Local Notes and Community Updates from Greeley
Captains Macy travels to Lincoln for training then returns amid a blizzard. An infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Thomas dies at six months and is buried. Local incidents include John Ferguson injured by a horse kick and a lodge set to confer Master Workman degree on four new members. Community events cover dances, exhibitions, and bank expansion plans with regional updates across Colorado towns.
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Shelby Thomas
Forest City Lodge No. 14
Sudden Death of Harper A Smith in Greeley
A telegram from Denver informed the Greeley station that Harper A. Smith of Greeley died that morning at the Pioneer House. He was a son of Mrs E D Potter and a longtime farmer near Greeley. Fred Williams left by train to bring the body to Greeley. He had sold his farm near the Latham ditch southeast of Greeley about two months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Foster
James Burkett
John Smillie
Colonel Sellers
John Goodwin
A.J. Eaton
Denver
John Higgins
John
William Pugh
Sporrep Coar
Fred Williams
Los Angeles
California
Mr. Williams
Greeley
Mr. Smith
Colorado
Smith
Masonic
Harper A. Smith
H. A. Smith
Pioneer House
E. D. Potter
Latham Ditch
Real estate transfers recorded in county clerk week
The list records transfers by various parties including James A. Conyers Cornelia A. Morton James W area Jon Bikey Edward Hollister Wm D Todd John Clements John Lord Eugene H Lahee and wife John Evans United States Robert Hale and John M. Wallace Alice Coykendall Wm M Butters Horace G Pyott to multiple grantees in Fort Morgan Windsor Platteville Greeley and surrounding areas detailing lots blocks and tracts changed hands with dates spanning 65 66 and 67 years indicated.
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James A. Conyers
Frank FE
Wm. H. Johnson
Fort Morgan
Riverside
Cornelia A. Morton
Julia R. Trinkle
James W. Area
Chas
Howard
Jon Bikey
Nellie W. McCloy
Edward Hollister
Robert C. Bates
Windsor
Wm. D. Todd
John Lyons
Platteville
John Clements
Wilson M. Gamble
John Lord
Wm. A. Miller
Eugene H. Lahee
Frank F. Lemmon
John Evans
Fred Wattenberg
United States
Robert Hale
John M. Wallace
Samuel Wright
Greeley
Alice Coykendall
A. R. Scofield
A. G. Coykendall
Wm. M. Butters
Horace G. Pyott
Louis H. Nelson
Blake and McDearman Wed in Lyndon Illinois
At the bride’s mother’s residence in Lyndon Illinois on January 11 1888 Mr Wilbur F Blake of Greeley Colorado married Miss Louisa McDearman of Lyndon with Rev Gilman Parker of Sterling NL officiating. Guests offered hearty congratulations and gifts. The couple left for northern Illinois Wisconsin and then Greeley to begin married life.
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Lyndon
Ill
Wilbur F. Blake
Greeley
Colorado
Louisa McDearman
Illinois
Gilman Parker
Sterling
Mrs. Blake
Wisconsin
Mr. Blake
the Tribune
Local ads highlight price cuts and new groceries
Hall and Jastrowitz announce a limited time price reduction in advertising columns. Henderson and Kendel take over E M Southard and Co with a full grocery and hardware line and invite local patronage. Weld County Transfer opens under James B Phillips with Hunter and West Bank, Mr Phillips brings county title experience.
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Hall & Jastrowitz
Henderson & Kendel
E. M. Southard & Co
Tripune
Queensware
Weld County
James B. Phillips
Hunter & West’s
Phillips
Lost Satchel Found Within City Limits
A small hand satchel lost between LaSalle and Greeleyon Sunday morning containing two trunk checks money and a letter of instructions for the owner. Return to D. F. Camp city marshal to claim reward for the article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaSalle
Greeley
D. F. Camp
Dastardly Robbery Involving German Woman Louise Keyser
Louise Keyser, a German woman, arrived in Julesburg seeking a restaurant then traveled with a man who robbed her of about fifty dollars. She was aided by locals, later found not insane, and brought to Greeley where officers seek her brother-in-law Henry Hoffman. She currently stays at the Jackson House.
