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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1906
Page
4
Community notes from Weld County cover visits and moves among residents. Nellie Cook Greeley and DeSellem attended Friday evening events while Meads see a buying and selling week for cattle and sheep. A box social at the schoolhouse is planned for December 1.
Mrs Miner and Maud plan to travel to California next Thursday. Mrs Karl Carlson left Sunday morning for Denver. Rev Smith of Smithville expects to visit this week with several others. Rev Flora Hi arrives in Elwell about noon with sheep buyers for New Mexico. The pastor’s work here is praised as bright and enthusiastic, with community interest at heart.
George Adams loses a valuable horse last week. Miss VanCleave of Greeley visited Miss Johnson, who then hosted Miss Eva Ford for an overnight. Horace Salser and wife dined with friends in Pleasant Valley Sunday. Schoolhouse preaching planned for 3:30 PM if weather allows. Farmers mostly finished potato digging and now harvest beets. Duane DeVotie brought sixty head of cattle to fatten for market. Lauridson and Adams returned from New Mexico with sheep. C H Ford remains unable to secure curs to ship his sheep.
Reports from Delta describe the rapidly advancing construction of J Waite’s new residence regarded as a fine and prominent addition to the town. Earl Waite suffered a broken bone in his lower arm after a horse encounter.
Evans Mike O Grady suffers rheumatism attack. Hillsboro visitors W F Smith and A F Smith. Jack Elliott recovering from typhoid. W R Adams builds new house with nearly finished well. Nellie Dunbar returns from Hardin visit. J P Fashbaugh ships 700 lambs from Wyoming for spring market. Epworth League to host hasty pudding social at Mrs Henry Behrens home Thursday. Evans register board dated March 11 1884 lists L B Lemon James McKinley Henry W Davis. 82 male voters registered. only four remain on list Rev A W Coffman J P Fashbaugh Pat Lynch and George H Young. Sunday morning buggy ride injures Mrs Woodbury when a passing auto spooks horse.
Windsor notes report Mrs. J. J. Henderson spent several days in Denver last week. Mrs. B. Hf Florance of Greeley visited Windsor friends last Tuesday. Mrs. Chas McKelvey and daughter Kiva were visitors from Greeley Saturday.
Miss Blanch McCulloch travels from Wellington Friday to Saturday. Prof Burns and wife visit Greeley Friday to Sunday. Sidney Brown and Elmer Strickland depart Monday for Fort Morgan to work in the sugar factory. James Courtright plans a two week visit before returning to Spaulding Vehicle Co. Rev Cowper conducts funeral for Charles Darnell in Fort Collins. Odd Fellows attend. F E Bonifield sells Weld County Bank stake to Mr Staley of Monte Vista. Staley assumes possession. Rev Enge and Rev Ket chum preach at local churches, sharing work and Sunday school reports.
Mrs John Moody visits Hazelton with nieces Bertha Butler and Jessie Butler Bartolph from near Grand Junction. Mr Bronson and wife and Mrs Moore join at John Levis residence for a social. Arkens from Denver to attend. Sunday school social a success raising about 59 dollars. Brownie Wilson wins the popular girl cake contest by one vote over Edna Barber 140 to 139.
Fort Lupton news notes say E K Smith was in Greeley on reservoir business and Mrs Morris Smith hosts a WCTU meeting. Dr Marks returns from California, and Mrs Klein of Denver visits the Wagner family in Lupton. Young Women’s Temperance Union gatherings planned, and Christmas entertainment arrangements discussed. McConnell and Hamilton sold stock to J Hayden Co, heading to California. Vickrey resigns as U P railroad agent and heads to California for winter. Beet raisers plan to silo beets for the sugar company due to bad roads, storing in fields until freeze or dry weather allows hauling.
A roundup of residents moving houses and new occupants in town. Jacob Hasbrouck travels to Oklahoma on business while Marshal Hart handles a gambling matter in Greeley. Several families relocate including Haynes, Shannon, Jeremiasson, Towlett, and Alkire households. Messages report illness in Boulder prompting visits, Baptist ladies plan a meeting, and health hopes push Californa-bound trips for Mrs. Todd.
Oscar Binkley sold his house in the north part of town and bought the Aaron Frye house east of the railroad. Walter Cameron and family moved into the Binkley house. Judge and Mrs W J celebrated their silver wedding on Thursday at their north town home with about twenty five guests, decorations, and gifts.
J T Warren surveys Riverside irrigation district while drivers demand eight dollars daily for two teams. John Painter reports a Burlington stock loss of $720 for twenty head. A fire destroys a five room frame house on E V Warner ranch with a $250 loss. Mrs Stoll of Buenos Ayres visits the Painter family.
Zingg returned Wednesday in Holyoke. Chris Sorensen returned Tuesday to settle up his business. Miss Harbottle and Hartman visited Saturday with Prof and Mrs rbottle. Venia Dunn, ill with typhoid, is convalescent. Mr and Mrs ER W McKinney new at home in Snook. Ralph Ellis left college due to illness and returned this week. Mrs George Gregory and children visit Mrs Gregorys parents and Mrs BE W McKenney. Rev McBurney of Pittsburg and Gertrude Stewart of Chicago dine with the Elis family Friday.
The item notes a newborn son to Mr and Mrs B I Par ug on November 7 and mentions other local moves and visits. Frank Hensley visited Platteville relatives last week while T K Wilson returned from a business trip to New Mexico. W J Farr came back from a business trip in Nebraska and Krause Kennedy and Merry traveled to Denver. Mr and Mrs E Gano welcomed a bouncing baby boy born November 1. Miss Anna Craven was recently mentioned in transit or news.
Reports from Denver to Boulder and Eaton include health updates and visits. Mrs McPherson recuperates after surgery in Denver while Mrs Haythorn hosts and Mrs McClare visits Platteville. J P Schroeder joins a city drug store and plans relocation. Kitchen shower for Rev E Payne and Mrs Payne. Mrs Copeland recovering from asthma at Boulder sanitarium. Fort Collins visitor Mrs Thomas travels to California. About forty library patrons gather at Mrs F M Thompson’s for pie and fellowship.
Rowe district moves with Eaton roundup to collect cattle owned by J H Rowe. Mr and Mrs Stephen Lewis visit from California en route to Gray Rocks Wyoming. S A Dickey sits on Ault Commercial club sugar factory interview committee. Brandreth’s Pills pitched as a family laxative with herbal ingredients and long history.
A 21 pound sugar beet, likely the largest ever grown in Colorado, was brought to Greeley by Gordie McMillan of LaSalle. The jumbo root, three pounds larger than prior district records, was displayed in the Arbuckle & Purcell real estate office.
Mt Elgin merchant Thomas George holds the focal Canadian agency for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and reports selling more of it than all other lines combined. He notes no bottles returned under guarantee and recommends the medicine from personal use with his children, with sales through all druggists.
Ill health forces Kenneth G Phelps to leave Greeley and offer a 5 room modern cottage on Eleventh Avenue hill for less than value. A M McClenahan is sole agent.
Real estate listing advertises a seven room house with finished basement and modern furnace near The Terraces at 1941 Tenth Avenue. Also promotes Chamberlain's Salve for cracked hands and skin ailments, sold by all druggists.
The family thanks friends for kindness during illness and death, and for the beautiful flowers sent.
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