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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1904
Page
1
The article reports a warm race finish in the Tribune World's Fair contest with heavy voting anticipated. It notes two small corrections and mentions Evans Miss Josie Brubaker as part of the readable text.
The Tribune race for prize trips to the World’s Fair tightens with candidates mobilizing friends and subscribers for votes. Corrections update Miss Maud Walker and Miss Middleton tallies, while credits from coupons subscriptions and ads shape final standings for Weld county entrants.
The Greeley lodge of Odd Fellows travels to Denver next Tuesday for festivities honoring Grand Sire John B. Goodwin of Atlanta head of the IOOF world. The lodge plans to bring its band for a parade at o’clock p.m. and will attend an address of welcome at the First Baptist Church by OC. D. Cobb.
The text notes an address by Grand Sire Goodwin and the conferring of the grand decoration of chivalry on John M. Norman, grand secretary. A special train from Ault at 7.30 a.m. and Greeley at 7.30 a.m. will depart, with return from Denver at 11 p.m.
Reserved seats for the high school graduating exercises at the opera house will be sold May 28 at 10 a.m. at Horne's. A line-forming meeting with Mr. Carter is set for 9 a.m. at the high school. Uniform 15 cent tickets, limit five per purchaser. A special sale for class, teachers, and board occurs May 31 at 5 p.m.
Friday R H Johns marked his 70th birthday in a low key observance. He spent over half his life freighting on the plains and in the mountains enduring all weather. The Johns plan an extended visit east this fall, possibly staying a year or more.
H Youtsey and Dr J J Youtsey buy 640 acres north of Windsor to farm without irrigation using the Campbell system. They will winter wheat on 150 acres and test Lurkestan alfalfa while citing moisture conservation as key. The Courier notes local experiments show promising yields and drought resilience with moisture-saving practices.
Seniors and juniors contested a windy May Day field day with boys and girls events scored separately. The seniors led the boys with 70 to 55, while juniors topped the girls with 70 to 34, aided by top marks from Alexander Worley Wetzel and Snyder.
The Greeley region bore a cataclysmic flood from the Cache la Poudre and Box Elder streams after heavy foothill rains. Dozens of homes damaged, 150 houses swept from their foundations, bridges washed out, one death at Fort Collins, but no lives lost in Greeley. Irrigation ditches damaged. rail lines disrupted. field crops and sugar factory property harmed.
Weld County Democratic committee after months of talks chose delegates to the state convention in Pueblo next Tuesday. Elected were W L Clayton Greeley Henry Scottz T L Monson Lup ton John S Wheeler Sam J Peery Amos Ackroyd W W Sullivan Raton B R Williams Lucerne Cryus Neal Kersey Colonel Jones J M Petersen. The committee also endorsed Robert W Speer of Denver and Senator Clayton of Greeley for the national convention in St Louis the week of July 6.
The Rev. W. W. Dumm, pastor of the Congregational church, has organized a tourist information bureau in Los Angeles. Its goal is to provide reliable statewide information and help tourists find comfortable locations.
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