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Newspaper
Greeley Republican
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1912
Page
3
Local brief lists Fourth of July events and sales across town. Glacier Lake trips from Boulder,Island Grove races, Paris Green and hardware deals, clothing discounts, gas ranges and frame shop ads. Residents and visitors with travel notes, visits, and public notices fill the page.
Mrs M A Orcutt of Indianola Neb visits with Mr and Mrs B B McKee. Miss Floyds store clears millinery with hats half price. Bronson and Forhan of Trinidad are in town. Big 7 room house for 3000 cash. Denver and Denver area movements include visits by H H Rood and others. Many locals travel to Denver Estes Park and beyond including Mrs Wixson and teachers from the summer school.
Mrs. R L Garden and son Jay of Tyre Kansas left for the east after visiting Mrs Harris. Anson Harnish and daughter Rubie plan a Dayton Ohio trip with stops in Kansas City and Chicago. Mrs Harnish and Rubie also visit Washington DC and Alexandria Virginia for about two weeks. The Nutt and Carden group drove to Greeley for breakfast then returned to Denver after a ranch check. Paris green advertised at Fezer’s Drug Store at low price.
Mrs. A. M. Green hosted her annual grandmothers party in Fort Lupton with guests including Lydia Jacobs, 81-year-old Margaret Logeman, 75-year-old hostess, and 80-year-old Willard Darling who played piano. A 866-year combined age guessing contest amused attendees as pink, green and white decor brightened the event.
Mrs. W J Leaming left Auburn on the afternoon train to Omaha after the sudden death of a sister. Mrs. E C Hamm of Osawatomie Kansas is visiting Mrs. O A Gordon. W H Clark has purchased a new automobile.
An advertisement for grinding mowers on the Ide al lawnmower grinder promises sharper cuts. D. C. Math offers service at 708 Ninth Avenue.
From Boulder to Eldora or Ward 150 and to Glacier 125. Round trip to Boulder 100. Buy a through rate with a very low price. Ru-Ber-Oid Roofing advertised by Clayton's.
The health department asks residents to boil drinking water for the next four to five days after a city pipeline break admitted outside water. Repairs are expected tonight, but precautionary boiling continues until the pipe is clear of foreign water.
Rev. F. F. Reade, pastor-elect, will visit the city Saturday July 13 and assume work the next day. Earlier fears of his absence proved unfounded as plans changed. The church has been without a minister for some time.
A double header between Greeley and LaSalle will be played in Evans. The first game starts at 10 in the morning and the second at 2 30 in the afternoon. LaSalle leads Weld County league and locals expect a tough test. The pair of games is billed as highly interesting.
Miss Lila Farnsworth, 14, on the Ira Short ridge place near Auburn, picked fifty seven and a half quarts in one day to set a local berry picking record. Workers there earn two cents a quart, and she made $1.15 in a day. Weld County is covered by the Republican edition.
Windsor note: Mrs. A. Z. Stocking, a Weld county resident for over thirty years, died at her daughter Mrs. W. A. Cloud's home. Aged 69, she had lived in Pierce for ten years, previously Windsor. Survived by four children including Mrs. Cloud, Charles Stocking of Cheyenne, A. C. Stocking of Idaho, and a son in Hickman Kentucky. Funeral plans not yet set.
Chief of Police Camp reports that the city council ordered a change in handling speed limit arrests. First offenders must appear before the police judge, with the likelihood of a substantial fine, marking a shift from prior practice of no fine on initial offenses.
All members of the Y. P. B. are requested to meet at the Methodist church at 6 45 to join a tallyho party for Evans. They will assist in the singing at the temperance mass meeting in the park tonight. Members of the W. C. T. U. are invited to join the party.
By order of the City Council the speeding ordinance must be enforced and fines imposed for exceeding the speed limit. Rules of the road must be observed by all vehicles, whether motor propelled or horse drawn. City Marshal D. F. Camp signs the notice.
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