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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1887
Page
8
An observer recalls a twenty two hour visit to Denver. He notes Union Depot, the city court house and a new high school, plus a Salvation Army meeting and a Congregational church service. The narrator observes people, signs, markets, and local characters ending with a Greeley graduate returning home with grapes.
Greeley merchants shipped 120 car loads of potatoes in a week from Oct 10 to Oct 15 and expect 1,600 car loads total this season. Storehouses are full as cars from Union Pacific are scarce. Farmers also ship wheat oats corn and cabbage. a new railroad is urged to improve freight rates and competition with Salt Lake.
For groceries and dry goods locals are urged to buy at home and stock oats potatoes butter and eggs. They are advised to save seed potatoes for fall and store them frost free till spring. Then visit A. J. Eaton in Eaton Colorado for the only perfect potato planter now improved with a steel runner replacing the previous cast one.
Stoves and cooking stoves showcased in Greeley with emphasis on elegance and low prices. Promotes examination of stock and getting prices, noting first class quality and availability in Colorado. Contact Hauiock Haut for details.
Fifty pieces of Washington prints, 32 inches wide, ten inches wider than ordinary calico, offered for the next two weeks at 12 yards for one dollar. No less than this amount to any one. Described as the greatest bargain. Hall and Jastrowitz.
Advertisement seeking men to purchase clothing, furnishing goods, underwear, blankets, and comforts from A. J. Eaton in Eaton, Colorado. The notice invites inquiries for a broad range of dry goods and household items.
W R McClellan & Co announces the second hundred cars of potatoes shipped and promises two hundred by October 25. They seek good stock and offer spot cash on delivery.
Hear Ye May fall sales by Hall and Jastrowitz tied to a Denver Store offering vast goods at deep price cuts. They guarantee cloaks and other lines sell at about thirty percent under rival prices due to a market surplus.
Fur trimmed plush wraps priced at 15 dollars, value 22 dollars. Astrachan sacques scarce at 15 dollars, worth 25. Beaded Astrachan wraps 15 to 25 dollars. Fur trimmed Berlin twill Newmarkets 7.50. Heavy English check caped Newmarket 8.50 or 9.50. Jackets 2.50 to 15. Quality items around 4.00.
Readable line lists blanket discounts with White Sheeting at $150 per pair and several all wool options from $325 to $550 per pair. Items include mission valley gray and German dye improved wool blankets, each priced per pair.
We offer English Beavers and other cloths for cloaks wraps or jackets made to order. If you are hard to fit a few dollars extra will start you out in great style. We guarantee all work and do it in a first class manner.
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