Fort Collins News Roundup Highlights Weather and Local Events
The Fort Collins Courier reports a heavy thunderstorm over the Big Thompson area and updates on local affairs. Gov. Eaton appoints Dr. George E. Bristol to the State Board of Medical Examiners, and Longmont residents recover from a fogbound mishap on Long's Peak. The Larimer Bee debuts next Saturday under S. W. Teagarden. Wheat loan terms are offered by a farmer’s elevator, and cattle shipments to Chadron, Nebraska are planned. Tragedy strikes with a deadly wagon accident near Farrar's Lake. Longmont Ledger notes a lightning-caused loss to A. W. Newkirk’s barn and generous syrup yields from sorghum. Fort Collins Express reports 78 Agricultural College students, expected wheat yields, a proposed Bushnell High Line Ditch, and Prof. John Lord’s return to Fort Collins.
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The
Courier
Big Thompson
Eaton
George E. Bristol
State Board of Medical Examiners
A. B. van Wagner
Warren Blinn
Berthoud
St. Vrain
Larimer Bee
Republican
8S. W. Teagarden
Peter Anderson
Chadron
Nebraska
Charles P. Scott
Harriet Edmunds
Benton
Yates County
New York
Edmunds
New Haven
Conn
John Peterson
Farrar’s Lake
Laporte Road
Peterson
Brown
Ledger
A. W. Newkirk
H. W. Preston
T. A. Turner
Basher Brothers
the Express
Agricultural College
Kintz Pew
Larimer County
Bushnell High Line
John Lord
Fort Collins
Rock Springs
Fort Morgan: Bakers Join Illinois Outfit For B. M. Branch Work
A. S. Baker and Dick Bingle left Fort Morgan for Illinois to join a construction outfit for the B. & M. branch from Oregon to St. Paul. R. C. Norman led four cars of stock and tools, with J. B. Lewis D. Bingle Harry West and others shipping to assist. Grain progress at G. G. Redfield’s farm shows oats and wheat averaging 30 bushels per acre.
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Times
A. S. Baker
Dick Bingle
Illinois
W.H. Clatworthy
Fred Bunger
Grapes yield and town changes noted in Boulder and Denver Junction
The Boulder village reports 80 to 90 scholars at the university and describes grape yields on local farms. Longmont Presbyterians raise 28,400 dollars for their college. In Denver Junction a well yields water at 195 feet, and a survey team contemplates routing a road to Sterling. Citizens urge renaming the town to something shorter as it grows.
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The
Herald
University
S. C. Brown
W. C. Autrey
Louisville
George W. Webster
St. Vrain Valley
Presbyterians of
Colorado
Longmont
the Gazette
John Feehan
North Divide
Ahrens Brothers
Iowa
Sterling
Denver Junction
Flower & Petrikin Lead In Trade For Bosanko Cough Syrup
Flower and Petrikin druggists promote Bosanko’s Cough and Lung Syrup as the best medicine for coughs colds croup and primary consumption with prices 50 cents and 1.00 and free samples offered. Forest City Lodge No 14 AOUW meets first and third Mondays at Odd Fellows hall. Miss Johnsons open a dressmaking shop north of the post office offering sewing by the day with reasonable terms.
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Flower & Petrikin
Bosanko
Forest City Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Frank Mappumy
Davey
Ree
Cholera, War News, and Local Disturbances Across 1900s Europe
News notes report a slight rise in cholera in Italy and Sicily while war between Turkey and Roumelia seems likely. In the Stead case a Methodist defense fund drew a $25,000 gift. A Stockholm paper was confiscated for calumniating the Prince of Wales. Charles Clayton, a California pioneer and San Francisco citizen, died of brain congestion. A man and woman killed themselves in Central Park. Kansas hog cholera spans 30 to 40 counties with many hogs dying. The Jersey City Freie Press editors George Bessendorf and Maria Koch are identified among Central Park crisis reports. Montreal riots are linked to a conspiracy of two corruptionists in the City Council with four French communists as leaders.
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Italy
Sicily
Turkey
Roumelia
Stockholm
Charles Clayton
California
San Francisco
Central Park
New York
Holcombe
Kansas
George Bessendorf
Jersey City
Freie Press
Maria Koch
Koch
Montreal
Keynote to Health and Dr Eaton at Oasis Hotel
An advertisement announces Dr T J Eaton a specialist in eye ear and deformities visiting Greeley October 15 to 17 with rooms at Oasis Hotel. It touts a cough syrup by Dr Bo sanko and reports a remarkable El Paso Times surgical recovery of Miss Jennie Slocum under Eaton.
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T. J. Eaton
Surgical Infirmary of
Indianapolis
Greeley
Oasis Hotel
Eaton
el Paso
S. D. Slocum
Jennie Slocum
Millinery and bargains at local stores a flood of sales
Advertisements announce low prices on hats and ladies wear at E & L Seelbachs Hall Jastrowitz C Brown and others. Oats and door bells offered. rental ads for houses and a children's dress line appear. Fort Collins irrigation rights offered by F L Carter-Corron with a deadline.