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Louise Keyser
LaSalle
Oasis
J. T. Woollen
Denver
Julesburg
Ilif
Sterling
Greeley
Henry Hoffman
Indiana
Wolaver
Jackson
Odd Fellows Hall in Denver Set for Dedication Night
The Odd Fellows plan a grand dedication of their new Denver hall on Thursday evening. The program notes a sixty seven by forty foot main hall with twelve pilasters, oak furniture, frescoed walls, and two Siemens-Lungren chandeliers. A banquet hall on the third floor measures forty four by thirty six feet with four gas burners and two chandeliers. Stained glass windows feature Jonathan and David at the stone Ezel and are made in Denver by H B Copeland. The building is steam heated and fully appointed for elegance and comfort.
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Odd Fellows’ New
Denver
Siemens-Lungren
Siemens-Laungren
Jonathan
David
H. B. Copeland
Cathedral
Market Report of Farm Produce Prices in Greeley
Market prices per 100 tbs paid by Greeley merchants are corrected every Wednesday before press. Listing includes items such as PUMADORe and Wemoumel with per hundred weights cited, reflecting local agricultural trade data for the period.
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Greeley
Pumadore
Wemouel
Edheedd
Also Mentioned on This Page
A C. Watson
Arthur & McDonald
Greeley, Colorado
Alfred T. Bacon
Boomer
Main Street
Greeley, Colo
A. Bennett
Attorney AT Law
E. Dawson
Fred
Dille
Hunter & Wears Bank
Watchmaker and Jeweller
Connecticut Fire Insurance Company
Boomer’s
Reeley, Colorado
General Blacksmiths
Deering
Barton
Practical Watch Maker
L ” Eler
H. * Haynes
Colo
N First National Bank Block
H. D. Webster
Webster Bros
F. A. Webster
Greeley, Colo., and
Laramie, Wyoming
Webster Bros. Studio
J. E. McCreery
Law
Firs Nations Bank
Reeley, Colo
Robert Steele
Notary Public
Nat'l Bank
Frobert Steele & CO
Ames
Scott
Eighth Avenue
Jones & Wyman
Architect and Builders
Ninth Avenue
the Park
Ee C. Morley
Thomas G. Macy
Undertaker
Steele & Luttenbacher
Greenlee & So
LPH
Talbot
Clayton Block
Lawrence and
17Th Streets
J. & Garrigues
Henry M. Look
Southard
Carl W. Seelbach
E. M. Nusbaum
Home News
Mark H. Gill
W. G. Winbourn
Lupton
John W. Inman
James A. Williams
New Windsor
Macy
Lincoln
Nebraska
John Ferguson
Kansas City
Social Hours Dancing Club
Hunter Opera House Hall
A. W. Petrikin
Morrison
M. P Henderson
Pete Huffamith
A.J. Sampson
U.S. Grant Post
Egypt
Arizona
Gila River
Park Place
H. A. French
Congregational Church
Methodist Church
Idaho
Henry M. Williams
New York
Pennsylvania
United Ten
Lightning Haskins
Unitarian Church
Sampson
Hogarty
Union Bank
Wm. Ross
Garden City
Order of the Eastern Star
Louise Gilbertson
E. H. Abbott
C. Randolph
H. L. Wyman
W. B. Mason
M. P. Henderson
J. S. Gale
Minnie Fuller
A. Waring
Adah
Ruth
H. Southard
Esther
Jesse Hawes
Martha
C. E. Stanley
Electa
8. Hallett
Warden
T. G. Macy
Sentinel
James A. Beard
Cram
A.S. Baker
Hurd Twombly
Berthoud Jottings
The
Tribune
Beroon
Mercury
Crane
Farmers’ Protective Association
Berthoud
Rose & Edson
Bowen
Munson
John McCormick
Golden
Turner
Sanderson
Beeman
Lewis
Odd Fellows Temple
Market Report
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