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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
3
Mixed classified items show SALE of SNAP panera and furniture items at 1208 street with cash offers. RENT notices advertise furnished and unfurnished rooms, up to four with housekeeping, prices around 16 per day. WANTED ads seek improved property and a reliable man without a family, with contact by phone.
Thurlby, famed for diamonds, advertises for jewelry and best silverware while urging readers to trust the Tribune for quality. Farm less, Sanborn & Houston. Doubtful lines emphasize Thurlby as the man with the diamonds and imply top craftsmanship.
Short items from Little Local Thursby to circus crowd scenes and business openings. Names include E J Johnson heading to Mexico and Mrs H C Cooper visiting Windsor friends. Voorhees Realty files incorporation in Arapahoe county. Colorado Engineering and Construction Co formed for 26 600 stock. Hardin surveyor S Sanford plans a 700 acre reservoir with 500 million cubic feet of storage to water 20 000 acres at an estimated 150 000 cost.
A special Co S excursion train runs from Greeley to Eldorado Springs on Thursday August 6. The trip departs at 1 45 p m and returns at 9 30 p m. Round trip fare is 2 25 dollars.
Farm loans from Sanborn and Houston noted as townsfolk discuss local matters. In Eaton today Judge Hensley and Rev. E Payne visit. Lincoln, Neb. resident C C Crosby stops in Greeley en route home from Ogden. Several residents attend the chautauqua and a show while others travel or recover from injuries. A missing bay horse marked on the right shoulder is offered for return to the city marshal.
County Treasurer P W Allen reports 410000 of 520000 1907 taxes collected, a gain of 5000 over the same date last year. Townspeople visit the circus today with Mrs George V and children among several families noted: Miss Marie Frater, Mrs Wil Armatage, Mrs Jas Wolfe, Mr and Mrs Fred Shattuck and family, Johnny Hill, and Mrs James Gault.
C. R. Howard of Anamosa Iowa visits old school mate W. E. Kinsella in Greeley and weighs selling his drug business due to ill health. Clerks at the county clerk’s office are off to see the circus, while horses fill Van Sickle livery barn and carriages line the streets.
Jesse Fifer shot and killed his eight year old daughter Hagel and mortally wounded Mrs Dennis Nihout a confinement patient. He also wounded his wife and seriously injured sister in law Mrs F Warren before killing himself. The attack occurred at the maternity hospital in Seattle as Fifer reportedly lit matches to see in the dark after the first shot.
Charles Humphreys chief clerk of the bureau of police and Harry M Bromley upholsterer were killed when a Reading express train struck their automobile at a crossing as gates closed. Both men were ground to pulp under the locomotive wheels in Philadelphia.
The Swedish American Republican club postpones its July 21 special meeting to August 4. A program will be presented, and Eldorado Springs Odd Fellows Day features a Colorado & Southern round trip ticket priced at $2.25. A special train departs at 7:00 am.
Engraved calling cards and wedding invitations offered by the Tribune. Walter Starbird returns to his cattle ranch in South Park this afternoon. A baby boy born July 28 to Dr and Mrs W F Spaulding of Kersey. Mrs Jay Platt visits with her parents Mr and Mrs Allen Ramsey. Fred Wilson of Glasgow Mont visiting with Mr and Mrs C F Neill. Bruce G Eaton and family and others from Estes Park attend the circus. Raymond Wolfe sells the Saturday Post and takes mail orders for the Ladies Home Journal, contact Tribune office or Greeley 37.
Special agents in Chicago pursue evidence to support Sherman act proceedings against the Harriman railroad system. Ralph M. McKenzie, key in the ICC inquiry, questions how the Harriman combination may have limited competition by interviewing major shippers and traffic men to gauge impact on trade.
Special to the Daily Tri from Cheyenne Wyoming on July 31 reports Mine Inspector Noah Young blames Union Pacific coal company for the Hanna mine disaster of March 28. The inspector cites shaft and tunnel blockages as the accident cause. The report warns that 10,000 Wyoming miners face daily risks like this.
Chicago records 24 infant deaths in 24 hours amid record heat and humidity. Twenty adults are prostrated and five more have died. Officials cite extreme weather and lack of breeze as the city endures a deadly heat wave hitting tenement districts hardest.
A Thursday evening gathering at Miss Statler’s home welcomed Miss Aurand of Denver. About a dozen Statler friends joined the hostess for a lawn supper before a trip to the chautauqua.
I O O F lodge plans a grand picnic at Eldorado Springs on Saturday August 1. A special train departs Greeley at 7 00 a m with a round trip price of 2 25.
The C. and S. will sell excursion tickets to Ward for 3.00 dollars. Tickets are valid on the train leaving Greeley at 7:00 p.m. and returning at 10:30 p.m. on Thursday July 30.
Thoroughly modern cottage on Normal Hill offered for sale by William F. Stephens agent. Opera House block listing notes a very reasonable price and easy terms to the right party.
A Colorado film of Eldorado Springs resort shown at Bijou theater draws praise for scenery and clear depiction of the big swimming pool with about 100 bathers. Prof Baldwin on the chasm and water falls are featured. The Chautauqua program Saturday evening offers the film with other pictures for Tribune moonlight excursion prospects. The Bijou will repeat the showing next week Monday and Tuesday.
Colorado Springs report that Central Colorado Power ends a contract with United Hydro Electric of Georgetown. United becomes sole distributor for Gilpin and Clear Creek counties enabling unlimited power for mining and milling as the Shoshone plant nears completion. A new Idaho Springs substation will receive power for distribution starting soon with delivery anticipated by November 1.
Mrs. Albert Marke leapt into a roaring falls with her three month old baby in her arms after an attempt to save her niece. She fought the current and was saved, nearly unconscious from rocks. Francis B. Lee editor Thomas Holmes E M Cooney and E N Elso also risked their lives to aid the rescue.
In Huerfano county near Maitland 16 year old John Vondergern was drowned when a six foot water wall surged down a dry arroyo after a cloud burst. His younger brother survived by being washed into a wire fence. the body was recovered this morning after a long washdown of a horse and buggy. A search party formed after a ranch house alarm.
Mrs. Mary K. Lauck aged 78 German national died early this morning at Greeley hospital. She had lived with her son John Lauck at 421 Thirteenth Street.
Special trains will run from Sterling Fort Morgan Denver Boulder and Greeley for Odd Fellows day at Eldorado Springs on Saturday August 1. A special train leaves Greeley at 7 00 a m and the round trip fare is 2 25.
Dr B K Ellis announces he will vacate his rooms in the Hawes building on August 1 and enter into a business partnership with Dr W B Thompson with offices above Fezer's Drug Store.
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