Weld County notes and local happenings in brief
Haying starts in Crover vicinity as Otto Sigelback makes a Monday trip. Arthur Myers gathers horses. Joan Carston and Burt Miller elp Fred Singleback hay. Mary Jackson and brother visit Crow Creek. Myers move household goods from Crow Creek. W J McMillan suffers rheumatism. Kensinger completes concrete slaughter house in Weld county. J O White adds to livery barn. Ed Flouse reports grain in shock near Evans. D A Snyder team runs away from Idaho street, no damage, captured by Greeley post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Sigelback
Grover
Arthur Myers
Joan Carston
Burt Miller
Fred Singleback
Mary Jackson
Crow Creek
Mrs. Myers
D. A. Snyder
Idaho Street
Greeley
Local Socials and Visits Highlight Mountain Outing
Mrs J Dean and children visited the mountains last week while Mr Arnold and wife from Box Elder were in the Draw last Friday. Mrs McFee of southern Colorado visits her daughter Mrs J LeRoy. Mrs Markle and Hazel went to Loveland earlier this week. A dance at Mr White's last Thursday night drew a good time. Sunday school missionary Mr Crook spoke at the Baptist church and at the school house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Dean
Mr. Arnold
Box Elder
Markle
Hazel
Loveland
Hillsboro Community Gathers for Visits and Rain
Louie Willie of Platteville visits sister Mrs Bright. Rain falls Sunday evening. Mrs Bowles and babies spent last week in Berthoud. Mrs Newman visits daughter Mrs Waite of Johnstown. Charles Griffiths relatives arrive from the east for an extended visit. Miss Greenlee now works at Tucker hotel in Johnstown. Mr and Mrs Elliot Marklee sold their crop and farm to Mr Summers. The Marklee family depart for Platteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Willie
Platteville
Mrs. Bright
Mrs. Bowles
Babies
Berthoud
Mrs. Newman
Mrs. Waite
Johnstown
Chas. Griffith
Miss Greenlee
Tucker Hotel
Elliot Marklee
Summers
Marklee
Local Calls and Harvest Report From Highland Area
Highand lake callers from Denver and Liberty Hall visited this week with notes on social events. Harvesting progresses rapidly and grain in the locality remains good. A dance drew a large crowd at Vets Hall and residents report improving health after a mule incident. Carl True and wife and Mrs True and Mrs Crocker enjoy mountain trips this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Kellogg
Denver
Chas. Johnson
Liberty Hall
C. P. Howard
Longmont
Mayor
Liberty
Vets Hall
P.M. Mefd
Ak Rey
Gilkey
Carl True
Fond True
Mrs. Crocker
Local Social Roundup in Evans and Nearby Towns
Mrs J P Fashbaugh appears on the sick list. Mrs H Johnson of Leadville visits Mrs Zarten. Tregoning and G H Young visit Denver. Doris Raymond travels to Loveland to visit friends. Clarence Mattox and wife visit Denver. Viola Dunbar of Eaton visits Evans friends. Nellie Dunbar and Viola remain at Loveland for a vacation. S. Wilson and Mrs Cone guests of KE Morrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Fashbaugh
Tripple
Viola Ee
Nellie Dunbar
Sandra
S. Wilson
I Cone
KE. Morrison
Delta teacher to start in Evans next year
Miss Bessie Patterson will teach in Evans next year. Pear Robb returned home last week after helping Mrs. David Bliss. Tom Watts Jr. was ill with scarlet fever but is now better. Lena Manchester, from Denver, visited home last week. Chas Robison plans a new soft water well and indoor piping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Patterson
Evans
Pear
Robb
David Bliss
Mr. Burgess
Tom Watts, Jr
Lena Manchester
Denver
Robison
J.s.seehryver
Miss Seehryver
Chicago
G. N. Green
Chas, Robison
Fort Lupton Community News Roundup
Presiding Elder Carmine will preach at the M E church Thursday evening. Several Greeks were sent from Denver to work on the U P railroad here. Laburnum Circle installed officers and served lunch.观 Barnum Bailey circus played in Denver Monday and Tuesday. Newton returned from Lincoln after a ten day visit with his health. Reynolds visited his wife at St Anthony’s hospital and reported her improving. Alilsebrook returned from Oregon after Lewis and Clark exposition. Winbourne busy on the river as Platte water runs low. Winbourne and family head to Yellow stone Park and Portland Exposition for months. Demorest silver medal in M E church won by Miss Mary Winbourne. contest to repeat in Platteville Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmine
M. E
Denver
U. P
Laburnum Circle
Barnum & Bailey E Circus
B. E. Newton
Lincoln
Neb
