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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1909
Page
7
Local notes list visitors and residents with brief travel and illness mentions. George C. Bell from Denver and Miss Pearl Landers return from trips. Mrs. M. E. Staver visits a ill daughter. William Tell suffers pneumonia after a broken collar bone. court adjourns to Monday for equity cases.
W R Clark Mrs Losey and Thomas Leadbetter of Eaton visited Friday in Clark's car to inspect the grading and street work underway. Losey serves as major pro tem and other officials and YR members of the board were present.
J K Darby of Grover spends a couple days in Greeley. Mrs T T Wilson and daughter Mabel visit Denver. W E Lester takes a Thompson river fishing trip. Miss Anna Van Dorpen returns to Denver after a Greeley visit. Mrs J D Brown and Miss Leta Sherman visit Greeley from LaSalle. F W Swerer leaves for Tampa to join a newspaper. Mrs C S Day travels to Benton Harbor and Muskegon to visit relatives. Miss Inez Elistt returns home to Platteville after visiting Winnie Miller. Mrs A K Clark returns from Fort Lupton where she spent Sunday with her parents. Mr and Mrs R F Pachaly of Goldfield Nev seek a dry goods location in Greeley. Mrs Otis Johnson returns to Julesburg after visiting Greeley friends. Mr and Mrs F E Baker and Ruth and Mr and Mrs Garry Baker with two children leave for Estes Park for two weeks. Miss Eleanor Wesner leaves for Minnesota after schooling in Greeley. Mrs Mabel Neely returns from Arkansas where she spent a month’s vacation. Neely now stenographer for the Bartlett Liberal Co.
Mabel Wilkinson, a Simmons College postgraduate student in Boston, came home yesterday for vacation. She is a graduate of the Normal and completed her studies last year.
Rev. John Doane departed Monday for Cleveland to spend the summer with Mrs. Doane and attend the Congregational Summer Assembly at Frankfort. While absent, Rev. Benjamin F. Martin of Galesburg and Rev. Arthur F. Newell of Franklin step in as supply pastors.
A collection of notices shows Miss Mildred Johnson vacationing in Denver and the mountains while Mrs. Maggie Devenport returns from California. Others report visits from Fort Lupton, Platteville, Denver, and Philadelphia, along with a town ordinance in Evans restricting Sunday business closures.
H G Wood of Pennsylvania plans to locate in Iowa and run a school after teaching there two months. Miss Bessie Patterson, previously at Delta school, will head a grade at Kersey school next season. W E Reid of Platteville school hosts his brother recently arrived from Iowa.
Arthur Strong, a Greeley horse buyer, considers traveling to Normandy, France, at month end to import blooded stock directly to Greeley for the first time. Mr and Mrs T M Cottrell and daughters Mamie and Nellie returned from seven months in San Diego, seeking to live in Colorado instead.
Governor Shafroth announced the state’s honorary delegates for the twentieth annual Transmississippi Commercial congress in Denver. About twenty delegates were chosen, including two from Greeley, J. L. Brush and Dr. Z. X. Snyder, to attend August 16 to 21.
After a Tuesday afternoon start, the jury reported it had agreed to disagree. Judge discharged them as futile, with retrial set but not scheduled this term. Williams, a hodcarrier for Struble, fell from a scaffold at the local sugar factory while carrying mortar, claiming a permanent spine injury and seeking $5,000.
Ger trude Girvan and Edward Culler became husband and wife in a quiet ceremony at the La Sallie Presbyterian parsonage. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs H Girvan and the groom formerly ran a jewelry store in Evans before moving to a ranch near Keota. The couple left for their new home immediately after the wedding.
A Greeley, Colorado resident testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her daughter's kidney trouble starting at age four and later aided another child. She recalls the statements made in 1906 and 1909, praising the Pills for prompt relief and lasting improvement. Doan's Kidney Pills are advertised by Foster Milburn Co. as sole U.S. agents at 50 cents.
Albert Hall has been employed as advance man for the Lorette Twins show that arrived in Greeley Saturday without advance notice. Hall, briefly announced and then jailed for a ten day sentence for drunkenness, is a known figure here and expected to perform well for the tour.
