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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1908
Page
3
A collage of want ads and social notes from Greeley, including sale and rental notices, sewing and domestic help ads, theater promotions, and local society movements. Mentions Ceats line items, house furnishing asks, jobs, and farm loan notices. Names include Miss Frances Rosenbure and Mrs. F. M. Clark along with local addresses and stores.
Sanborn and Houston are mentioned with local business activity in Loveland and nearby towns. Several residents including Ms Anos Johnson of Longmont and Mrs Dent of Greeley are noted on business trips. The piece advertises ticket sales for a library benefit, Christmas gifts, local markets, and a furniture seller, with references to Fort Collins and Oskaloosa IA as travel destinations and to the Greeley Opera House.
Auty Noxon of Colorado Springs visits friends in Greeley this week. R E Hill of Union Pacific was in Greeley Monday. Dr and Mrs R E Bristine of Iowa City enroute from Cheyenne to Fort Collins visited relatives. The HoffMaft market opens offering fresh and salt meats fish oysters and vegetables. Wilson Grocery invites all to view their stock of china through Christmas. Eleanor Wilkinson led a cooking class to the Greeley candy factory where students learned candy making and took chocolates home. J M Davis, longtime Greeley visitor for Bowman Hall Candy, plans a vacation as his California-based family prepares to reunite. Voting standings show Miss Mabel Wasley leading, with Ada Crawford Laura Mitchell Mamie Glazier and others following. The Greeley Candy Kitchen.
A historical note traces the evolving title of Charles H. Yale's spectacle from The Devil's Auction to The Everlasting Devil's Auction over twenty eight editions. It lists events at Greeley opera house and includes a want ad for a washwoman and local political chatter about a circuit judge seat in Larimer county. It also mentions a Ri-Bi benefit at the opera house and farm loan advertisements.
Unity club met in the church parlor for a social and business session. Four departments outlined work including drama Dickens Crickets Hearth, musical concerts, evolution lectures, and social activities. 50 members with prospects noted.
The Tribune seeks earnest proposals from organizations and individuals on the best use of a quarter of a million dollars for public benefit in Greeley. If placed in trust with groups like the Masons or Odd Fellows, how should the funds be invested to maximize benefit for all residents? Address replies to the Tribune.
Archdeacon Thomas A. Schofield of Denver will conduct the Christmas service and administer the Holy Communion at Trinity Church Greeley on Christmas day at 10 o clock in the morning. A special offering will be taken for the Aged and Infirm Clergy fund. All communicants are urged to be present.
A man named Gorderson claiming to be a farmer near Greeley is jailed in Denver after accusing four women of touching him for 80 dollars at a Denver resort. He was held as a witness. In circuit court, Frank J. Smith vs W. H. McCall ended amicably with the attachment dismissed and a settlement reached.
Daily transfers list includes John Knippel to George S Funsi st and others for properties in Eaton and Greeley May include lots, blocks, right of way, and patent in 32-7-64. Transactions show values from $1 to $14,000 across Mont View Park Arlington Heights and For est Park Sub. Includes multiple buyers and sellers with parcels in Greeley and surrounding areas.
A three member jury in Justice Stevens court found for Lilly R Moffit and ordered J C Malonee to return $100 plus costs in a disputed property binding. The ruling effectively in favor of the woman but against her, with costs exceeding the amount involved and both sides claiming victory for their lawyers. Attorney Hatch announced an appeal for the plaintiff while Attorney Ewing defended Malonee.
Valient Nims was feted Friday evening on his fourteenth birthday with about thirty five young guests. The party, planned by his mother Mrs F A Nims and aunt Miss Edith Gale, featured pink and white decorations, games, a late supper, a pink candy trimmed cake, and snow ball favors with holly sprigs.
The page lists commodity prices for produce and livestock including potatoes, onions, cabbage, barley, wheat, steers and heifers, live chickens, ducks, eggs, and wedding notices. Prices show small variations with potatoes at 60c, onions 80c, cabbage 1.60, and eggs around 60 to 57 cents per dozen.
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