W. D. Reynolds
St. Anthonys Hospital
Alilsebrook
Oregon
T. C. Winbourne
Platte
R. L. Winbourne
Law and Son
Yellowstone Park
Portland Exposition
Demorest
M. E. Church
Mary Winbourne
Platteville
Kersey Notes On Visitors And Local Plans
Kersey J. C. Steck spent a few days in Loveland last week. William Kingsbury made his usual visit to Kersey Sunday. Mrs John Codd of near Peckham visited Mrs Don Heffernan last week. Kersey has a new section foreman the fourth in about six weeks on the U P. at this point. Some residents seek a deputy sheriff to guard property and persons and consider incorporating the town and electing a marshal without pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kingsbury
Kersey
John Codd
Near Peckham
Don Heffernan
U. P
Ault Nebronsites Gossip and Local Moves
Miss Nina Champ visits sister in Aurora Nebraska while Mrs F S Barber travels to Wyoming. Mrs Frank Strahn visits Sun day with husband and sister Mrs M C Todd. Odd Fellows install ten foot gravel walk on Main street. W D Selby travels to McCook after brother J G Selby’s death. Mrs Rodman returns home due to husband illness. Baptist Ladies Aid meets at Mrs R D S Padgets. Commissioner Pence fills Main Street corner mud hole with gravel. Dr M M Edmondson of Kansas City visits sister Mrs G H Bradfield after Portland trip. Miss Myrtle King from Greeley plan class in tapestry painting. Dr King and Ed Glover buy eighty acre tracts at $30 per acre from A W Morrison in Collins district. Post office inspectors and J R Shannon plus G H Bradfield tour rural route. route may be smaller than Eaton due to overlap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Ladies’ Aid
R. D.S. Padget
S. m Street
Pence
Main Street
First Avenue
M. M. Edmondson
Kansas City
G. H. Bradfield
Tie
Myrtle King
Greeley
King
Ed Glover
A. W. Morrison
Collins District
J. R. Shannon
Eaton
Steele Lumber Co Plans Fence and Sheds Around Yard
Steele Lumber Co builds a ten foot woven wire fence along the south side of the lumber yards. A shed will rise along the north and west sides and another shed on Pence lot. The entire area will be fenced with corrugated iron and a wide east driveway will be added near Dr. Anderson's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Steele Lumber Co
R. L. Pence
Dr. Anderson
Local notes from Eaton and Windsor area residents
Eaton F L Weller rode between trains in Groeely as Mrs. India Dickerson returned from Denver. Lon Ward and party came back from the mountains. Several residents visited Denver LaPorte Windsor and California while a traveling fake doctor and show outfit were refused a license. A narrow escape near Mr Haythorne’s prompted thanks to helpful strangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Weller
Groeely
India Dickerson
Denver
Lon Ward
Mountains
Charles Eggleston
James Wolf
Smiley
Sharon Thomson
Windsor Reservoir
John A. Goodan
California
Eaton
Mrs. Goodan
LaPorte
Greeley
George Givan
For Rent Water Rights in Colorado Lakes
For Rent two eighty acre water rights one in Lake Loveland and one in Seven Lakes listed under J. E. Neill with location hints and ownership details implied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Loveland
J. E. Neill
A Guaranteed Cure For Piles Advertised by Paris Medicine Co
An advertisement promises a guaranteed cure for piles itching bleeding and protruding with a 6 to 14 day timeline. Druggists refund money if PAZO fails to cure any case regardless of duration. First application provides relief. 50 cents. Send stamps if druggist unavailable and the product will be mailed post paid from St. Louis Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Medicine Co
St. Louis
Local Social Notes From Evans and Surrounding Towns
LASALLE W Hull and family moved to Evans last week. Mrs Roberts has taken charge of the section house. Mrs Jas Dunn spent a few days in Loveland this week. Mrs L C Todd of Central City is visiting at the home of her uncle D S Ellis. Mr and Mrs Frank Miller were guests of Mrs D M Lewis Monday and Tuesday. Miss Esther Ellis returned home after a five weeks visit in Central City. Mrs T Ennis, Miss Sadie Young and Miss Norris spent Thursday with Mrs Jas Beattie. Mrs Birdie Stillwell and children from Eaton were visiting at the home of Mrs James Beattie this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Goodan
Long Beach
Cal
Mr. Gosslin
Jas. Dunn
Loveland
L. C. Todd
Central City
Ellis
Frank Miller
D. M. Lewis
Esther Ellis
T. Ennis
Sadie Young
Miss Norris
Jas. Beattie
