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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1908
Page
2
Public notice from The Greeley Tribune Publishing Company outlines subscription options and rates. It lists daily and weekly editions, carrier and mail delivery, and annual pricing, noting details under postal act classifications and managerial contact.
The Tribune urges readers to mail heartfelt notes Christmas week to express gratitude to mothers sisters sweethearts brothers and friends. It laments post office delays and the neglect of recipients causing givers to miss much of the gift's pleasure.
Neill and Ward must move their lumber yard within a couple of months after the present quarters were purchased by Mr. Camfield. The company will shift to Sixth Street just west of the tracks where they already own property. Plans for an office dry room and lumber sheds are under consideration.
David Higgins is laid up after a slip and fall in his potato cellar. Initial fears of internal injury gave way to a doctor’s report that he only suffered a sprain.
Rome reports southern Italy and Sicily suffer a cataclysmic quake with estimates reaching 100000 dead and many more injured. Messina and Reggio suffer heavy losses as riots, looting, and martial law erupt amid widespread destruction. Catalia harbor vessels sunk by a tidal wave and Mount Etna erupts as panic grips the region. The same issue previews The Flower of the Ranch at the Greeley Opera House, a musical play by Joseph E. Howard about a California stagecoach wreck and a tale of love, theft, and restored fortune with a large cast and song numbers.
Miss Annie Oster of Denver spent last week visiting her parents. Mrs. Carrie Stanke of Nebraska visits her parents. Mrs. Florence Downing and children of Littleton visit Sherman Markle. Theos Markle hosts sister Mrs. Steele from California. Fred Roeck returns home from Greeley improved. Rica Oster and Henry Engle of Kersey wed at Juride’s home last Wednesday with Rev. Glazier officiating. they visit Denver afterward.
The new $5,000 LaSalle school house is completed with cream colored pressed brick and surface heating. Furniture is being moved and classes begin the Monday after New Year's. A fourth teacher will join the teaching corps, reflecting town credit.
Ernest Tuck, president of the class of 1909, reports arrival of class pins from C. H. Elliott Co. Philadelphia. The kite shaped Roman gold pins feature gold letters G H 8 09 on black enamel. Thirty two graduates comprise the class this year.
The Colorado & Southern offers a special one fare round trip to all points in the state. Tickets on sale December 24 25 and January 1 with additional round trips from all points to Denver and return December 27 28. Final limit January 4.
Lowest temperature in the past twenty four hours was sixteen above. Central Colorado to face colder night with clearing skies then Wednesday expected to be fair and colder in the eastern portion.
Agricultural experts report barley plowed under before planting potatoes can double yields, and similar practice may uplift beet production. Improved tilling has boosted sugar beets with higher tonnage and sugar content, while early seeding is advised for next year. The community has joyfully welcomed nearly $2,000,000 in recent investments.
The Mead merchants note strong Christmas trade as the community enjoys skating on the lake and mild west winds melt snow filling beaft fields while teachers spend vacations at home and Rufus Mead leaves Las Vegas for a Texas trip after serving as Las Vegas NM superintendent.
The district court adjourns and will reconvene January 5. At that time the jury will be recalled and the trial of cases continued.
Daily transfers listed by Weld County Abstract and Investment Co. include William E Glasgow to Elsie C Simpson for 320.68 on 4 10 61 and several United States patent transfers to Anna Stutaman Hanford H Cooper Albert H Roberts, plus John Reagan to Robert F McCune for 1 and Mabel Bough Anderson to School District No 7 for 100 for one acre in NE corner NW 29 5 67 and E Schoonover to Newton G Waldo for 2150 late 27 28 Bik 23 Baton.
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