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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1908
Page
3
Miscellaneous items shout rent notices sales and local person notices. Listings include rental ads, a garden tract sale, a young bull sale, and local arrivals visits. Notable names include Fred Storms Helen Smith K Fitzhugh and J H Hays. Community events note skating party at Normal High and visits by Mrs Owen and Miss Graham.
Fragmented notes show shop inventory for Christmas items at W H Greenhouse and Evans. local family updates include travel, camp attendance, and a mortgage concern at the Greeley B and L. Mentions of Seymour street, Weld phone numbers, and references to a Grand In Chief Nevins visit appear amid ads and listings.
In Circuit Court the jury found for the plaintiff J L Wolfe in a money demand suit over commission on a real estate sale. The next case is an injunction action set for Monday morning involving Frank Smith and W H Meal.
The Shakespearean Literary society held a Friday recitation contest for three high school classes with the eleventh grade earning honors. Competitors performed piano solos and readings, and the event included a Girls Chorus and a later guest day of the P. E. O. Sisterhood with Prof. Royal Bullock delivering a Cliff Dwellers lecture and illustrated with reflectoscope views. Thirty guests attended the evening at Mrs. J. B. McCutcheon’s home followed by a fine repast.
The YWCA at the Normal reports a successful bazar on Friday evening. More than 100 dollars was earned from fancy articles and an evening of entertainment. Net proceeds will fund YWCA work after minor expenses. The school hosted decorated rooms and student contributed crafts. A minstrel show by four faculty members L A Adams J C Kendel H A Campbell and H W Hochbaum entertained attendees.
Mr W H Edwards gave an entertaining lecture at the East Side church Friday to Sunday school members. His Grand Canon of the Colorado is a favored hobby and his stere opticon views cover a 600 mile stretch. Nineteen years ago this week he toured the canon, with photographer Mr Nims who broke his leg and returned home.
Secretary McCreery of the Commercial club offers a register to record all business visitors to Greeley. The club will forward literature periodically and has pamphlets about Greeley available upon request to help spread the word. Hoffmans market at 827 Seventh street invites phone orders and promises fair pricing and quality with Weld 102.
Mary Wills aged 50 was struck and killed by a moving engine on the sugar road tracks near the hill line in Eaton Friday night. Her companion Mrs John Lawton escaped injury when a trainman pulled her from the tracks and threw her clear. Wills sister and mother in law in St Petersburg are notified. Funeral arrangements expected at the M E church with remains taken to Greeley by the coroner.
Boomer Hook and Ladder plans its annual masquerade ball at the armory on Christmas night claiming it will outdo all past entertainments. Fire companies receive only 25 from the city, funds used for injuries, funerals, flowers, and occasional cigars, with the public urged to support their recreation and safety work.
Denver police locate the mother of Peter Banmaker, a boy who fled his Greeley home claiming abuse by his stepfather. The group traveled from Chicago with a man named Williams in a prairie schooner. Peter escaped the outfit in Greeley and walked to Denver, where the family was found in a single room on the city’s outskirts. Williams is arrested for contributing to juvenile delinquency.
A committee authorized to hire successors to Professors Carlyle and Olin has informally approved contracts. Carl G. Gray of Pennsylvania will earn $3,000 annually with residence, free fuel and lights, and Alvin Keyser of Nebraska will earn $2,500. These salaries mirror Carlyle and Olin’s former compensation.
The Central Blacksmith Shop, run by proprietor R. L. Orr, relocates from Seventh Street to 617 619 Sixth Avenue. The business offers blacksmithing services and farm loans, with Sanborn & Houston also listed.
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