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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1907
Page
5
Highland lake visitors included Mrs. B H Knott from Berthoud and Mr and Mrs Hartgraves of Denver. Farmers are hauling beets to Mead dump while haying was delayed by rain. Mrs Donnelly substituted for a sick teacher. George Evans is upgrading his place with Mead lumber.
NUNN E L Detherage traveled to Carr last Monday on business. Mr Woodhurst a surveyor and civil engineer resides in Nunn. Mesdaniel B f and John Naff ziger visited relatives in Nunn last Friday. Mrs Nettie Chambers of Harrisonville Missouri visits at the homes of her brothers G B and F M Eastlack.
Work starts on a new bank building for B F Clark of Fort Collins. Social notes include visits and shopping in Greeley and nearby towns, with several residents listed by name. Real estate activity in Nunn rises as ditch work camps are planned for next week, drawing local cheers.
Ed Hensley visited Golden last week and Mrs P H Brewington returned from Denver. T K Wilson plans to feed sheep and cattle this winter. T Logue went to Mason City to visit old home folks. Mrs A I Trenholme returned from an extended eastern trip. Belle Lewis visited Denver for her ill daughter. Miss Anna McCracken of Colorado Springs visits here. E L Hensley bought W J Farr’s old home in Collins district. Delta Jones prepares to visit relatives this winter. Edith Nichols of Beulah, Colo., visits Mrs Effie Kelley. Mrs J F Coffman enjoys a visit from Miss Harriet Barber of Spearfish S D. W W Anderson, ill with typhoid, taken to Greeley hospital. Bruce Eaton plowing a large tract east of Eaton.
Bids for a new I O O F building were opened with five bids from reliable parties. M Lair submitted the lowest bid at 15937 while Cole Potter Construction of Fort Collins led at 19784. The work includes steam plow outfit operations and Eaton Electric to provide day and night power once lines are ready.
The report records several local items including Mr Gibson building a small barn on his farm. It notes birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Robert Boyd Jr born Friday Sept 27. It mentions tomato prices at 3 cents per pound.
Miss Mae Forquer enjoys a short home visit while Mrs A Carlson improves after an illness. Dr Carlson of Eaton visits Swink and Carlson families. Miss Zella Runnells stays with cousin Bertha Whitman. Robert Edwards plans to feed 2 200 sheep with good pens. Miss Jennie Hanson sprains an arm on a Denver motor car trip. Ballentines of Ault visit Whitman family. Ballentine and Whitman are cousins. Several graduates and students visit home folks. Michael and Philip Forquer finish a new barn and christen it with a Friday night party for about ninety guests.
Mrs. L. S. Hickman hosted a Wednesday afternoon card party in honor of Miss Elsie Hickman of Warrensburg Missouri. The rooms were decorated with pink carnations and the ladies played 500 with Mrs. O. O. Russell as prize winner. An elaborate three course luncheon followed and the affair was fondly recalled by guests.
The city council finds Sewer No. 31 total cost 839.35 in blocks 88 and 89 and the assessment against abutting lot owners is 37 cents per foot. The council meets Tuesday evening Oct 22 1907 to hear objections. J B Patton City Clerk.
Advertises Ballard's Snow Liniment as the finest remedy for rheumatism chilblains frost bite sore and stiff joints and muscles and general pain with prices 25c 50c and 1 per bottle sold by all druggists.
Little Locals reports Mr. and Mrs. G. Paul and others stranded on the prairie after an Loveland trip, walking miles before shelter at a ranch. Mr. Baker arranged early Monday carriage pickups. Teachers’ luncheon at Mrs. B. A. Thompson’s home featured Misses Laura Stiles Gertrude Norris Carena Lee Sadie Mc Dowell and refreshments. David Morrow and wife of Rocky Ford stopped in Greeley en route to Windsor to visit Ferguson Morrow family. they returned from California with Wyoming rain en route and New Mexico prior to California trip.
Suburban Life notes kerosene helps clean dirt on wash basins sinks and clothes. A rag damp with kerosene loosens grease on children’s hands wagon grease and fabrics before soap washing. A simple emulsion of kerosene soap and water cleans coarse towels saving hard scrubbing. It also softens shoes soaked in water.
A bachelor girl recalls a former suitor who advised her not to cry when sad. He told her to eat well and live up to the idea that a good luncheon or dinner makes tears unneeded. She says she never cried after that and now finds comfort in eating.
In Vilna province Lithuania geese are shod to prevent footsore travel to distant markets. Birds practice the goose step in tar and sand to fit boots for a 200 mile march to Warsaw's goose fair.
In November 1901 Mrs. L. Cousins of Otterburn Michigan caught cold with quinsy. Her throat swelled but Chamberlain's Pain Balm gave quick relief and by two days she was well. The menthol liniment is touted for sprains and swellings and sold by all druggists.
Jared Durkee leads the city scale office at 81944 Seventh Street in the coal business. Readers are urged to place orders with him for reliable coal and a quality article, contacting via Greeley 197.
Promote Ballard's Snow ointment as instant relief for chilblains frost bite and other cold weather troubles. Claims it relieves aches pains cramps stiffness burns scalds rheumatism and neuralgia and notes it is sold by all druggists.
The city council of Greeley Colorado orders gravel surfacing for Twelfth Avenue from Eighth to Ninth Street and part of Tenth Avenue from Eighth to Sixth Street. The project designates Street Improvement District No. 2 with costs assessed to abutting properties. Construction funds come from warrants drawn on the District No. 2 Fund. Ordinance No. 1, adopted October 1 1907, follows publication in The Greeley Tribune.
Proposed Ordinance No relating to grading and surfacing 8th through 10th Avenues from 20th to 22nd Streets and 20th through 22nd Streets from South Avenue to 10th Avenue with four inch gravel. Costs assessed to abutting property owners via Street Improvement District No. 4 funded by city warrants. Mayor and City Clerk signatures.
A writ of execution directs sale of the R H Clayton store stock at 715 Eighth Avenue in Greeley Colorado. The court orders the seizure of candies, foods, syrups, tobacco, soap, toys, and sundries stored there to satisfy a $576.58 judgment plus interest and costs. The sale is scheduled for October 7 at the store location in Weld County.
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