Park plan to host Fourth Field Artillery in Weld County
Greeley heads into a possible military drill as the Fourth Field Artillery plans a 1,000 mile march through Colorado in June. About 550 officers and men, with 1800 horses and mules, will camp at Island Grove park for a weekend. The unit may pivot to duty in Mexico, with a return stop in Greeley late August probable.
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Greeley
Fourth Field Artillery
Henry Sale Kilbourn
Island Grove Park
Weld County
Uncle Sam
Cheyenne
Colorado
War Department
Mexico
Old Mexico
Electric bell installed at dangerous Union Pacific crossing
Kersey May 24 after a year's effort the Union Pacific Railroad brings an electric bell to the depot crossing long deemed dangerous. The feature follows the Hackley death and a later fatality on nearby farms. The town had pressed for protection as trains speed through without slowing.
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Kersey
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Hackley
Greeley
Rea & Petrikin
Union Pacific
Platteville Prepares a Grand Fourth of July Celebration
Platteville plans a large Fourth of July event with horse racing free for all, food stands, ball games, a basket picnic, and a big night ball. Denver broncho buster Charles McKinley, world champion, will perform an exhibition. Local leaders pledge support and funding to insure a festive day.
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Platteville
Charles McKinley
Wil
Denver
Band Concerts at Eaton Proposed This Summer
Eaton May 25. The Eaton Commercial club weighs free band concerts for town this summer. Businessmen back the idea with generous subscriptions. Club seeks a first class director. Fire burns, if you can under stand that simple proposition, you should be able to understand any of the big problems.
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Eaton
Eaton Comercial Club
Death of George Cheney from hose accident
George Cheney aged about 28 living on East Eleventh street died after pulling a long garden hose around his neck and breaking it. A chill followed, then paralysis and a burst blood vessel allegedly caused his death, leaving a wife and child.
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George Cheney
East Eleventh Street
Cheney
Annual Junior Party Proves Joyous Event
The junior class at Greeley High School hosted a dinner for seniors at Camfield, seating 133. The banquet featured toasts to The Seniors, The Old High School, The New High School, Athletics, and the G H S Orchestra, with musical selections and a school song.
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Greeley High School
Camfield
A. G. Gordon
Will Bothell
Leslie Tuck
Franz Drolla
Harry Faulkner
Gladys Camfield
Leapets
Helen Bethge Spindler-Wagner
Helen Ringle
Morton Balch
Harold Haynes
The
the Literary Society
Roy Harper
Fort Lupton to Omaha by car in two months
S J Rhodes banker and family left Fort Lupton by automobile for Omaha Nebraska to visit friends and have his daughter operated on for adenoids. He plans 200 miles daily and hopes to dine in Sterling and reach Omaha Monday night.
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Fort Lupton
S. J. Rhodes
Omaha
Neb
Rhodes
Sterling
A. G. Johnson
Chalmers
Lamar
Receiver for Cahill Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition
Cahill T F Cahill has filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition and a receiver will be appointed in a few days. He has run a successful business for a couple of years but limited capital and a large stock held back by a backward spring necessitated the step to protect all interests. It is believed the embarrassment will be temporary and creditors will be paid in full with the business continued.
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Eaton
T. F. Cahill
Cahill
Water Fill Boosts First Crops Near Platteville
May 25 report notes the Standley lake ditch east of Platteville delivering a heavy water flow toward Milton reservoir, a welcome development for farmers in the Denver Greeley irrigation district growing crops for the first time and reliant on Milton for late irrigation.
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Platteville
Big Standley Lake
Town
Milton Reservoir
Denver-Greeley
Fort Lupton schools name new teachers for year
Fort Lupton May 24. Teachers chosen include Lyon Johnson as Principal with Mrs B F Brown and Misses Mabel Tillyou Della Twombly Caroline Feirtag and Mabel Johnson forming the staff for the coming year.
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Fort Lupton
Lyon Johnson
B. F. Brown
Mabel Tillyou
Della Twombley
Caroline Feirtag
Mabel Johnson
Will W. J. Bryan Be Nominee
The June 9 visit of William Jennings Bryan to Greeley at the Stennins theater stirs Democratic hopes for a compromise candidate. Observers see Champ Clark lacking two thirds, predicting Bryan as a possible nominee while Roosevelt appears aligned with Bryan’s ideas. The pair could face off this fall in a dynamic presidential race.
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William Jennings Bryan
Greeley
Stennins Theater
Democratic Nation
Betwen Roosevelt
Taft
Champ Clark
West
Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Windsor School Board Cancels Eighth Grade Graduation
Windsor May 24 The school board decided there would be no eighth grade graduation exercises this year as no senior class exists. Two students left to continue schooling elsewhere. no diploma for Windsor High, and staff changes include resignations of Miss Buhope and Miss Pickett with new appointments listed for the coming year.
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Windsor
Windsor School
Soe Tevet
Peofile
Y W C A Girls Hear Lecture At College
Y W C A girls at the college heard a talk titled The Obligations of Opportunities. They cleared 90 from lunches sold on Greek Festival day to fund delegates to the Y W C A conference at Cascade in July. Delegates named were Ruth Lowry Grace Wilson Dorothy Shaffer Mildred Maxwell Gertrude Elliott.
