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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1898
Page
8
Windsor Department holds a club dance at Cloud's hall Friday evening. Several residents travel for visits, sales, and relocations. F. Finley visits Denver. H. Bills travels to Greeley. J. Cowell and O. Crowley plan Unity, Missouri holidays. many couples move into new homes and attend a local cantata.
Mountain stock seed potatoes from the hills last spring offered by L. 8 Carpenter. Holiday travel deal with a single round trip fare via Gulf road. Tickets go on sale December 24 25 and 91 Tan 1 and 2, valid for return through January 4.
The stockholders meeting of the Lower Latham Ditch Company will be at the First National Bank parlors in Greeley Weld County Colorado on Saturday January 7 1899 at 1 o'clock for electing five directors for the ensuing year and to transact further business. Asa Stertine A M Henperson Secy Pres Greeley November 24 1898.
Geo S Adams and others travel to Denver and Idaho Springs while locals host visits and recover from illness. The Baptist church schedules a Christmas program, Park church offers services, and a Burns club meeting is planned. A wedding notice for Albert Bradley and Carrie Hilton is announced for January 18 1899 at the Lone Tree valley ranch.
Kemmerer and Sherd offer Christmas goods including handkerchiefs pocketbooks ties mittens gloves suspenders dress scarfs fascinators for all ages. They also sell bedspreads and comforts and advertise Davis Coal Mine with a first class steam plant and prompt loading coal north of Louisville plus stables and teamster quarters.
Classified notice listing corner lot east of A J Parks residence with price 8750, a Tenth street house near Methodist church at 1100, several lots near the Normal school from 75, a seven room house by freight depot rented 120 yearly for 600, garden tracts 30 to 100 per acre, eighty acres on road to Norman Percheron ranch with large dwelling for 350, reservoir right 320, loans at lowest rates. B D Sawsorn.
Professor Stockton and eighteen high school sophomores enjoyed skating at Carter’s Slough on Friday evening then gathered for an oyster supper at Ferguson’s. The senior class, now influential, sent representatives to the event despite not being invited. The note laments the transgression and hopes for higher civilization.
A local column lists social cards and religious activities. Mr and Mrs N W Lall host a small card party Friday. Rev Arthur Phelps preaches for children at the Baptist church Sunday. the Baptist Sunday school plans a Christmas program Friday at 7 pm. Miss Louisa Poirson visits, George Huestia returns from Crown Point NY for health, Ned Gale injures his ankle, trees on Eighth Avenue are felled for safety, Seely's Lake leased for a year with expected repairs and dances, Ladies Missionary Society of Park Church hosts travel talk by Mrs Adele Dare and a well attended chicken pie supper raises funds with proceeds around 85 from Dolle’s Japanese imports.
The Central Market advertises maximum market price for 10 000 turkeys and chickens. Buyers seek poultry at top bid and invite sellers to bring stock for immediate handling.
Births report three new arrivals at area ranches and parsonage in December 1898 including a McBroom boy at a ranch east of Greeley and a Jer gens daughter at Fred James ranch. Markley Herman wedding at Methodist Episcopal parsonage in Greeley joins L D Markley and Miss Herman from Platteville. Milton Seaman and Miss Lina Zook wed at the same parsonage. Community hunters plan annual rabbit hunt across Greeley Evans Kersey area. H A Edmonds accepts Western traveling position with H B Claflin Co, to cover Colorado and California with first trip after holidays.
Notice: annual stockholders meeting of Weld County Savings Bank at its Greeley Colorado office on Monday January 2 1899 at 7 30 pm to elect seven directors and handle other proper business. Dated December 22 1898, W C Baxter cashier.
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