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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1906
Page
2
A regional advertisement lists 160 acre and 40 acre tracts under Larimer and No 2 ditch, including 114 acres orchard and 110 acres garden with improved housing, wells, and water rights. Prices shown as 15 000 to 10 500 dollars with easy terms, plus 800 and 640 acre tracts, city houses and insurance offerings.
Col C P Kemmerer lists several sales including a March 2 big sale 314 miles east of Fort Collins with horses cattle mules and implements. Oscar Dayhuff owner. March 5 farm implements sale at Louisville Colo. State Mercantile Co. March 8 horse mule and jack auction at Aiken Live Stock Farm near La Porte. John L Sullivan jack and many fine horses. Buyers from Greeley offered rail fare meals and transport.
The Commercial Club of Greeley reports efforts with Congressman Bonynge to secure a federal post office building for the city within the next year or two. Bonynge has introduced bills for Greeley Boulder and Fort Collins, with funding decisions guided by postal data and population. Financial figures from the 1905 fiscal year show gross receipts and expenses for all three cities, reflecting varied post office activity.
The Farmers' Institute opened in the armory with W. B. Ebbert of Rocky Ford lecturing on sugar beet growing in the Arkansas Valley. Mrs. Ida E. Tilson of West Salem spoke on poultry and will address women at sessions in the district court room. Other speakers included Theodosia Ammons and Miss Prendergast on poultry home cooking and dressmaking. Prof. W. Paddock discussed potato experiments. E. R. Bliss chaired the session with Fred Johnson as director.
Notice states the partnership of S. FE. Pier and A. D. Pier doing hardware business as Pier Bros. is dissolved by mutual consent. All accounts owed to the firm are payable to A. D. Pier at Thompson & Hatch Union Bank block Greeley Colorado. Dated February 27 1906.
Union Pacific offers round trip passes from Greeley to Denver for The Messiah at Broadway Theatre. Fare is 1.50 with return on a special train leaving Denver at 11 30 p m on Thursday March 8. J C Ferguson Denver general agent announces details.
On and after February 1 the firm will pay 15 cents per pound for loose potatoes or 20 cents for sacked potatoes delivered at the factory. A 3 cent freight rate applies from any loading station. W. L. Clayton proprietor. Weld 39, Greeley 12, Ind.
Leo Sing, the county jail’s sole Chinaman, was released last Monday after a three month term for selling liquor to a sick woman without a license. He faced a county court fine and an execution against any money or property for up to 90 days, with release if no assets were found to levy. The prisoner recounts hardships including a broken washboard and meals of white man’s grub while law and debt limits applied.
The Union Colony Pioneers held a Thursday meeting and reelected H. T. West as president J A Woodbury as treasurer and elected Mrs Calvin Thomas as secretary, the society’s first secretary. A banquet committee was named to work with President West including Mrs P W Putnam Mrs Niagara Hall Mrs Calvin Randolph and Mrs Leroy Carpenter.
In Denver a Greeley high school boys team and Wheatridge clash ends in a dispute over rough play and umpire calls after a 20 to 11 first half. Wheatridge led 25 to 24 late in the half before suspending play. Wheatridge will visit March 9 for a rematch.
The Eaton home hosted a string of social events last week. Friday's card party featured 500 with Mrs Charley Jackson winning first prize among 55 guests. Saturday afternoon a thimble party for 40 ladies included fancy work and refreshments. Saturday night 500 again crowned Mrs Alex Ferguson as winner.
The annual meeting of the stock holders will be held in the rear office of Sanborn and Houston's in Greeley Colorado on the %th day of March 1906 at 2 o'clock p m for electing a board of directors and transacting other regular business A Riley Secretary Greeley Colo Feb 3 1906
Advertisement claims PAZO OINTMENT offers cure for itching bleeding and protruding piles with a refund if it fails within 6 to 14 days. Sold by druggists for 50 cents.
The Commercial Club held a postposed meeting at Brown Cafe to discuss the local telephone crisis. A plan to end double taxation by selling the Independent telephone to Bell or alternative methods was explored with farmers representatives present and radical action hinted. Notables from the Agricultural College and area farms attended the session.
Adjutant Charles Gearing of the Salvation Army will present a stereo ticon entertainment at the Salvation Army hall in Greeley on Monday evening March 8. The talk and illustrated songs will cover Past Present and Future of the Salvation Army and the event has church endorsements. Gearing plays twenty instruments and is noted as a fine vocalist.
Prof J W Lakin entertained a small group at the home of Mr and Mrs Lee Carrel on Monday. Guests dined after a 500 session at a long candlelit table with Mrs Carrel assisting. Attendees included Gretchen Smith Irene Sullivan Carena Lee Mrs Lee Carrel and F M Merton George Houston Lee Carrel and J W Lakin.
Alberta Gallatin and the Kane Shipman Colvin company bring Roselle Knott in When Knighthood was in Flower and Alberta Gallatin in Cousin Kate to the Opera House next Saturday evening March 3. The management has previously staged Puddnhead Wilson The Prisoner of Zenda The Cavalier Francaise Othello and As You Like It with top stars. The English couple Mr and Mrs Spencer Florence Gale Walker Whiteside Miss Knot and Miss Gallatin headlined in past seasons and are expected to draw a large patronage for the upcoming engagement.
High art publishers and bookmakers advertise binding services for magazines law and medical books. They repair and bind old books and make blank books. They offer special editions and produce prospectuses catalogs by laws and periodicals with estimates on request from their Denver shop at 1742 Stout Street.
The ad promotes Chamberlain's Salve for eczema tetter salt rheum itch ring worm herpes barber's itch and similar conditions. It claims intense itching relief and possible permanent cure with continued use and notes a 25 cent price per box available from all druggists.
Miller Produce Co of Timnath Colorado advertises three thousand sacks of Mountain Seed Potatoes described as choice pearls from Stove Prairie. It urges readers to check prices and place orders.
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