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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1908
Page
6
An advertisement note promotes quick results in the Daily Tribune claiming higher circulation than two other Greeley dailies. Readers are urged to phone their troubles to Greeley 5.
A dense list of candidates for state and local offices including Governor John F Shafroth Lieutenant Governor KR Fitzgarrald Edward T Taylor Secretary of State J B Pearce State Treasurer W J Galligan State Auditor Rhoady Kenehan Attorney General John T Barnett Superintendent Katherine Cook Railroad Commissioners A P Anderson Dan H Staley W L Wheeley Presidential Electors Charles S Thomas B L Jefferson Sam Wheeler Thomas Ehrhart Dexter T Sapp Regents Ralph Talbot Ethelbert Adams Sheriff S Poe County Judge J J Downey County Clerk County Treasurer School Superintendent Lafayette Ryan Assessor T A Lewis Coroner J M Peterson District 1 Commissioner Chris Nelson District 3 T L James State Senator W L Clayton Representatives A R Morrison G M Houston.
Frank Brown, a longtime worker at the Alward place, came to town asserting he is the lawful husband of Clara Alward, a white woman sent to Pueblo state hospital. He says they married twenty years ago in Denver and can produce papers and witnesses, while the insane woman reportedly holds significant property.
Friends of Captain Boyd report hopeful signs as he recovers from a sudden chest pain illness. Doctors in Boulder removed a pint of pus from between the pleura and ribs after a five day stay, finding a slightly diseased rib but clean bone. He is now able to stand and heal, with doctors attributing the ulcer to a forgotten fall or injury.
The Willus Henderson eighty acre Pleasant Valley farm sold Tuesday through Arbuckle Purcell Land Co to J W Sanford of Iowa Falls Iowa for 21000 dollars at 260 per acre the highest farm price in the county. Henderson had previously bought the property from B S Pler for about 19000 dollars a few years ago.
The council granted petitions for sewers in Block 2 Peery and Block 1 Booker and approved a 200-foot water main on Fourth Avenue. Valuation of Greeley rose by 125000 to 1895265. cost of the Eleventh Avenue sewer set at 715.77 per foot. A fire alarm system proposal was requested in writing. water and sewers contracts were to be handled by city officials. sidewalks and concrete work awarded to Stokey Concrete for library area.
The Burlington Route demonstrates a mobile exhibit car in Greeley today and tomorrow featuring farm crops from the Big Horn Basin Wyoming and northwestern Nebraska. The car contains wheat oats barley speltz alfalfa timothy clover flax millet vegetables and fruits. Mortimer V. Randall A B Howard and Joseph McGill oversee the display highlighting sugar beets potatoes and garden crops as promising in the new country.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Bliss hosted a social evening for the M. KE. Sunday school teachers and officers and their spouses. Rev. J. J. Lace attended as the new pastor and introduced himself to workers. Fifty guests enjoyed music and refreshments, with a short business session planning next week’s lessons.
Justice Pressley dismissed the Ray McKay versus J. H. Cunningham matter on Tuesday noting a possible retry. The feud arose from a dissolved Fort Collins drug store partnership with alleged private property removal and a pending arrest warrant. Mrs. A Quinn filed a replevin suit against the White Sewing Machine Co, adjourned with possible earlier today trial.
A brief fire occurred in the dry goods section of Park Merchandise on Tuesday evening. A swinging electric light, wedged between blankets, ignited a dozen blankets before staff extinguished the flames at 5 30. The blaze caused excitement but little damage.
Daily transfers show Lizzie Laufer to Jacob Zetlouf for 85 dollars a Lot 1 Block 1 Lakeview Add Windsor. Shafer duo to Anna Douglas for 500 dollars Lot 7 Block 7 First Add to Pierce. Union Pacific to Sarah Michael 800 dollars NW 27-5-66. John M. Michael 800 dollars NB 27-5-66. Fairbrother to Guy Mosher 20400 dollars SW 6-2-66 and half of SE 1-2-67. Downer Bullen to E P Shaffner 400 dollars Lots 7-10 Block 6 Kersey.
H. J. Houston demonstrated that sweet potatoes can be grown in the Greeley district on his farm west of the city. He brought a hill to the Sanborn & Houston office showing twenty potatoes with about half of good size and mature. Plants from eastern Kansas were used. half died before setting.
Edward Day, living at Seventh Avenue and Fourteenth Street, was struck by an automobile yesterday. The driver Robert Steele is not at fault as Day became confused while attempting to dodge the vehicle. Day suffered severe bruises and possible internal injuries. his daughter Grace was hospitalized Tuesday for stomach trouble and faces an operation.
The Kindergarten Seniors at the State Normal school hosted a tea series for the Kindergarten juniors. The first event on Monday ran from 4 to 6 on campus with about sixty attendees. Games were played and Miss Maud Cannell read two stories before tea, creating a lively social atmosphere.
