Local notes from Greeley and area residents
Late Brown of Ault scheduled to go to Greeley on Monday. Hen Hutchinson of Mt. Vernon visiting Prof. BE Cross. Mr and Mrs J B Patton to depart Monday for six weeks away. Eva and Elsie Richards of Fort Collins in Greeley Tuesday en route to Eaton. Ruth Calloway of Montrose visiting friends and attending Normal commencement. Hessie Bliss from Boulder en route home for next week’s commencement. RK Ernest left for Holyoke to conduct the Normal institute June 7 to 18. Arthur Semper of Port Colling visiting friends in Greeley en route east. Mrs A D Simmons of Denver guest of Mrs A L Moyer for a few days after wintering in California. Mark Christenson, former State University football star, visiting Paul Mosher. Christenson runs Bragg store. Mrs L A Finn, visiting son G W Finn, returned to Denver Friday with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Semper
Port Colling
Greeley
Riends
East
Mark Christenson
Paul Mosher
Mr. Christenson
Bragg
Mrs Lester McLean Visits Greeley Campus Event
Mrs Lester McLean, secretary for the W C A, returned home to Denver Friday after a brief stay in Greeley. She met with the young women of the W G A at the Normal and attended a reception on the campus Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester McLean, Jr
Denver
Greeley
McLean
Family trip to Sweden and back home
Mr and Mrs Charles P. Bo and son Wallace with Mrs ie and Mr lander and daughter Jenn travel Tuesday for a three month stay in Sweden. Miss Carre ee York Penied them as far as mer where she will pend the sum with her unt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Po. Bo
Wallace
Mr. Lander
Jenn
P. Danielson
Greeley social notices and city water rents rise
Mrs Willus Eaton of Eaton was in Greeley Monday and Mrs George Craft with daughter May visited Denver. Mr and Mrs Ferguson moved to Platteville. Red Cliff resident Mayes visited daughter Josephine who graduates this year. E B Wallace and two children go to Fort Morgan then east for summer. Women of Woodcraft seek Friday meeting for important business. Co M Shrider arrives from Zanesville to join Shaw Dry Goods as window decorator. City of Greeley collects 155 for Windsor water rent, up from last year amid new taps each month.
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M. Shrider
Zanesville, C
Shaw Dry Goods Company
Shrider
Greeley
Windsor
Social notices and travel plans from Greeley area
A roundup of local residents visiting or returning home includes A L Lindner departing for a business trip east and C M Marsh expected home from San Diego. Miss Edith Douglass visits Miss Edith Beardsley while teaching in Sugar City and Helen Smith travels from Denver to attend Normal commencement. Cites several long acquaintance ties and past schooling. Also notes medical advice and Foley’s Honey and Tar as cough remedy sold locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Douglass
The
Normal
Edith Beardsley
Miss Douglass
Sugar City
Epworth League Members Hear Ella Mea At Home
Dr Ella Mea entertained the Epworth League in her residence on Wednesday evening as committees for department work were appointed and a committee was chosen to decide on a lecture course for the next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Mea
Epworth League
Young Presbyterians Hold Evening Meeting at Tindels
The young people's society of the United Presbyterian church met at Mr. and Mrs. G C B Tindel on Tuesday evening. Twenty members answered roll call with a stunt and an enjoyable social followed with dainty refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Endeavor of the Christian Church
Young People's Society of the United Presbyterian Church
GC. B. Tindel
Water Flow Rules and Computations Pamphlet Released
Henry C. Luther and M. A. Whitman publish a pamphlet detailing rules and computations for determining water flow through weirs of various dimensions. The booklet appears thorough and valuable for irrigation water measurement work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Luther
M. A. Whitman
Local Residents Plan Visits Across States and Countries
Mr and Mrs A L Lindner depart for an eastern trip visiting Muscatine Peoria Chicago Eau Claire and Seattle to visit sons. Mrs Agnes Dart sails for Roxbury NY for summer with Miss Harriett McNee joining in Webster City IA. Rev C W Gustafson and Charles Lofgren travel to Red Wing MN for Augustana Synod meetings. YWCA juniors host seniors on campus with a farewell social. Foley's Urine Laxative endorsed for digestive upsets by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Lindner
