100 Years Ago: War is over, time to re-enlarge the bread loaves
By Mike Peters
Published: December 12, 2020 at 7:09 p.m. | UPDATED: December 12, 2020 at 7:09 p.m.
100 Years Ago: War is over, time to re-enlarge the bread loaves – Greeley Tribune


100 Years Ago for the second week of December 1920 from the pages of the Greeley Tribune-Republican newspaper:


The Windsor High School classes started their basketball tournament this week. The Sophomores beat the Freshmen, 42-7, and the Seniors beat the Juniors, 9-3.

Three suspicious looking lads drove an auto into Greeley Thursday and said they were looking for a man named "Sterling." They spent the night on the 8th Street Bridge, then disappeared, leaving their Ford auto behind. Police found the auto had been stolen from Denver.

Home Gas and Electric Company announced that if you want to keep your wife happy, she needs something electrical. An electric toaster, vacuum cleaner, washing machine, an electric grill or percolator will be received with profuse thanks from the woman in your life.

Pueblo City Council just passed a law that in the snow, all horses on the city street must have horseshoes. Wagon drivers whose horses aren't shoed will be ticketed, and the horses and buggy will be confiscated.

For the first time, in Colorado Springs, women who own businesses will be allowed to join the Chamber of Commerce. The decision comes from the fact that woman now have equal political rights as men.

Now that the world war is over, it's time for bakers to enlarge the size of bread loaves. Because of the need for more wheat during the war, the size of bread loaves was greatly reduced. In Greeley, the bakers are still making small loaves, and it's time to increase the sizes.

Three patrols of Boy Scouts were formed in Milliken this week. The main project for the scouts at this time is centered on knot-tying.

Juvenile marauders broke into the Olympia Candy Co., 712 8th St., and stole $10 in cash and a large amount of candy. They entered the building by breaking a window sometime on Sunday.

A 17-year-old Johnstown boy applied for a marriage license to marry his 24-year-old high school teacher. He was first refused a license, and contacted state offices who said he could legally marry. The bride and groom were married 10 minutes later by the legal magistrate.

R.A. Smith and William Snor were in city court this week and paid $5 each in fines. They were ticketed for parking in front of fire hydrants.

All of downtown Greeley was shaken Wednesday afternoon when the workers on the No. 3 Ditch used TNT to blast the rocks out of the ground. Houses were shaken all over town and at least one house had several broken windows.


"100 Years Ago" is taken from the original pages of the Greeley Tribune, the Weld County Republican, and when they merged, the Greeley Tribune-Republican. ...