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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1912
Page
5
An old Rexall ad promises relief from dyspepsia using a formula with bismuth subsalicylate pepsin and related agents. It offers free samples and personal guarantees, noting Rexall stores at local addresses for purchase and emphasizing digestive relief and value.
South Side led Co C 40 to 18 while North Side beat East Side 16 to 2. South Side stands 77.7 percent, North Side 55.5, Co C and East Side 3.2 percent each. Nine games played, twenty remain before the final record and prize pennant. East Side women face West Side today.
Weld County items report Glenn Briggs visiting Greeley to consult an occulist Wesley Miller serving as juror in Estes case John Martin of Brush on a Loveland return Marcus Stewart traveling to Pittsburg and eastern points William Gillette plans to move to Oregon for health and work as a ditch contractor KB Blackwood mail route temporarily covered by Mrs A J Edie Melvin Lanson age eight fractured his collarbone at Gilcrest and is recovering Miss Nelson plans to teach music and reside here Fred Evans completed a new house and moved in Mrs Warden recovered from a stomach ailment Willie Kern ill with a severe cold February 3 Monday.
Mrs. Carl Barber remains ill while Hazelton school dances raise funds for the piano. Many local children suffer flu symptoms causing attendance drops. W. C. Fischer installs a soft water well and others plan water works from local wells. Gus Soloff hosts a house warming with a cooperative midnight lunch. Ethel Madison returns home from Cadillac hotel service. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Dix welcome a new son.
James Beattie traveled to Denver this morning to testify in the Evans ditch case. John Bentley, longtime Cottage Home hotel operator, plans to move with his family to Loveland. George Briggs becomes the hotel new proprietor and will improve the building while receiving several applicant inquiries. Dinner Club Meets Kersey Feb 3 Mr and Mrs James C Romans hosted the Six o Clock Dinner club with eighteen members this season. Guests included C G Gardner M E DeWolfe A M Henderson B R Brooks P G Smith Mrs Spaulding John Immersion Fred James and the host couple.
Want Cement Bridge Platteville Feb 3 H F Bedford secretary of the Platteville Commercial club protests Weld county commissioners against replacing the county cement bridge over the Farmers Canal south of here with a common wooden bridge The Commercial club argues the new bridge should be cement as well It was necessary to remove the present bridge and permission was given for this
Mrs. Matt Briggs hosted the Ladies Aid society Thursday afternoon in a carpet rag sewing bee. The hostess paid the workers, the funds aiding the church fund. Refreshments were served and attendees enjoyed a pleasant gathering.
The Knights of Pythias Hall company held a Saturday morning meeting electing T. C. Winbourn as president and manager while Mrs. Howard McDonald was chosen secretary and treasurer. The business will continue as usual and the two story building housing the K P lodge on the second floor remains unchanged.
Two sessions of the Methodist County Sunday School Institute were held at the Greeley Methodist church. Dr. Trewery spoke on The Child and the Church. Dr. Parker discussed organization and methods. A social hour and supper followed. several city Sunday school superintendents attended, with toasts and thanks from leaders including Rev. Chase and Mr. Bliss.
Miss Carena Lee described European cathedrals at a Salmagundi club meeting held at her home. She highlighted St Peter's Rome Florence St Mark's Venice and Milan along with three famed Italian roads the Amalfi Appian Way and the Simplon Pass noting their upkeep and renown.
Kersey, Feb. 3. The town board discussed forming a commercial club as businessmen push for Kersey to be recognized as a leading agricultural center. Officials banned tying hose carts to bridal coaches and discharging firearms during celebrations while studying automobile license practices for visitors staying 26 hours or more. Plans to grade more streets and other improvements were also considered.
J T Jacobs chosen as speaker at the Sons of American Revolution annual banquet in Denver on February 22. Charles E Littell to be the second delegate from the local society. Business session and officer election set for February 22 afternoon. banquet to follow. W E Keyes is the state vice president and may attend.
The Gill gun club held a practice session yesterday afternoon with Captain Hardy present. Several good scores were posted and Howard Briscoe, the captain, supervised the event.
Aid given after a vehicle incident involving Mrs. Greenner and a following collision reported in the local paper. Authorities investigated the scene and filed an accident summary with details on injuries and damages.
Mrs. Robert Pence and children arrived from Idaho to visit her father Postmaster RL Pence. Mrs. Pence came with her husband to give their child the benefit of a charitable trip. Annett, formerly Frances Coffee, recently married in Jerome, Idaho.
Technicality delays a scheduled meeting as stockholders fail to mail required notices thirty days before the annution. Secretary W. F. Insell of Greeley will comply with the law next time. Visiting Las Feb mentions Sid Manning, a former Lucerne ranch owner now in Nebraska, planning to return. Miss Anna Reynolds funeral held with services at the Swedish Lutheran church and Linn Grove cemetery interment beside her father Frede Reynolds.
Neighbors and hounds gathered Monday night east of Greeley for a farewell party honoring Mr and Mrs Cook who move soon to Durango. Music cards and a feast marked the pleasant evening as guests wished them success in Windsor. Windsor records 25 degrees below zero at the sugar factory with Lasalle at 14 degrees as countywide cold snaps spread.
