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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1909
Page
10
Disturbance at city hall leads to gunfire on Fifteenth Street as officers pursue youths. One man, Tuck, dies after being mortally wounded and tensions run high with talk of lynching but no violence occurs. The Tuck family and friends favor dropping the case.
Mrs. C. G. Hearing's Twenty hosted a dinner at the church Thursday and the group spent the afternoon quilting. Two hostesses served a fried chicken meal while Mrs. Henning's Twenty organized a bag and craft sale that netted $20.70 for church work.
Desert claim improved with buildings offered for sale at a low price as owner cannot leave occupation to attend to it. Located 1% miles from the station and ready for farming next year. Address Box 78 or phone Red 1031, Greeley.
A Tribune reader laments dealer pricing harming farmers and discusses potato sizing, seed quality, and the need for honest inspection. He recalls farmers delaying sales, praises seed from Divide and Wisconsin, and urges Professor Fitch to provide uniform seed for the desired tuber size to restore profits.
Mrs Flora Despain of Bloyd Ky extols Chamberlains Cough Remedy for croup coughs colds and all ages. It contains no narcotics and may be given to a child as confidently as to an adult and is sold by all druggists.
Article argues for forward development in Greeley, praising practical boosters who push progress with prudence. Emphasizes streets, sewers, parks, lighting, sanitary standards, and improved city planning as essential for a prosperous, healthier community in 1920.
Denver stock show, a national event drawing farmers from across the country, runs January 8 to 15. Meetings of the National Live Stock Association, National Beef Producers' Congress, and Colorado Cattle & Horse Growers' Association will be held. Features include nightly horse displays, a stockman banquet at El Jebel temple served with specially prepared meats, and daily exhibitions aligned with an educational purpose for western stockmen.
The Congregational church held a Friday evening Thanksgiving party hosted by Mrs. Vernon McKelvey and twenty church ladies. Hosts and husbands wore Puritan costumes and a short program featured Mrs. C. E. Clark singing and Miss Blumer reading Courtin by Lowell before games and seasonal refreshments.
Advertises prepaid offer for popular sheet music for piano or organ at ten cents per copy. Darrow & Sharp Music Co promises satisfaction and invites customers to request a copy from 23 Fifteenth Street, Denver.
A purse snatching case leaves detectives with little to go on as the thief, described as bold and professional, vanished with monogrammed jewelry and papers. Dr Hamplton is in the east and the purse was turned over to police, with investigators continuing to search for clues and the culprit.
Mrs S L Spurgin entertained four lady friends at her home west of Greeley for an all day sewing party Friday. A sumptuous dinner was served at noon. Guests included dames C M Turner S B Dal Wilson Turner Joe Meyers J Dutz G S Robison J W Mear son and C H Wolfe.
In Broomfield Colorado on November 22 two men broke into the local post office safe, stealing an estimated 300 to 2000 dollars. The duo reportedly took a horse and buggy and headed toward Brighton. No description of the suspects is available.
Mrs A Coy Jr of San Antonio Texas shares how Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy saved her three year old Andrew from a severe croup attack. The note claims the remedy has long been trusted by thousands of mothers and never failed, with druggists selling it nationwide.
The article argues a Westward meat shortage pushes beef and mutton supply to rely on intermountain pastures. It envisions vast unarable grass lands becoming core to a livestock driven economy, with corn states reducing pasture as demand grows. It predicts farmers in the region will raise cattle, forming a durable, profitable industry.
The Formosan sugar industry grows under government support with three company reps in Yokohama and Tokyo. Japan may rely on Formosa for sugar and eyes exports to China Manchuria and Korea as production expands. Currently Formosa supplies about a quarter of Japan's sugar and enjoys duty free access. Mrs. M. E. Swearingen travels from Chatham Ontario to visit daughter Mrs. Bruce Halstead then heads to San Antonio after summer in Canada.
Mesdames Glazier and Weaver hosted a Saturday afternoon gathering for Miss Chappelow at Mrs Weaver's home. The party featured a yellow and white color theme with chrysanthemums, a guest book of watercolor leaflets and favorite recipes, a life history collage, a three course luncheon, and a watercolor portrait gift for the bride to be Bert Huffsmith.
Messrs. Cohan and Harris present at the Greeley Opera House on Wednesday November 24 a rural musical play Fifty Miles from Boston. The unusually large cast and chorus are praised for their talent and staging with strong organization.
The Grapevine Lateral Ditch company will hold its annual meeting to elect three directors and address other business. The session is at the office of W. F. Stephens in the opera house block on Tuesday December 7 1909. Polls open at 7 p m and close at unknown time. W F Stephens president Chas A White secretary Greeley Colorado November 1909.
Mrs J E Neill suffers from erisypelas at home as the Woman's Missionary Union schedules a program at the Congregational church on Tuesday November 30 with sessions at 10:00 AM and 1:30 PM Speakers from away prepared the program and D O Cooperider and family will farm the Williar Cicer ranch southwest of Greeley after returning from New Mexico last year The Cooperiders land investment in Mexico earlier prompted a move back to the area.
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