The quote asserts that a dishonest dollar cannot be hidden or buried. it will eventually emerge and bring about ruin. The speaker invokes a stark moral image of the dollar’s resurrection into damnation as a warning against fraud.
Persons planning to attend the King Hill Idaho land opening must notify by October 8 to arrange accommodations. A special train leaves Greley October 6. Those unable to attend may send proxies with ARBUCKLE-PURCELL LAND CO.
Hall and Neary announce a shipment of large work stock, mostly mares, arriving in Greeley around October 3. The load is described as a choice lot ready for any kind of work. Call to view at g0g Ninth street.
Nearly ready for a sale near Greeley on October 1 with a stock of well broke horses and good matched teams. For details inquire Albert Lawrence three miles east or Harry Beasley one mile east of Greeley.
Advert says feeders and breeders can find good rams at the Host Live Stock Co. Ramah Colorado ranch. Tribune want ads do the business.
The bride, six months married, recounts her second similar error in a week. She signed a check with her maiden name and mailed it to a bank where the account exists, causing confusion as the bank stamped No account. She vows not to draw another check without verification after changing her name upon marriage.
A new office boy explains his family routines and pay. He earns three dollars weekly while his father receives three dollars daily. When asked about his mother's pay he protests that she does not work for anyone. She runs the household for free, serving the family each morning.
A compact timeline notes the first movable type Bible in 1455, first Indian language Bible in 1663 by John Eliot, the first English Bible in 1782, and a 1782 New York Bible owned by George Washington. It cites global reach in 500 languages, high medieval cost of £3000, and today the Bible being the cheapest book at 16 cents for the full Bible and six cents for the New Testament.
A customer questions glove style as a shopkeeper confirms the latest stock. She notes fashion paper says tan stitches on black kid gloves, while the shop man explains vice versa means seven buttons in French. She buys three pairs.
Yonkers Statesman reports on a lighthearted exchange about marriage in which a groom vows equal partnership. The dialogue shows both partners agreeing to share duties with the wife handling wash and the husband acting as treasurer.
Dumley declares he will marry or harm himself, prompting Knox to challenge the idea of his brain and accuse him of unwarranted presumption.
Mr and Mrs Cummings of Kansas City attend a visit with Mr and Mrs Winchester. G H Young return from a four week Ohio visit. Mona McAfee and Cunningham visit Maud Craig. Charles Willie of Denver visits Willie family. Will Reid suffers masked foot injury from Denver accident. John Olson moved to Greeley to run Exchange hotel. J W Dennis family to Hughes home for schooling. Holiness meetings draw large crowds. Winehold family from Kansas visit A R Wineholds. W E Thompson leaves Latham ditch post for Sparta Illinois. Frankie Jack turns ten with friends party. E K Hopins moves to Sedgwick to lead churches. Evans U P station gains an assistant Eldridge assisted by Roy Ritter. W W Clark return from Silver Plume. they find home robbed of over a hundred dollars, no clue to the thief.
Highlandlake residents report business visitors from Longmont on Friday. One fourth inch ice formed on watering troughs Saturday night. The first snow of the season arrived Friday night and continued Saturday, with several inches melting quickly. Mrs. C. L. Walker drove to Longmont Friday to fetch her daughter Miss Delia who stayed with her parents, and Delia enjoys her school work in Longmont.
The Fairplay district reports teachers cleaning weeds and burning them. Calvin and Ora Brokaw of Law ton Ohio visit uncle D. W. Runnells. P Balmer harvested 1046 bushels of fall wheat grown without irrigation. Delia Marquette of Denver visits Flora Runnells who is recovering from illness. Mr and Mrs B C Coward return to Denver after visiting daughter Mrs A B Carpenter.
City voters urged to register before the fall election. About 2000 residents remain unregistered and have less than three weeks to complete registration. Those who moved or did not vote last election must re register to vote this fall.
The Union Colony a corporation and Jed DeLee along with Clara Thomson are defendants in a quiet title action filed by John Willis Hill in Weld County District Court. The decree seeks ownership in fee simple of Lot 8 and the west half of Lot 7 in Block 26 City of Greeley with water rights from The Union Colony canals and an injunction against interference. Failure to appear will lead to default judgment. First publication Sept 30 1908.
The narrative extols Greeley Colorado as a thriving irrigated county seat with the Normal School and about 1000 students, multiple graded schools, broad streets, strong agriculture including beet sugar and potatoes, hotels, railroads, libraries, a commercial club, and an annual aggregate deposit figure of $6,000.00. It highlights climate, water, and numerous manufacturing enterprises.
Greeley lodge directory itemizes A O U W and BPOE units with officers and meeting days. It covers Daughters of the American Revolution G A R Pythian Sisters and many societies, listing officers and meeting venues such as Masonic hall and L O F hall, with irregular weekly schedules.
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