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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1908
Page
8
An assortment of real estate and rental offers includes an 80 acre tract priced at 7000 with improvements in Greeley. Several modern rooms and four residence lots offered for quick buyers. A good barn with loft is for rent along with furnished rooms for light housekeeping. Also advertised is the Potato Digger sold by Greeley Mercantile. Tonight is ladies night at the Armory.
A collection of brief items lists farm loans, visiting friends, local trades, and upcoming events. Notables include Ben Tousey visiting J. Hall Jones in town, Mrs. A C Probert hosting a farewell dinner for Fred Roche, and the Women of Woodcraft planning a picnic at Island Grove park with invites to all. Also noted are denver and denver area movements and local business activities such as tile work for Weld County Abstract and a phrenologist’s services.
Kinsella in insurance. Engraved calling cards at the Tribune. Red Front store adds new goods daily. John Camfield taking a course at Central Business College. Potato Migger Gas Center leaves Thursday for Colorado Springs to enter Colorado College. Mrs. Alice Beckwith leaves Thursday for two months at Camp Douglass Wis. Plant winter wheat Best Turkey Red from Kansas at Model Mills. Clair Parker of Pawpaw Tr. visits Mr. and Mrs. Culver. Parker is Mrs. Culver’s nephew. Mr. and Mrs. T L Brown and Mrs E W Brown traveled from Denver to attend Michael Parkinson wedding.
A lecture for women is set at the Armory this evening titled The City and the Home. The event targets a female audience and focuses on urban life and domestic concerns.
Mrs Axtel Johnson and three children arrived Sunday from Trinidad Colorado and will spend a month with her parents Mr and Mrs Albert Howard.
Workmen busy installing a pressed brick facing for the Trimble Wheeler Shoe Company storefront. Mr and Mrs Chas Jones of Lone Tree hosted Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs John Jones of Alton Ill Mrs Arthur Bender of Longmont and Mr and Mrs John Owens of Ault also mentioned in the social notes.
Mrs. J Yardley has been severely ill but is now convalescent. P W Allen shows rapid improvement and expects to be out by week’s end. Chas Peterson traveled to Hudson for Clara Alwert amid a recent lunacy charge. Mrs. C W Waddle hosts a tea for cousin Miss Wilma Spicer of Colorado Springs. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Dunham depart for St Louis after a brief visit with relatives.
Dr. A C McCain of Ault sues E Mellvain for 100 dollars plus costs for medical services. He seeks an attachment to secure the claim. The remedy ad asserts no opium and declares it harmless and caring, sold by all druggists.
George L. Wilson of Chicago arrives this afternoon and will attend tonight’s community convention. Wilson is an engineer with the Municipal Service League and comes from Chicago to speak at the event.
Stanley Hunter and Miss Irene Hunter of Denver arrive today to visit their uncle R. J. Hunter and wife for a few days. Mr. Hunter will return next week to Princeton University to continue his studies.
Arbuckle and Purcell install a new three tier oak filing cabinet for systematic filing of their business papers. The Library Bureau made the cabinet and also installed furnishings at the State Normal.
John Bodeen, formerly fixing Edward Thorells shoes, now serves as repair man for the Trimble Wheeler shoe store. He invites all old customers and promises first class repair work with pickup and delivery via telephone at Greeley 241.
J C Holden of Montreal and daughter in law Mrs Fred Holden of Victoria stayed with Rev and Mrs R J Hunter for several days last week and head to Denver and Colorado Springs before returning to Canada. J G Holden, guest of the Hunters last week, entertained at Camfield Saturday with Mrs B D Harper Mrs H Reynolds Dr and Mrs C B Dyde Mrs Fred Holden Rev and Mrs R J Hunter Will and Allen Hunter.
The preliminary hearing for W. P. Weatherford on an assault with intent to kill charge against his employer, James Pyles, was held Tuesday. Weatherford was bound over with a $5000 bail. failing to post, he was jailed pending trial.
Miss Gladys McGinnis of Centerville and Miss Bertha McGinnis visited Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Fine. The McGinnises took a trip with Mr. McClellan on Monday. Gladys was overcome by altitude and has been confined to bed with the aftereffects of the journey.
The shoe repair service at Wodward Trimble Wheeler promises to satisfy longtime customers by completing all repairs in first class style and inviting them to visit for service.
Daily real estate transfers are furnished by the Weld County Abstract and Investment Company. The notice outlines property transactions and related details handled by the firm for local recordkeeping and public reference.
Transactions show W D deeds involving Rosa Haugh George Strong Helen Kent and others. Transfers include Lot 8 bike 5 Kern sub Nunn blocks 1 17 23 and multiple parcels in Grover and Normal Way Sub with values from 35 to 2200 dollars.
Sam A. Garber describes aiding a woman ill with cramps on an O R N R train from Pendleton to Le Grande Oregon. He used Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, gave two doses, and the woman recovered before reaching Le Grande. The train passengers thanked him and the remedy is sold by druggists.
Miss Anna Davis began a California trip when W. W. Connor of Greeley Abstract asked for a box of oranges. Connor claimed surprise as the express man delivered the large luscious fruit. Office staff used oranges as paper weights today.
J W H Browne Auctioneer advertises a sale of horses and mules at Kelly and Davis Livery Barn Fort Morgan Colorado on Saturday September 12 with sale starting at 10 am. Listing includes work equipment among goods for sale.
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