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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
2
A quiet Wednesday evening ceremony on May 23 united Edith Pasley and Harry Heighton in marriage. The couple, both 1905 Normal graduates, will reside in Colorado Springs with close relatives and friends in attendance.
The North Side Country Club met on May 18 with Mrs. Cora Bliss presiding. Three papers were presented on Japan including Visit to a Japanese Home by Anna Hopkins Women and Girls of Japan by Bliss and The Mikado and his family by Jennie Hill. A social hour followed and the club plans to meet June 1 with Mrs. Dora Hexter.
The Churches Unity Church lists a 10 45 a m preaching service followed by Sunday school A German pentecostal service is at 10 o clock with Sunday school at 11 30 a m P B Fritsche is the pastor with God the Preserver of Man as next Sunday sermon Oscar W Gustafson is a pastor Public worship is 10 45 a m with an address by Professor Chambers An Important Time in the Development of Character Sunday school at 12 m C E at 630 Leader Myrrle King Evening service 730 Sermon What Would Ye that I Should Do for You
Cynthia Parker aged sixty five died in Denver after five weeks in hospital. Widow of Judson Parker she came to Colorado with the Union colonists and leaves a Vermont sister. Lydia A Forbes aged sixty eight died at the farm northwest of Greeley after illness. She was born in Phoenixville Pennsylvania and came to Colorado with her husband in 1871. She leaves three children and was a lifelong Methodist. Funeral for Parker was at the Baptist church with Rev Barnett officiating. Funeral for Forbes will be held from the home place likely Friday or Saturday.
Judge Ben B Lindsey and Denver Juvenile Improvement Association officials plan a large recreation hall for boys and girls with dances and amusements. The city may fund a building housing industrial rooms a boys natatorium and a gymnasium. Dances for girls will precede the building to steer them away from wine rooms.
An advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in a day with a money back guarantee from Druggists. The box bears BEW GROVE'S signature and a 25 cent price.
Northern Colorado Schools of Music opens a branch studio in rooms 22 and 23 at the opera house block. The school will be led by efficient teachers under a Denver conservatory supervisor and offers instruction from kindergarten to conservatory at one dollar per week. Parents may enroll children for daily lessons at minimal cost and inspect instructors and work anytime.
The commencement exercises begin next Sunday with a sermon before the Young People's Christian association. Rev. William O'Ryan of Denver preaches the bac calaureate in the college auditorium. Dr. W. R. Thomas speaks on The Vision of the Trails. Senior class day on Tuesday at 10 a.m. Semi annual college board meeting Wednesday. Regular commencement Thursday at 10 a.m. J. F. Tuttie Jr of Denver delivers the address. Alumni banquet at Masonic temple at 6:30 p.m.
Decoration Day was observed with W. R. C. services for unknown dead and G. A. R. ritual. Mrs Grace N Allen recited The Blue and the Gray while W C Thomas read Lincoln s Gettysburg Address Rev O A Petty delivered the invocation and J O Glazier blew taps Seventy five baskets of flowers were placed on seventy two graves of departed comrades.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway offers round trip tickets to Chicago Milwaukee Madison and other points in the Midwest for one fare plus 2 during June 1 2 and 9 16 and July 1 10 with return any time before October 31. Two through Denver to Chicago trains run daily without changing cars via the union pacific line. For details contact J E Preston at 1029 Seventeenth Street Denver Colorado.
The Greeley Colorado school board invites sealed bids for placing desks in the new south ward building. Bidders must submit samples of desks and deliver bids to Grace N. Allen on or before June 14, 1906. The board may reject any or all bids.
Corner and inside lots on Seventh Eighth and Ninth avenues offered at reasonable prices by agent Wm F. Stephens Room 9 Opera House Block. Includes fine corners and inside lots ready for sale in Arlington Heights and Normal School additions.
Tickets for a round trip via Nickel Plate road are available for one fare plus twenty five cents. Sales begin in Chicago on June 9 10 and 11 with a return limit of June 15. See Nickel Plate office at 811 Seventeenth Street Denver Colo for details.
W L Clayton offers a $25 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons cutting his fences at the north end of Eighth and Ninth avenues.
A few sacks remain of Wisconsin Rural and Divide Pearl seed potatoes offered by FHi Badger and Son. Availability appears limited and terms not specified.
The O'Donnell divorce case returns to district court after a prior trial for extreme cruelty ended with guilty findings that were set aside for a new trial. Thomas O'Donnell, over seventy, and Mollie O'Donnell, about thirty, lived on a Longmont area farm. She seeks about $15,000 of his roughly $50,000 worth as part of the dispute.
640 acres under Latham ditch crossed by Platte river with fencing, good house, barn, pumping plant, 28 acres alfalfa, fine grazing and hay land. 155 acres with 0 alfalfa. 6,000 worth of water. 80 acres two and a half miles from railroad, all alfalfa. Several 5 to 110 acre tracts near town. Homes in Greeley listed from 700 up in all city parts. Co. C. Carrel, room 4 Williams.
Hyomei offers a pocket inhaler outfit priced at one dollar with a dropper and bottle. Extra bottles cost 50 cents. H Reynolds & Co guarantees a cure when used as directed or refunds the purchase price.
Burglars broke into M. M. Cobbler's meat market in LaSalle Monday night stealing about 8 in cash and clothing from a young man who sometimes roomed there. They changed their dirty underwear for cleaner clothes and left the old garments behind. A pair of shoes a red sweater three white shirts a working shirt some cheese and matches were also taken. Authorities suspect hoboes linked to the incident. The piece ends with a local plug for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy highlighting its effectiveness against colds and pneumonia.
A family reunion was held last week at W. M. Darling's home to honor his eightieth birthday. Twenty children and grandchildren gathered, reviving the lively scene. Darling was a charter member of Union Colony, arriving in May 1870.
Lands offering 3400 acres near Deer Trail and 2560 acres near Agate, Colo. Ad invites buyers to invest in fertile soils through Shelton Land Agency at 215 Sheidly Building, Kansas City, Missouri, promising rising values and promising crops.
A meeting at Peter Brown school house is set for Saturday June 2 at 8 p.m. to discuss arranging a railroad for Lone Tree valley. Representatives from Great Western Sugar company are expected to attend to discuss the plan with local farmers. A strong attendance is hoped.
Last Friday evening Miss Ethy Dayton hosted a surprise party at the country home of Mr and Mrs J H Delling for their daughter Miss Mabelle. Guests enjoyed games music social time and refreshments in a large gathering.
Stephen Mead expresses gratitude to friends for sympathy and kindness after the loss of his son. He thanks for the flowers sent and the support shown during his sorrow.
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