Denver and national news briefs on fires deaths and politics
A roundup of dramatic events including a record June value of Denver building permits at 1 150 000, deadly powder explosions near Tacoma and Boulder, bank closures in Billings, political primaries in North Dakota, a prison bribery case in Illinois, and rioting across several states following a boxing match.
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Denver
eThree
du Pont
Tacoma
Wash
Knights Templar
City Park
W. A. Clark
Montana
Senate
Ambrose Donahue
Leavenworth
Kans
Boulder
Jefferson County
Helena
First National Bank of
Billings
Mont
First Trust and Savings
Trans-Missouri Bureau
Western Railroads
Western
Supreme Court
Porter J. McCumber
Stalwart
A. J. Gronna
Insurgent
North Dakota
California
Ae Grande
Diversified government actions and race event notes
Secretary Ballinger plans rapid visits to reclamation projects funded by a 20 million dollar bond issue. The Interstate Commerce Commission issues nationwide freight rate cuts on transcontinental lines, with lumber and forest products from Omaha to Colorado Kansas and Nebraska reduced. Taft withdraws land for conservation across power phosphate and petroleum sites totaling over 8.4 million acres. Race and sports items include bicycle records in New Haven, a speedboat world record at Pearl River, and betting on the Reno fight outcomes.
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Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
Wright Company
Lee O'Neil Browne
Robert HB. Wilson
Sangamon County Grand Jury
Springfield
Thursa
Melvins W. Fuller
United States Supreme Court
Sorrento
Hughes
New Yorks
Taft
Fuller
Jeffries
Reno
Johnson
Arkansas
Roanoke
Mounds
Ill
Kansas City
Norfolk
New Orleans
Pueblo
Colo
la Junta
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Louls
Little Rock
Houston
Cincinnati, Dayton
Ballinger
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic
Pacific
Omaha
Neb
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Gunnison National Forest
Cochetopa Forest
Secretary of Agriculture
District of Columbia
John Compton Ball
Metropolitan Baptist Church
Jeffries- Johnson
Arizona
California
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Florida
Loulaiana
Western Ywebague
Pet
Bloux City
Bonenae
Denver
Wichita
Lincoln
Frank L. Kramer
East Orange
Salt Lake City
Jackie Clarke
Comet
Kelso and Hilsingar
Bellevue
Iowa
Mississippi Valley Power Boat Association
Pearls
Jn Reno
Corbett
Paris Mutuals
Jon Johnson
Harvard Crimson
Americans win bid in probe of Deutsche Vacuum Oil dealings
Public prosecutor concludes no action against the Deutsche Vacuum Oil Company after a thorough inquiry into alleged rival interests and German papers. E L Quarles, American manager of the German sales unit, is cleared with no evidence warranting prosecution. State bears the entire cost of the inquiry.
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Deutsche Vacuum Oil Company
Btardar Oil Company
E. L. Quarles
Quarles
Japan
AWAL OF WESTON Capt Chittenden Walks 13 Miles Daily at 70
Capt Newton H. Chittenden aged 70, famed explorer of Queen Charlotte Islands, walks 13 miles from Alpine New Jersey to the Fort Lee ferry before eight each morning as a daily constitutional. His 40 years of travel include 25,000 miles on foot and a 3,350 mile 1888 89 across the continent, with many museum ledgers citing his ethnographic work and friendships with notable chiefs.
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New York
New Jersey
Fort Lee Ferry
Newton H. Chittenden
Queen Charlotte Islands
Alpine
N. J
Captain Chittenden
Hall of Fame
Colonel Weston
Gaynor
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Louleiana
Canada
England
Hla
Chittenden
Edenson
Queen Charlotte
Poundmaker
Saskatchewan
Riel
American Horse
Red Cloud
Sitting Bull
Two Strike
Joseph
Spokane River
Manuel
California
Thio
Caribou
British Columbia
Sero
Coeur d'Alene
Bitter Root
Montana
Welcome home Colonel Roosevelt after rough riding welcome
Theodore Roosevelt has retired to Oyster Bay to rest after a strenuous nation welcome. He enjoyed meeting Rough Riders and plans to devote time to literary and social duties with no public statements on politics for now. He has held private talks with several public figures as he weighs his next move.
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Arace
Rough Riders
York
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyater Bay
Roosevelt
Crows Return to Farm Lands After Grub Link
In Van Buren County Michigan farmers coaxed back a vast crow colony after learning a pest grub harmed corn yields. Past campaigns to wipe out crows reduced crops, but when grub numbers rose and corn fell, residents redirected efforts, shipping roosts from the Wabash region and restoring a large crow presence, culminating in a record corn harvest.
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Bouth Haven
Mich
van Buren County
Michigan
Alxty
Acre
Wabash
Telephone Boon to King London
A rambling account discusses King George and his use of the telephone highlighting priority access on trunk lines. It notes his long line time and careful, slow speech that expedites traffic, with calls cleared quickly by the exchange.
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London
King George
Jules
Frogs Halt La Monaca Concert in Santa Barbara
La Monaca, famed conductor, argued with frogs during a Santa Barbara seaside concert. He refused to conduct until the amphibians are removed, planning to perform only in uptown parks afterward.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
la Monaca
Plaza del Banos
Signor Muscente
Lucia
le Monaca
Lebanon
Lo Anah
Parke
Peggy the Livered Hen to Head West Poultry Show
Brockton Cal owner values Peggy at 10000 dollars and plans the San Joaquin Poultry association event next November. The famed crystal white Orpington, owned near Kabsag City, travels with five liveried guards to every show amid a record West Coast exhibit push.
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Brockton
Cal
Peggy
San Joaquin Poultry Association
Kabsag City
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Awal OF
Weston
N. H. Chittenden
Colonel Roosevelt
Coax
George V
Miner
Husb
Alaska
Beattie
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