Thanksgiving social and local notes in Briggsdale area
C H Foley and family shared Thanksgiving with Mr and Mrs Charles Friend as a large cake social at Montgomery school house raised nearly fifteen dollars for the school organ fund. High school rehearsals for A College Town proceed ahead of a Keota Christmas presentation.
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C. H. Foley
Charles Friend
Montgomery School House
Keota
Clyde Stanley
Fae Stanley
Adella Gamble
Robert
Flora Wood
Preparedness Pie Card in Wartime Parody
Douglas Malloch jokes about wartime shortages and preparedness while imagining American strength through pumpkin pies and playful remedies. The spoof lists fanciful arms and gadgets like airplanes and gas but ends with a whimsical call for farms and a confident savor of pumpkin goodness.
The Two Bit Smile in the Publishing Field
Earl H. Emmons reflects on Thanksgiving with a stubborn two bit smile despite troubles. He describes press issues, financial strain, and personal woes yet stays optimistic, noting mortgage concerns and a chaotic year while continuing to publish his little dope sheet.
Bazaar and Dinner at Methodist Church
The Methodist church ladies host an all day bazaar on December 16 with a 25 cent dinner in the building east of the post office. Menu features roast beef, mashed potatoes, beans, bread, salad, pie and coffee. Children can choose Teddy bears and toys. adults are urged to visit the fancy work department for gifts and find bargains in socks and neckties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Methodist Church
Respite for The Stockman on Herd Law Defeat
In our campaign notes we suggest stockmen accept defeat not as vindication but as a respite. The herd law defeat is said to reflect its own flaws more than stockmen’s, and few offenders rent or cut fences yet the industry suffers from the few. Legislation should fix defects fairly for stockmen and farmers, and delinquents should reform to avoid calamity. Montrose Enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Post
Montrose Enterprise
Weld County Auto Licenses Reach One Per Thirteen Citizens
Weld county reports 8 300 automobile licenses sold this year with 3 275 exact dispositions. Based on a 50 000 population it equates to one car per 14 people and about one owned by nearly every third family. License cards and tags are exhausted. new 1917 tags expected around December 1 with credit for the full year 1917 for purchases in December 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weld
Weld County
Secretary of State
Death of Mrs Katherine Dinsmoor in Buckingham Colorado
Mrs Katherine Dinsmoor died at her Buckingham home on Sunday morning November 26 after a prolonged illness. Born February 14 1872 near Bridgewater Iowa she married Herbert D Dinsmoor December 22 1898 and had two children Ralph and Hazel. Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday and burial in Bridgewater Iowa leaves her husband children father five sisters two brothers and many friends. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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Katherine Dinsmoor
Buckingham
Colo
James A
Mary Hendry
Bridgewater
Iowa
Herbert D. Dinsmoor
Ralph
Hazel
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bridgwater
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