Postmaster change at Platteville and local notes
John Wheeler appointed postmaster at Platteville. Island Station's BE Young reports a strong water flow at 250 feet, aiding livestock operations. Obituary for Isaiah S. Lemmon notes 20 years in the county and sudden pneumonia. Fort Collins and Loveland items include church meetings, lectures, and a military ball. Fort Collins artisans form a price and payment association. court upholds insurance judgment. Routt county winter report and Stout stone shipment for Denver Short Line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wheeler
P. BE. Young
Island Station
Evans
Evans Journal
Isaiah 5
Lemmon
Eugene Lemmon
Randolph County
Illinois
A. H. Lucas
Greeley
Cage
Methodist
Loveland
A. ©. Todd
Big Bend
Methodist Church
Rink
Organization of the Union
Presbyterian Church
de Molay
Red Cross
Sheriff Love
Fort Collins
Supreme Court of
Messrs. Ballard & Robinson
McClelland
J. 8
Sabin
Livermore
Routt
Routt County
Early spring hinted as deer shed antlers signal
Dr Norman of Elkhorn notes unusually scarce game during a Fort Collins visit and cites an early spring sign as deer shed antlers. Fort Morgan reports a rattlesnake kill, and a Nebraska trip to inspect Burlington railroad work. Fires, floods, and losses sweep Flagstaff, Roxbury, Massachusetts, and wider New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Norman
Elkhorn
Fort Collins
The
Times
L. Gaume
Weldon Valley
A.S. Baker
J. K. Brown
Moore
Beatrice
Nebraska
Burlington Road
Hudson
Troy
Albany
New England
Massachusetts
Roxbury
Fresno
California
Wickersham
Petaluma
Casey
Chadron
Fort Robinson
Post Office Department
Hyndman
Burns
London
Thomas A. Edison
International Railway Telegraph Company
Highlands
Boston
Newton Upper Falls
Walden
Taunton
Geneva
Rhode Island
Turkey
Bellefont
Atlantic Mills
Dr Bosanko Cough and Lung Syrup Ad Campaign
A home economy notice urges cutting expenses and suggests keeping Dr Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup to stop a cough and relieve chest pain in one night. It claims relief for consumption and promotes 50 cent and 1 dollar prices with free samples, sold by Flower and Petrikin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bosanko
Flower & Petrikin
Seeds and seedsmen advertise farm supplies and cures
Seed oats seed wheat seed corn and potatoes offered by McClellan Clayton and others. Tinware and organs priced from 45 to 125 dollars. An advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh with a testimonial claiming relief within an hour and cure in days at 50 cents.
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Nebraska
McClellan & Clayton
Downs
Mt. Pleasant Academy
Sing Sing
N. Y
Ely
W. A. Downs. Price
Rose Seedling Seed Potatoes for Sale by J Hengstler
Offer lists seed potatoes and shoe bargains over ten days. J Hengstler advertises Rose Seedling Seed Potatoes for sale and discount prices on ladies shoes with multiple price pairs. Also a full line of ladies and gents underwear at cost. Call early to secure bargains by S. H. Southard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hengstler
S. H. Southard
Variety of Local Ads Include Real Estate and Services
A collection of short ads and notices from Greeley listings and businesses. Includes real estate for sale and rent in Block 61 and near Sixth Street, advertised livestock and horses for sale near town, coal delivery one mile east of Maton, insurance comparisons with Sun of London and St Paul, Nickel Cigar availability in Colorado, and testimonials for Fly's Cream Balm and Ely's Cream Balm addressing catarrh relief.
Sample Slippers at French's Store in Greeley
Evans and Eaton Bran kept at the Greeley Feed Store opposite Hart's harness shop. Ear corn requested in a few loads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bran
Evans and Eaton
Greeley
Hart
Parker's Tonic Promises Cure Without Alcohol
The passage argues against quack nostrums that promote drinking and touts Parker's Tonic as a safe remedy. It claims the tonic strengthens the system, cures stomach, liver, and kidney ailments, and stimulates without intoxication while curing the appetite for liquor.
Cash or Its Equivalent Promises to Pay Consumers
An advertisement from Cons, Laysourn & Co. Windsor touts a platform named Cash or Its Equivalent. It claims to pay the consumer, prevent accounting errors, and bring satisfaction to all parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conss
Laysourn & Co
Windsor
Real Estate Bargains and Bran Delivery Ad
McColeclan and Clayton advertise Bran from Eaton mills at mill price plus five cents delivery. Sanborn lists several real estate bargains. Rooms at Mrs Craix's located two blocks north of the post office.
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Sixth Street
Ninth Avenue
Post Office
A. K. Crank
Eaton Mills
McColeclan & Clayton
Sanborn
Saskatchewan Fife Wheat Yields Noted Across Farms
Testimonies from Saskatchewan Fife wheat growers praise high yields and early ripening, with reports of 38 bushels per acre on 9 bushels sown and 5 to 10 bushels more per acre in subsequent plantings. Inspectors in Colorado note strong flour and low offal, while seed prices are listed at two cents per pound in large lots.