Birdie Stillwell
Eaton
James Beattie
Social notes and visits from Lucerne
Mr and Mrs Meeker were callers at Bucklers. The Friday warehouse social was well attended. A large crowd attended the Chapel preaching Sunday evening. Nellie Brown of Greeley visits her cousin Grace Duvall. Martha Mierrendorf left Sunday for Leadville to make her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Mierrendorf
Leadville
Death of traveling man H F Smith at city hospital
H F Smith a well known traveling salesman for Daniels and Fishers who had worked the territory for ten years died Friday after an appendicitis operation. Doctors Freeman of Denver Graham Wood Mead assisted. He never recovered from anesthesia. The body was sent to Denver for burial with funeral Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Smith
Daniels & Fishers
City Hospital
Freeman
Denver
Graham
Wood and Mead
Greeley
Concordia man dies in county hospital
Robert Grimm of Concordia Kansas died in the county hospital Tuesday morning of quick consumption. He had been here but a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Grimm
Concordia
Kansas
Sabbath Services and Union Evening Service Planned
The Churches Rev. R. J. Hunter, pastor. Sabbath morning worship at 10 45. Sabbath school and Bible classes at noon. Christian Endeavor at 6 30. Evening union service at 7 30 with Congregational and Methodist churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Hunter
Christian Endeavor
Sunday church services at Seventh Day Adventist Church
Sunday school begins 9:30 a.m. with morning service at 10:30 a.m. and evening service at 7:45 p.m. at the Seventh Day Adventist Church corner of Eighth Street and Fourteenth Avenue. Pastor Oscar W. Gustafson welcomes all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Eighth Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Oscar W. Gustafson
Reverend Fraser to Preach at Congregational Church
Reverend Arthur Fraser of Kansas City has been secured by the committee in charge to preach both morning and evening next Sunday at the Congregational church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Fraser
Kansas City
Congregational Church
Trinity Lutheran Church Services Next Sunday
Trinity Lutheran Church announces German language service next Sunday July 30 at 7 30 p m led by Pastor Manteuffel Mait A tae Manteuffel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ait A
Tae Manteuffel
St Denis Weds Inez Pollard in Fort Collins Surprise Ceremony
Alex St Denis of the city postal carriers force and Miss Inez Pollard sister of George Pollard of the county clerk in Greeley wed last Wednesday afternoon July 19 in Fort Collins. The couple met friends by surprise and plan no permanent home yet due to his expected transfer to another station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex St. Denis
Fort Collins
Inez Pollard
George Pollard
Greeley
St. Denis
License Issued in Denver for Colton Man and Greeley Woman
On Monday in Denver a license to marry was issued to Joseph Burnett of Colton California and Amy Thomas of Greeley. Miss Thomas is the daughter of Mrs Mary I Thomas of 1227 Ninth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Joseph Burnett
Colton
California
Amy Thomas
Greeley
Thomas
Mary I. Thomas
Ninth Avenue
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
Auction style sales copy urging immediate purchase of Chamberlain's remedy for colic cholera and diarrhoea. Claims urgency and life saving potential and notes availability at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Salmon Fishing Requires a Different Striking Style
The article notes that salmon fishing differs greatly from trout fishing. It explains there is no need for a swift strike, as a taut line and a raised rod let the salmon set the hook by its own momentum as it pulls downward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Bramble
Banquet tale of a dejected NY cloakroom attendant
A western man recalls a New York banquet he attended and the cloakroom attendant’s woeful mood. Asked why he sighed the attendant reveals guests have not tipped him and have stolen the decoy tray quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Howry Inventions Are Made
The World’s Work notes that most practical inventions come from an unseen group within major manufacturers. These inventors work in dedicated departments, funded by salaries, using full apparatus, and assign every invention to the company for nominal one dollar consideration.
