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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1904
Page
2
James Tuckerman received a letter from tenant F F A Rader describing a hail storm Monday that swept over Brush area. Hail as large as hen eggs flattened a waist high barley field, beating the crop into the ground after a promising season previously hindered by drought.
Mrs Nelson Demor’s pupils entertained many friends Monday evening June 6 at Mrs M A Bunker’s home with a program of piano solos vocal solos violin solos mixed quartet and ensembles. Performances included Serenade The Bond Maid Reverie Spring Blossoms Twilight and more by Jensen Burg Miller Wiegand Browne and others with pupils Miriam Bunker Helen Howard Ruth Baker and Miss Miller among the featured performers.
The Tabor Grand stock company tops the literary market with a 1904 repertory. Col. Joe Norcross leads, John Henderson directs music, and Eugene Fiske is stage manager. Doors open 2, curtain 2 30. After the four act drama Unjustly Accused a concert features Signor Navarre and Madame Dubesque. Admission five cents.
Santa Fe publishes a new monthly illustrated journal covering the Southwest and California with letters from farmers stockmen and fruit raisers along with editorials and miscellany. It promotes immigration aid and offers a six month trial by mail for six cents to potential subscribers and forwarding addresses both near and far.
Week-Day excursion runs Thursday June 23 with a rate of 3 and children at half price.
Train No 23 slated for 5:00 p m Sundays will be held to depart Dover at 7:00 p m through the summer, affecting service to Boulder Fort Collins and Greeley. The adjustment begins June 12 and continues each Sunday thereafter.
The Greeley Eagle team will face the Lions Indian base ball club under electric arc lights on June 1. Fifty arc lamps will illuminate the field making it daylight bright. A larger softer ball will be used for easier follow and to reduce home run risk. Afternoon game at 2 30 with an evening matchup at 8.
Greeley Reds shut out Greeley, H. College, and Sacred Heart College of Denver 6 to 0 at Island Grove Park Sunday. Masterful pitching by Cunningham and strong defense from Marsh and Riley highlighted the win. The scoring by inning showed Greeley with a 6 run output while H. College failed to cross the plate.
Damage to the Walter Farr reservoir on One creek eighteen miles northeast of Greeley by May floods is being repaired by Nolin and Marsh. Farr supervises remaining work. The private reservoir holds over 76 million cubic feet and can irrigate about 800 acres of Farr land in northern Colorado.
J J Hubbard of Temple Texas cites two years of Herbine use for headaches rheumatism and nervous fatigue claiming it renewed energy and health. An advertisement touts Herbine as the best medicine for chills and fever at 50 cents a bottle sold by all druggists.
Tuesday afternoon Bruce Parker, eldest son of Mr and Mrs H D Parker, waded near the Oak Street bridge in the Poudre. He stepped into a deep hole and sank twice before companions’ cries drew Sidney Hallett who rescued him. He was not much the worse for the adventure.
Mr. George K. Babcock of North Plain Connecticut was thrown from his wagon and bruised. He used Chamberlain's Pain Balm freely and called it the best liniment he ever used for sprains and bruises. It is advertised as curing in a third the time of other treatments and is for sale by all druggists.
In district court Judge Bennett granted a new trial Friday morning for Frank Dupree convicted of statutory assault. The ruling likely ends the case as a second trial seems unlikely to convict. Dupree remains on bond pending the new trial during this term of court.
Advertisement claims deafness arises from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It offers one hundred dollars for any deafness caused by catarrh not cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure and promotes Hall's Family Pills.
Great Western Railway offers round trip fares from Omaha to St Paul Minneapolis for 12.50 and to Duluth Superior Ashland or Bayfield for 16.50 with equal low rates to Minnesota summer resorts. Tickets on sale daily to September 30, good to return by October 31. Two fully equipped trains daily on the shortest line. For details contact a Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago.
Missouri Pacific offers round trip coach tickets from Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo to Kansas City or St Louis for 17.15 good returning after fifteen days. One night out to St Louis. For details contact agent or H B Kooser G W F P A Denver.
Clarence L. Searing and Miss Mary M. Cox were married in Colorado Springs on Tuesday the 14th. They will reside at 707 Eleventh Street, Greeley, after a statewide honeymoon. Searing is a bookkeeper for William Mayher and Cox is a former Normal school student.
Charles Hansen of The Tribune staff married Christina White in Kansas City yesterday. Christina White is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William White of 518 Howard Avenue. The couple plans a short honeymoon in Michigan before returning to Greeley to establish their home.
In June a quiet Fort Collins wedding united Jessie Harrington and Emory D. Searing an associate professor in the agricultural college mechanical department. The couple plans a long wedding tour, then residence at 616 South Hawes where they will greet friends. The bride is a local graduate and noted for beauty and charm.
William J. Shannon and Pearl West both of Greeley were married at the parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal church on June 12 by Rev. B. T. Vincent.
A pretty home wedding was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Atkinson in Pleasant Valley on June 15. Rev. R. J. Hunter united Miss Rosie E. Hoyt and Merritt Hames in marriage before about 75 guests. Eames, chief inspector for the Colorado Telephone Co at Eaton, will soon become Eaton office manager. The couple will postpone their wedding trip and begin housekeeping in Eaton.
On June 15 at noon at Guy Stockton home Rev. C A Campbell officiated uniting Miss Maud F Jones sister of Mrs Stockton and Frank Grimes Willis in marriage. Bride a Denver native and East Denver High School graduate 1896 known in Christian Endeavor work. Groom a Cripple Creek civil engineer. They plan to visit the World’s Fair later this summer.
