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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1912
Page
6
Greeley residents and guests are noted in casual movement and visits. BE Green travels to New Mexico on business. Numerous locals from Evans Gilcrest Eaton Denver Sterling Roggen and Elizabeth visit Greeley for business social or family reasons. Several depart for home or for Denver after gatherings.
Local society notes list residents and guests visiting Greeley and area towns. People from Denver, Collins, Milliken, Eaton, Windsor, Fort Morgan, and Indianapolis travel or stay for short visits, with several young and new arrivals noted including a daughter born to Ed and Mrs Stevens.
Miss Mary Thorney visits Ault for the weekend while Mrs. Ella Martin returns from Denver for Mrs. Peasley’s funeral in Greeley. Chicago’s Miss Margaret Keyes arrives to assist at the State Teachers College. Mrs. John Knutson brings baby from Denver to an orphan home. Occidental lodge No. 20 A F and A M hosts Grand Lecturer W W Cooper with visitors from Windsor and Johnstown. third degree conferred, followed by smoker and refreshments.
A list of residents and visitors to Denver and nearby towns. Monday L E Wyatt, T C Pressly, Myrtle Dow, Mr and Mrs B B Snider, H C Luther, Mrs Thomas Dailey, Miss Eula Smith, Miss Laura Yockey, Mrs R T Allen and Edith, Pressly, H A Abel, Mrs E N Sturdevant, Mrs E E Gunston and daughter travel or reside in Denver or Greeley. John Reed visiting California from Loveland. Miss Mary Black returns to Fort Morgan. M H Templeton called to Bearfield Iowa. Helen Martin returns to Denver. Jay Kidder becomes a salesman in Greeley. Misses Nannie and Hettie Murchison visit. Utica New York party heads to California. Deaconess Miss Leach in town. J Z Stow home hosts event. Sunday school growth noted.
Tuesday notes list Denver visits by A. H. Seely and Mrs. Anna Langtry, a Fort Collins birth, and local appearances including the Strollers at Sterling theater seats for tomorrows show. Other items include visits by J B Short and Mrs C N Jackson to Denver, and Eaton residents Mr and Mrs L B Reed in town. Senator-elect H Reynolds recovered from illness and was seen out.
Greeley residents hosted and traveled as friends and relatives visited from Sterling Barker N M. Wyo and elsewhere. Local figures Mr and Mrs Archie Kindred plan a California winter while others returned from trips and hospital stays. The community notes include a wedding guest, a missing-article case, a court plea and a remodeling project at Ninth street and Eighth avenue.
Wednesday notes show L F Patty of Keota in Greeley, Leta Myers visiting Sterling, T J Evans of Windsor in M C Fitzmorris in Barnesville, Milo Fidson and F M Eastlack of Nunn in Greeley, F M Graham of Chicago guest of H M Bull, Dr A Gideon departing for Denver, Yeoman lodge officer election, Mrs J F Baker and Mrs E H Brown of Farmers Spur visiting John Shilling headed to Knoxville, Ernest Scarborough of Denver attending Aloha club dance, C O Brady to Denver for Episcopal conference, Farmers Union box supper planned at Lucerne hall, W E Stevens of Loveland visiting Greeley.
Mrs L G Bly traveled to Denver and Miss Bessie Gazelle from Eaton visited Greeley for a club dance. Many locals headed to Denver to view Ben Hur while others left for Mystic Indiana and Platteville visits. A church Ladies Aid group meets Friday at 2 30 at Mrs J P Greigg’s home.
An old advertorial touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as the quick remedy for croupy coughs and wheezy colds. It claims near instant relief, soothing healing, and no opiates, with a testimonial from H. L. Blomquist of Esdaile Wisconsin and a Gilbert Bros. display.
Mrs C E Houston with a party of friends narrowly escaped death when their auto skidded on a snowy road and plunged into a ditch two miles north of Greeley. Passengers include Mrs H J Houston, Mrs Fred Voris and child, and Mrs Joe Woods and daughter. Voris and son were thrown clear. the child was bruised when his mother fell on him. Houston was bruised by a windshield impact. Several members remained uninjured. Snow caused the skid.
Evans December meeting of the Ladies' Evans Improvement club decided to host a Christmas Eve entertainment for the town children. A Christmas tree and program will be arranged in a suitable hall and every child in Evans is to receive a treat.
The annual meeting of the Gree ley Local will elect officers on Saturday December 14 1912 at 2 o clock. Robert Bliss serves as secretary.
Sheriff S J McAfee and deputies halted a jail breakout plan after discovering improvised jail breaking tools in a Mexican prisoner’s cell. Saws from springs and scissors, a leaded stick, a tobacco-can torch, a blackjack, and a torn blanket rope were found amid 14 inmates. Authorities believe the group aimed to slug the turnkey and force a mass escape.
A Union Pacific passenger train brought a derelict tabby named Kitty to Denver from Greeley. The cat marched into the depot and was given a home by Charles McAllister Mickey, a depot employee, after a green tag asked for care because the boys and girls in Greeley called him bad.
In Platteville on December 5 the Meadow Island Irrigation company No 2 will hold its regular annual meeting in the town hall on Tuesday January 7 at 10 in the morning to elect officers and transact other business. The Beeman Irrigation Ditch and Milling company will hold its annual meeting the same day at 2 in the afternoon in the same venue to elect officers and conduct business.
An advertisement lists Columbia Grafonolas and Graphophones along with Columbia Double Disc Records. Mentioned contact is George A. Bates with phone Greeley 256.
New York resident recalls finding a police regulation list in Ireland stating that every vehicle must carry a light when darkness begins. The rule notes darkness begins when the lights are lit, reflecting ironic phrasing highlighted by the Saturday Evening Post.
A sequence of sale notices lists dates December 14 to December 26 at various Colorado locations near Greeley. Items include horses and mules, cows, hogs, shoats, cattle, land, implements, household goods, alfalfa, oats, corn, and livestock. Auctioneers E L Holland, Earl Hammons, J H Clark, Chris Moser, H B Martyn Browne, J D Meillan, Judge Tregoning, W Schwartz, W Wright, R Wright, Joseph Kille.
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