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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1908
Page
3
Local classifieds show a Yardley sale listing with items including a hay rack and Angora kip pens, farm tools, horses, room for rent, and various farm loan and insurance notices. Several residents and visitors are noted traveling to Denver, Trinidad, Fort Collins, and other towns, with bulbs and plants advertised at area stores.
Fragments recall visits and travels of residents including Mrs Hall of Cheyenne and Mrs Pred Hartwick. Several couples attend gatherings, with talk of a political Democratic meeting featuring W A Hill and B W Taylor and Katherine Cook as speakers. Community updates include trips to Denver Amarilla and Columbus, plus local shop notices and bulb sales.
The Normal school library showcases rare books and curiosities collected by Professor Carter. Highlights include a Gould on butam birds set, a daguerreotype of Lewis Ledyard Weld, Washington’s death account from 1799, Vicksburg surrender print on wallpaper, and a Wells Wells report edition. Audubon set valued at 2500 dollars. the collection aims to display diverse book binding stages and Japanese pictures. Mrs E DeVine hosted a Circle gathering with sewing and socializing, forty guests, and pleasant refreshments.
Henry Hine and Leonard Curtis capitalists from Colorado Ings and J. R. McKee of New York City, son in law of ex President Harrison, are among arrivals at Cam field. They are hosted by B. D. Sanborn.
Miss Sarah A Parker, recently moved to Cripple Creek, travels from the town of Cripple Creek to attend a Congregational meeting and visit Mrs J H Russell. Parker had been a nurse in Greeley for several years and returned home to Pennsylvania in 1897.
The Epworth League held its regular meeting at the M E church Friday evening with seventy five members present. At the business session the league voted to support two native mission workers in the foreign field. A social with refreshments followed the meeting.
This afternoon a rally is held at the Unitarian church by the democratic women of the town. Speakers include Ellis Meredith Helen King Robinson and Mrs Helen J Gren fell, all from Denver. Miss Kate Mc Elroy, a state committee member, leads organizing efforts here.
Mrs Gordon Danforth entertained Friday evening at her home with an elaborate six course turkey dinner celebrating her birthday. The guests included A J Condon store clerks Edna Dent Edna Price Faye Pattee Lena Conroy Margaret Birdsall Josie Cummings Hettie Armstrong and Edna Kelley. Roses and smilax with autumn leaves decorated the rooms and tables. The occasion was greatly enjoyed by all present.
C M Marsh and son sell their photograph gallery to BE Wallace. Wallace will take possession October 15. Marsh tableau business since 1891, long at Highth Street then 916 Eighth Avenue for three years. Wallace in Greeley five years and has done acceptable work. Marsh plans to leave after election for California to spend winter with daughter Mrs CG Marsh. Son's plans undecided.
Breeders and ram buyers are invited to the Ramah Colorado ranch of The Host Live Stock Co to find good lambe and plenty of extra ram feeders. Desiring buyers can locate quality stock and arrange purchases at the ranch.
Ellen Willard and Wm Schmitd a LaSalle blacksmith travel with a deputy from Denver to face adultery charges. Schmitd, said to have abandoned a LAsalle partner after living with her eighteen months, then married again. Accusation filed by R T Mathews of LaSalle.
In a tense exchange Miss Berkenhead refuses Henry’s demand for the multiple presents he gave during their six month courtship. He asserts their engagement ended and seeks return, while she counters, insisting she keeps what was given. He mentions the required sixty days’ notice as the next step.
In a barber shop a customer notes a dog watching the haircut. The barber explains the dog watches because he often miscuts and takes a piece of a customer's ear by mistake. The tale comes from Lo Tit-Bits.
Greeley High School boys arrived this morning to face the Eaton squad on the field near Cheyenne avenue. Eaton players are in good shape and a spirited game is anticipated.
County commissioners continue in session weighing road policy as a local businessman urges opening a road to the state line or ensuring the one already open remains passable.
Four or five good young teams one span mules and one family sing driver for sale. Safe for women and children. Albert Lawrence place three miles east of Greeley. Phone Red RB. L. WATERS asks $33.
The Greeley Starch and Potato Company will begin accepting cut potatoes on October 15. Prospective suppliers should call early to coordinate with Manager Lindner.
Chloe Gallagher of Monmouth Illinois is the guest of her aunt Mrs. W R Adams.
Dr. Andrew Wilson notes salt holds a premier place in diet. Salt distributes through tissues, appears in excretions, and helps maintain blood balance. it is essential for health though its precise bodily role remains partly unclear. Historical examples link salt deprivation to emaciation and death under strict diets. Chicago News
An elderly man tests his grandson Rufus with a rifle aimed at a distant bottle. Rufus confirms sighting the bottle about thirty yards away. The elder prods, praising Rufus’s steady eye and assuring he is not fading despite past worries.
About 200 years ago missionaries taught Paraguay natives to make handmade lace. Lace making became a central occupation for women and many men in towns. The designs are drawn from local spider webs, giving the craft the name nanduti meaning spider web in the native language.
The article explains that rifled guns spin the bullet to preserve its direct flight, increasing range and hit certainty. It notes the rifled gun’s advantage over smoothbore barrels and cites Augustin Koster of Nuremberg as maker of the first rifled gun in 1520.
Wide World Magazine states the sponge is an animal with a complete digestive system and notes its dry flexible skeleton resembles silk from the silkworm. It recalls the initial observation that the sponge bears little resemblance to the final article when removed from the sea floor.
W T Kato a Japanese man shot accidentally last Sunday at a ranch between Greeley and Windsor was moved to St Luke's hospital in Denver Friday. He was accompanied by Dr G E Nelson and a Japanese friend Neste. The bullet hit his back while he sat at the supper table. paralysis now threatens his recovery.
Miss Helen Searing hosted Presbyterian choir members Friday night focusing on real work for the upcoming cantata Esther. The group has begun study of parts and will present the work early in December with refreshments served after practice.
Prices listed include potatoes per cwt, ranch butter per, eggs per dot, poultry per lb, with several figures unclear due to OCR. The item reads as a market round up note from a Greeley area market column, showing commodity prices in shorthand.
Prospectus promotes irrigation based farming in the Lower Rio Grande Valley Texas. Claims include early melons Bermuda onions vegetables fruits grapes sugar cane alfalfa yields and rich alluvial soil. Offers 20 acre tracts or larger for rent or sale 60 to 75 dollars per acre with homeseekers excursions on the first and third Tuesdays.
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