This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1911
Page
8
Football takes center stage in colleges and schools as the new season approaches. Greeley starts practice with light drills under Prof. Merten, while the Normal school on the hill, led by Prof. Lister, begins training amid material shortages.
Platteville Sept. 7. Mr. and Mrs. Howell Squires prepare for their fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration on Friday. Invitations sent to 75 families. relatives across the United States and guests from out of town expected. Squires, 73, and wife, 68, were married in Waterloo Wisconsin in 1879 and moved from New York to Denver in 1879 before settling in Platteville in 1896 on a ranch near Twin Bridges. Their son M. A. Squires lives in town and daughter Mrs. M. O. Smith recently moved from Greeley to Sterling.
The Tribune reports a sixteen pound sugar beet from the Kil lan ranch eight miles northeast of town. G. B. Foster rents the ranch and expects about 20 tons per acre from his twenty acres after one irrigation, aiming for a county record.
J. Biggs of South Omaha and Mike Slater of Columbus Neb have been guests at the Kersey hotel for a few days and have been buying cattle to ship east for feeding. Due to hay and grain shortages in the region many ranchers choose to sell now rather than fatten.
Experts say price hikes will persist into colder weather but routine meals can stay affordable. Sugar and potatoes lead the rise while pork ham butter and eggs show only modest increases from last year. Flour remains near last year’s $5 barrel and bacon hits about 20 cents a pound in some stores.
The Colorado town of Greeley, official Weld county seat, honors Horace Greeley. Settled in 1870 by the Greeley colony, it grew through irrigation into a rich agricultural region producing flour, beet sugar, and lumber. John Leavy, a founder and florist, died at 80 years, having helped launch Union Colony and contribute to Colorado’s agricultural college. The Springfield Republican notes Greeley’s enduring success as a colonizing experiment.
Sept 9 reports Rev A M Crist of the Ohio conference will preach at 10 AM and again in the evening at the Methodist church in Kersey. In the interim the new pastor appointed by the conference, Rev A W Coffman, is absent. Rev S G Dorey, pastor for two years, is reassigned to Fifth Avenue church in Denver.
A farmer living a mile east of Akron marketing 200 acres of winter wheat. The crop averaged sixteen bushels per acre at $11.75 a bushel, earning about $1,880 for the field. The land had been bought a year earlier by Frank Pohlman at $11 per acre.
Paton Sept 11 A Congregational church pastor Rev Dickerson swerved to miss a bicyclist on the wrong side of the road and wrecked his car striking the sidewalk bending the front axle no injuries reported and the incident occurred near the Eaton National bank.
Several warranty deeds recorded for Barnesville Gilcrest and Greeley transfers. Names include Charles T Alustrand to Charles J Barnes and Harriet B Baker to Frank and Martha McKenzie. dollar values range from 1 to 12000 with lots and blocks specified. Other deeds cover Dacona Pierce Milliken and Wattenburg areas with buyers like Denver-Laramie Realty Co and Barbara Connolly.
Miss Georgienne Amoss and Miss Hazel Pierson of Ault are visiting friends in Greeley, enjoying sights and hospitality during a short sojourn.
A Weld County Commercial Club meeting adopted final plans to petition for forming Weld County into road districts under a new law. Local commercial clubs will assist in gathering signatures, needing 35 percent of voters, implying hundreds of names seront required before action.
Evans and partners J C C White and son finished ditch work on the MHenrylyn project south of LaSalle after several months of effort and have returned with their equipment.
An investigation at Postwick near Norwich shows the house fly can carry disease and travel over 1,400 yards from a refuse heap that served as a breeding center. The common house fly was the dominant species found across scattered locations.
Joseph L. Machado came home Saturday after a enjoyable trip visiting relatives and friends in San Francisco Oakland Hayward and Alvarado California.
Nine members gathered for a social meeting of the K. K. K. club Saturday evening with Miss Myra Briggs. The session followed a summer reception and offered a pleasant social time.
Mr and Mrs George Morgan and Mr and Mrs W G Hayden made an automobile trip to Loveland and Fort Collins on Sunday for an outing and travel with relatives.
Have You 1500 for Bargain My 314 acre ranch near Hungerton end of new U P branch from Greeley has to be sold Deeded ae perfect tithe 160 acres cultivated improvements Will be under ditch Balance of 0 in easy preen Denver business man must be Inquire R THOMAS Owner 208 Coronado Building Deny
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.