Commission men are in Eaton buying and grading potatoes from growers. Prices paid range from $1 to $1.50 per hundred pounds, considered good money given the quality.
A Ninth Windsor High School event last night featured a jolly taffy pull in the auditorium. Faculty members supervised as girls made taffy and helped pull and share it with about young folks present.
Salle Feb 3 Mrs Paul Gregs hosted the Ladies society of the Presbyterian church. Annual election named Mrs Joe Bainbridge president Mrs Walker vice president Todd treasurer and Mrs Paul Gry secretary. Twenty-one members attended. The group plans to boost the church ling fund and hopes a new church within five months. Next meeting with Mrs Gregory to be an all day session.
J S Harrison once active booster for Gill community has been ill after a burst blood vessel above the eye He is at Gill Mercantile store this morning though improved but weak.
La Salle February 6 The W C U of La Salle has sent to state president Mrs Hungerford a petition on a proposed Colorado prohibition bill with 210 names attached. The La Salle temperance organization organized this effort and nearby districts are expected to contribute as 80 000 names are sought to make the measure a proposed amendment.
R L Harmon alias Harding was arraigned in Justice Pressly s court. Bonds fixed at 2500 his request for 1000 was denied. Preliminary hearing set for Saturday but likely continued as Harmon seeks records from the Hext Music company store where he served as local manager. Deputy DA Keyes objected to lowering bond.
Senator D E Carpenter spoke to Graphic club members about the Carpenter bill ahead of the fall election. He outlined provisions and career since passage while Unity Circle ladies attended. Last year the group studied amendments before election. Evans Feb 3 A W Reid leaves Evans for his Roggen ranch to return with teams to farm on A M Plumb river plots.
The Eaton Women s club met with Mrs George Atkinson in the afternoon with good attendance The program featured Mrs Chas Cobler delivering the paper The Evolution of the Flag Discussion covered current events and the hostess served refreshments
The Saturday Afternoon club of Eaton ladies met at Mrs. Walter Farr's home last night with thirty-two attendees. They enjoyed High Five and a supper, the occasion described as a pleasant social event with no literary aims.
Mr and Mrs Fred Shattuck entertain the Social Hour club Friday night at home with high five games and refreshments.
The text lists state flowers for each state with the adopting body noted as pupils or legislatures in many cases. It also notes that several states have not yet acted.
David Birkle, a wealthy pioneer farmer of Platteville, aged 73, wed Mrs. Mary Widmeyer in St. Joseph Missouri after both lost previous spouses. Widmeyer, once a Platteville resident, is a few years younger. both have grown families and previously suffered bereavements.
Milliken locals discuss new artesian water works at a town board meeting. A consulting engineer's absence delays approval, with another meeting set for Wednesday. A separate county court action challenging bond election was dismissed. a Denver party will take the bonds at his own risk.
Evans Feb 6 The town council met and conducted routine business. Water system frost damage costs totaled about $10. Spring will bring street work. About 306 hardwood trees have been planted in the school grounds to replace recently cut cottonwoods. Town election is in early April with a mayor and two aldermen to be chosen.
Mrs. W. R. Dedrick received a letter from Robert W. Steele in California enclosing ten dollars to aid coal for needy homesteaders near Nunn. Funds may be included in the big benefit concert Sunday at the Sterling theater. Greeley residents are urged to contribute by Sunday and a coal car will be arranged after Union Pacific replies on a special rate.
First spring lamb shipment for market left Weld county this morning from Fort Lupton as Graves and Allsebrook sent three carloads to Omaha markets. The fattened stock on ensilage is expected to bring top prices. Fort Lupton also hosted Grand Lecturer Cooper of the Masonic lodge who spoke to the Fort Lupton lodge and attended a large meeting followed by a banquet for members and their guests.
Mrs Baldridge entertained twenty guests with a thimble party at Eaton on Friday February six. Lunch was served late in the day.
On February 6 Fort Lupton notes a new rural route to start March 1 as rural route No 3. It covers 26 miles looping east toward Hudson, then north and west back to Fort Lupton. Mrs D A Camfield hosted Industrious Dozen club ladies Monday with two guests Mrs Miller and Mrs W W Harmer and elaborate refreshments.
Sam Katz, a Denver Post news boy, collided on Main Street Monday at 7 p.m. with Ed Langtry in an automobile. Katz escaped injury, his wheel was damaged, and Langtry had the wheel repaired then helped Katz resume his rounds on a replacement bicycle.
A dust storm did not prevent 75 people from gathering at the Mead home to welcome Rev. Dunn, newly arrived from Carlisle Penn, as pastor of the Congregational church. The event featured a music program and refreshments. Dunn begins his pastorate Sunday. the church has about 100 members and owns a church and parsonage.
Mr and Mrs J H McDonald marked thirty years of marriage with a quiet celebration at their home last Wednesday January 31 They wed in the Methodist church thirty years ago in a ceremony led by Rev Thorn ton a pioneer pastor The couple are Pennsylvania natives who have spent their entire married life in Greeley
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