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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1911
Page
7
The list of school board members was announced as the board opened a new session in the district. Each member was seated in the receiving line to greet attendees and discuss upcoming policy proposals.
Nearly a hundred attendees gather at the home of Supt. and Mrs. C. C. Carter for an informal reception honoring the public school teachers and board members. The event features a musical program with Theo B. Fitzgibbon solos Helen Phillips violin and Frieda Taylor piano, plus decorated rooms and refreshments. Local guests Dr. J. A. Dungan and others attend on business in Denver.
Mrs W A Scott and Miss Dora Willis hosted the Columbine club and their husbands Monday in the spud cellar converted into a social venue. The event featured decorated surroundings and refreshments including sandwiches and coffee within the farm setting.
Grover area School District 93, the county’s largest by area, solves funding problems by assigning a single teacher to visit each of ten school houses for two months. Pupils attend school at home during the two-month stint and may drive to the next site when the teacher moves.
A farewell gathering by the Drifters club honored Mrs BE Hood who is moving to Iowa. The event Saturday evening featured card games and refreshments while guests presented a love box as a gift from each attendee.
Forty wagon loads of cabbage near the railroad tracks await unloading. Each load averages four tons. The on track price is 55 cents. Most of the present supply heads to Texas and other southern markets. Cutting of the main late crop has begun and will last about a month.
Association directors push for a permanent agreement to govern fair management. The move aims to solidify oversight and ensure long term funding and stability for annual events hosted by the organization.
The Weld County Fair association plans a permanent city agreement to maintain Island Grove park for future fairs. Directors report no old debts, a larger exhibit showing, and discuss improvements for next year contingent on city appeal outcomes. Ahlstrand Kinsella and Rothschild will meet city officials on a continued annual exhibition.
Rev Horton declines second call as pastor of First Presbyterian Church here. The church seeks another pastor after Rev R J Hunter resigned effective June 1, leaving the congregation without a leader.
The Ladies Missionary Society met Friday afternoon at Mrs. Richard Patterson's home. Twenty five ladies pieced quilts for missions as two papers were presented, one by Mrs. A B B McMillan on The Freedman Work of the South and the other by Mrs. Bothell on The Indian Mission Work.
Milliken October 7 Editor Porter had the last of his deer for soup at noon. Porter and Wiedmann of Johnstown went deer hunting and each brought down a fine deer. They divided the meat with neighbors and put the head on display at a local butcher to show the size of the catch. The meat is gone and they will recall the deer story for a year.
The inaugural meeting of the Philhar monic orchestra was hosted by J C Kendel. Fifteen instruments were represented including five first violins two seconds viola cello French horn cornet flute trombone and piano. Weekly rehearsals planned at a hall. Membership to reach about 20 as more candidates are considered. The first rehearsal impressed and tested technique and sight reading. Next session will address chorus accompaniments then concert numbers and a broad repertoire for winter.
A brief promotional note urges taking Foley's Honey and Tar Compound after exposure to ward off a cold. It asserts the product checks and relieves symptoms and warns to use no substitute. It cites Gilbert Bros. three stores located at Park Place Opera House building and Sterling building.
In Windsor at Hoff and Heath ranch, beets yielded the district’s highest sugar tests at an average of 19 percent. The unusually high sugar content promises a crop value of 6.25 dollars per ton.
Miller Huffsmith of Milliken sues to recover 80 dollars for meals provided to Edward Hoeft at a temporary pest house during a small pox case last June. Hoeft was isolated for 25 days and Milliken’s town board allegedly bears liability under state law. The case raises questions of precedent for contagious disease care. Rev Franklin Estabrook of Niagara Falls has accepted a pastorate call in Greeley and will preach his first sermon October 29 after unanimous church vote.
Common colds lay the foundation for chronic nose and throat diseases and may lead to bronchitis pneumonia and consumption. For all coughs and colds in children and adults take Foley's Honey and Tar Compound promptly. Clark Faulkner Drug Co.
Robert Norcross left Ogden to take a dispatcher post with Union Pacific and has now accepted a more lucrative role as a train dispatcher for the Colorado and Southern in Denver. His wife and daughter Mildred, after visiting relatives in Greeley, will accompany him to Denver.
Death of B R Anderson reported in Chicago after cancer treatment in Detroit. Former Greeley resident in charge of Searing greenhouse, aged 35, survived by wife who will move to live with her mother Mrs C H Lackore in Greeley.
After Biscuits Fort Lupton Oct 9 E S St John and A B Doughty left for Erie to secure ground floor seats at Biscuit Day. St John a noted biscuit eater and Weld County Commercial club president A G Johnson bought a new touring car.
Miss Prudence Landers, a teacher near Eaton, was seen in Greeley on Saturday, indicating her local whereabouts and activities during the weekend.
A highly regarded eastern minister, 45, graduate of Olivet College and Oberlin Divinity, praised by Oberlin's President King, joins Buffalo. He and his wife and 17 year old daughter are noted for religious instruction. He can arrive for services October 29.
James C. Dahlman known as Cowboy May of Omaha outlines a long public career including sheriff of Dawes County Chadron mayor and Omaha mayor, eight years as democratic national committeeman and a 1910 Nebraska gubernatorial candidate. He endorses Foley Kidney Pills with personal relief. Signed by James C. Dahlman and Gilbert Bros. stores.
Frances Miller of Greeley, age sixteen, wed E Cross in Cheyenne to avoid separation from her sweetheart. Her parents, planning a move to Iowa, initially opposed the match but later forgave them and offered their blessing.
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