03 Oct 1888
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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1888
Page
1
The Greeley Cash Store advertises Plush Modjeska Sacque and Jacket made of Lister's London dyed Seal Plush. Prices range from 20 to 50 dollars. The shop promises durable wear, ample child and ladies cloth cloaks, stylish, well made, good goods and low prices.
An ad announces cloaks hats and bonnets trimmed to match dresses. Bargains are available on hats as well as accessories.
A catalog of fabrics lists English Broadcloth at 1.25 and French Broadcloth at 1.50 per yard with six yard quantities recommended for suits. Trimmings to match, abundant buttons, and samples from Denver or the East to compare quality and price. Also advertised are cheap dress goods, half wool at 15 cents, and all wool dress stuffs at 50 cents per yard, with Saxony flannels in new color combinations and high quality wrappers.
The message promotes Zephyr and Silk hoods caps lacques shirts bootees toboggans and fascinators for babies and schoolgirls. New designs announced with prices from 50 cents and up, inviting buyers to see plentiful stock.
It would take this whole page of the Tripunr to tell you all about our new goods. Come and see them and us and let us reason together.
Community drive urges residents to donate blankets comforts and yarns as winter approaches, with local groups coordinating collection points and dates to support families in need.
A sale listing promotes Body Brussels at 1 dollar and All Wool extras at 65 cents while noting better styles exist. Cotton Ingram at 25 cents is described as modest. Various fabrics including Velvets Smyrna Moquette rugs curtains and poles are available in all grades.
Our clothing tables are fuller than usual and prices will fit your budget. We offer Monarch Shirts BE and W Collars Suspenders gloves socks overalls working shirts trunks valises silk handkerchiefs campaign badges and buttons.
The Greeley Gash Store offers mens shoes to fit narrow or wide feet, Rockford priced at $3 for some models, ladies shoes in narrow or wide widths, and a large stock of childrens shoes including the Little Giant school shoe. Back room shelves overflow with overshoes Arctics and rubbers ready for cold weather.
Canned goods are a specialty with Fresh Fruit offering nearly daily arrivals. The shop invites customers to bring eggs and promises to post price updates as available.
An old subscription notice invites readers to subscribe to The Mitchell Patton Mise Co published in GreeLey Tribune offering the paper for fifty cents until January 1 1889 with the appeal to pay now for extended access at a low rate.
A call notes a special meeting of Weld County Republican Central Committee to be held October 9 1888 at two oclock pm at the chairman office in Greeley Colorado. All members are urged to attend as campaign business will be discussed. James W McCrerry chairman T T Witsoy secretary.
Notices urge all to attend the Hendershot event on October 11, with preaching and entertainment highlighted. The town also reports ongoing G. A. R. relief fund fundraisers, market activity, and community updates across churches, schools, and local bands.
Mrs. H. W. Ward longtime Greeley resident died in Escondido California of heart disease on September 12 She was active in the Methodist church and served as president of the W C T U She attended a grove picnic a day before her death and had recently suffered from chronic illness per Escondido Times notice
A widow and her two children mourn a husband's loss as the Times joins in sympathy. The page includes price lists for produce and a regional grocer advertisement, listing wheat oats potatoes and other commodities, alongside a hardware and lumber promotion from Southard & Clayton and Rothschild & Co.
Dr A M Iszard Camden County physician tours with eastern Odd Fellows party en route to Los Angeles. He predicts New Jersey will show a 2 200 majority for Harrison and Morton, notes a Republican Legislature and a promising year. Wood and Mayher offer credit and cash sales.
The Evans Journal notes the wedding of Rev Augustus Edward Farrar of St Stephen's Hounslow at Rowley Regis Worcestershire. He is son of Rev W Farrar and nephew to Canon Farrar of London. The bride is the second daughter of Mr T Pargeter Jones of The Hollies Oakham Dudley.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo H West welcomed a son born Saturday September 29 in this city.
Eleanor Wheelock Currier, daughter of George Warren and Ella Birge Currier, died in Greeley on October 1 at age 3 years 1 month 10 days. The notice notes the increase of Wood & May coal trade and praises the coal as the cause.
A Weld County farmer writes on potato digging in Utah and Colorado comparing yields, seed quality, and market sorting. He notes Utah yields about three quarters of a crop due to water, Utah buyers paying 30 to 35 cents per bushel, and warns Weld farmers to sort and bag stock cleanly to preserve price and reputation.
Transfers include Beardsley to Shirley 3800 net, Snider to Snider in Platteville 65, Wheeler and Fletcher to Snider 25, Beasley to Gann 4000, Phillips to Phillips 1200, Rublee to Ogilvy 200, Corona Land Co to Goodnow 20, Wambanagh to Wilbur 200, McCreery to Ogilvy 15, Dille to Girardot 2100, Millee to Snider and Calloway 150, Ogilvie to Ogilvy 400, Haythorn to King 1500, Cummings to Munson 2000.
Burlington Route abreast announces a vestibuled service between Denver and Chicago with Burlington No 2 leaving Denver at 9 25 p m a solid through car train to Chicago and No 16 the Kansas City Fast Express at 7 20 p m daily. Also notes Denver is first to offer this comfort and the line serves Missouri river points and Chicago. Lumber sale advertised at Southard and Clayton's.
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