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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1905
Page
3
Residents report routine visits and illness with several names and places including LaSalle Eaton Greeley Sugar Loaf and Peckham. Remarks include sheriff office move location the death of Mrs Martin Jacobson from consumption and funeral arrangements led by Rev F L Blowers.
Clement sick week. Jake Frater passenger for Eley Monday morning. Dukes and mother located in Eaton. W O W of Eaton visited Ault Wednesday night. Gates of Bell Telephone went to Greeley Sunday. Mrs. Ben Jones ill reported. Henderson returned from Ohio visit. Blanche Middleton of Greeley Sunday with mother in Eaton. Mrs McGowen of Wehdome transacted business in Eley. Alger and Dickerson fed friends nearby. Ladies Aid met at Mrs J F Man’s home. Potato market lax due to car shortage. only ten cars loaded daily. Hager’s new residence nearing completion. expected to be among town’s finest. Goodan family and others plan California trip for health over winter.
A report from a local page mentions Ault Dorotha lodge of Rebekah initiating four candidates. Several residents are ill or recovering, including William Hudson with pneumonia, Mrs Padget improving after grip, and Mrs Frye with nervous and heart issues but better. Other items note visits, travel, bank staff, a Baptist prayer meeting, and a new grocery stock.
Evans George Deigart is reported on the sick list. Miss Foster visited Miss Rosa Willie Sunday. C B Ramsde is suffering from la grippe. William Mill appointed pay master for the water works. J P Fashbaugh and wife visited their sheep camp in Beebe Draw and report lambs in fine condition. Elias Lundy and family moved to Fort Morgan this week to farm. Water works pipe laying continues with rush. Strike among water works employees short lived. wages up 2.5 cents an hour. Martin Briggs from San Diego notes wet weather and longs for Colorado sunshine. Dr Roberts of Denver gave a lecture at the Reformed Presbyterian church last Friday evening and it was well received.
Tom Watts has his new barn painted. Miss Florence Bliss visited Miss Etta Gross for several days. Miss Mary Robb remains too ill to attend school. Mr. Moore buys ten acres east of Rhinehart’s and plans to build. Spear family moves onto Vose’s place. Talbot to buy five acres and build. currently lives on McKune’s. Thompson to sell and move to Kearney Neb for altitude. Johnson brings back a Swedish bride and buys forty acres to farm next year. Theodore Watts hopes onion prices rise. markets seven hundred sacks stored waiting.
Crover Grant Davis family suffered la grippe illness. J L Brush of Greeley visited Grover last week. W G Davis claimed desert land next to his ranch. Charles Miller spent Sunday with aunt Mrs W G Davis. Eric Larson and son Edward traveled to Greeley on business. Albert Miller claimed a homestead southwest of Branch school. Nellie Davis visited Ollie Larson Sunday evening. Mr Larson and party returned from Greeley early this week. A dance was held at Mr Dolan's overs at the Buttes Friday night January 13.
Albert Miller stayed overnight with his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Grant Davis. John Sedgwick and spouse returned from their cousin's funeral at Little Muddy. Grant Davis and his son Charles built a chimney at the district No 44 schoolhouse last Wednesday. The upper end of district No 49 will open soon for Everitt Dorsey’s education. Mr Campbell moved to a small house on his place while renting his large house to artesian well workers at Grover.
Weather turns cold slows ice storage business as Windsor Ice & Storage quits due to warmth but expects restart. Robert Roy receives 1.60 per hundred for onions, Jan. 24. Police Magistrate Chipman fines a man for selling meat without a license from a wagon. Justice Chipman had a prior case dismissed with costs. The Windsor Optimist launches here after this week with the editor planting roots locally. Robert Cloughly stacks shoes in Schwalm billiard hall. The Russians are bound to fight.
Huffman District James McKinley rents the Hale farm and will move in soon. Denver parties bought farms in the area over the past week. Bert Sarriges from Greeley visited with friends. Mrs Markle of Greeley visited Mr Markle’s parents. Mr Moore and son near Greeley dined with L A Larson. Mr Nortson of Greeley bought a ranch and will move his family here in February.
Ollie O'Frel sent his flock to St Joseph Missouri last week and accompanied them. A box social netted 19 dollars and 30 cents from about fifteen boxes. Albert Busse and family returned from Washington and plan to move to a half section of land there. A Saturday evening gathering at D H Barber’s home ended with a surprise party for the Rhoades brothers' group in Ashton district.
Mr Wright is having a granary built and J P Oster is constructing a large potato cellar. William Arens of Sheridan Wyoming visits friends in the Draw. Eckhart brothers of Peckham attended church services at the schoolhouse. Mrs Charles Girvan returned from Kansas visiting relatives. Mrs Gardner and children return home near Kersey after visiting J Thompson and family.
CAULT A B Hilton visited Grover on business. Miss Nellie Davis served as mail carrier. Vincent Archer and son are trapping in the valley this winter. Two horsemen spotted about 25 antelope between here and Grover. Rev Price began school for a change of occupation. Miss Mable Tilyou welcomed a new scholar enrollment last Monday.
The Union Pacific built a new bridge here last week. Five cars of potatoes were loaded from two warehouses Monday. Potatoes are moving slowly with only three firms buying. Miss Nettie Chesnut moved to Pueblo to work as cafe cashier. Thirty five couples enjoyed a dance hosted by Mr and Mrs Freeman Friday night. C E Hopkins of Denver gave a lecture on good citizenship at Lucerne chapel Monday night. Mr and Mrs Freeman and Mr and Mrs Collins attended a dinner hosted by Mrs Thomas Rayburne Sunday.
Charles Leake Cipson is out again after tonsilitis. The Mellins report a friendly Sunday visit. George Martinson returns home after working for Archie Brownell. Hobart Frazier finds work in Windsor and plans to move Gipson. Residents convert cottonwood trees to wood piles in spare time. Comer of Windsor sugar factory interviews beet growers nearby. Ellison hosts Stuart family from LaGrange. Hooley of Greeley made a business visit seeking gardening land. Rev and Mrs Thorell arrive from Nebraska for several weeks with A G Carlson and plan relocation to California. Valorus and Olin Webster will form the Currier place near Kelsey. Webster moves from Fort Collins. Peterson family from Kimball Neb occupies Andrew Severin’s property. travels with stock.
Roy Noal plans a soft water well inspection. Miss Cora Bainbridge visited Edwin Davis Jr. in Fort Lupton on Monday. Mrs. Boal visited Mrs. Stone Monday. May Flowers has been ill the past week. Rev. Stillman and wife from Evans called on Big Bend residents Monday. Mrs. Mackey returned home to visit relatives Wednesday. Mrs. Nelson and daughter along with Mrs. Davis and daughter traveled to Greeley Friday. A surprise party was hosted at Mr. and Mrs. Wrights’ home Tuesday with a fine turnout. Master Dye Taylor of Greeley is visiting his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Wiggett.
Miss May Jackson sick list. Orel Gardner returns to Colorado from Indiana. Miss Irene Salberg visits cousin Miss Ellen Jeanson. Mr and Mrs Standiford visit Mr and Mrs Smyser. Miss Elia Edgar and Miss Bertha Jessup visit Miss May Jackson. Tribune want ads offer ten cents a line for finds and notices.
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