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Y. W
Cascade
Ruth Lowry
Grace Wilson
Dorothy Sha
Weld County Sunday School Convention Set For June in Eaton
The Weld County Sunday School association will hold its annual convention in Eaton Colorado on June 9 and 10 with a program starting Monday afternoon and ending Tuesday evening An excellent program has been provided and enthusiasm among Weld county Sunday schoolers is high Everyone is invited to attend
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Weld County Sunday School Association
Eaton
Colo
Weld County
Funeral for Mrs Emma Westover in Evans
The funeral of Mrs Emma Westover was held yesterday afternoon at the Methodist church. Pioneers and many others attended and Ray Richards preached the sermon. The nephews bore the casket and interment was in Evans cemetery beside her husband Daniel Westover who died ten years ago.
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Westover
Tes Evans
Emma Westover
Ray Richards
Thirteen to Graduate at Eaton School
Eaton May 24 commencement exercises will award diplomas to 13 students. Highlights include Gina Smillie and Ern est Smillie as siblings, Drake Phillips from Denver University delivering the address on The Voice of Nature. Valedictory by Gina Smillie and salutatory by Merrill Turner. Proceeds from a recent play will fund class expenses with a probable statue gift for the main hall.
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Ernest
Gina Smillie
G. E. Phillips
Denver University
Voice of Nature
Mmerrill Turner
Fitz
State Teachers College
Hicks
Graduation Exercises At Platteville Hall
With hundreds in attendance the commencement exercises of the Platteville schools were held in the hall last night Miss Josephine Long the only high school graduate acquitted herself with credit and gave a recitation The Treason of Benedict Arnold Members of the eighth grade were also given diplomas and County Superintendent W C Thomas presented them with appropriate remarks.
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Platteville Platteville
Platteville
Josephine Long
Benedict Arnold
W. C. Thomas
Jaca Elliott Bridge Muted by High Water Near Platteville
Platteville May 25 The Jaca Elliott bridge over the St Vrain river five miles west of Platteville collapsed in the morning as abutments weakened over the past week and three failed under the bridge. A temporary span was built nearby at the Jack Elliott farm while the river runs high but within banks and the Platte remains moderately full.
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Platteville
Jaca Elliott
St. Vrain River
Jack Elliott
St. Vrain
Platte
Judge Bradfield Delivers Address at Fort Lupton School
In Fort Lupton on May 25 Judge George Bradfield spoke at the eighth grade graduation in K P hall. He urged patience energy and perseverance as keys to success. The address drew several hundred attendees as part of the ceremony.
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Fort Lupton
George Bradfield
K. P. Hall
Will Cameron Dies on West Claim Near Grover
Will Cameron aged about 22 living on a claim west of here died this week of tuberculosis and was buried in Grover cemetery. He was well liked, and his death marks a sorrowful note for the community.
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Estender
Grover
Will Cameron
Here
Cut Worms Ravage Winter Wheat Near Platteville
Farmers in the Platteville area buy barley seed to replant after cut worms ruined many winter wheat fields in the locality on May 25. The pest damage prompted reseeding efforts and concerns for crop yields this season.
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Platteville
Blushing Wyoming Pair Are Wedded In Beauty Parlor
Oliver Williams a Chugwater cowboy and Miss Anna Prigge a Wyoming mountain girl wed in Nellie Chestnut’s beauty parlor in the Harvard building after Judge T C Pressly’s office crowd of old soldiers prompted a private ceremony. The couple returned to Wyoming that evening.
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Nellie Chestnut
Harvard
Oliver Wiliams
Chugwater
Wyo
Anna Prigge
Wyoming
Greeley
T. C. Pressly
Break in Beaver reservoir raises St Vrain flood
Platteville May 25 report says high waters in the St Vrain creek stemmed from a dam failure at Beaver reservoir above Lyons. A dam segment gave way sending reservoir water downstream. Elliott bridge remains but abutments washed. plans call for a longer bridge after repairs. Gawanda and Schmaling bridges are unsafe and need extensive repairs.
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Platteville
St. Vrain
Beaver
Lyons
Elliott
Gawanda
Schmaling
Farmers Do Night Shopping In Eaton May 27
On a Saturday night Eaton residents, led by farmers, crowded streets as stores stayed open until midnight to accommodate late harvest work. In sports, La Salle beat Johnstown 12 to 5, with Windsor and Platville losing 8 to 5. Standings show La Salle 1000, Johnstown Platville Windsor 500, Eaton 000. The season winner will receive a silver loving cup from Spaulding Sporting Goods Company.
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Eaton
Johnstown
la Salle
Windsor and
Platville
Windsor
Spaulding Sporting Goods Company
Wheat Harvest Promising in La Salle Area
May 27 report from Fred Allen, a south of here farmer, notes 850 acres of fall wheat on his ranch are in fine shape. The crop stands three feet high and shows no cut worm damage. Other fall wheat in Weld County also promises a bountiful harvest as the Tribune covers the region closely.
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la Salle
Fred Allen
Here
Incomplete OCR fragment hints at local business or notice
Fragmentary text mentions names and phrases like Gordie and Visit that turne and Hall pill references. Details are unclear, leaving ambiguity about event, place, and date.
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Fourth Artillery
Lupton Teachers
W. J. Bryan
U. S
Cahill Dry Goods CO
Eaton School
Judge Bradfield
the Tribune
LaSalle
Gordielge Were
Wwe
Busines
Hall
Henry Candid
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