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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1903
Page
2
A snow storm raged through Hillsboro on Monday with residents including Miss Tillie Provost and Eleanor Newman listed among the ill and weather-affected. Social events continued as townsfolk attended a grove picnic in Elwell and a local Sunday school convention in Greeley despite the storm.
Fort Lupton reports include W S Decker and August Smith surveying pastures on the St Vrain. Loren Becker resigns as town marshal to work in Johnson coal mine for winter. George Monson returns to Denver Medical College for study. Surveyors map Fulton Ditch reservoirs. Dr Dunleavy of Denver treats horses for Fatigue Valley Horse Association. W O W lodge hosts supper in K P hall. Rev C A Brooks preaches in Windsor. K P members visit Brighton lodge to confer second degree. Miss Day, cousin of Mrs C M Wagner, returns to medical school in Denver.
Elwell Rob Devitt is ill and fever threatened. Miss Beulah Shull left for Greeley to start school. Miss Lottie Pearl of Lamar visits relatives here. W. A. Purvis and his mother visited Greeley relatives over Sunday. Frank Eaton of Loveland spent a few days with Elwell friends. Mrs. Hackett and daughter from Denver visit her sister Mrs. Everitt. Miss Sarah Kibby returned from Illinois and began school Monday.
Charles McKenney acts as postmaster for the week. C B Claycomb brings in horses for sale. Mrs. McKissick of Denver visits sister Mrs James Beattie. Walter Sylvester crews north approach of the beet dump. Local families buy pianos. B Norris harvests potatoes for F H Badger. Revs McDonald and Wylie visit LaSalle. Mrs Millie Carter entertains Saylor family and Miss Constancer. Millie Davis visits parents D P Hubbard. Plum crop looks heavy but cut by a freeze. Miss Maud Constancer returns from Lincoln. Herrington rents farm to Lyman of Loveland. add-on built. D T Conaway sells home to A Fry and buys from J McCutcheon. plans improvements. Miss Cora Bainbridge recovering from six weeks illness. nurse Mrs Pomeroy returns home.
Charles Kase Peckham sold a car load of late potatoes to Mr. Badger of Greeley last week. Sam Hansen and wife visited friends near Peckham. Several families bought new pianos. Mr and Mrs Mapes of Denver will visit relatives near Peckham. Miss Jennie Hansen home from Johns town with Emma substituting.
Mount Zion born to Mr and Mrs John Reese on Monday September 7 a daughter. Pleasant hill school opened with Arthur Butler and Grace Lilly as teachers. Miss Etta Perrin of Boulder visiting with her mother Mrs George Perrin. Mrs Kruger near Highlands Lake seriously ill. J W Redd moved to Longmont to a newly bought home. Misses Mabel and Mary Barr went to Boulder for university and preparatory school respectively. Edith Nye returned from Salt Lake City after months with relatives. The Liberty hall social Wednesday night benefited a local cause.
Mount Zion church service drew a good crowd and finished financially sound. A child of Mr and Mrs Jesse Osborne suffered facial and arm burns from a kettle of hot water but recovered well. The Women’s Pleasure club met at Anna Estes home with eighteen members and four visitors. officers elected: Minnie Parks president Kate Calkins vice president J L Barr secretary Morrison treasurer. Next meeting set for Liberty Hall on September 24 replacing Nellie Calkins home.
Ernest Grelk traveled to Denver Monday morning to visit his sister. Mrs. Dan Miller of Denver spent Sunday in town with her husband. The Joll brothers and D. J. Blake went to the mountains for poles. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson vacated the hotel Monday and Mrs. Faber took possession. The Ladies Aid social was held at Mr. Mattis’s home Saturday night. The weather was cold with snow flurries Monday. A dance at Rudolph Miller’s Friday night drew few attendees due to the storm. Bertie Blake sprained her ankle last winter and again last week while driving chickens, with Dr. Anderson stating it would heal after rest.
Mr and Mrs Philip Lorenz welcomed a son last Thursday. Isaac Wright and family returned from the camp meeting in Denver. Mrs Enoch Davis visited Mrs Samuel Moore last Sunday. The Gates threshing machine is in the area but grain is too wet to thresh. Andy McMillan and a Big Bend party who went over the range to check water prospects have not returned.
The Platteville column reports teachers praising school progress. George Lewis visited Denver Monday. A heavy frost hit Tuesday morning. Several residents, including Grandma Walker and Mrs. J. Wyon, are ill. F EK Sheffer, former station agent, spent Sunday here. Local youth plan a flinch club. Clergy visits and relocations are noted with Rev. Stanton and family in Denver, Rev. Dunn heading to Buffalo Wyoming, and Judge Lindsey delivering a talk in town. George Hodgson surveyed for Booker Ditch. others prepared for a three week mountain outing.
George Osterhout a Greeley visitor Friday. Mrs Charles Chipman shopped in Greeley Saturday. J H Courtwright plans a trip to Fort Worth Texas soon. Miss Jackson from Denver visited Windsor relatives Sunday. Mrs Markham and daughter of St Louis visiting Windsor relatives. Daniel Rogers former Windsor resident visiting friends this week. The two Yancey boys and the Misses Balego in Harrington and May.
Elder dined with Mrs Frank Vincent on Sunday. George Jones and Eaton youngsters visited his parents in Windsor. Rev Grace of Fort Lupton preached at M E church. Captain Boutelle of Michigan, Sugar Company stockholder, in Windsor Monday. J D McLean of Greeley visited sister Miss Mary McLean in Windsor Tuesday. Addie Smith returned to Topeka Kan. last Thursday. Mrs Robert Dickey and two children accompanied to Denver. Delegates Lake Peterson and Charles Darnell went to Greeley for Sunday school convention. A heavy frost damaged vegetables and tender plants. Ohio visitors Mr and Mrs Carter Riggs, in California summer, stopped to see relatives. Mrs Riggs is sister of Mrs William Peterson.