The Making of a Corot The Imitation Fortunes of the Master
The London Chronicle discusses two kinds of Corots the Corot de commerce and imitations. Dealers pushed inferior works on a reluctant master who could not bear to condemn near duplicates. He often authorized paintings by adding the word that to call them Corots, creating near copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pere Corot
London Chronicle
Shades of Black Cloth Dinner Coat Tailor Note
A man asks a tailor to match a dinner coat. The tailor warns no two pieces of black woolen cloth are exactly alike and suggests the existing piece is the best match, discouraging further hunting for a perfect color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inter Ocean
A Little Absentminded Wit and Moderately Timed Watch
Rufus Choate once sought a Boston witness to define absentmindedness. The Yankee quipped that a man who thought he left his watch to hum and then checked his pocket to see if he had time to hum and fetch it was a little absentminded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Choate
Boston
New England
Landlady and guest clash over grace request
A Cleveland Leader item recalls a landlady asking a guest to say grace at table. The guest responded with a humble plea to be thankful for what they are about to receive, causing the man to leave the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starboarder
Cleveland
Gracious Be ssie Sparks Quiet Etiquette Debate
A Philadelphia Press excerpt shows a mother scolding Gracious for shouting in a noisy room. The little girl responds that Willie is quiet because their papa is due home late, reflecting domestic tensions and family dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie
Willie
Hisie
Philadelphia Press
Plenty of Servants Joke Reveals Domestic Humor
A witty quip from Puck plays on household life noting a wife’s “three servants” as one at home one traveling and one arriving. The humor centers on constant domestic bustle and exaggerated household management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
A Patient Lover
A dialogue reveals Effie’s long betrothal and a wary view of marriage as she contemplates a former lover. The exchange weighs enduring affection against practical doubt in a quiet domestic scene.
Choctaw Punishments Shocking Endurance At Eagletown
A Houston Post reporter recalls Choctaw tribal court practices in Eagletown, where misdemeanor sentences were enforced by public lashings. Prisoners were tied to an oak tree and struck with a rawhide whip, amid taunts from onlookers, with no outcry from the restrained crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Post
Congress
Eagletown
Arkansas Line
Choctaw
Aliens In England In Early Modern Times
A London Chronicle excerpt discusses English policy on aliens during James I and onward. It outlines birthright citizenship rules, succession of British status, and the promise of kinship claims through paternal descent, noting limits if the father was traitor, felon, or at war with England. It mentions Jacobites using the provision as POWs in 1745.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
John
James I
Scotland
London Chronicle
The American Pace
Mrs Lane recalls a German museum director furious at American speed and a young man asking if he can guarantee becoming a portrait painter in three months. She notes American pace affects arts and medicine, with comments about time and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Fatherland
West
Trait of the Moose Bird in Maine Woods
An old hunter from Maine describes a small bird called the moose bird. It sits on camp windowsills and eats large food in pieces, then carries away the rest. The creature, about the size of a bluebird, has modest plumage and calm deportment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Lewiston Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Crover
W. J. McMillans
J. M. Kensinger
Weld County
J. O. White
Ed Flouse
Landrum
Beebe
Hillsboro
Highland Lake
Mr. Marks
DELTA
Mrs. Clarkson
Missouri
Fort
Lupton
J. C. Steck
Nina Champ
Aurora, Neb
Frank Strahn
M. C. Todd
Odd Fellows
W. D. Selby
McCook
J. G. Selby
Mrs. Rodman
Mrs. Newell
Wm. V Platner
Boulder
John Nass
Iowa City
Iowa
Irma Jones
Hattie Thompson
Haythorne
George Osterhout
Windsor
Ladies’ Aid
Lasalle
W. Hull
Mrs. Roberts
Lucerne
Grimm
First Presbyterian
Pollard
Thomas Burnett
Corot
Him
Effie
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