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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1911
Page
8
Mrs. Florence Miller of Greeley visits here for a week and Mrs. Elmer Jessup shows improvement after illness. Ex mayor Smith plans Estes Park trip with Tom Connell and Bam Sayles. Various locals vacationing in Oregon Woodland Park and away in Ohio and New York.
A Camfeld dance drew good attendance last Thursday with plans for another social. Jennie Randall hosted a Sunday school gathering featuring games and refreshments attended by Pansy Storm Lee Storm Emerson Booth Mildred Blair Carl Law Amy Kent and Dorothy Randall. Galeton Ladies Aid met at Mrs WI Carlson home with extra guests Mrs Booth Mrs Johnson and Mrs Rydell enjoying a dainty repast. The next meeting will be at Mrs Latch home.
Delta Mr and Mrs John Porter of Colorado Springs visit Mr and Mrs Thomas Archibald. Jessie Gale joins Greeley visitors in the area. Mrs Maggie McGill of Palmer Mass visits her brother Thomas Watts and family for the summer. Mrs Ferguson and Mrs Devard from Greeley visit Mrs McGill. Mrs Durkee hosts a dinner party for about a dozen neighbors to celebrate Neil Durkee and Harold McConnell birthdays. G A Reed harvests wheat for Mr Clarkson. first crop expected lighter than the second.
Edith Herrington and Grace Laughlin are visiting for the week. E Herringtons return from Denver. Carl and Mrs. Gooch visit Loveland with Mrs. Gooch’s parents. A heavy rain fell southeast of town yesterday. Hiley Edie visited Wellington briefly. BE R Anderson delivered two binders locally this week. Wheat crop looks promising and alfalfa second cut is very heavy. Eighth grade reunion hosted by D M Lewis with all in attendance.
Robert Hines returns home from Denver after a three week stay in St. Anthony hospital. Mrs. Frank Hammond of Atlanta Nebraska visits C. S. Henline family and heads to Denver to stay with relatives. W. K. Gilcrest and Mary Heighton visit Denver. Heighton family hosts Charles Heighton of Kersey for three days. Rev and Mrs Armstrong welcome a baby daughter. Heighton spends Monday in Loveland. Local crops look fine after recent rains as the farmers union meets in Lange.
Fine rain touched Gill District on Tuesday as residents reported. Mrs. B. E. McLain and children visited Greeley, while Mrs. Silas Bardwell attended a chau tauqua there last week. The brick masons began work on the new high school costing 4,500 dollars. Smyzer's road grading outfit has operated in the area for the past week.
Miss Edith Randall is seriously ill at home. Dr. Peck of Eaton visited Mr. and Mrs. Sharp’s daughter Mary this week. The Camfield dance was a season highlight. The Kent home hosted the young people club with Mr. Carlson teaching the coming year's Sunday school.
Mr and Mrs Fawn Elliot hosted guests from Denver and North Dakota this past week. Several local residents and visitors spent the Fourth in Fort Collins or nearby towns. A number of injuries and health notes were recorded, including a rib fracture and a minor hand burn from fireworks.
Platteville report notes Mr. and Mrs. A Abrenkie and Estelle Shaffer visiting at the A Morgan home on Sunday. Mrs. David Hodgeson remains quite sick. News editor M B Roger moved his family to the Holmes house and his office to the Glaze building after Thursday morning fire.
T O Brown is sick. Mrs George Raney hosted 18 young ladies for Jessie Raney of Iowa. Mrs Davis of St Anthony Ida trains locals for The Old Maids Convention to be held at Gass hall Monday. Fannie Boak of Denver visits Platteville. A Morgan Ahrenkiel and Estelle Shaffer attended Greeley chautauqua. Jolce Kennett birthday surprise. Mrs Andrew Lang visited Tucker in Greeley. Coykendall visited Fort Lupton. M J Lucan visited Berbrige near Mead. Will Harrison of Denver visits Platteville friends this Sun.
