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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
3
A garbled listing shows want ads with pricing per line and miscellaneous items for sale and rent. It mentions sale items, second hand goods, rooms for rent, furnished and unfurnished options, and restaurant space, all presented in a rough local newspaper classified page style.
Local shop Thurlby promotes watch repair and jewelry ideas. The clipping lists farm loans by Sanborn and Houston with McClenahan, and names several travelers and visitors in Greeley, Windsor, Eaton, Boulder, Fort Collins, and Denver. It notes chautauqua events in Greeley and Boulder and mentions a warrant for two men in Windsor.
Thurlby for diamonds and McClenahan for loans headline a bustling social and business day in the city. The snippet lists visitors and travels including Aileen Monahan to Denver, families in Greeley and Pierce, and a council of residents touring Colorado Springs and Fort Collins along with a wedding trip to California.
E G McKinney owns a corner property on Eleventh Street noted for its pristine grounds. The white cottage sits among Carolina poplars with a broad lawn and a tidy kitchen garden. A vivid flower collection includes lilies from Ohio and a hedge of sweet peas with roses, dahlias, and a mix of petals creating a serene, well kept scene.
A Colorado & Southern excursion from Greeley to Fort Collins and the Poudre Canon water works will depart at 1 45 PM Thursday July 23 and return by early night. Passengers may bring lunch or use the lunch car on the train. The trip promises scenic farming country and a popular outing with fishing gear encouraged.
Special to the Daily Tribune Santa Barbara July 16 Two men die and property valued around 100000 destroyed in a fire at the Aron Oil and Standard Oil pumping and shipping station in Orcutt Santa Maria fields. Four tanks 35000 barrels each burned. One tank explosion killed L L Stevens and Frank Curtis who perished fighting the blaze. Co workers rescued another worker who ran back into the flames.
Mr and Mrs J M Emery of Newton Kansas visit Mrs D A Ree and Mrs T J Piper in Greeley. The three ladies are sisters. The Emerys have not visited in seven years and are impressed by changes. A D Woolman returns from Beloit Ohio after four weeks vacation and Mrs Woolman stays in Ohio for another month. Mr Woolman resumes duties at Kittle and Witheys.
The blood chilling autos pass in the air stunt is billed as the season’s most appalling feat by two more girls. The show is part of the Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth. The Greeley date is Friday Fly 31. Nelson Demorest returns from Wrylie’s Grove after camping with choir boys. Demorest plans a business trip east to Chicago New York and Boston with a stop in Tehison Kansas to visit his son Nello at Mrs Nesbit’s home.
Lancaster County orphan court Judge Smith rules any bequest to institutions teaching conjugal love under Swedenborg tenets is void. The decision affects the estate of Frederick J. Kramph with $51,785 distribution, calling Swedenborg rules derogatory to commonwealth law and public policy.
A colt at Mr. James Speers’s farm in Alexander Manitoba has eight distinct feet. The front legs are double from the knees and the hind legs are double from the fetlock. The colt, sired by a heavy Clydesdale dam, is healthy and active in its first progeny.
Today marks the nineteenth birthday of Miss Deta Cameron as she hosts a dinner for a group of young friends. Miss Cameron and her sister prepare the meal with Frederick and Margaret Cameron assisting in serving. guests include Miss Rosalie Buge, Miss Carrie Buge, Miss Nellie Gottreil, Miss Ethel Byers, and Messrs James Konkle, Harold Easterday, and Truby Cameron.
Miss Mary Carter and Miss Maud Meyer hosted a Hob by party on Tuesday evening at Miss Carter s home. Fifteen guests dressed as their hobbies, one artist wearing a charcoal decorated dress. Games, amusements, and refreshments were served by James Ottie Myer and Grace Hall.
Denver jurist Judge William G. Alexander sentences Maud Corey Niggle to one year in the county jail after a trial found her guilty of contributing to juvenile delinquency. The defendant showed deference as the verdict and sentence were delivered in open court.
A party of young men leaves for The Falls on the upper Poudre to set up a temporary bachelor camp for a couple of weeks. The group includes A. B. DeVoe Elmer R Elmer Gordon Gas Center Ralph Christopher and Wilmer Lewis as teamster.
The Chautauqua patrons will hear Congressman D G De Armond of Missouri, a leader among the minority in the lower house. A man who could gain such a place among orators in Congress, is worth hearing.
The article extols Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth with a rainbow of acts and animals. It highlights Josephs Coat, Agnes the hippo, a rhinoceros, giraffes, elephants, camels, and trained acts by Wormwood, Menstines, Mourtiier, Mary and Petrof. It notes many European and Asian performers and a new Autos That Ass in the Air parade.
Grain markets furnished by John G. Morgan Brokerage in room 15 Union Bank Building show Wheat September opening at 904 percent with a high of 91 and close at 91. Corn opens 74 with a high of 75 and close at 75. Oats start 424 with a high of 43 and close 434. Pork opens 15.95 with a high 16.22 and close 16.20.
The Four Leaf Clover club met Wednesday at Miss Christine Cole's residence 405 Twelfth Avenue. Despite the heat, members enjoyed a pleasant afternoon with peach ice and wafers served as refreshments.
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