May 20 uncredited high schools athletic meet held at Gill with crowd from nearby towns. Greeley high and training school entered though meet intended for uncredited schools. Eaton won ninth grade events. Gill second. Greeley won eighth grade. training school second. Seventh grade won by training school. Gill second. Results include 100 yard dash McCarty Eaton first Ambrose Gill second. 220 yard dash McCarty Eaton first Ambrose Gill second. 440 yard dash Dunn Eaton first McCarty Eaton second. end yard dash Roderick first Baker Eaton second. mile Ron? d Roderick Gill Anderson Eaton second. high jump Roderick Gill first Baker Eaton second. broad jump McCarty first Fate unknown.
The Antlers hall hosted a dance Friday night with the Milliken orchestra providing music. Proceeds from the event benefited the orchestra and contributed to the local community, drawing attendees to a lively evening of music and dancing.
Improvements costing 2000 are being made on the big reservoir west of Evans in the outlet ditch project. A concrete underground conduit will replace the open ditch to draw water at deeper depth, reducing sand fill and trash buildup. Sherman Concrete of Gagevicy holds the contract for a four by four foot cement subway arch, expected to finish by July 15 and save costs within five years. Union reservoir nearby serves irrigation for Longmont Evans and surrounding farms, with planned conduit preventing seepage and reducing repairs.
A new enterprise named Rechard Farms Sanitarium plans a facility a mile southwest of Greeley on 80 acres. It aims to house 65 patients with farm produce and services supporting operations, funded by small bond issues to Weld County residents secured by land. Imminent construction follows bond sales with monthly payments.
The readable fragments reference cultivated fruit topics and added terms with unclear context. No concrete events, dates, or named entities are discernible to form a full historical record.
Pioneer Willard M Darling born May 18 1826 in Woodstock Vermont and one of Greeleys founders turns 86 in his Twelfth Avenue home. Surrounded by wife of over 50 years, children, and 13 grandchildren he reflects on a life of westward migration farm work and community progress with the Union Colony.
On May 18 Prof Cross of the State Teachers College addressed Evans public schools as the tenth and eighth grades graduated. The I O O F hall hosted the exercises with a one act farce, student music, and diplomas presented by R D J Horton. Tenth grade graduates were Frank Jack and Frances Turk. eighth grade graduates were Charles Mins William Elliott Miss Sanford and Minnie Hubbard.
Contracts awarded after nearly a dozen bids. Centen nial Furniture to supply 500 single pedestal desks at 4.16 dollars each, George D. Horne to furnish 500 tablet chairs at 2.42 dollars, and J. T. Clough Furniture to supply 400 opera chairs at 1.65 dollars. Total 3,950 dollars. Desks are single pedestal for sanitation. Saloon proprietor fined one dollar for beer in the street.
LaSalle May 20 In a formal graduation at LaSalle High School Rev Frank DeMetz awarded diplomas to the class. He shared a personal Kansas memory linking an aunt of graduate Agnes Briggs to his early teaching days and noted a reunion with a former teacher now Mrs George Rollins of Loveland. Dr I E Miller of the State Teachers College gave the address and the exercises reflected credit on the class and faculty.
Miss Laura M. Crowley and Oliver A. Kibby married at 2:30 in Milliken Presbyterian Church before about 70 relatives and friends. The ceremony was officiated by Rev. James Millar with white and pink decorations. They will go to Lawson Missouri after June 1 and make their home on Kibby family farm.
Harriet Peasley of Route 1 Greeley urges the Tribune to help create a central, simply furnished rest room for country women and nursing mothers arriving in town. She notes the need for privacy, comfort for babies, and a common fund to furnish and maintain the facility, praising local merchants.
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