The Briggsdale area reports rain boosting harvest prospects for winter wheat. Farmers purchase headers, prepare 200 acres for fall wheat, and plans shift toward threshing. Local residents travel, visit, and welcome daily U P railroad service with 11 45 a m arrivals and 2 p m returns.
A period advertisement targets weary women with kidney pain and urinary trouble. A Greeley Colorado resident, Mrs T L Faris, shares a testimonial praising Dean's Kidney Pills. The copy urges readers to buy via Gilbert Drug Co with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as sole US agents and repeats the product name.
The state superintendent of public instruction will have $200 000 income from school lands for Colorado schools in the current biennial period. This marks a $40 000 increase over any prior availability.
July 13 in Denver on business T F Miles and C A Nixon visit. I N Eby of Greeley attends to plans for a new school house four miles south. W F Gasner now of Ault visits Severance after leaving, greeting old friends as townspeople celebrate upcoming rail connections to Greeley enabling direct access to town.
Masters F W Smylie visited Denver last week. James McKinley is ill at his daughter Mrs Smith Thompson. Mrs Adam Bosworth of Indianapolis visits Mrs Mackey. Orchard ice cream social Saturday night was a grand success. L O O F officers installed and a dance followed with Mackey brothers providing music. Mollie and Clara Hildermann guest Mrs W B Day. Richard Mackey spent Tuesday in Kersey. John Peterson spent the Fourth in Denver. Clay Madden was in Greeley last.
Mrs A L Lewis visited Mrs J Mullin last Thursday. Families from the Harmony District near Fort Collins gathered for the Fourth with Carl Mauser Tanner family H Fredrickson Nellie Wolcott Clara Mullin and others. A barn dance at John Mullin’s last Friday drew a large crowd with Japanese lanterns and a luncheon.
Residents and visitors frequent Greeley Denver and surrounding towns with many trips and gatherings. The column lists Mr and Mrs Will Davis J C Hubbard Mrs C O Callahan and others visiting relatives and traveling to Denver Gilcrest Lasalle Princeton Ill and St Louis for visits and excursions.
Mr Lyons formerly a bookkeeper at Farmers bank plans a two month auto journey to his old home in the far east. He has been in poor health and hopes the trip will benefit him.
Mr and Mrs Alex Meade departed yesterday for Estes Park where they will stay several weeks, planning a retreat and rest in the mountain setting.
The article traces Manitou Springs as Colorado’s premier resort site born with the state. It highlights its healing springs and picturesque setting near Colorado Springs, notes historic figures like Ruxton and Pike, and extols cliff dwellers canons and two world class caves.
The passage tours Manitou Colorado noting Garden of the Gods, Glen Eyrie estate, Seven Falls, Ute Pass, Rainbow Falls, and the Colorado Midland Railway. It describes dramatic canyon scenery, local streams, stone bridges, concrete walks, shade trees, and a mix of upscale and modest hotels reflecting town growth.
Platteville hosts its first fall festival named Pickle Day with plans outlined for a large crowd. The D L & N W railroad agrees to a round trip fare with Union Pacific likely matching from nearby stations. Mrs David Hodgson, mother of pioneer George A Hodgson, is gravely ill at 76 and living in Platteville since 1859.
A list of real estate transfers shows multiple warranty deeds and small sums for lots and parcels in Camfield and surrounding towns. Names include Camfield Town & Impr Co, James B. Coleman, M. H. Devenport, Reuben J. Thompson, Della Havener, Frank Herdle, Benjamin B. Johnson, G. Jos. Jennesse, D. McFetridge, D. R. McFett, A. M. Pumb, W. L. Murphy, Fred Rauech, Nova W. Cooper, J. W. Squire, A. D. Annis, John A. Stender, D. H. Chambers, Frank W. Wherrin, Austin Johnson and others. properties range across Lots 22 23 Block 15 Camfield, NW NE 17-56-65, Bik 22 Greeley, and SE 164-68 with prices noted including 1259, 3500, and other records. An accompanying note mentions Mr and Mrs J Wilson and daughter Josephine visiting Greeley and a cycle trip planned for TM tor loop, with Josephine staying with Mrs Macey.
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