Muscatine
Peoria
Chicago
Eau Claire
Wis
Seattle
Agnes Dart
Roxbury
N. Y
Harriett McNee
Webster City
Hagenbeck Wallace Shows to Visit Greeley on June 16
The Hagenbeck Wallace Shows and Hagenbeck Trained Animal Shows join for a two show event in Greeley on June 16. A grand morning street parade followed by afternoon and evening performances promise a cosmopolitan spectacle with trained animals and top acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Batterson Family Quietly Reshaped by Colorado Life
Soloman Batterson and his wife, well known to Greeley residents, visited Friday for the Normal school graduation exercises where their grandchildren, the Misses Tibbets, graduated. The Battersons joined the Colony in 1870, owned land west of the Methodist church, moved to a mountain ranch above the Poudre for 32 years, and later retired to a comfortable Fort Collins home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soloman Batterson
Greeley
Poudre
Normal School
Misses Tibbets
Battersons
Fort Collins
Pentathlon decides best all around athlete at Normal
On Wednesday the senior and junior boys competed in a pentathlon at the Normal to crown the top all around athlete. Lester Finch, senior, won the prize for the most points a watch fob. Thursday the girls contest saw Olive Wilkinson claim a gold lined silver cup as the winner with 20 points, over Miss Lean Ole son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Finch
Olive Wilkinson
Miss Wilkinson
Lean Oleson
Severance Gets Mail Parlier
Since the first of the month Severance has been getting its mail from Eaton instead of Windsor. This brings the Denver papers into Severance practically a day ahead of the other system of service. The Eaton mailman does not leave until the Union Pacific trains are in, but the man from Windsor has to leave before the Colorado and Southern train bearing the morning papers arrive. The route out of Eaton that now includes Severance is route No. 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Severance
Eaton
Windsor
Denver
Union Pacific
Colorado & Southern
Mrs Roy Bartlett Hospitalized for Cancer Operation
Mrs Roy Bartlett is at St Luke's hospital in Denver awaiting another cancer operation with reported slim chances of survival. This marks her second hospital stay this spring and multiple visits last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bend
Roy Bartlett
St. Luke's Hospital
Denver
Remarkable cures claimed by Stomach and Liver Tablets
Chaim berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are said to cure stomach troubles with notable results. A man spending over two thousand dollars on medicines was reportedly cured by a few boxes. Price is 25 cents with free samples at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaimberlain
Commencement Week Opens at State Normal Colorado
The State Normal School of Colorado begins commencement week with a baccalaureate sermon at the Greeley Opera House. Rev W A Philips of United Presbyterian Church delivers the sermon themed The Service of the Loyal. Dr Z X Snyder the president introduces the speakers. The crowded audience includes graduates and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Normal School of Colorado
Greeley Opera House
W. A. Philips
United Presbyterian Church
Normal School
Fitz
Z. X. Snyder
John Doane
Philps
Tax plan eyed to boost Colorado state revenues
Governor Shafroth and a three member committee met in Denver to push a one third valuation of property statewide. They aim for a uniform tax base on real and personal property and to boost the state's property value from 375 million to about 450 million dollars, potentially increasing general revenue by about 300 thousand dollars. The shift could fund educational and state institutional bills and move the mental defectives home into the educational class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Sha'roth
State Board of Equalization
Board of Equalization
Shafroth
Lots of Spuds at Ault Ault Special