Mr and Mrs Baker visited Mr Brown Friday while Mr and Mrs Clarkson visited friends near Eaton on Sunday. Strickland's west of Evans hosted visits by Mr and Mrs Shearer and Foster McKune of Iowa. Miss Dr Anderson, a trained nurse, rooms with Mrs Garrison. Several Delta residents attended a corn roast at Loveland. Delta School opens with a solid attendance under A B Craig and T A Foley teaching. T: A pota toes injury to T A Foley caused a cracked rib but he recovered quickly.
Collins District resident David Brown returns to Cheyenne to visit family while Miss Eula McCracken visits Eaton and Lula Schoonover hosts. first autumn snow hit September 14 with slight injuries from Frank Holman crushed fingers in a washing machine.
Mr Glover visited Sunnyside while no frost has appeared in the locality. Mrs F P Woodley is on the sick list this week. Mr Shepherd of St Vrain called on residents Sunday. Miss Yerkes of Denver stayed at Fairview Thursday. Mr Lerch visited Longmont on business Saturday. Miss Sadie Hamilton visited family at Sunnyside Sunday. Mr and Mrs Perkins conducted business in Longmont Saturday. Charles Bodkins started work on the Mead Oviatt threshing machine. Winnefred Gregg is staying with Mrs F P Woodley to help during illness. Byron Howard passed through en route to Seelys Lake Friday.
FEF P Waite accompanied Miss Meta to Fort Lupton last week where she began teaching Monday. A large attendance reported at the Sunday school rally with a very good meeting. Mr Power left Friday for Silver City New Mexico hoping for winter warmth. Mr Litch and family returned to Akron Colorado with typhoid fever in a mild form.
Charles Winder buys the Joe Sauber place as the area resumes activity with beer digging and hauling starting Monday. Jack Sauber plans to auction horses hay and implements on Monday September 21. School opens September 28 with teachers Jadia Pechin and Sara Sleeper.
Local acquaintances note Mrs. Frank Hunter of Hardin visiting at W H Tullers and Mr and Mrs J W Benson of Loveland visiting friends here. Charlie Behrens returns from two weeks at Buffalo Park and G H Young and Thomas Lregon ing come back from California. Rev P J McDonald of Detroit assists Rev J M Wylie at last Sabbath's communion. Evans M E Sunday school wins banner at Greeley convention for largest attendance. George C Briggs of Loveland hunts ducks successfully. Ross Tennant Harry Huffsmith and Winchester boys return from Northpark reporting two inches of snow on the hills. A group attends the Sunday school rally at LaSalle Presbyterian church. Sioux Indians camp near South Platte wagon bridge and gave an entertainment in Yellowstone park. Blanche and Rosie Neimyer depart for New York to sail to Hamburg Germany. Friends wish them bon voyage.
Cipson M. P. Martinson entertained Nebraska friends. John Bauer of LaGrange visited his brother at the sewing place Sun. Mrs. Lina Pomeroy returned home after several weeks near La Salle. Mr. King, from southern Illinois via Texas, stays awhile in the neighborhood. School began Tuesday with children of all ages heading to schoolhouses for the new year.
Mrs. E W Goodan visited Denver. W R Clark plans to feed 10 000 sheep this winter. Mr and Mrs John McArtney spent Sunday with friends in Pleasant Valley. The summer study class held an interesting meeting Tuesday afternoon with Mrs G H Denio. Eaton schools enrollment last week was 325 and will likely rise.
Florence residents Mrs O A Calhoun visits Mrs Yr C Phillips and Lula Leadbetter is named public library librarian. G A Montgomery suffers a typhoid fever attack. Weather turns snowy after a cold rain Sunday at Big Place. Fred Jackson and A F Searles visit before winter in California. Nora Rayburn hosted a barry for cousin Maud Bonner. Cora Leadbetter leaves for Boulder for her senior year. Congregational harvest home supper Sept 24. J G Buell now practices law at Muskogee I T. Loyal Rebekahs plan a Sept 21 anniversary event with music and supper. Eaton Woman's Club elects delegates F L Weller and F N Thomas to state federation in Colorado Springs. Alta Goodanl to Wolfe Hall, Denver. social evening with music games and lunch.
Miss Edythe McCullough teaches in Grover. A frost hit the region Monday night. Horace Eldridge builds a large potato cellar near his home. Charles Anderson harvested about 8000 bushels of grain this year. Farmers expect to begin digging beets soon. Otto Berg reports a good apple crop on the old Deftke orchard. Mrs. Chris Montgomery of laten visited her sister, Mrs. Lynn. Miss Florence Devotie visited with her sister, Mrs. Lynn. Fred Montgomery and uncle from Canada stayed with Mr. and Mrs. English. Pete Lauridsen, Charles Neff and Ed Neff spent much of last week in the mountains. Mr. and Mrs. Lauridsen visited their parents in Fort Collins. Mrs. Chris Westenberg and family visited Carlson in Pleasant valley. H. M. Devotie and son Frank visited with Mr. Lynn. Frank planned to start for Mexico that evening. D. Neff came from Fort Collins Thursday, noting beets ripening faster locally.
Farmers in Big Bend continue plowing fall grain as winter nears. George Mackey is on the sick list this week and Miss Lizzie Wiggett is visiting Erie. Mrs Will Davis and daughters are home on a visit. Miss Swanson travels to Denver with relatives. The First Presbyterian church of La Salle hosted a Sunday rally attended by some Methodists. Mr and Mrs Wright and Dave Ter, Mr and Mrs Edwin Davis and Miss Annie Flowers returned from Denver Monday evening.
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