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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1912
Page
4
The piece mixes quotes from Woodrow Wilson on workers welfare with satirical local notes about a potato crowd at the fair, political rumors about Carlson, Taft, and the White House, plans for a new sugar factory and union depot, jokes about a float, and market chatter on Guggenheim mines and Denver demography, all reflecting Weld and Greeley county news commentary.
Panic-stricken by prosecutions and indictments, the Weld County Republican group faces trials in November and possible civil suits to recover taxpayer funds. The district plans a political shift toward a progressive democracy as new leadership prepares for occupancy.
Management of Weld county’s last week fair faced discouragements beyond the weather and is seriously considering abandoning the annual exhibition. The report notes disappointing features that weighed on decision making by county officials.
The article condemns public indifference and exhibitor disinterest toward the annual fair. It notes the fair is not private and has lost money every year, with funds spent for public benefit. It urges investigation and a meeting to identify and fix problems and end inertia in Weld County.
An editorial criticizes Weld county Republicans for proposing youthful candidates for the state assembly. It notes a two year veteran who aided a road bill now defunct and mocks potential laws about tenancy and naming places for a dollar. The piece praising Democrats argues for experienced candidates who command respect.
A political appeal urges voters on November 5 to blot out the court house gang of taxeaters and install Democratic candidates including Dr. C. S. Mulford Sherman S. Brown Abraham L. Mumper George L. Hodgson Elmer Rowe J. K. Snook Herbert M. Baker A. B. Copeland Dr. W. F. Church John Wortham. The letter stresses long residency and taxpaying status.
A pointed critique argues that farm families suffer as the farmer's wife bears the sixteen hour day. It contends that the farmer's wife remains burdened while the farmer's boy gains shorter hours, urging action to ease her load across thousands of farms.
A Chicago Journal editorial argues reform on millions of farms remains unfinished and stresses that change should focus on the farmer's family. It cautions not to worry about the farmer's boy, but his mother, sister, and future wife who need a new age.
Forty years ago notes from Greeley Colorado describe bustling activity and crops. Mentions Grace Greenwald and her daughter arriving from the east, Mr Van Gehren with fine crops, Mrs Abby Sage Richardson en route from Chicago, and work crews along a new railroad track. Wheat prices surge, land sales and farm conditions noted, plus social gatherings and local events in multiple nearby towns.
Mrs. Thomas Baker and her daughter and mother Mrs. Mary Baker departed Monday morning for Texas after a month staying with Dr. W. F. Spaulding.
A fragmented OCR item lists staple crops and produce including wheat oats barley potatoes cabbage onions butter and spring chickens with stray characters and illegible sequences. The readable terms suggest a market or agricultural listing from a historical newspaper page.
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