Tabor Opera House: From Boom to Bust in Denver
The article chronicles H. A. W. Tabor, Colorado pioneer and miner, whose fortune built the lavish Tabor Opera House in Denver. He rose from near poverty to wealth around mining near Leadville and California Gulch, later losing it all after the 1884 silver crash, ending his days as a modest postmaster while leaving a grand theatre as a monument.
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Lee the Fabor
Wall Street
H. A. W. Tabor
Pikes Peak
Denver
Tabor
California Gulch
Leadville
Pittsburgh
Washington
Tabor Opera House
Japan
Italy
France
Mexico
Centralca
Night Guests At Oyler Home With Brethren Relatives
Mrs. Oyler entertained guests and Mrs Carey Oyler and family hosted supper guests Wednesday evening. Relatives from Tennessee Virginia Mexico Indiana were visiting the Old Order Brethren and joined the hosts for the evening at the home.
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Carey Oyler
Ennessee
Virginia
Xico
Ind
Ordes Brethren
Enjo
Eve- Ar
Frank Ae
Otta‘Kane
Vern Clark
Roxy Theater Leads US In Americanism Week Pageantry
The Delphi Roxy Theater gains national notice for co sponsoring an Americanism Week. Manager Chris Chamales created a red white and blue aluminum framed scroll signed by about 1000 nines and headed to the U S president next week. Sunday features Loretta Young in The Lady from Cheyenne followed by Wagons Roll at Nite. John Doe with Gary Cooper appears next Wed Thu and Fri.
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Roxy
Delphi
United States
Chris Chamales
U.S. A
Loretta Young
Cheyenne
John Doe
Gary Cooper
Carroll County Racks Up Purdue Degree Recipients
Carroll County sent seven graduates to Purdue University’s 57th commencement. The class totaled about 1300, with nearly 1100 attending to receive diplomas from President Elliott. Local honorees include Flora Carl Steinman Master of Science in Education Richard Landis Charles Kirk Civil Engineering Ritchey Electrical Engineering Payne Agriculture Cruber Quinn Bringhurst.
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Carroll County
Purdue University
Res. Elliott
Purdue
Flora
Carl B. Steinman
Cience
Richard D. Landis
Charles T. Kirk
John A. Ritchey
Camden
Robert Payne
Cutler
Everett E Cruber
Delphi
Lloyd Yost Quinn
Bringhurst
Thoughts for Good Thinkers
A collection of quotes on mind power and virtue from Moore Eddy Macdonald Saxe and biblical verse. The passages emphasize thought as the guiding helm of right and wrong and the value of purified thinking in human affairs.
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George Moore
Mary Baker Eddy
Jackson Township Home Ec Club Hosts Mock Wedding
Jackson township Home Economics Club met on Thursday June 12 with Mrs. Clarence Lake hosting. Assistant hostesses were Mrs. Jennie Snoeberger Mrs. Carolyn Gardner Mrs. Esther Hedderich and Mrs. Hannah Appleton. Members shared honeymoon stories as a roll call and a song of the month was performed by Mrs. Loda Martin. A mock wedding was staged.
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Jackson Township
Second Registration July 1 for Young Men 21
The Selective Service System announces a second registration on July 1 for men who turn 21 since October 16, 1940. Local boards will conduct enrollments at their offices and may add registration sites with state director consent. Hours will run from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM.
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Selective Service
Carroll County
Selective Service Board
Flora Republican Paper Sold to Democrat
Lynn Moss, publisher of the Hoosier Democrat, buys the Carroll County Press from B R Keyes and J W Sink and merges it with his Flora publication. One Flora paper will now be independent. Keyes keeps the commercial printing department. Keyes retires after a long editor career.
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Lynn Moss
Hoosier Democrat
Carroll County Press
B. R. Keyes
J. W. Sink
Flora
Keyes
Rockfield Couple Wed In Double Ring Ceremony
Shideler-Galbreth Miss Betty Kathryn Shideler daughter of Mrs Hazel Shideler Rockfield became the bride of James Robert Galbreth son of Mr and Mrs Delmar Galbreth Rockfield in a Rockfield Presbyterian church ceremony. Rev William Jacoby officiated. Attendants were Miss Edith Strong Logansport and Thomas Gundy Indianapolis. The couple plans to reside at 617 East Drive Woodruff Place Indianapolis where Mr Galbreth works for the Allison Co.
