Black Hand sends warning to Cripple Creek sheriff
Cripple Creek, July 27. Sheriff Henry Von Phul received a crude Black Hand letter from Newark New Jersey threatening his life and family. He said he would take no action now, preferring federal tracing, while noting the threat stems from his removal of Italian workers.
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Cripple Creek
Henry von Phul
Teller County
von Phul
Newark
N. J
Society of Death
New Jersey
Black Hand
Masked bandit robs street car crew near jail
In Pueblo on July 27 a lone masked highwayman blocked the Irving place car line with stones two blocks from the county jail. He forced Motorman Craddock and Conductor Remble to surrender their watches and about $30, then took the conductor's cap and fled. Six to eight passengers aboard were unharmed. Police were alerted after the crew telephoned the traction company.
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Pueblo
Irving Place
E. A. Craddock
John Remble
Traction Company
Girl Drowns When Boat Leaks in Lenore Lake
Costa Smith a 13 year old girl drowns after a boat leaking on Lenore Lake near Ouray topples as youths scramble to escape. The incident yesterday leaves a shipwrecked craft and rescuers pulling the body from the water. Costa Smith is named as daughter of Mrs Abe Smith, longtime Ouray resident.
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Ouray
Colo
Costa Smith
Lenore Lake
Abe Smith
Patten Declares He Squeezed No One on Wheat
In an August Munsey article James A Patten the Chicago wheat speculator contends he dictated world wheat prices last May not by squeezing but by following demand supply laws. He says shortages drove his moves and denies extortion, while Isaac Marcosson chronicles famous wheat corners and their human cost.
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James A. Patten
Chicago
Munsey
Rio Grande Train Runaway Crashes on Utah Mountain
Freight engine No 909 lost air brake control near Media Utah five miles west of Soldier Summit. Seventeen coal cars derailed and rolled three miles crashing against a mountain. All crew escaped with minor injuries and were hospitalized. Fire crews battled fires as main line traffic was suspended and passengers were rerouted.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Media
Soldier Summit
Denver & Rio Grande
Jeng
Bucklen Arnica Salve Aims to Heal Burns and Wounds
An 1890s style ad touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the earth's greatest healer for burns scalds wounds cuts and bruises. It claims instant relief and lists uses from skin eruptions to ulcers and piles with a price of 26 cents at Hunter Palmer. A Daily Record ad notes a line for work.
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Hunter Palmer
Pretty Home Wedding Bonds Flora Shoemaker and Otto Green
Miss Flora C. Shoemaker and Mr. Otto T. Green wed at 10 o'clock this morning at the Shoemaker home 407 Greenwood avenue in Canon City. Rev F R Hollenbach officiated before about thirty guests with music from Mrs O H Shoemaker and Miss Helen Sartor. The couple plans a brief Portland stop then Seattle for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition before settling in Leavenworth Washington.
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Flora C. Shoemaker
Otto T. Green
Chelan
Washington
Theodore Shoemaker
Greenwood Avenue
F. R. Hollenbach
First Methodist Church
Mrnch
Lohengrin
O. H. Shoemaker
Helen Sartor
C. J. Stahl
Denver
Government Forestry Service
National Forestry Service
Leavenworth
Northern Pacific Railroad
Seattle
Mrs. Green
Canon City
Two High Graders Given Long Prison Terms in Canon City
Cripple Creek, July 28. District Judge W.S. Morris sentenced Joe Mattocks and T. F. Toll to seven to eight years in the state penitentiary for burglary and larceny of ore from the No. 2 shaft house of the Vindicator Consolidated Gold Mining Co. The terms run concurrently. Appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court was noted. a thirty day stay was granted to perfect the appeal.
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Cripple Creek
W.S. Morris
Colorado Springs
Joe Mattocks
T. F. Tollofson
Vindicator Consolidated Gold Mining Company
Whitney-McMullen and Associates
Supreme Court
E. G. Vanatta
Teller County
Italian Lad Thrown Into Driving Wheel in Narrow Escape
Florence July 28 Tony Pietro a young Italian at Portland cement works was pulled into a pug mill shaft wheel when his right hand caught in the driving gear. He was hurled around several times before fellow workers rescued him. His clothes tore away and his thumb near the second joint was amputated and his index finger severely cut. Pietro had worked at the plant for months and was regarded as careful.
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Florence
Tony Pietro
Portland Cement Woeks
Pietro
Through Sleeper From Denver To Portland
Denver and Rio Grande train No 3 will carry a through first class sleeper from Denver to Portland Oregon passing Canon City nightly at 1106 PM with through connection for Portland without change. This will be a great convenience for our patrons who wish to make the trip northwest.
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Denver & Rio Grande
Denver
Portland
Oregon
Canon City
Denver and Rio Grande Orders Large New Rolling Stock
New York reports the Denver and Rio Grande railroad has ordered a large volume of rolling stock for delivery within three months. The purchase includes twenty heavy passenger engines, Mallet and switch locomotives, all steel passenger and baggage cars, 1600 steel coal cars, stock and box cars, flat cars, and refrigerating units. Officials say the outlook is never better and the railroad expects a significant rise in coal and passenger business.
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Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
New York
Rio Grande
United States
Rio Grande Benefits From Steel Passenger Cars
The Rio Grande reports a prosperous effect from the use of steel passenger cars and more coal cars. The railroad notes a previous shortage limiting business and asserts steel cars offer safety and fireproofing, with few similar cars on other western lines and among Pullman units.
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Rio Grande
Shooting in Arkansas court leaves rival dead
In Little Rock on July 28, W. Y. Ellis of Pine Bluff killed Nathaniel P. Willis of Indianapolis in a circuit court room shooting tied to a custody dispute over Willis's child. Ellis, political ally of United States Senator Jeff Davis, fired twice as Willis attempted to leave, with Davis narrowly escaping harm. Sheriff Roberts jailed Ellis after seizure of the weapon. Ellis is related to lumberman John F. Rutherford.
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Little Rock
Ark
United States
Je ® Davis
W. Y. Ellis
Pine Bluff
Nathaniel P. Willis
Indianapolis
Cffrcuit
Willis
Ellis
Falk
Senator Davis
Roberts
Judge Fa
Recollections of Edward Everett Hale by a Secretary
The August issue of Woman's Home Companion features anecdotes about Edward Everett Hale. A secretary recalls Hale's outdoors life, quotes his phrases, and describes his Roxbury house with its grand facade and cluttered study.
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Edward Everett Hale
Woman’s Home Companion
Doctor Hale
Kingdom of Heaven
Roxbury
Jeimeelf
Tennyson
Isle of Wight
Hale
Star King
Colorado fairs schedule spans September events
The Colorado State Fair in Pueblo runs September 20 to 34. The Interstate Fair in Denver is September 12 to 18. Arkansas Valley Fair in Rocky Ford uses August 31 to September 3. Fremont County Fair in Canon City takes place September 8 to 10.
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Pueblo
Denver
Rocky Ford
Fremont County
Canon City
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