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A. B. Daughtery
R. L. Ozment
Fort Lupton
Hyde
Saskatchewan
FIFE
Minneapolis
Bia Thompson
Hirtsporo
Messrs. Thompson & McClellan
John W. Catkys
Eaton, Corp
W. R. McClelan
Greeley
Colo
Deak
Colorado
J. H. Howe
W. R. McCrellan
Greeley, Colo
Wanted to exchange goods for cash at lowest prices
An item from a historic ad notes Cassi LaAyspourn & Co in Windsor offering to buy goods for cash at the lowest prices. A sale line invites inquiries from Mrs N C Meeker, with a vague “Some day” for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassi, LaAyspourn & Co
Windsor
N.C. Meeker
Mammoth Dry Goods offers deep discounts in Denver
The M. J. McNamara & Co. house advertises $10 ladies suits for $5 and girls and misses dresses from $5.25 to $6.25. Also offers $2.00 men’s shirts from $3.50 and mail orders. Plus posts about posts, grain prices, a Jersey cow for sale and various local services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. McNamara & Co
Denver
Wanted loan for Weld County lands and water stock
Wanted a loan of five or six thousand dollars on three four and five years at eight percent on first class security consisting of improved farm lands and water stock in Weld County Canals. Best references for prompt payment. Address Box 565 Greeley Postoffice. Also a pleasant dwelling in a good neighborhood three rooms with closets and cellar. Apply to A T Bacon & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weld
Greeley
Postoffice
A. T. Bacon & Co
Greeley Invents Cattle Bloat Preventing Device
H B Jackson of Greeley Colorado claims a patent for a simple nickel plated tube fitted with a spring valve and whistle to vent gases when cattle bloat on alfalfa. The device uploads a warning sound for farmers and is worn constantly. He also advertises dry goods prices, exclusive shoes and children's Solar Tip footwear, and local shop under the Opera House. The Colorado House of Greeley under Mrs Elizabeth Rogerson to reopen December 23 1885. An improved Lone Tree Valley farm with a stream through one corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Jackson
Greeley
Colo
John Kelly
M.W. Cody & Co
Chas. Huser
Opera House
Colorado House of Greeley
Elizabeth A. Rogerson
Will Bee
Money to Loan on Real Estate Security
Hare and Horcuxiss advertise quick loans secured by real estate with funds available on short notice.
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Hare & Horcuxiss
Blacksmith Shop Opens On Maple Street In Greeley
Ep Surry of Greeley announces a new general blacksmithing business on Maple street east of the Colorado House and invites old customers. L Cattry advertises polled Angus cattle for sale and hogs for sale or trade. Also notices real estate and medical ad for Dr Bosanko’s Pile Remedy sold by Flower & Petrikin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Street
Colorado House
Surry
Greeley, Colorado
L. Cattry
Greeley
Bosanko
Consumption Cure Promises Quick Patient Relief
An old physician claims a vegetable remedy cures consumption bronchitis and nervous disorders and offers free recipe in German French or English by mail from W A Novus Rochester New York. The ad also promotes Brown's new trouserings with striking styles and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East India
W. A. Novus
Power's Block
Rochester
New York
Red Star Cough Cure and Local Notices
5,000 Pitch and Cedar pasta for sale and coal props available through BK G Evitrxwoop in Fort Collins. Forest City Lodge No. 14 A O U W meets first and third Mondays at Odd Fellows hall. Frank Mappen M W and E F Dawtrey Ree invite visitors. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters advertised as a radical remedy that reaches the disease’s root, claims to cure indigestion fever liver complaints and other ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BK. G. Evitrxwoop
Fort Collins
Forest City Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Frank Mappen
M. W
F. Dawtrey
Ree
Hostetter
Fountain Head
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Platteville
Sterling
W. L. Henderson
Express
Stout
College
Fort Morgan
Flagstaff
Arizona
L. Roy Mansfield & CO
Park Place Tin Shop
Treat &Heaton
Vip
Er Matreson
Conps
Layspourn & Co
Tyre New Enclant Live Stock Co
Phoenix, &c
Sun
St. Paul
Gentlemen, Hare & Horcuxiss
First National Bank
NEW Coal Bank
Maton
Eaton
C. H. Werner
W. J. Woopwarp
Towanda
C. S. Halleys
Binghampton
French’s
Cobbs, Laybourn & CO
Windsor, Colo
A. L. Camp, Jr
French's
Joan Callaghan
Parker
Lone Tree Valley
Sanborns
Brown
E.R. Thayer
Real Estate and Loans
Greeley and
Loveland Ditch
Union Bank Block
Hunter & West
H.C. Watson & CO
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