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Hall & Jastrowitz
Stockholders Meeting for Platte & Beaveree Company
Notice is given of a special meeting of stockholders at the secretary’s office in Greeley on November 10 1885 at 7 PM to reduce capital stock from 200000 to 100000 dollars and 2000 to 1000 shares of 100 par, to assess paid up stock for running expenses improvements and debts. By order of the Board of Trustees. J C Scorr Secretary. Greeley Colo Oct 5 1885
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Platte & Beaveree Company
Greeley
Board of Trustees
J.C. Scorr
Greeley, Colo
Local Ads Mixed Prices from Eaton Colorado Trade
A collage of old time shop notices including Hall and Jastrowitz selling linen lace and apples direct from the east. Dr Bosanko Pile Remedy ad. G D Hornes school books. C Brown tailor. sack sales. Oats Corn Barley. A J Eaton offerings in Eaton Colorado. 500 pieces Linen Trachee Lace in white and red. 75 dozen hose at 25 cents. 10 000 potato sacks in shipping sacks.
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Hall & Jastrowitz
Joan L. Ropers
Blake St
Denver
Colo
Local ads note mills staple Bran and delivery add on
Bran sold at mill prices with five cents extra for delivery by McClennan and Clayton. Camp and Nusbaum advertise brick-layers. Greeley and Cole. A lost gentleman's lace shoe between Storm's Lake and Black Hollow and a reward for return. Stoves praised by vendor. Henry Wolf of Denver to visit Greeley. Towels offered at 25 cents per pair. Farm for sale 3 miles from town in Pleasant Valley with options to include teams and tools. Gates and Engel push furniture store and undertaker services with Weld County Fair display.
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Eaton Mills
McClennan & Clayton
Storm’s Lake
Black Hollow
Gates & Engel
Weld
Destroy That Sign Hair Repair Ad
An advertisement extols Parker's Hair Balsam to combat thinning hair and grayness. The note claims the product helps men appear younger, aids marriage prospects, and prevents job hesitation. A separate notice announces a new blacksmith shop on Maple Street east of the Colorado House in Greeley Colorado, dated April 1.
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Maple Street
Colorado House
Greeley
Colorado
Car load of second hand rentals offered at discount
A dealer advertises a fresh shipment of second hand rentals priced at 52 per thousand cash or 53 after 60 days. Extra large rentals available at 60. Also mentions Mitchell Farm Wagons in stock. McCrettan & Co and Mead & Co promote the offerings.
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W. R. McCrettan & Co
Mitchell
A.E. Mead & CO
Parker's Tonic Medicines the Bowels and Digestion
Community readers ask for the best medicine to regulate the bowels cure costiveness and biliousness aid digestion and strengthen the system Parker's Tonic is advertised as pleasant to taste liked by children praised by mothers and worth its cost by families.
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Everbody
Parker
Western Argus
For Sale No 1 Road Horse in Evans Colorado
For sale cash buyer only a sound gentle No 1 road horse true in any rig listed by John H Farrar Evans Colorado.
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John H. Farrar
Evans, Colo
Water seepage study on Cache la Poudre river project
The State Engineer plans measurements along the Cache la Poudre river to estimate seepage into the stream between Canon and Greeley. Work to begin Oct 12, with gates to be closed Oct 10 to allow three to four days of undisturbed flow. Canal owners below the canon are urged to close headgates Oct 10 and keep them watertight until the evening of Oct 13. By order of B S La Granoe Water Commissioner District 5.
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Cache la Poudre
Canon
Greeley
Nettleton
B.S. la Granoe
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E. & L. Seelbach
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E. & L. Seelbach's
E. & L. Seelbach’s
C. Brown
B. D. Saxnory
Model Milling and Elevator Co
First National Bank
J. L. Ewing
Pres T. Greeley
Apert Sechrist
Broken Hall & Jastrowitz
Alfred Acon
McClellan & Clayton
A. J. Eaton’s
L. E
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G. D. Horne’s
A. J. Eaton
Bran
Camp & Nusbaum
Greeley, Cole
Joun Callaghan
All Hall & Jastrowitz
von Gohren & Scott
O. P. Gate & Bro
Miss Haveners
Windsor
O. P. Gale & Bro
Ewing’s
Ireland
Germany
M.J. McNamara & Co
Taylor & Tyroff
Taylor & TyRorr
Turopore D. Bacon
Hall& Jastrowitz
Henry Wolf
Pleasant Valley
W.R McCretny
Ferd. Bernstein
Radley
von Gohren & Scott's
Hale & Hotchkiss
McClellan's
Flower & Petrikin’s
Corrace Hearty Co
Boston
Mass
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State of
Supree Court
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A. D
William H. Nice
U.S
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Walter J. Farr
John Smith
Weld County
James C. Scot
Louis Dugal
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