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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1909
Page
7
A roundup of visits and arrivals in Greeley includes Alec and Mona Thacker of laSalie visiting the city, Mrs G Strickland and daughter from Eaton Quarter, and Miss Maupin of Dornero arriving to manage millinery. Also listed are upcoming meetings at Unity Circle, a stock shipment, and community events with names like Miss Grace Garrigues, Grover Sheppard, and Rev kway noted among attendees.
Various social items from Eaton to Victor note Miss Bertha Davis visiting Eaton, Miss Laura Mitchell’s trip to Ault, and a baby ill with bronchial pneumonia. Mentions of residents in Greeley, LaSalle, Colorado Springs, Springfield Iowa, and upcoming summer plans. Local ads include L Orr’s carriage work, Dunham’s watches, and Elwood fence.
Mr and Mrs Alxig Price expected this week in the city on a pass through to their Marcola Oregon home. Sherman Concrete of Greeley wins sub contract for concrete foundation of Eaton High School while J D Potter company handles plumbing and heating. The Tribune noted six weeks ago a Boulder firm won the general contract.
Two ornamental cast iron pedestals were installed Saturday to form the base for entrance lights at the Greeley public library. New lights, resembling those at city hall, will be installed at once. The pedestals bear the inscription Presented by Greeley High School Faculty Students and Alumna.
The North German Lloyd steamer arrived from Bremen at Galveston with a full train of beet seed consigned to American and Great Western Sugar. Invoices total 10,124 sacks valued at 55,501 dollars. Most seed will go to Colorado with some to other western states.
The Congregational women prepare a March 4 supper with a white house decor theme. President Taft is named guest of honor but has another engagement. a small likeness will stand in for him. Many Joy residents not invited to the ball may opt for the Congregational supper instead.
An advertisement touts Colorado grown nursery stock including evergreens fruit trees and roses with guaranteed true to name stock and healthful roots. It notes premiums for club-makers and free freight on $10 orders. Mentions a cheerful travel note about a Good family trip to California and several personal notices of local residents.
A reader is urged to send their family washing to a Monday tub service, promising relief from wash day troubles and a simpler household routine.
The Kreiger well near Bracewell now reaches over 400 feet as drilling operates smoothly in solid rock. Mr and Mrs D Cary departed Monday for Sheridan Iowa to visit relatives and Cary will also spend weeks in Wisconsin. The Baptist church Young Men Baraca class held a social Friday at G B Halsted’s home with about thirty attendees enjoying games and refreshments.
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