Monday evening the Pythians held their annual Memorial Day exercises. The program included a piano solo by J. Scott Thompson, a male quartet, an H. N Haynes clarinet solo, and solo performances by Otis Brown Euphonium C Yardley and R G Strong among others.
The Missouri Pacific has arranged ample coaches for excursions to Kansas City and St. Louis. Patrons will enjoy good accommodations en route as part of the World’s Fair outing schedule.
Train 283 from Denver at 5:00 p m daily to Boulder Fort Collins and Greeley will leave at 7:00 p m Sundays starting June 12 and continue each Sunday through the summer, letting passengers spend the day in Denver.
Community items include church services and reports from pulpit committee, upcoming Baptist and Presbyterian events, and a note of relief and attendance. Local business, medical practice changes, a new meat market, and room occupancy in Rothschild block are announced.
The Colorado and Southern railway will run a weekday special over the loop on Thursday June 23. The train departs Greeley at 7 a m with a rate of 3 dollars. Children aged 5 to 12 travel at half price.
The 5:00 p.m. train will depart Denver at 7:00 p.m. on Sundays via Colorado and Southern for Boulder Fort Collins and Greeley during the summer months.
Editor clarifies that the so called mad dog killed by Boyd Reid was actually Mr Laughrey’s old blind dog. The fifteen year old animal had been blind years and acted fearful when pursued by a boy with a gun, seen as “for fun.”
R White of Coachella California sues a doctor for 12.50 alleging excess charges in a cholera morbus case. White contends the doctor praised his skill and medicine while refusing to deny using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy under oath. The advertisement claims the remedy is sold by all druggists.
A storm yesterday caused light damage in Pleasant Valley where Peter Brown’s blacksmith shop burned a small portion of its end. In the same afternoon Eugene Howard’s chimney on Norman Hill cracked but no further harm occurred.
A Westmoreland Kansas buyer reports Snow Liniment cured an old chin sore thought to be cancer after stubborn resistance to treatment. He urges his sister Mrs Sophia J Carson in Allensville Pennsylvania to try a 50 cent bottle for her own sore believed to be cancer.
Special train leaves Greeley at 7 a m via Colorado and Southern on June 23. Children half rate offered.
A classified promo for Pier Brothers offers lawn mowers in sizes 14 inches for 7 dollars 16 inches for 8 dollars and 18 inches priced at 89 dollars.
The text notes that auburn hair faced aversion in ancient Egypt where a maiden with bright locks could be burned as a curse. It also claims red hair has a practical advantage, citing thicker individual hairs and a lower likelihood of baldness with about 70,000 red hairs versus 102,000 brunette hairs.
In Malay regions natives measure hours with a perforated cocoanut shell floating in water. It fills and sinks in one hour, then is emptied by a watcher and the cycle repeats. Minutes and seconds are rarely observed, making half full a possible time cue.
Emery Potter argues in Outing for a law requiring every boy to spend at least three winters in the country as a boyhood duty. He contrasts this with refined pastoral suburbs and says country time would broaden minds and strengthen the race, yielding freer outlooks and hardier souls.
A bemused fisherman complains of a fruitless five hour wait with no bites, stings from wasps, flies biting, and sunburn on the neck as a benevolent gentleman mulls the cruelty of fishing.
Anna M Weir died in Ryans from pneumonia. The unexpected death followed a Saturday night ride with a brother and no prior danger signals. Weir, in poor health, had come to Ryans seeking relief. the remains were sent to Winchester Kansas with a sister and brother Monday.
William Hamman, born April 30 1839 in Stark County Ohio, died at his home after weeks of Brights disease. He moved to Greeley in 1870 and run a Main street mercantile business. Survived by six of twelve siblings and wife Alta Kenyon, who remarried after his first wife’s 1896 death. His daughter Nellie predeceased him, a sorrow that affected him deeply. Funeral at Methodist Episcopal church with Dr Vincent officiating. interment Lion Grove.
The North Side Country club met with Mrs C. Clark in Lucerne. After discussing the author Helen Hunt Jackson, members enjoyed refreshments and an enjoyable time together.
A local testimonial endorses Ballard's Horehound Syrup for coughs colds whooping cough asthma consumption and bronchitis. Mrs Joe McGrath of Hutchinson Kansas says it is the best and most palatable medicine she has used in five years. Prices 25¢ 50¢ and 1.00. Sold by all druggists.
The annual Flower Mission Day was celebrated at Mrs. G. P. Devonport's home on Tuesday afternoon. After a pleasant hour arranging bouquets, a special program led by chairman Mrs. George S. Adams was enjoyed by all members. About fifty bouquets were distributed following the meeting.
National Prohibition Convention scheduled in Indianapolis from June 28 to 30. Chicago Great Western Railway offers round trip tickets at one fare plus 2.25 dollars for travel to Indianapolis on June 26 and 27. Inquiries via any Great Western agent or J P Sisces G P A Chicago 11.
Union Pacific announces a round trip fare from Greeley to St Louis for 17 dollars and 15 cents with a fifteen day limit valid on Saturday June 25.
Beginning Sunday June 12 and each Sunday after, the Colorado and Southern runs train No 23 from Denver at 5:00 p m to Boulder Fort Collins and Greeley returning at 7:00 p m allowing passengers to spend the day in Denver all summer long.
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