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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1908
Page
3
The text notes Governor Folk of Missouri values small towns over one large city. He argues merchants deserve town business and good citizens should support them, asserting a strong preference for distributed towns where residents invest locally. The quote emphasizes local economy and civic responsibility.
Partial readable text shows a notice or advertisement referencing a sewing request at 708 OTH Street. It mentions sympathy and friendship and a sentiment about not needing tokens or further contact, suggesting a personal note or plea embedded in a longer, garbled message. The fragmented lines obscure full intent and details.
A roundup of short notices mentions Little Local Farm loans in Sanborn and Houston. Charles K. Collins sent Sunday in Denver. Mrs. Rose Eames visited Eaton friends. Miss Almata Asmus hosted a thimble party. Miss Helen Phillips returned from Denver. A. D. Pier visited Denver with family. Mrs. W. J. Wright guests. Marriage license issued to Henry Wagner and Caroline EB Otto Pollie. Nurses' association meets at 2 30 p.m. Wednesday at 1806 Eleventh Avenue. Moses Stone Sr. returned to Denver after a visit. Chotte irrigated land in San Luis Valley offered for exchange. Merle Easterday leaves Cheyenne for a surveying trip with L. L. Stimpson.
Miss Roxye Adams returns to Denver to resume school duties after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Adams. C L Faulkner came back from Denver where he spent Thanksgiving. Mrs Faulkner and the children returned home. Hoffmans Market advertises meets and prices at 827 Seventh Street with Weld 102. Mr and Mrs L L Wyatt hosted a dinner with relatives from Ault Denver and Weld. Will Welsh returns from Riverside Irrigation work at Weldona. Mrs G W Graham hosted Junior Bridge Friday evening. Miss Mary McCutcheon visited her brother J B McCutcheon and family before returning to Denver. she teaches at Westminster University. Mr and Mrs W C Dickerson returned from Denver after Thanksgiving with daughter Mrs M B Warner. Mrs Dickerson's sister Mrs Millard Filmer left Denver for Gloversville N Y.
Miss Katherine McElroy went to Denver to attend Ben Hur. Mesdames E. C. Smith and C. N. Jackson were in Denver seeing Ben Hur. Piéstry fine Christmas trees advertised at J. M. Peterson's. Nursing course offered with diplomas on December 10. William A. Berry visited Greeley from Montrose Enterprise. Mrs. E. C. F. Whitaker and daughter Marjory hosted in Colorado Springs. H. G. Clark to attend Antero and Lost Park Reservoir stockholders meeting. State Normal school secretary offers home help services. Hoffman Market promotes meats and vegetables with bright ads.
Colorado state veterinarian Dr. Charles Lamb reassures that cattle are fine but orders vigilant monitoring for foot and mouth disease and mange. The stock board tightens inspections in districts recently released from quarantine and near absence of eastern shipments limits risk of disease entering Colorado markets.
County Clerk Davis administered the oath of office to Judge elect Bradfield this afternoon and he will assume duties Tuesday morning. His $5,000 bond is filed. Judge Nixon retires and opens a law office near First National Bank. The Bradfields plan to live in Greeley with two children and are noted for church work.
James DeVolle, 64, died Sunday afternoon at his brother H. M. De Volle’s home on Eighth Street. He collapsed while lighting a pipe after chatting with relatives. death attributed to heart failure. Survived by mother Mrs. Maria DeVotie of Vernon New York and three brothers and three sisters. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
At Park Congregational church the Sunday evening program opened with the boys chorus filing down the aisle and singing a hymn. The regular choir gave two excellent selections and baritone J A Beyrer delivered a standout performance. Mrs Frank Mathews played the organ and performed a Prelude Revenue by Flagler with Harvest Thanksgiving march by Calkins.
P A Hartung civil engineer has been appointed deputy county surveyor, replacing C D Page who resigned. Hartung will move his office from the First National Bank building to the survey office at the courthouse and will act under Wr Wright the new surveyor, who takes duties January 9. Hartung will continue his civil and irrigation engineering practice.
The annual meeting of the First Unitarian Society of Greeley Colorado will be held Friday evening December 4 at 7 30 o clock in the church parlors for the purpose of electing two trustees and the transaction of such other business as may come before said meeting. G Adams Secretary Greeley Colorado November 28 1908.
A petition for the adoption of three children was filed in the county court by Isaac Esther of Erie. He seeks to have the children’s names changed to his surname. The children are Cecil Creek and Arthur Carl Creek, twins aged nearly four, and Lee Roy, aged five.
A. H. Sherwood, sought on forgery charges after passing bad checks for $5 and $23, was found by Denver deputies, brought to Greeley by local officials. He claimed he cashed checks for ranch workers in beet fields and offered to locate the men if released, with sheriff Florance to assess his claim.
Wallace the untamable man-eating lion is at the Electric theatre this week. The forest bred giant has killed three trainers including Captain Hendricks of Schutes Park zoo. English lion tamer Frank Hail enters the cage to drive the beast, then exits, with no audience danger.
Edward Kar tenbach, once believed dead after a May funeral in Denver, is alive in the city. His life insurance was paid to relatives after he was supposedly killed in a Goldfield Nevada hold up. Last night he was found playing pool in the Eagles club, confirming a mistaken identity with his alleged corpse.
Mrs. Gertrude Abbott a young widow fled her home barefooted in night attire to escape alleged advances by R. L. Gillespie a Virginia businessman. The landlady reports the intrusion occurred early this morning. Gillespie denies the charges.
Special to the Dat'v Tribune Pittsburg Pa Nov 30 Eighty two bodies have been recovered from the Pittsburg Buffalo mines at Marianna that caught fire yesterday. Thirty more have been located and will be brought to the surface. Miners worked in rescue shifts of four hours each and faced falling coal and slate. There were 130 men in the mine at the time of the explosion.
Mable Stillwell received a divorce from Frank Stillwell on grounds of desertion and non-support. The court granted custody of their two daughters aged 5 and 7. The defendant did not appear and the verdict was by default.
Lydia Zitzman eight months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Zitzman, died Saturday at the family home six miles west of Greeley. Funeral services were held at 11 this morning at the Russian church in east Greeley.
Police report two dozen dogs killed by noon today and three animals tied up showing possible poison or rabies symptoms. They will be kept several more days for developments as a few children may be at risk of infection.
Special to the Daily Pittsburgh November 30 reports the Chicago Limited passenger train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad derailed on a long hill after colliding with a freight train. Fireman G. F. E. Seidell was killed and about five hundred people were seriously injured.
Special to the Daily Tribune Denver reports that the American Smelting and Refining Company known as the Smelter Trust declared its semiannual dividend. The Guggenheim family reportedly holds a half million shares in the company.
The Hoffman market is now open offering fresh and salt meats fish oysters and vegetables at 837 Seventh Street. Contact Weld 102 for orders and inquiries.
C H Baird the tailor has moved to 812 Ninth avenue and invites patronage. Cleaning and pressing offered with goods called for and delivered. Phone Greeley 31.
Notice requests all orders to be left at once with J M Peterson for Christmas trees located at 720 Main Street.
Local shop showcases a full line of watches diamonds jewelry silverware toilet sets cut glass and china in silver and leather. Retailers urge immediate purchase to avoid missing out on best selections.
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