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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
3
Five cents per line in the Wednesday edition. Ten cents line for sale and sale notice dates. Listings include items such as a young pig, old goods, a one-holler bull, and furnished rooms for rent. Also noted are miscellaneous notices for rent and sale.
Christmas visits spread across towns with friends and relatives in Pueblo Denver Fort Collins Greeley and Wheatland. Residents share greetings, family journeys, and social events as Mae Zehr Abbie Day and other locals spend holidays with kin and return home.
Locals and visitors keep Christmas busy with travels to Denver Pueblo and Nebraska. Notables include H. M. Berry Alvin Eagle J. Albert Beyrer and J. H. Empeon among others visiting relatives, friends, and attending weddings. Community dinners and a large public Christmas meal at the Camfield are highlighted along with a mortgage-free milestone for the Greeley B and L Association.
Local news from Greeley reports holiday visits by Jesse Nasbaum and others. Tickets sold for Denver Christmas events. 150 pre sale and 100 on the day prior. Church group to hear J W McCreery at 16 o clock Sunday. Mrs. Owen Fitzpatrick mourns husband death in Grand Junction. Visitors Sheila Ellsworth Leadville and Grace McDonald Victor arrive for visits. Community members noted holiday gatherings, gifts, and a $35 purse for rural mail carrier Crail and others. A Greeley property offer and an insurance assembly update add to the scene.
Oral report notes that L. Orr proprietor moves operations from Seventh Street to the new 617 619 Sixth Avenue address, continuing the blacksmithing business.
Miss Helen Flury died on Christmas day of tubercular meningitis at age nineteen. She came to Greeley with her mother Mrs. W. H. Flury a few months ago and lived on a ranch near Greeley. The mother will take the remains to Denver for vault storage until spring, when the body will be taken to Michigan for burial.
Clara Rienks nine year old daughter of Mrs Isabel Rienks died Christmas night at her mother's home. She had been in usual health until relieved by a stomach ailment on Christmas morning. The death was caused by uremia. Arrangements for the funeral have not been announced.
A man who traveled from Denver to work as a cook fled Greenley after buying chloroform and discovering a gas box at the police station. Afraid of a policeman, he escaped when an officer was summoned and has not been seen since. He arrived only a day ago and his name remains unknown.
Mrs Lena Reppe wife of John Reppe died Wednesday December 23 at the family home 1014 Twelfth Street of tuberculosis She was 26 Funeral services will be held at the Christian church at 2 20 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
A gold bracelet was lost Saturday between the Camfield hotel and the Catholic church. The owner stopped at Park Merchandise Co. and Craig Book Store before returning to the Camfield hotel. Liberal reward offered.
Special to the Daily Tribune Dec 26 reports Claus Spreckels the sugar king died at his California mansion early this morning from pneumonia. He shaped the annexation movement for Hawaii joining the United States.
The suit by J. M. Ferguson against Jesse Patterson to recover 100 dollars from a bet on Florance versus Poe was dismissed on a technicality by Justice Stevens. Ferguson and English each posted 100 dollars. Patterson gave the money to English as the winner and Ferguson seeks a future ruling.
Seventy five children enjoyed a festive Elks Christmas feast led by Mr. Kall of the Camfield. The meal featured ample turkey and pie served without fuss, followed by an hour of entertainment at the Electric theatre to cap the day.
A. A. Peralta has placed an eighteen-bottle display at the Commercial club showing the stages of sugar manufacture from sliced beets to refined sugar. The exhibit offers an educational view for high school students and could replace a factory visit for understanding the process.
O C Martin of Denver was jailed by police for an attempt on his sweetheart Bertha Sullivan after lunch near a restaurant. Martin fired six shots at the ten foot distance, but none struck the woman. Sullivan worked at the Longhorn hotel.
Denver December 26 A writ of habeas corpus released request filed in circuit court seeking McCreery's release. He is jailed on charges of failing to account for hay and grain handled as commission merchant for Fort Collins dealers.
Mrs Lavie, owner of a Birmingham hotel, was shot dead by J W Griffith Christmas. The woman reportedly tried to stab Griffith with a butcher knife, inflicting a deep throat wound. Farm Lanes. Sanborn & Houston.
The Churches Baptist Church led by Rev. D. D. Forward lists Bible school at 9 45 a m and morning service at 10 45 a m with a sermon titled Prospect The B Y P U gathers at 6 30 p m and 7 30 p m for a sermon lecture Prospect The Unitarian Church led by Rev. M R Kerr at the corner of 9th Ave and 5th St offers preaching at 9 45 a m on Peace Among Men with Sunday School at 12 noon and an evening lecture at 7 30 p m on The Evolution of Morality.
Services will be held for members of the Latter Day Saints at the M. B. building. Details of time and speakers are not provided in the fragment.
At the corner hall on 9th Ave and 7th Street at 2 o clock Sunday afternoon the elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints invite all to attend. No collections will be taken. Elder Heber W. Perry presides.
Old time revival continues at 7 30 each night at 711 Tenth street. Sunday services at 10 30 am 2 30 pm and 7 30 pm. Evangelist Mrs Libbie Ware of Denver Colorado will arrive January first to assist in meetings. Evangelist M B Case of Colorado Springs leads the present efforts with other workers.
Rev J M Wylie hosts Sunday school at 10 a m and sermon at 11 a m on The Passing Glory of the World. Evening Young People's meeting at 6 30 p m followed by a 7 30 p m sermon on The Birth of the Nation of Israel.
The Congregational Church offers Sunday school at 9 30 morning worship at 10 45 with an anthem Glory to God on High by Giebel Mrs Clark and the choir and a sermon Character Building The Y P S C E meets at 6 30 pm and evening worship at 7 30 The vested choir of boys will sing Mrs Hugh reads The Face of Christ an old legend retold by Katherine Woods and the sermon Has It Been Worth While John Doane minister
Reverend R J Hunter leads special Christmas services on Sunday December 27 with morning 10 45 regular worship and evening 7 30. Choir and orchestra perform pieces including Tidings of Great Joy While Shepherds Watched and The Birthday of a King backed by solos duets and a sermon The Star of Bethlehem and The Holy City. Scott Thompson is organist Emil B Hatch directs the choir and all are invited to attend.
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