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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1912
Page
2
Briggsdale celebrates Harvest Home with a county fair on September 21 featuring dry land product displays, sports events for all ages, a ten dollar prize for a joint marriage race, and an evening dance. Attendees urged to bring filled dinner baskets and enjoy rifle shooting, egg race, potato race, and a three legged race.
Fort Lupton residents protest delays in receiving a new Union Pacific depot, calling the current facility unsuitable and urging quicker construction. The piece also notes an endorsement for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy from H. W. Hendrickson of Ohio Falls Indiana as a best seller for coughs and colds.
William Wolf was kicked by a horse he was treating last week and sustained serious injuries. He is now recovering from the effects of the incident.
F F Roose, secretary of the State Mine company, reports in Erie that about 800 of the 5,000 dollars needed to open the mine have been pledged and the campaign aims to secure the remainder. The board of directors met to arrange openings and equipment, with a Union Pacific spur assured to the site. A second nearby mine is planned soon after the State mine opens.
Colorado and Southern announces timetable adjustments effective today. No 24 leaves Grand at 1 PM instead of 1:50 PM, No 23 from Denver now arrives at 6 PM instead of 8:20 PM, and No 221 from Fort Collins, due at 10 AM, is held at 1:30 PM before turning to Fort Collins.
The Colorado State Bankers Association forms an irrigation committee to sponsor and supervise irrigation projects, assess financials, and invite competent engineers to investigate. Milton M. Schayer named as official lecturer. Also an ad notes Herbine for bowel relief with morning effect. Gilbert Drug Co. operates three stores.
Fort Lupton reports Colorado Condensed Milk company is building a ware room and curing room east of the factory near the railroad. The 26 by 110 foot structure will have a concrete foundation a steel roof skylights and will be steam heated. Expansion reflects increased business. Ballard's Horehound Syrup advertised for lung troubles by Gilbert Drug Co. with three stores.
LaSalle Sept 16 A LaSalle school boys baseball game at Kersey ended when Lloyd McKinney a 16 year old player was struck in the lower abdomen by a ball and carried home on a stretcher. Reports say he rests well and is expected to recover soon as teammates faced shock from the accident. Rains Halt Johnstown Ditch Work The Johnstown water works ditch project halted Thursday due to rain, undoing rapid progress. About 2 250 feet of ditch had been dug before the weather stopped work and crews prepared to widen blades for attachment.
The postmaster general orders no Sunday mail delivery in Greeley except for hotel directed mail and newspapers. Boxes will not receive regular mail Sundays, a shift criticized as a box holder inconvenience and a modern absurd blue law provoking protests nationwide.
The widow of E. H. Craft plans to sue in county court over Craft's will which left about $500 to the Salvation Army while his wife and children received $1 each. She claims mental incompetence at death and destitution for her family despite Craft's support for the Army.
Washington reports that foreign grown sugar beet seed, vital to the nation’s beet sugar industry, may be abandoned soon. The Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Plant Industry plans extensive experiments to determine if high grade seed can be produced domestically in the United States.
The 106 foot tower for the new water works system is complete with a 75 000 gallon tank and 60 pound pressure. It will be filled by a motor pump. Foreman George Randall of Chicago Bridge and Iron Works led the crew with W G Ward and Grover Gross assisting. They head to Brush to erect another tower. Milliken residents celebrate the improvement long sought.
E E Woods, formerly of Ingersoll Oklo, named the new editor of the Milliken Mail. Retiring editor Benjamin F Hill trusts Woods to deliver a competent, lively paper and boost Milliken’s interests.
The Great Western Sugar Company faces a U S district court suit in Denver alleging fraud to secure eighty acres in Larimer County worth about $10,000. The government accuses the firm of obtaining title through an agreement with an entryman to take the land for $6,000 after he had secured title.
Mr and Mrs J Schick completed a two month auto tour to the east returning to Greeley. They left in June for Chicago and traveled through Illinois visiting relatives. A washout at Ogallala delayed them and the last 200 miles were by train. They visited La Crosse Wisconsin and various Iowa towns.
The text lauds Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for widespread success in treating colic and diarrhoea. It notes remarkable cures in nearly every neighborhood and states the medicine is for sale by all dealers.
Mr and Mrs Lute Wilcox return ed to Denver Saturday after three days stay in Greeley.
A boy from Weld County entered a pullet exhibit and won four prizes at the Berthoud County Fair. He earned awards for best cockerel, best rooster, best hen, and best pair. The effort drew praise from friends who urged him to join the fair circuit in Gilcrest and visit local growers during the contest.
Public notices describe services offered by a private office with typists and mimeographing work. It advertises report typing and related tasks with ribbons and stamps available for sale. The listing mentions a location at the First National Bank block and a contact phone.
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