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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
3
Fragmentary notices show a rental or lost and found item with scattered details including a location clue and a date reference. The text labels a finder action and mentions multiple vague items and unspecified addresses, suggesting a local classifieds snippet with incomplete data.
Local items report loans involving Sanborn and Houston and a Baird reference, births in early August, and visiting relatives. The column notes several residents planning trips to Fort Col, Meredian Idaho, and travel routes via St Louis, Denver, and New Orleans. It mentions Dr. W L Miller leaving for Denver, Dr J D Graham visiting, and Mrs L B Kidder taking a vacation through Windsor Boulder and Beaver.
The City of Greeley invites sealed bids by September 1 1908 at 8:00 p.m. for multiple parcels in Greeley including blocks 38 2 180 and sections in Tp 5 N R 65 with a brick residence pumping plant and adjacent lots. Bids must set price per tract cash min bid per ordinance 179 and include a 10 percent certified check. The city may reject all bids or sell parts of tracts at private sale.
A crowded social page lists visits and travel from Cincinnati to Windsor and Cheyenne, with many residents and visitors in Greeley. Names include Miss Cathern Hansen, Miss Myrtle Glaze, Mrs. Harriett Hutchinson, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Kinsella, and Mrs. J. K. Stockton, among others, plus a birth announced to Cass Brafford.
A long list of individuals and their hometowns appears, including Frances Pruitt and Beulah M. Kringel from Grover, Jno L. Storer from Denver, and J. D. Brown with wife from St. Joe Missouri, among others from Nebraska Colorado New Mexico New York Philadelphia and Missouri. The fragmentary OCR shows varied spellings and multiple locales, suggesting a notice listing participants or subscribers.
Foose Adolph Foose three months old dies Tuesday night. Funeral in German church on Eleventh Street. Harriett Reynolds wife of James Reynolds dies at Weld County hospital aged 56 after tuberculosis. They came from Rockwell City Iowa seeking health, traveled to Colorado, then Greeley hospital where she passed away. Burial arrangements set with husband and son returning to Rockwell City.
Edward Hacker shot himself after kissing his wife who had killed herself in front of him during a quarrel. He died moments later in a friend’s apartment, following the self inflicted shots after witnessing the suicide.
Miss Elsie Oble Kinkel of Fort Morgan and George W. Moore of Greeley wed in a quiet ceremony by Judge Nixon on Wednesday afternoon. The bride, 17, is described as a charming young woman. the groom is the son of Major and Mrs. Samuel Moore of 1521 Eleventh Street.
The case, an appeal from Ault justice court, tested town ordinances. Patterson challenged a $2 dog tax fine. jury upheld the Ault ruling and the defense may seek a new trial within ten days.
The cheese carriers of Holland maintain an ancient exclusive guild requiring extreme cleanliness and spotless dress for employment. Weekly summer markets in north Holland towns add gay bustle as farmers and families dress in their best with gold and pearls. May cheese arrives in June and is said to be the finest and choicest.
A Virginia boy visits the north on a rainy Sunday and proposes a wood block mansion. His uncle jokes that they do not work on Sundays. The boy answers that they do not work either, except reading the Bible and feeding the hogs.
On her first farm visit, Little Margie wanders the barn seeking eggs. After a long search she returns in tears and complains hens are standing around doing nothing, calling it mean.
In the Massachusetts Historical Society library a torn leaf from a Cotton Mather sermon is preserved. The manuscript notes Mather’s account of a devil tearing the leaf during a private fast for a possessed young woman, referencing Mark 12 28 29.
In a Louisville style voice Brother Williams jokes about laying up treasures in heaven while spending on doctors and food. The era voice notes human nature, religious songs, and the struggle between faith and comfort, ending with a reflection that people remain weak creatures.
Real estate transfers listed for August 19 1908 including Arthur B and Arch T Severs to Meliasa J Joyce W D $1 Part of block M Nunn Victor H Flood to Guy R Carson W D $1 Part of lot 1 of n Ww gr of a e gr 75-65 W C Ramsay to Charles W WwW DD $400 Lot 7 block 158 Second addition to Crawford James H Hays Will Grant Chambers Victor E Keyes William K Stiffey Albert F Carter to The park Association W PD $ W hf of ar of 8 w ar of 8 e qr 7-5-65 C B Waite and pase Waite to William Barker W D E hf 7-11-59 William Barker and Mary A m to Harry F Pierce W D B hf 7-11-59
The London Society of Arts originated national exhibitions dating to 1761 with a display of agricultural and other machines. The notion of an international exhibition faced long opposition in many countries, with a French minister of commerce even alleging foreign product representation at a French exhibit came from enemies of French industry.
A congressman recalls placing the motto We put that motto back on the coins anyhow and a constituent reflects that given this session's outcomes that motto serves as consolation. The dialogue touches on irony and Stevenson aphorisms about expectations and romance.
Captain David Boyd’s long delayed trip to his old home in Greeley is troubled by neuralgia. He shows brief improvements but remains a sufferer, dimming the pleasure of his Colorado visit.
In Grand Junction Colorado a 2-year-old boy, son of D J Elder, died yesterday afternoon after swallowing a cake of yeast left on a table by the mother. The yeast caused inflammation of the bowels and stomach.
Weld County residents report Frank Good known as Fatty has reappeared in local spotlight amid alleged forging of an order at a Mead store. He reportedly reinstalled in the county jail after two weeks since release from prison for selling someone else’s wheat.
A St Louis Mountain and Southern passenger train number 13 derailed just across the Oklahoma border in the morning. Thirteen passengers were injured but not seriously.
Loveland Colorado hosts a grand Corn Roast festival with an industrial parade finally held after a delay. The event is billed as the greatest ever, drawing broad local participation and enthusiasm.
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