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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1909
Page
8
A promotional notice touts small down payments and weekly or monthly installments to furnish a home. It highlights affordable credit and the promise of growing a well furnished home through steady payments.
Showmen in Greeley seek permits to perform with an expected $200 license, but mayor and business leaders push for higher police funding to curb graft and disorder. Ringling and Hagenbeck-Wallace agree to a reduced $159 fee with waterworks use, funding protection. Dates set for Hagenbeck-Wallace June 16 and Ringling July 29. Kersey Commencement features ten declamatory contestants led by Miss Hess Hill, with prizes and crowded seats.
Alex Hart, home on furlough, attended a party at his parents’ home with twenty school friends. The stylish event featured games, decorations in national colors, and a late repast. Hart’s ten day furlough was extended ten days and he will join his ship in Seattle on June.
About 150 juniors and seniors attended the Normal High School banquet at the Camfield. Two long dining tables served an elaborate meal at 9 o'clock with red and white carnation favors. Prof. R W Bullock acted as toastmaster and toasts were given on Heroes and Her Worship Pilgrim's Progress Looking Backward Great Expectations Captains Courageous Vanity Fair The Talisman by various speakers.
The local high school class meet at Island Grove park featured notable progress among the boys with events led by McKenney in the 100 yard dash in 10.3 seconds and multiple top performers across sprints throws and distance races. The next inter scholastic meet is slated for the Normal athletic field in 1910 with Longmont expected as a strong rival.
George Bedford, cattle feeder, predicts beet pulp price hike next year with a planned 50 to 80 cent per ton schedule as the industry tightens after higher factory charges. He notes two feeders in Fort Collins contracted for all pulp and urges rainfall around Greeley to start beet seed while citing dryness and cold weather. Nessler of Kersey, a longtime contractor, lies near death from liver cancer in Denver with family at his side.
An excerpt warns whooping cough is more dangerous than commonly believed, causing more deaths than scarlet fever and often leading to pneumonia. It endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, citing Delbert McKeig of Harlan Iowa as a user who praises its effectiveness for his nine month old child.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Boomer entertained friends with a shoreday dinner party. Carnations and pansies decorated the table. A six course meal was served and guests played 500. Attendees included J. H. Woolf J. C. Mosher H. D. Parker J. A. Taylor W. Levis George Dauth H. F. Hurlbut J. A. Woodbury J. P. Fewer A. J. Allen Mrs. M. Henderson and W. A. Inasinger.
Vaudeville may start in Greeley under canvas this summer as parties negotiate grounds and a possible circuit with nearby towns. Booking agencies need multiweek engagements for top attractions, making independent houses scarce. Cool nights raise doubts about success of an aerodome venue.
A new preparation advertised as effective for chronic and muscular rheumatism and acute inflammatory rheumatism. It claims rapid relief for lame back, lame shoulder, stiff neck and sore muscles from cold or damp exposure and after exercise or injury. Sold by all druggists.
Fort Lupton residents welcome the electric road project with JH N Reaser and party visiting. Most funds are reportedly raised, survey finished, but grading has not yet begun.
Excavation near the former Neill Lumber site uncovers a small one story concrete apothecary shop dating from 1870. Built by Civil War veteran John Thomas Simpson, the shop once bore a red facade and a hanging apothecary sign.
Professor B L Howett resigns as principal of Ault schools to take the job of police magistrate in Avil. He plans to study law and devote time to this field after another year offering as principal was declined. At a town board meeting Tuesday night Howett was appointed and A L Davis named mayor pro tem.
An old advertisement touts Chamberlain's Liniment as a quick relief for rheumatism. It claims nine of ten cases are muscular from cold or damp and will yield to vigorous application. The ad promises noticeable improvement and states it is sold by all druggists.
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