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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1909
Page
3
Farm loans and local business talk fill Weld County pages as Seaborn & Houston are noted in the farming scene. Denver visitors include Dr Ella Mead, Miss Tessa Grable en route to Omaha, and Mrs T J Roach returning from Denver. The Roney Boys concert set for January 14 at Congregational church with tickets 50 cents.
A report from Blairsburg outlines a charity eye examination event offered by renowned eye and throat specialist Pero Will examine the eyes free. The outreach, tied to the family of a deceased sibling, will take place at a local hotel on January 14 and 16, with Gary, Sanborn and Houston listed as participants.
Farm Loans. Sanborn & Houston. The Roney Boys will be at the Congregational church Thursday January 14. Doctor Ringle assisted by Doctor Woodcock operated on the little three-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Laurence Pollock for throat trouble this morning at 10 o'clock. Dr K C Sapero the Denver eye ear nose and throat specialist will be at the New Camfield hotel January 14 15 and 16 for free consultation and examination.
An article notes rising horse values and says demand will grow for quality horses as prices of motor vehicles rise. At the Denver show from January 18 to 23, compradores may buy select Percherons for 1200 to 2000 dollars amid an exhibition that boosts western horse breeding. North Side Country Club meeting reports good turnout and engaging programs with reflections on socialism, a new leaf, and a book review. Next gathering set for January 1 at Mrs Horace Hopkins’s home.
A Camfield hotel man, Mr. J. Hall, dropped a billiard cue on his toe a week or ten days ago. The injury left him swollen and unable to wear a shoe for several days. Hall collected a $30 accident payout from Pacific Mutual Insurance, and Colonel White jokes the big toe could have cost the company a hotel addition.
The W T K club met in the Greeley public library on a Wednesday afternoon. Mrs D Hugh presented a paper titled William Butler Yates and the Irish Literary Revival, followed by Mrs Josephine Cheeseman with The Value of the Theatre to Social Settlement Work.
E P Bennett who had been in the Greeley hospital for months with cancer died Thursday morning. The body was shipped to Fort Lupton, his home, for burial. Farm loans Sanborn Houston.
The Mines team meets the Arrows in what is billed as the season’s big game. Past matches have been close with Mines dominating yet vulnerable. Notable players include Deane McCreery and Roy Willetts, while Greeley’s Hall debuts for the Arrows amid familiar rivals Watson Woolf and others returning to the court.
The local Span ish War veterans assembly installed new officers led by Camp Commander Robert L. Dye and Senior Vice George C. Robinson. Other posts include Junior Vice Frank S. Reed, Sergeant James Kendal, Day Officer Harry Sommerville, Guard Officer H. E. Mattox, Trustees John Cremer Albert Luther James L. Jones. Meetings set every two months. sharing city hall quarters with the G A R may be arranged if aldermen object.
On January 7 near Bracewell Roy and Lloyd Lofflen entertained Miss Edith Draper of Boulder Miss Aline Thompson and Messrs J L Carpenter and W B Lewis of Greeley. Oysters and other items were served then music by the Lofflen orchestra, a full family ensemble, provided entertainment. The guests report a most excellent time and pleasant introductions were made.
A group of six Snohomish men C A Lowe E W Thompson Paul Lester Mac Moore A H Younge and Henry Doren are in town at the Camfield to make extensive purchases from Deegen and Durkee the local feeders who hold thousands of head near the sugar factory.
Senator Clayton on behalf of promoters of a major manufacturing enterprise has secured an option on the F. W. Smith property at Seventh avenue and Seventh street, currently housing a planing mill. The price is $8,000, about $2,000 above last year’s value.
Colorado may become an early adopter of the federal tuberculosis isolation provision. State Dairy Commissioner B. G. D. Bishop is drafting a bill for the legislature to ban bringing any more infected cattle into the state if enacted.
Miss Mary Rankin formerly of Greeley died at her parents home in Denver after a brief pneumonia illness. She had moved from Greeley a few months ago and was a member of the First Presbyterian choir. The funeral will be held in Denver tomorrow. Wedding invitations and announcements at the Tribune office.
A 16 year old looks younger entertained Theo. Lucas and several Elks members with vaudeville stunts and a strong voice. After baths clean clothes and meals at the Camfield he left rejoicing, heading toward home from the club.
Ed P House of Greeley proposes a memorial building for Father Tisdel and offers a $200 lot in his west Greeley addition as the site. He suggests using one of twenty six 650 by 150 foot plots between Nineteenth and Twenty first avenues and Fifth and Seventh streets, presently used as an experimental garden.
Sheriff praises George Miller as best fellow in county jail. While incarcerated he cared for Weatherford, an epileptic, through a severe spell last night. Once Miller drank liquor, his character is said to emerge as the embalming fluid leaves his system. Nebraska law mentions commitment after multiple drunkenness convictions.
Mrs. Jennie Elizabeth Bicknell seeks a divorce from Henry alleging long term failure of support. Henry replies with a valid reason, citing an important engagement elsewhere and past theft of a harness from Lou Beetham. He has worked in Canon City since. The couple married in Grand Junction six years ago and have a three year old child.
The board of pardons will consider the application for freedom made a few weeks ago by Fred Jewel who was sentenced to 22 years from this county about a year ago. He feloniously struck a beet laborer in Morgan county.
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