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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
3
Classified notices advertise Angora kid sale or trade 35 year old animals, and autos for sale or repair. Furnished and unfurnished cottages for rent plus upstairs rooms. Labor, living wages, and trade lots for live stock sought. Rentals include bachelor, two to four room units with electric, pets allowed or not. Office contact details scattered among noisy OCR fragments.
Local brief items list temple quartet at Chautauqua tonight and various social visits. Entries mention Mrs. Charles Braman of Denver visiting Mrs. W. D. Balcom, Miss Sylvia Price returning from Monte Vista summer school, and multiple trips and guests across Greeley and surrounding towns.
Thurlby for diamonds. McClenahan the farm loan man. Baird over Demorest clean clothes. Engraved calling cards at the Tribune. Hear the Tom Quartette at Chautauqua tonight. Henry Candlin attended the Boulder chautauqua Thursday. Mrs William Wylie gave a dinner Thursday in honor of Miss Gertrude Kendel of Washington Ia. Emil Hedenskog a juror from Ault was taken sick and confined to his room at the Albion hotel. Mrs Anna Cunningham and daughter left for Moreland Kan after two weeks with N A Hobbs family. E T Briggs spent weeks with family at Glen Haven came down on business Thursday noon. J N Gibson and sister Margaret Howe and cousins left for Estes Park for a week. The ladies are from Pennsylvania. See MacClenahan for loans. Tribune want ads do the business Thursday the diamond man. Wedding invitations and announcements at the Tribune office. Miss Rhoda Haynes returned Thursday evening from a week in Denver. Raymond Wolfe sells the Saturday evening Post and takes mail orders for the Ladies Home Journal. Call him at Greenley 437 or Tribune office. Mr and Mrs E H Downey left for Boulder for a week or ten days in the San itarium. Little Jerry will remain in Greeley with his aunt Hattie Bishop.
C E B Stubbs, president of the Inter-State Fair and Exposition, visited Greeley to urge farmers to prepare Weld County exhibits for the Denver fair opening September 7 for a week. He aims to boost local participation, with a $25,000 cash premium pool.
Dell Jordan, nine miles northeast of here, was arrested Thursday and brought to justice court where he was fined $159 for shooting four cows owned by neighbor George Briscoe. The animals allegedly entered his crops after crossing his fence.
Fred Vincent known as Long Shorty died by suicide at a Royalty club saloon after planning to end his life due to cancer and disfigurement. The 42 year old from Grand Junction had sold his body four times to doctors in Chicago St Louis and Denver and outlived three purchasers of the body who held bills of sale.
Alderman John Shattuck returned from a tour of the flooded Red River district and described dire conditions. He said most life sustenance has been swept away and starvation is possible, with fodder and raw corn eaten by some. Sanitation is threatened by rotting vegetation and the crop is ruined with no prospect to replant.
Grain prices from the John G. Morgan Brokerage show Sept Wheat opening at 91 with a close at 91 and Dec Wheat opening at 98 with a high of 92 and close at 92. Corn Sept opens 76 with a close 76, Dee and Oats Sept show varied figures, and Pork futures trade around 16.60 to 16.67 with a high near 15.70.
Complete schedule lists dates July 25 to August 2 with daily lectures sermons concerts and entertainment. Notable figures include Jehu DeWitt Miller H. G. Hill Dr A G Van Haaften Miss Zaida Gaines and Swanee Jubilee Singers. Activities span divine worship lectures prelude concerts motion pictures and civic topics in a park setting.
Secretary Wilson of the United States Department of Agriculture is in Denver for a vacation but may be examining issues at the state agricultural college and the U S experiment station.
An informal affair was hosted at the Newton residence by Mrs Byron Newton. Sweet peas decorated the setting and a dainty lunch prepared by Miss Sadie Miller was served. The evening was enjoyed by all.
Four thousand tons of barley fill the hold of the steamer Anubis and push the ship toward breaking up on San Migue island. The vessel leans on a sharp ledge with hull punctured while grain swells and water rises. Captain Van Salen remains aboard as 68 crew and passengers endure short water and camp on Flea Island. No relief steamer can reach due to kelp and submerged ledges.
Colorado and Southern Railway offers round trip to the summit of Mt McClellan for $4 from Georgetown Loop $3 on Saturday July 25. Visitors view the Ice Palaces described as the world’s most brilliant crystal displays with electric lights and natural ice sculpture.
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions in the northern portion with local showers expected in the southern portion. Temperatures are mild with no significant storms expected.
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