Farmers plan large potato plantings near Ault with Frank Lowry and son totaling 100 acres and Percy Allam 120 acres. The piece notes the hard work ahead and the prospect of sizable checks if the season and market cooperate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ault
Frank Lowry and Son
Percy Allam
Fort Lupton Beats Platteville In Ten Inning Classic
Fort Lupton defeats Platteville 8 to 2 in a ten inning game at Lupton. Lawrence and Hudson bat for Fort Lupton with Kirkedah and Morgan behind the plate. Fort Lupton scores the winning run in the tenth inning as both teams play sharp defense from start to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lupton
Fort Lupton
Platteville Baseball Club
Platteville
Lawrence and
Hudson
Kirkedah and
Morgan
Sterling Papers Stir Over Local Supply Contracts
The Sterling press accuses local merchants of discrimination as Condon-Thompson Supply furnishes grading outfits for Sterling irrigation work. Empire Construction says sub‑contractors may buy where they please. Kilpatrick Bros in Greeley run a commis sary serving twenty contractors with strict local purchasing. Condon claims a 10 percent markup and a $95000 capital to run the Sterling commissary. The firm plans a similar setup for the Greeley-Poudre project starting next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Press
Condon-Thompson Supply Company
North Sterling
Camfield
Empire Construction Company
Sterling Papers
Add
Greeley
Union Pacific
Kilpatrick Bros
Sterling
Condon
Condon-Thompson Company
Birthday Party for Margaret Purcell in Honor of Fifth
Celebrated Fifth Birthday Little Margaret Purcell hosted a Saturday party with play and refreshments. Mrs Purcell and helpers Missie Neilie Rose Purcell and Mrs Beggs entertained a group of girls including Mary Martin Helen Bly Helen Thurlbr Dorothy Moreland and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Purcell
J. J. Purcell
Helen Thurlbr
Dorothy Moreland
Helen Morgan
Myrtle Hill
Mary Frances Dedrick
Mabel Gill
Margaret Hughes
Mildred Neill
Marion
Judas Gideon
Eunice Perkins
Peggy Pogue
Eleanor Nimms
Virginia Asmus
Barbara
Dorothy Pinney
Lucile Patterson
Beefsteak Fry Led by Crucible Staff in Morning Ride
A beefsteak fry was organized by the Crucible staff for the Annual board. Starting at 6 o clock, the group traveled in a tallyho with bicycle overflow to Wrylie's grove where breakfast was prepared and served. Neighbors noticed the jingling sleighbells and active piecnickers along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crucible
Wrylie’s Grove
Spectacular Runaway Involving German Family Near Ranches
A wagon runaway occurred Sunday between the Roy Noel and Gordon McMillan ranches injuring a German family employed at the S. R. Farris place. The shafts lowered after a harness broke, throwing all passengers from the wagon. a young girl was severely cut and bruised after initially remaining in the wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Noel
Gordon McMillan
S. R. Farris
Batt
Double Stereopticon Lectures by Delos Ewin Finks
New York lecturer Delos Ewin Finks presents two entertainments next week using 200 colored views. Wednesday features Alaska and its gold glaciers and mountains at First Presbyterian Church. Thursday showcases the Forgotten People of America by southern mountaineers. Dr Finks is nationally renowned and has lectured over 2,000 times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delos Ewin Finks
New York
Alaska
America
First Presbyterian Church
Finks
Atlantic
Pacific
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Benjamin
Michael Stern
E. S. Carrithers
Brown
Hen Hutchinson
Mt. Vernon
BE. A. Cross
Mrs
J. B. Patton
Edge
Mises Eva and
Elsie Richards
Mixs
Ruth Calloway
Montrose
Mins Hessie Bliss
Boulder
Will
RK. Ernest
Holyoke
Normal Institute
A. D. Simmons
A. L. Moyer
Mrs. Simmons
California
Willus Eaton
Harry Youngs
Martin Cummings
W. J. Ferguson
George Craft
May
Gordon Danforth
Jack Gallagher
Scammon
Kan
C. M. Marsh
San Diego
Ella
Jennie Robinson
W. C. Thomas
Utica
Helen Smith
Katherine Inman
Miss Smith
T. Hamilton
Wichita
P. E. Boyie
Mr. Hamilton
S. F. Hiatt
Golden
L. G. Bly
Hiatt
Myrtilla Gibson
Westminster College
Miss Gibson
Cornelia Hoffman Schoffield
San Jacinto
Calif
A. J. McCarter
Thirteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Foley
C. W. Gustafson
Charles Lofgren
Red Wing
Minn
Augustana Synod
Swedish Mission Church
Pentathlon
Opera House
Greeley Pirms
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