Keota News Notes Mention Travel and Local Appointments
Iran. Griffin returns from Denver after a business trip with a creamery equipment inquiry. Deputies Haworth and Bommelyn attend a meeting in Greeley for new law instructions. Residents relocate or plan summer stays in nearby towns. Depot construction materials arrive for Keota’s new depot and several families announce moves or visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iran
Griffin
Cheyenne
Denver
M. L. Haworth
Keota
Martin Bommelyn
Raymer
Ruth
Briggsdale
Loveland
Besaw
Weld County Fair Could Be Reinstated This Fall
The Weld County Commercial Club weighs bringing back the county fair after a bad last season with low attendance and a state prize appropriation shortfall. The fair association carries about 3800 dollars in debt plus 1300 dollars owed on delinquent subscriptions, with about 1000 dollars collectible. Proposals call for collecting owed amounts, raising funds from supporters, and trimming costly racing events to run as a strict county institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weld County Commercial Club
Fair Association
Weld
School Meeting Draws Keota and Buckingham Teachers
Raymer hosted a meeting of Keota and Buckingham district teachers with Weld County Schools Superintendent Copeland. Copeland urged efficiency of school funds, backing needed equipment and sanitary surroundings while cautioning against costly, elaborate charts and globes pushed by agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veronica Wood
Fae Stanley
Keota
Wilson
Bakke
Carl Leinbaum
Buckingham
Copeland
Raymer
Weld County
Keota Literary Society Ends Season With Recitations
The Keota Literary and Debating Society held its last meeting of the season last Friday with a program of recitations and music. Weekly meetings during winter provided entertainment and instruction, and adjournment was set for the first Friday evening in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota Literary and Debating Society
Nursery stock shipments reach Keota homesteads
A surge of nursery stock was received by homesteaders in the Keota country this week as they plant trees and shrubs to beautify the plains. Recipients included Fred Ashdown F L Lingelbach and W S Helphrey, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota Country
Fred Ashdown
F. L. Lingelbach
W. S. Helphrey
Death of Mrs Sides Linked to Cancer in Boulder
Mrs Orlo Sides formerly of Keota died at Boulder last Sunday after cancer operations. The body was taken to Atlantic Iowa for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlo Sides
Keota
Boulder
Atlantic
Iowa
Assessors Begin Weld County Property Valuation Effort
Deputies numbering thirty three start county wide assessments at full valuation with taxes due January 1, 1914. Assessor A L Mumper aims to uncover unknown owners, gather agricultural statistics, and collect detailed owner data including autos and farms. A new plat book and business registry are planned to track personal property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weld
A. L. Mumper
Mumper
Tribune-Republican
Pleasant Valley Literary Society closes season at adjournment
Pleasant Valley records its final session of the season as the Literary Society adjourns until the next term. The meetings highlighted olden times with oxen used in farm work and noted good results from the Speaker boys with their yoke of oxen. Local farmers advance with spring work and Henry Kerber and Miss Julia Robins are mentioned in the closing remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley Literary Society
Henry Kerber
Julia Robin
Residence add helped by local carpenter at Halsey home
John Speaker announced an addition to his house with Henry Kerber as the carpenter. Cooney Speaker departed Fosston on Wednesday for Greeley after visiting the L. G. Halsey residence last Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Halsey
John Speaker
Henry Kerber
Cooney Speaker
Fosston
Greeley
Buckingham Social and Local News Roundup
Miss Elsie Swarts arrived to spend summer with her mother in Buckingham. Grange to host a social on May 7 with program and refreshments. J. C. Wood and nephew improve their desert claims with an Emerson engine. School officials pass through for meetings with Keota Raymer Buckingham and Stoneham districts. First ball game vs Keota scheduled after Grover cancellation. Arthur Potter opens a cream station at the post office buying butter eggs poultry and cream. Arlington and Doty families visit from Sidney and Trenton. Land seekers and locals Gary Clutter Wilson and Rev Gray in town. List includes Mrs J A Fisher Mrs Dorie Palmer and others returning to Ind. homesteads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Swarts
Business College
Lincoln
Nebr
S. S. Palmer
Lincolln
E. M. Palmer
The
Grange
J. C. Wood and Nephew
Denver
Emerson
Prof
Copeland
Raymer
Keota
Buckingham
Stoneham
Grover
Seed For Sale and Livestock Notices
Seed for sale good clean seed flax for sale by Co. E. Andrews eleven to two miles east of Keota Colorado. For sale four young cows two to five years one mile north and six west of Keota. Mrs. W A Peters. Will pay two cents a pound for clean cotton rags. News office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. E. Andrews
Keota
Colo
W. A. Peters
News Office
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Keola
Bernard Sanger
Farrell
Fred Guenther
Donald A. Cameron
LaCrosse
Wisconsin
Omaha
Mary Bowman
Jerry Coldwell
Grant Davis
Max Waxham
Thomas Nelson
Nelson Cattle
Pawnee
Fred Nelson
J. F. Britt
W. M. Butters
Osgood
E. E. Butters
W. A. LaMar
Elmo
Maywood
Neb
K. K. Fortune
Red Cloud
O. P. Bakke
Ole Erickson
Charles Burep
O. W. Bucher
Weld County Fair
Keota Literary Society
Mrs. Orlo Sides
Pleasant Valley
J. A. Fisher
E. M. Swarts
Bluffton
Ind
Dorie Palmer
Charles
Bernice
Fay
Muncie
M. E. Johnson
J. Q. Hammond
Friend
Frank Hurst
Wray
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