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    100 Years Ago: Weld County Garage selling gas for 22 cents per gallon


    100 Years Ago: Weld County Garage selling gas for 22 cents per gallon
    By Mike Peters
    PUBLISHED: December 18, 2021 at 8:07 p.m. | UPDATED: December 18, 2021 at 8:08 p.m.
    100 Years Ago: Weld County Garage selling gas for 22 cents per gallon – Greeley Tribune

    100 Years Ago, for the third week of December 1921, from the pages of the Greeley Tribune-Republican newspaper.


    Seven young Greeley men were ticketed for creating a disturbance at midnight Tuesday, walking in the middle of Greeley streets, pounding on their dinner buckets and singing and shouting at the top of their lungs. Many Greeley residents lost a lot of sleep because of the disturbance.

    ADVERTISEMENT: "Does your car ride hard? We can improve its riding qualities at least 100 percent by greasing it. Business is increasing!"

    Fire Chief C.P. Chetwood said fire drills in the local schools have been very satisfactory. At the East Side Schools, School No. 1, which has 240 students, was emptied in just 10 seconds after the alarm sounded. School No. 2 was emptied in 30 seconds.

    The Teachers College's first play will open tonight at the college gymnasium. The comedy is "The Man Who Married A Dumb Wife" and satirizes the law, the bench, medicine and surgery. Tickets are 75 cents and $1 each.

    Column: "Any good car would last three years if there were no telephone poles along the highway."

    The school conference basketball game between Kersey and LaSalle resulted in a victory for LaSalle, beating Kersey, 34 to 7. The games are drawing good crowds.

    Smallpox has hit the country again, and in many towns, a large number of people are being vaccinated. But there have also been many deaths of those who haven't been vaccinated.

    Weld County Garage is now selling gasoline for autos at 22 cents per gallon.

    The Weld County Commissioners have released a report that they will now be paying for caskets and burial ceremonies for anyone who has been named as a pauper. Those who believe they have paupers to bury should apply to the county section entitled "Burial of Pauper Dead."

    Temperatures in Greeley fell alarmingly overnight. Thursday's temperatures hit 70 degrees, while Friday's high temperature was 18 degrees. There was also considerable damage in the county due to high winds.

    The Girls Association of Greeley High School presented their Christmas Immigration Ball. Attending were "Spanish senoritas, Parisian girls, Irish 'Maggies,' Japanese women and demure Holland girls." In total, about 250 girls and women attended, all in their countries' costumes.

    If you are raising turkeys, they are needed for an annual promotion. The Horse Shoe Tournament and Turkey Shoot will begin Thursday at 9 a.m. Bring your own gun and take home a Christmas turkey dinner. (Wanted, turkeys to be shot. Nothing less than 12 pounds and will pay 30 cents per pound. Call Greeley 1046.)








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    I remember gas wars when I was growing up. The lowest price I remember is .14.

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    Smallpox has hit the country again, and in many towns, a large number of people are being vaccinated. But there have also been many deaths of those who haven't been vaccinated.
    nothing seems new today

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    Column: "Any good car would last three years if there were no telephone poles along the highway."



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