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Betty Kathryn Shideler
Hazel Shideler
Rockfield
James Robert Galbreth
Delmar Galbreth
Rockfield Presbyterian Church
William Jacoby
Edith Strong
Logansport
Thomas Gundy
Indianapolis
Jeannette Hyman
Camden
Mildred Million
Mary Alice Brown
East Drive
Woodruff Place
Galbreth
Allison Company
Logansport High
O’neill and O'Neill
Rockfield High School
Dena Allen
Dora Allen
Willard Weiland
Herman Weiland
Baptist Parsonage
Stanger
Marie
Reba Allen
Thomas Simmons
Piano program by Miss Fouts pupils at church
A group of Miss Pauline Fouts pupils will present a piano program at Delphi Presbyterian church at 2:30 Sunday afternoon. The public is invited.
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Pauline Fouts
Delphi Presbyterian Church
Curtis Ritchey wed Frances Curtis in Purdue Union ceremony
Miss Frances Ann Curtis and John Arthur Ritchey, both Purdue graduates, were married Sunday at 5 30 PM in the Purdue Union west faculty lounge before Rev. Howard Jenkins. A musicale preceded the ceremony and the couple plans to live in Rome New York where Ritchey will join Vere Copper and Brass.
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Purdue Union
Frances Ann Curtis
John Arthur Ritchey
Purdue University
Howard Jenkins
Delphi Presbyterian Church
R. H. Ewell
West Lafayette
Camden
Jeanette McKindley
Carol Jean McKindley
Benton Harbor
Mich
Robert Sieber
Delphi
Stanley R. Curtis
Toledo
Ritchey
University of Toledo
Purdue
Camden High School
Children’s Day at St Peter Lutheran Church program
Sunday June 15 at 10 45 A M morning worship at St Peter Lutheran Church features a children’s day program. offerings go to the Springfield Ohio Orphans Home. program includes hymns scripture poems solos chorus a flag drill and benediction.
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St. Peter Lutheran Church
Orphans Home
Springfield
Ohio
John McCain
Eileen Blohm
Patricia Lake
Martha Mullin
Long Wayne
Keith Mullin
Beatitudes
Ardith Ann Mullin
Robert Wise
Joyce Caldwell
Alice Leslie
Elam Plank
Bryan
Sollo Bille Lee Johnson
God Bless America
Congregation
Benediction Astor
Ho Hum Card Woes and a Storied Lament
A humorous reminiscence by F. Stanley Yates on hunting for the right non Sentimental greeting card. The author recalls failed attempts at card making, a risky linoleum carving mishap, and a Christmas sale bargain. He tells of struggle to find a fitting card and a breach of promise suit arising from a poorly chosen greeting.
Miss Sarah Elizabeth Wolf Dies After Injury
Funeral services held at Burrows Christian church for Miss Sarah Elizabeth Wolf who died Tuesday morning at Cass county hospital. Born September 17, 1865 in Carroll county, she was the daughter of Josiah and Ellen Wolf. Surviving cousins listed, rites led by Rev. A. M. Thomas and Rev. Louis Bean, burial in Keepssek cemetery Clinton township.
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Burrows Christian Church
Sarah Elizabeth Wolf
Cass County Hospital
Carroll County
Josiah
Ellen Wolf
Hanna Crockett
Walton
Genevieve Clark
Martha Pippenger
Logansrt Port
A. M. Thomas
Farmland
Louis Bean
Astor
The
Baptist Temple
Gansport
Keeps Sek
Clinton Township
Bridge Opens Across Deer Creek at Delphi
Local notice reports the Deer Creek bridge near Delphi is open to traffic. The item also lists multiple obituaries and life events including births, marriages, and deaths in the Camden area during 1936 with details on families and survivors.
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Deer Creek
Delphi
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