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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1908
Page
3
A cluttered want ad page lists cows Angora kids and other livestock for sale, boards for rent, modern cottages for rent, housekeeping help wanted and jobs. It mentions wages, moderate terms and contact hints though the text is fragmented and garbled. The notices include sale listings for heavy flowers and a bag, pieces of clothing and household goods as well as boarders and a possible gentleman seeking lodging.
The column records a string of brief items including wedding invitations from the Tribune office for Mrs Rebecca Middleton of Eaton ton a guest of Mrs W L Clay, travel notices for Dr Ella Mead and the Gibson family moving to Ash Grove Missouri, Dr John Treloar and family en route to Fort Collins, and a farewell reception planned for Dr Avis and family by the Methodist Brotherhood and Ladies Aid at the chapel.
A long list of local residents and visitors bound for or returning from Denver Salem and other cities. People include John Mohr heading to Salem Oregon and Col Jack Kemmerer from Fort Morgan and Denver. Several families depart for Denver or New York state with social and business links noted.
Mrs. Scott Bullard entertaining a house party this week as her sisters gather for a long awaited reunion. Guests include Mrs W W Field of Greeley Colorado and Mrs David A Clark of Denver with Mrs F E Whittiker of Leavenworth Kansas. Mrs Clark returned home Thursday and Mrs Whitiker’s daughter Mrs W H Winslow plans a brief visit.
Special to the Daily Tribune Denver September 11 Jacob Jurgins aged 68 killed himself in his room at 3016 Arapahoe street by chloroform. He left a note stating the reason and directing cremation with ashes cast into the Platte river. He subscribed to Dr. Osler theory that a man should be chloroformed at sixty, though he was eight years past the age.
The Republican state central committee convenes in session in Denver on September 11 hearing contests and prepping for the convention set for tomorrow. Two main fights are noted: the Frans versus Guegenheim factions in Denver and the Sullivan versus Pilestone factions at Cripple.
Engraved calling cards at the Tribune mention the Coronado grocery selling at cash prices. Notices include Mr. and Mrs. Sol Hopkins departing for Seattle, Frank Rienks ill with pneumonia, and consultations with Madame Lilla D Windsor. Local moves include Miss Florence Becker returning to Denver, Mrs. N J Taggert Deaver visiting, and Miss Mary Kendel returning to New York City for voice study. Justice Pressley occupies rooms with Greeley Power and Light, Charles Leake recovering from illness, and Chas Peterson taken into custody at Windsor. Co C McGaughey and Taylorsville Ky grocer join Wilson Grocery Co.. their family plans to relocate.
Fred Sater and Jim Seevers plead guilty before Justice Pressley this afternoon for a confidence game and are fined seven dollars. They claimed they could raise the money but may have to lay it out. Secretary Lowe of the Commercial club travels to Denver to help pack the Weld county exhibit for the Overland exposition and transport to Pueblo. The state fair will feature a nearly identical exhibit with a few additions.
Mrs J P Dennis arrives from Minneapolis Kansas to visit daughter Mrs J G Karris before heading to Sunrise Wyoming for news of her son’s wife with appendicitis. John Bodeen leaves shoe repair for Trimble Wheeler store now accepting calls for pickup and delivery at Greeley 241.
New York man Herman Ziegler turned his thirty fifth birthday into a wild domestic scene. He chased his wife with a butcher knife. twelve women joined, tying him to a chair and dousing him with a garden hose. The tale ends with a moralistic note on lessons from folly.
A collection of humorous observations on behavior and social norms in Atchison. Tales touch on Christmas kindness to parents and turkeys, a boy with dirty hands, and reactions to polite child chatter. A confession club for married residents invites both genders to answer intimate questions about marriage and communication.
Miss Anna Coplen fired on a drunken crowd on the Gillette porch near midnight injuring F C Young who died in hospital. Judd Coplen returned fire from an upstairs window wounding Wilbur Rowand as William Lee was arrested and silent.
Deputy Marshal Ahrend is nursing a broken hand after confronting a drunken man near the depot. The unnamed felon resisted arrest, was jailed, and will face a police court arraignment this afternoon.
The first car load of peaches billed to Greeley arrived yesterday from Utah, shipped by Lawrence Hensley of Denver. The fruit was divided among local merchants with Wilson Grocery taking the largest share, highlighting Greeley’s growing peach trade.
The Democratic convention in Pueblo, Colorado, continues its work by nominating Judge B. C. Stimson for congress in the first district and John A. Martin for the second. The event follows a club dance at Academy A Supper Presbyterian church tonight.
F. A. Barber and party Lynn Massa W. R. McFarland from Denver Mrs B M Baker Miss M Baker C M Brooks Brownsville Texas S K Eddy Fort Collins R Hebard Laramie Wyo C Mulkey and wife Knoxville Iowa arrive at the Camfield hotel for a stay in town.
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