The Kersey band held a Saturday lawn concert at the Sidney Lane home drawing a large crowd. Ralph Rickard of Evans, leader of the Imperial orchestra, helped the Kersey boys at the event and the ice cream social cleared $20.
The Eaton high school alumni banquet was held Tuesday at Woodman hall with sixty five covers and a fine menu. A dance followed the meal.
Windsor Local of the International Socialist party condemns officials for pardoning Ex-Governor Taylor of Kentucky to aid a witness in the Warren case and urges publication of the resolutions. The note argues for justice over persecution and cites the Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
S. S. Poe has taken charge as hotel manager at the Hotel DeWitt replacing A. G. Wallace who, with his wife and daughter, has moved to Denver. Poe is an experienced hand and previously managed a hotel at Golden for three years. John Hayden owns the hotel building and Wallace’s family left after Poe’s appointment.
A cow in the road disrupted a rider, veterinarian W. J. Tormey, as he approached on a motorcycle near Ault. A second cow bolted across, causing a collision that left Tormey with a sprained foot and minor injuries to both riders. the motorcycle rider was also hurt.
The Peckham Grays outlast Beebe Draw 8 to 6 in sixteen innings in a vivid Peckham Sunday doubleheader. Earlier, Peckham defeated Pleasant Valley 21 to 8, and Gilcrest topped Johnstown 11 to 8.
The Gipson Sewing club has been organized with about twenty five ladies in the neighborhood. Members meet every fortnight for a social afternoon and sew together. The group met Thursday with Mrs S L Spurgin and will gather next time with Mrs B S Dalzell.
Stomach and Liver Tablets are said to cure many stomach troubles with few boxes. One man spent over two thousand dollars on medicines before being cured. Price 26 cents. Samples free at all drug stores.
More than 200 bankers gathered in Denver for the Colorado bankers association eighth annual convention. Secretary Emerson had asked counties to report banking and business conditions, candidly highlighting prior lagging areas. Early reports indicate every county shows prosperity with no discouraging totals, J. J. Brosh to present the county’s report.
The Tribune reports anticipated 600 enrollments for the Normal summer school with Secretary McKelvey predicting all will join the National Educators Association to aid Colorado’s goal of 2,500 memberships. A special car with a Greeley broner will depart each morning, and daily excursions are being arranged over the Southern or Union Pacific lines.
Probate court finalizes Tuesday settlement for the Hauch and Marsh estates. Hauch assets total about $20 000 with the widow receiving half and four children splitting the rest. Marsh estate includes a $1 000 life policy. the husband and son share remaining funds after expenses, with the son’s share turned to the father who is guardian under bonds.
Three concrete firms operate in Eaton with gangs at work laying sidewalks and installing curbing for homeowners. Property owners pay and hire their own concrete men, accounting for multiple firms: Stukey and Peterson, Sherman Concrete, and Saxton Concrete Company.
The East Evans bridge over the Platte is condemned and all travel now uses the LaSalle bridge. The river rose about three inches on Tuesday and has fallen slightly today. Piles showed sinking last Sunday morning and the bridge settled about six inches by night.
Sam Peery and Ray Watson sold their lot at Sixth avenue and Twelfth street last Saturday to the Colorado & Southern for 2700 dollars. The railroad has bought more than twelve properties along Sixth avenue recently and seems to be paying for its right of way into town rather than asking to use the Seventh avenue street car track.
The town of Windsor has purchased the corner lots on Fifth street near the depot for the new town hall. At Monday’s board meeting plans by Mr. Semlee were approved, and the brick building costing about $8,000 will be a town credit.
Earl Smith of LaGrange Special reports selling a Jersey cow that produces nearly twice the average, yielding eleven to twelve pounds of butter weekly. The animal, valued at $75, stands among several high quality cows on local farms.
The widow of the late BE Carver will transport the body from California on the 28th, arriving in Greeley the morning of the 30th. Funeral services are planned at the Congregational church under the auspices of the I C O F with Mr. J Max Clark in attendance.
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