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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
8
Multiple listings show items for sale trade and rent including live stock land furniture and vehicles with prices and contact hints. Readable items include Angora kids manure land aces pasture auto wagons and a Rambler listing with location details and contact notes.
Reports mention Baird and Mrs. McKinney traveling to Estes Park and Cheyenne for several days while Prof. Good returns from Georgetown. A. L. Schoels and son visit relatives in Cheyenne, and Mr. and Mrs. Butler of Seaman, Ohio, stay with Mrs. Roy Baird on Seven Street. Red Front store promotes fresh goods and pursuit of ranch produce. Edith Dean visits Boulder for ten days. Anna Robinson heads to Denver.
J T Warren travels to Denver. Miss Margaret Statler visits Fort Collins. Red Front store promotes Hamilton & Brown shoes. Mrs W R Packer joins husband returning from Colorado Springs. Swedish Mission church meeting postponed to Thursday with Rev Thompson speaker. Ranch trade sought with high prices paid for butter and eggs. Dr W H Fitch visits nephew in Grover then returns. Ethel Perkins from Lincoln arrives to visit J A Perkins. Real estate company seeks irrigated land deals in Denver. Dr Burgett Woodcock expected home from Saratoga trip. W D Balcom and friends head to Denver for anglers.
Mrs. H. B. Conner and her daughter Miss Grace depart for Seattle Washington to establish a home for the year. Grace has secured a position with Seattle schools. Mrs. Conner’s son Lloyd already resides in Seattle.
The first carload of potatoes from the Hicks place near La Salle was shipped Tuesday by Farr Produce Company to Denver. The Early Ohio spuds sold for about $2.00 per hundred.
Word reached town that the Loveland industrial parade, linked to the Corn Roast festival, has been moved to tomorrow due to rain and mud. Organizers expect fair weather turnout and plans remain the same with sponsors and participants ready.
Misses Frances and Jennie Easter day leaving tomorrow with their brother S. D. Easterday for Albuquerque New Mexico to spend the winter. Mr. Easterday will accompany them as far as Denver.
Miss Etta Gross, class of 1907, will review G Stanley Hall's The Boy Problem at the Baptist church tonight. Mrs J L Michado and daughter Miss Ruth Cobb will sing. The public is invited.
Mrs. J. S. Tenquist and two daughters returned to Denver today after visiting C. A. Carlson and family. The youngest daughter stayed a few days, while Miss Mabel has been a guest at the Carlson home for two months.
Rev. S. C. Dickinson pastor of Eaton Congregational church visited Estes Park and stayed a few hours. He is busy preparing the program for the Congregational fore gathering to be held in Greeley in early October.
The Misses Lula Burdett and Kathrine Kistler of Fort Morgan spent a few hours in town this morning. Burdett was bound for Loveland while Kistler visited her brother at the sugar factory offices in Eaton.
M F Jackson of Carthage and J H Duffelmeyer of Joplin Mo left today after visiting ADS Stapleton and wife. Stapleton and guests had gone fishing at Seeley s Lake yesterday and returned with a fine perch catch.
The Kelsey Brown and Howard parties based in Sterling arrived in Denver today after traveling from Estes Park in touring cars. The Howard party, whose car was disabled, took the train and had it towed into Denver.
Mr and Mrs W E B Culver, Mr and Mrs H C Watson and Miss Marjory Watson led Denver trips this morning. Mrs F J Olmstead traveled to Cheyenne to see daughter Minnie Arthur. BE Beal of Long Beach left for Iowa after visiting sister B F Woodruff. Mrs Q A Woodward of Fort Morgan rode through town en route to Ault. Bowersox arrived from Girard Illinois to visit BE J McKinney and wife. Various residents returned from Wheatland Redfield and Redfield trips. Scott Archer and Kenneth Phelps on local visits with family ties and former business partners involved.
Mrs W H Stevenson of Kansas is visiting her cousins Clarence and Harry Foster. She left this morning for Cheyenne and will return Monday for a few days before going home.
The Pawnee cattle ranch on the Platte sold Tuesday to Kansas farmers who will irrigate the acreage and grow crops. Miss Rose Worley returned from Denver Tuesday and left with sister Miss Bess for Cheyenne. Miss Bess will return soon but Rose remains in Cheyenne for a millinery shop trimmer position.
Dr. William Hartford and family plus Miss Nama Hartford of Urbana Illinois arrive Monday to visit W. B. Woodruff and B. F. Woodruff. Dr. Hartford is W. B. Woodruff’s nephew. The party travels the Moffat road today and plans to return to Greeley this evening.
Real estate transfers list multiple conveyances dated August 18 1908. Litchenburg Sparks to Z L Hess and to O O Russell exchange lots in Arlington Heights. J A Ferguson Investment Co to Jasper N Bowles for one dollar. Bowles to Ralph L Seaver for one dollar. W H Dougherty to W H Perkins for a Pierce addition lot. Clara A Cushman to Harriet F Denio for two thousand five hundred dollars. W E Kinsella to Charles B Dyde for one dollar. Evans Coal and Land Co to Mrs C I Andrews for one dollar. Includes 112 acre tract in 32 2 66 and various city lots.
Miss Myrtle E. White and William P. Clark both of New Windsor were married here today by Rev. J. A. Davis in a simple ceremony.
Miss Allie M Armstrong and Harry C Bartlett of Eaton were married Tuesday night by Rev. S C Dickinson. They departed for a short wedding trip to Cheyenne and will reside in Eaton.
The Berean Sunday school class of the Christian church, with about 50 members taught by Miss Linnie Coil, met Tuesday at Miss Ward’s home 1610 Eighth Avenue for a short business session, games, and refreshments.
A severe hail storm yesterday afternoon swept two ranches and nearby Blandin holdings, with Wm. Nettleton and the Blandin ranches and E. Collins and Geo. Jones at Albert Eaton ranches suffering the heaviest losses. Town hail caused little damage.
In a drunken Denver area incident near Colorado City, W. M. Walker, a 60 year old hack driver, died from stab wounds inflicted by W. H. Shailor a Delaware Indian. An autopsy confirmed direct cause of death. Shailor was jailed on a murder charge and had earlier offered $1000 for Walker's medical expenses.
Public notice from Eugene Williams city marshal warns residents of Greeley that automobile races from Denver to Cheyenne will pass through the city on August 21 and 22 between 11 30 a m and 1 p m. Runners and pedestrians are advised to avoid streets from Eighth Avenue to Twelfth Street then Eleventh Avenue toward Cheyenne.
An advertisement urges the reader to avoid idleness and treat the first ache with Ballard's Snow Liniment promising quick relief from any trouble. It notes the product is sold by all druggists.
Original Party hosted by Oliver Carpenter and sister Miss Amanda drew 36 young guests in Greeley. Visitors included Miss Mildred Hoyt of Longmont and Miss Gladys Morgan, Misses Inez and Ruby Vance, and Mrs Hamlin of Akron Ohio. Frank McKim of Morrill Kansas a friend of Elmer Royer attended. Guests were entertained with games music and a unique four course menu served by numbered order cards.
A young man realized he had ordered tea coffee and milk at once. Misses Margaret Blair and Lois Hickman served as the little waitresses.
Martin Boyd of Henrietta Kentucky says after twenty years with granulated sore eyes a February 1903 recommendation to try Chamberlain's Salve cured him. He used two thirds of a box and has had no trouble since. The salve is sold by all druggists.
A large Swedish gathering along the Poudre near the county hospital Tuesday evening witnessed a baptizing by Rev. A. C. Leafgren. Three new members were welcomed as a short service accompanied the ceremony.
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