Fort Collins Society Notes and County Updates
Fort Collins society items describe a formal schoolhouse dedication to come, a refined guest reception at Mr and Mrs James B Arthur's home, and a meeting of swindled buyers planning to prosecute Fowler. Articles cover Miller woolen mill prospects, a fatal shooting near Berthoud, a county criminal docket, county agriculture and education news, Red Stone quarry plans, and local civic notices.
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Courier
James B. Arthur
Bessie Ross
Greeley
Mulberry and
Peterson Streets
Fowler
Imubert Howe Bancroft
Farmers’ Mill
Geo. B. Koyle
Kansas City
Local notes from Times and Fort Morgan activities
J W McCreery traveled down from Greeley on Tuesday. Killebrew lost his last kiln of brick due to soot clogging. The church roof and steeple are finished and the interior will soon be dedicated. Oats on L C Bakers farm weighed 45 pounds per bushel, Welcome variety, not a large yield but heavy. Teaching applicant examinations will be in Fort Morgan on the last Friday of the month to save travel to Greeley.
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Times
J. W. McCreery
Greeley
Killebrew
L. C. Baker
Fort Morgan
Races anticipated as Estes park visitors join regional group
Loveland reports incoming figures from Estes Park with Hon Lyulph Ogilvy and John Ogilvie guiding local sprinters into peak form. A Bartholoud liquor dispute shifts to possible grand jury inquiry while a windlass accident at slaughter yards injures Elmer Leescher requiring stitches.
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Lyulph Ogilvy
John Ogilvie
Greeley
Estes Park
F. E. Smith
Eugene Abbott
Herman Howard
Sprague
Elmer Leescher
Barthoud
Berthoud
Otis Notes Local Ventures and Development Plans
Otis Enterprise reports new Otis restaurant opening by Miss Anderson and Miss Hannah. Mr Henry Corbit plans to build a house north of Buffalo Park. About 600 cattle pass through west of Otis heading north. A group near twenty five miles north is described as a colony. An Otis effort to establish colleges and academies is under discussion with a mass meeting set for Monday August 15. About 1500 dollars has been secured.
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Anderson
Hannah
Henry Corbit
Buffalo Park
Otis
Akron and Yuma News From Pioneer Press
Advices from Lincoln say Akron B and M Cheyenne line branch will be built soon. Hay crop looks good. farmers enter business. brick yard under rush, sheds rise, wind mill and brick machine due soon. Yuma fire wipes out eleven businesses. loss about 15 000 dollars, origin in hotel gasoline stove. Akron urged to prepare against fires. Potato forks and baskets at FE Von Gohren's.
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Akron
Pioneer Press
Lincoln
Cheyenne
Messrs
Tibbitts & Throop
Yuma
the Sun
Probst
Longmont News Roundup From The Press And Ledger
The D U P plans a four mile switch to new stone quarries above Lyons. National Editorial Association guests to visit Longmont, the Gem City. Longmont flouring mills have more wheat than they can grind and shipments go to Kansas and other markets. Rev John Wilson moves to Brighton to pastor the Presbyterian church. Miss Susie Carr visits Fort Collins for a Teacher's Institute. Longmonters attend Leadville for the Fireman's Tournament. A burglarious attempt targets R G Griffith's store rear door on Tuesday night August 9.
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Lyons
National Editorial Association
Longmont
Rocky Mountains
Kansas
John Wilson
Brighton
Presbyterian Church
The
Ledger
Susie Carr
Fort Collins
Residents Return Within Evans Journal Notes
Miss Mamie Ward came home from Eaton last Saturday. 8S. R. Huffsmith reports a busy week of earning and shipping. Captain A. Hotchkiss, chairman of the county commissioners, visited town and dined at Anderson's hotel last Wednesday. John Pardee and his wife, who had traveled to Wyoming, returned Wednesday in improved health. Pardee notes dry conditions and poor feed in the Wyoming area.
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The
Evans Journal
Mamie Ward
Eaton
R. Huffsmith
A. Hotchkiss
Board of County Commissioners
Anderson's
John Pardee
Wyoming
Mr. Pardee
Gun Club Friday Shoot Scores at Parkersburg
The Gun Club reports the August 12 weekly score at the new tin targets in Parkersburg Iowa. Mr Sturgis won the gold medal while Igo took the leather brass combo again. The leather medal will be burned at the next meeting and members are urged to attend August 26 with improved traps and birds.
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Parkersburg
Iowa
Sturgis
Igo
Bids Open for Fairground Privileges in Weld County
Bids for privilege of restaurant and fruit stand at the Weld County fair will be received at the secretary’s office until Thursday September 1 at 6 pm. All bids may be rejected. Address FE F Dawtrey Secretary Greeley Colorado.
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Weld County
F. Dawtrey
See’y
Greeley
Colo
For Rent: Seven Room House At $8 A Month
A comfortable seven room house is offered for rent at eight dollars monthly. Inquire of Mrs. Skewes for details.
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Skewes
Greeley Nurseries Offers Fall Spring Plant Bargains
A. E. Gipson of Greeley Nurseries advertises big discounts on nursery stock through November 1 after fall or spring planting. He guarantees Colorado grown stock and best selection. Furnished rooms for rent in a new house one block north of the post office.
