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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1905
Page
4
The issue notes the founding of a newspaper in 1870 by N G C Meeker and proclaims its long standing subscriber base with the motto The Paper with the Big Subscription List.
Denver meeting of the State Good Roads association urged legislative action to improve country roads. Weld county not represented on the committee is a member, and local committees are urged to take notice. The piece notes long neglect of convention funds and calls for proactive local involvement to benefit beyond Denver and Colorado Springs. Death of Mrs. Arvilla D. Meeker is reported with reflection on pioneer hardships and her long life.
The speaker laments state support for the Denver and Colorado Springs exposition drama while agricultural regions such as Greeley receive little real recognition. He notes vast attention to cities and fake potato pictures and urges not to let the good roads movement repeat past failures across Denver Pueblo Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs.
The Denver Times reflects on an early Colorado pioneer and her family in the Greeley colony. It quotes a saying about a widow, noting the measure of life lies in what one has done.
Bulletin 105 from the Colorado State Commercial association lists over 600 Nebraska and Indiana families open to buying Colorado farm property. The traveling exhibit has cost about $1 per family and attracted roughly 1,400 households to relocate, with North Dakota spending far more but deeming its spendings worthwhile. The Greeley Commercial Club is urged to continue the exhibit to prevent rivals in northern Colorado from stealing growth.
Washington says the secretary of the interior approved plans for the Garden City irrigation project in Kansas. Construction will start after land pledges are secured, to pump groundwater from about 10,000 acres via the Farmers' ditch. Sugar beets and alfalfa would benefit. land values rise from $5-$10 to $100-$150 per acre when irrigated.
R H Snyder of Kemmerer department store testifies to kidney trouble relief from Doan's Kidney Pills after using them in Chicago and at H Reynolds Co drugstore. He urges sufferers to try the remedy. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo sole US agents. 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
Fire Saturday morning at 8 o clock on the T. W. Ray borne ranch two and one half miles northwest of Greeley, owned by Perry Murray, consumes 65 to 70 tons of hay and all machinery and vehicles valued about 1 000 dollars. Forty men battle blaze with water and wind guiding the flames away from barn and granary. family absent, investigators suspect careless match or cigarette from spud pickers. Damage estimated 1 500 dollars with 300 dollars insured.
notice announces a special meeting of stockholders in Greeley Colorado on November 9 1905 at 7 30 pm to vote on amending article section three of the incorporation to set capital stock at 60000 dollars divided into 1200 shares of 50 each. secretary W M Boomer signs the notice dated October 9 1905.
A seasonable notice urges readers to stock Chamberlain's Cough Remedy now for winter colds. It promises quicker, more satisfactory results when started early and notes the remedy's wide esteem and availability from all druggists.
The 8S. L. W. Ranch Company announces a forthcoming price advance and offers farms on sale with easy terms. For full details visit the ranch or call 2172 black. Harvey E. Witwer, manager.
Liberty Texas editor T J Chambers endorses Ballard's Herebound Sroup as the most effective remedy for coughs and colds, stating he has used it in his family and cheerfully affirms its curative power.
An old advertisement offers Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with a money back guarantee if they fail to cure. Each box bears E. W Grove’s signature and is priced at 25 cents.
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