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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1903
Page
2
A roundup of town items includes illnesses from vaccination, farms rented by James Rebeck and John Tremain, and families visiting Denver. Beets, rail spur talks, accidents, a freight wreck, a breech loading gun incident, a gopher hole mishap, and a soft water well completed. Mrs. Blake returns from Kansas. Miss Barnard returns home for the holidays.
Kersey Will Kingsbury took a business trip to Hardin on Friday. Jack Kingsbury and Andy McMillan were in Greeley on Tuesday. Cottage prayer meetings fill the parsonage this week. Mrs. Montgomery of Snyder visits Kersey friends. H B Witwer and family went to Denver Friday returning Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Art James plan visits to Canon City over the holidays. Elder H A Aufderhar conducted Seventh Day Adventist services in Woodman hall all week. The Christmas entertainment starts Thursday at 7 p m with a treat for every child. Mr Steck, Mrs Hill and Claude Williams attended Mr Stevens’s funeral in Evans Sunday. Stevens is remembered as Mrs Charles Smith’s father. Rev Spence and wife attended the wedding of Miss Frankie Alden to Mr Parker of Nebraska in Greeley December 16. Spence officiated. Mr and Mrs Charles Moon hosted a social Friday night with games and light refreshments. Mr and Mrs Prater moved to Cheyenne where he is a clerk for a large wholesale house. friends send best wishes.
Mrs F A Gazelle visited Greeley Monday. Fort Collins visitor Joe Boultard came Tuesday. Mrs Losey spent last Saturday with Greeley friends. Clark and Thomas spent the weekend in Greeley. B G Eaton and family visited the capital Saturday. Eaton schools closed for two weeks vacation. Mrs Martha Shannon of Denver visiting relatives here. Myron Akin Fort Collins sheepman visited Eaton Saturday. Miss Ellen Sharpe holidays with relatives at LaPorte. Miss Nannie Christenson sick this week with pneumonia. Mrs A J Eaton and children visited Denver friends Saturday. Mrs YT Phillips visited relatives in Greeley Saturday and Sunday. Mrs Conrad Stockfleth did Christmas shopping in Denver Friday. R J White bought a house and will move next week. Miss Brooks went to Windsor for Christmas with parents. Miss Craig of Eaton schools to spend Christmas with Canon City friends. Miss McKelvey left for Windsor to vacation with relatives. Adolph Ginn Colorado College student holidays with Eaton friends. Miss Florence Packard of Colorado College spending two weeks with parents. Miss Ethel Mainard Fruita visiting Eaton friends. Mrs Sarah Jones and children ex-
Local color notes include a planned move to Will Shannon house, social events at Woodman hall, and Christmas visits by residents like Miss Hurich and John McCormick. The Colorado college glee and mandolin clubs visit January 2, and Mrs Will Shannon dies at 29 with a funeral at the M E church.
Collins District N J Phillips visited Greeley last week and many locals appear in town for shopping and social events. A literary society formed at the school house with an oysters reception at Schoonover Brothers. Katie Madden died December 16 and was remembered at the M E church. Odd Fellows from this place visited Evans for the second degree and praise the hospitality there.
Jonathan Waite is on the sick list this week. Mr. Strickland and family and Mrs. and Miss Wilson spent Sunday at Mrs. Swearer's. G. W. Kroumm and family have moved to the former Mashburn residence.
John Elliott traveled to Greeley on business. John Sundon and wife shopped in Denver. Miss Grace Hammitt visited Greeley Wednesday evening. Mrs. Weber hosted a sister from Colorado Springs. F. M. Gwyn family and Miss Minnie Morgan spent Sunday in Denver. Miss Mae Crawford went to Greeley Friday evening returning Saturday. Clyde Morgan visited from Denver to see his brother Charles. Miss Evelyn Ross returned home from an undisclosed destination.
Jimmie Rayburne will start for Missouri University in the coming Tuesday. Local social notes mention Lula Houston Hemphill shopping in Greeley, a postponed box social due to scarlet fever, and visits by Offerlee Bollinger and family. Lizzie Miller of Greeley visited Hemphill, and Martha Merendoff suffered a buggy accident after her horse bolted home from school.
Local notes report measles among Fort Lupton children and several area happenings. Cattle sales exceed sixty head in Denver while W J Wilkinson and others move or travel for farm and mining work. A beer raising meeting is planned for farmers next Saturday. A robbery two miles south of town ends with no clue to the suspects. Community group Laburnium Circle hosted an entertainment and supper with ten new applications for membership.
Windsor residents travel to Greeley and Denver with many visits noted. Christmas Eve Methodist church entertainment set for 7 30 PM. Local teacher Effie Wier resigns Fifth grade position to move to Iowa. Lucan to fill vacancy.
Cault QO T Perry and F McIver left for Chevel one Friday morning. Mrs Aicher and daughter Mamie went to Grover Saturday. Vincent Aicher, who went to Fort Collins last week, returned Monday night. Will Merna returned to Chalk Bluffs Sunday after days away in the Greeley colony. J Thompson and sister Miss Catherine and Miss Maude Miller of Grover were visitors at the Hilton home Wednesday. Teacher and pupils prepared a Christmas program for December 24. Saturday at 2 o clock N Black woke to fire at the J Roberts ranch in Chalk Bluffs. the coal house and southwest room burned. no clue on the cause. Mr Bia lost clothing and $37.
The Colorado & Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets between state points on December 24 31 and January 1 at half fare. Final limit January year.
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