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Colorado
A. E. Gipson
Greeley Nurseries
Post Office
For Sale Ranch in Weldon Valley with Ditch and Improvements
For sale a choice ranch in Weldon Valley under a first class ditch with good improvements. Address S. K. Thompson at Greeley or Orchard. Also offering well boring services after purchasing L. T. Haynes equipment. J. M. Fergusos Box 392 Greeley Colo.
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Weldon Valley
S. K. Thompson
Greeley
Orchard
L. T. Haynes
J. M. Fergusos
Greeley, Colo
Farm for Sale in Lone Tree Valley Near Greeley
A fine three hundred acre farm in Lone Tree valley nine miles northeast of Greeley includes brick dwelling blacksmith shop stables and sheep corrals all fenced with abundant running water. About 70 acres blue grass 70 alfalfa 50 broken with the rest unbroken. Desirable place and easy terms. Inquire at the farm of D A Camfield or in town of J L Barrett.
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Lone Tree Valley
Greeley
D. A. Camfield
J. L. Barrett
Temperance Sunday School Rotates Among Churches
Every Sunday at 3 o'clock the Temperance Sunday School meets. During February and March at the M E church, April and May at the Baptist church, June and July at the Congregational church, then cycles two months in a different place under Superintendent D TaLMaGE Merson.
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Temperance
M E
Baptist Church
Congregational Church
D. Talmage Merson
Sup’t
Strayed mares advertised near Beebe Draw
Strayed team of mares black and buckskin with brands V on right shoulder and YV on left shoulder. Return to S. J. Reynolds in the Beebe Draw. Also a note offering a scientific bookkeeper position at Box 421 Greeley, tied to Greeley Business College, dated July 22, 1887.
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S. J. Reynolds
W. J. Robbins
Box
Greeley
Cole
Greeley Business College
Dr J H McLean's Strengthening Cordial Featured
An advertisement touts Dr J H McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier as a health tonic for all ages and both sexes. It claims to impart tone and flush to the skin, strength, vigor, and pure blood.
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J. H. McLean
Hillsborough Irrigating Canal Co Stockholders Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of The Hillsborough Irrigating Canal Company will be held at Hillsborough Colorado in Hill's Barn at two o'clock p m on the first Saturday of September 1887 being the third day for the election of a new Board of Trustees and for other business of interest to the company. James C Scorr Secretary August 8 1887.
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Hillsborough Irrigating Canal Company
Hillsborough
Colorado
Hill’s
Stolen Sorrel Filly Believed Strayed From Crow Creek Ranch
Notice from L. Ootivy dated August 10 1887 offers reward for return of a two year old sorrel filly branded reverse five on left hip. Filly missing since about mid July from Crow Creek ranch. Returns to Ootivy or J Max Clark's shop encouraged.
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Crow Creek
J. Max Clark
L. Ootivy
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Bee
Aaron Gove
School Journal
National Educational Association
Denver
Teachers’ Normal Institute
Remington Street
W. L. Hellett & Co
George Martin
Martin
W. F. Greenstreet
Love
Loveland
Express
Larimer County
Grove
Agricultural College
Red Stone Company
Red Stone
Geo. F. Wilson
Red Stone Quarries
Bosworth
Wilson
Sterling
Advocate
Fred Elston
Great Bend
Jos. R. Moore
Village
Register
Ira Lang
Dr. MacDonald
Brighton Building and Loan Association
Carmichael
Metropolitan and Equitable Societies
Platteville
Independent Ditch Company
George Cole
M. FE
Jas. Dimmick
Erie
Independent
Mitchel
Gail Hamilton
Pacific Coast
A. B. Johnson
Charles Sumner
J. MacDonald
St. Anne de Beaupre
Canada
Charles Welman
Monte Carlo
Peterson
Philadelphia
FE. von Gohren’s
Greeley Gun Club
Gun Club
E. von Gehren
Stanley’s
Atkinson
Nusbaum
Igo On
Harper L. Cooper
Crewes
Sorensen
Eee
Eee Wen Ee Cooper
Har Ee
Sorensen Ee i
Eee Wees Ssa
Otal Ae
Sturgis Ee
Nusbaum Ee Es
James C. Scorr
BROWN
Sewisg Machine Machine Office
Main Street
Post National Bank
Greeley, Colorado
John M. Wallace
D. B. Wyatt
B.D. Harper
JW. McCreery
D.b.wyyatt
Geo. K.penarey
A. Leo
H. M. Devorix
Asa Sterling
Joan M. WaLlace
Exchange
Depostta
Foreign Exchange
Lawrence Street
Chicago
Hunter & West
United States
Europe
Nat't Bank of Commence
New York
Merchants’ National Bank
Gravas Nat
Bask
Denver, Co
M. FE. Poat, & Co
Union Bank
Capital
Bruce F. Johnson
WM. FP. Thompson
JAS
F. Benedict
B. F. Jonson
W. F. Thompson
J. Benzpror
Daniel Hawks
J. L. Bavan
J. C. Scorrt
ER. H. Apport
Wyo
Union Pacific Railway Company
Nebraska
Kearney
Union Pacific Railway Co
Ff. W. Lafrentz
Sec’y
Albert Ico
the Holladay Wind Mill
Boynton Furnaces
Rathbone & Sard’s
Acron
Sherwin-Williams
Ninth Avenue
Postoffice
Eucene Reid
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