Deadly Fireworks Display Sparks Kid Tragedy in Store
A Great Fireworks Exhibit at Kirby & Company store triggered a blaze that killed seven children and injured about 30 others. Fire damaged the main floor as workers and shoppers fled, with several victims identified among the crowd as panicked onlookers watched.
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Daily Tribune
Kirby & Company
Bally Tribune
Heath
A. Elberto
Lei Aer
Dian Angel
Ieee
Hemil
Italy
Ayvamite
Untitled noting of a fatal shooting and court case
A fragmentary report details a July 3 incident involving three women and a man, with a laudanum overdose and a shot held to trigger violence. The narrative mentions Eli Hood, Miss Nelson, and Henrietta McDonald among other local names, and connects the affair to a Denver education meeting. The article describes a violent death, a pistol, and a cloth of confusion around a farm and a boarder. The piece references a jury or board discussion and the Democratic national convention context.
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Ted
Eli Hood Ee
Bryan Kemans Quiet on Democratic Nomination Prospects
Delegates and sightseers bound for Denver arrive in Lincoln amid rain. Bryan meets visitors at the Lincoln hotel and signals he will leave platform makers and vice presidential canvass largely alone unless urgent issues threaten any plank or pick in the vice presidential lineup. He sees no confirmed support for any of the 39 reported running mates. Fire at Johnstown destroys Lawrence block and adjoining businesses. occupants escape in nightclothes. The two-story brick building cost $7,000 to construct and was fully insured.
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Daily Tribune
Lincoln
Neb
Denver
Fairview
W. J. Bryan
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Lincoln Hotel
Johnstown
Colo
Lawrence
Ites
Ee Finley
Eng al Independent Telephone Exchange
James Lawrence
Robbers Loot Wiley Town in Morning Hold-Up
Three masked men raided Wiley Colorado shortly after dawn entering W B Tobins billiard hall taking his watch and 60 dollars then looting nearly every business. The gang headed toward Powers as a posse pursues with arrests expected.
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Daily Tribune
Lamar
Colo
Wiley
Here
W. B. Tobin
Powers
Labor War Ended in Colorado Coal Fields Compromise Reached
Denver officials report a settlement in the Northern Colorado coal fields as six teen operators sign the agreement with miners. Another meeting is planned in Lafayette and a return to work by most miners is expected by Monday.
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The
Daily Tribune
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Lafayette
Treasury calls on banks for forty million by July fifteenth
National banks are directed by the secretary of the treasury to furnish forty million dollars by July 15. In Kansas City the wheat market opens strong while corn lags. Liverpool reports wheat down one third to one fourth and corn down one eighth to one fourth.
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New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Kansas City
Liverpool
Grain futures summary for September contracts
Wheat opens near 87 percent, rises to 88 percent intraday, closes at 87 percent. Corn starts 71 percent, peaks 72 percent, lows 70 percent, ends 71 percent. Oats trades around 40 percent, highs 41 percent, lows 40 percent, closes 40 percent. Pork futures open 15.10, top 15.55, low 15.10, settle at 15.65.
Public Meetings and Lectures Headline Appeal for Help
Department seeks reader input on upcoming free or low cost events including meetings lectures entertainments and socials. Readers are urged to suggest subjects and speakers and to contact the department via the Greeley exchange.
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Fourth of July Celebration in Greeley Promises Big Festivities
The piece describes a lively Greeley Fourth of July with a parade, calf feedings by 5 a.m., speeches by Robert W. Bonynge and Chas. W. Hughes Jr., daylight fireworks, a turkey roast picnic, races at Island Park, a pie eating contest, and a sunset band concert. It notes Mary plans to join Cy Smith, and peeks at local church events and crowded gatherings. A separate scene follows with May Nei Tan, seventeen but looking younger, recounting her train ride from Longmont to Greeley, past hardships, schooling, and independence while awaiting wages and future mobility.
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Dad
Grandma
Mary
Cy Smith
Johnoon
Chee
Unitarian Church
Catholic Church
Island Park
Union Depot
U. P
May Nei- Tan
Longmont
Ault
Kansas City
Perning
Missouri
Uncanny Pacts Tie Tragic Family Train Fates
In Pueblo on July 8 two rail deaths appear linked by eerie timing. Mrs Mary Cassidy and Frank J Brown were on the same train with their spouses when both incidents occurred. Brown died by lightning near Florence yesterday, while Cassidy earlier attended Canon City funerals.
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Pueblo
Mary Cassidy
Frank J. Brown
Public Messenger Services Free in Lincoln Park Tomorrow
Free tomorrow public telephone stenographer and messenger services to be offered at headquarters in Lincoln Park. A crew of men will be employed as messengers and appear in red white and blue ropes and flags.
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Three Clausen Children Die In Windsor House Fire
Mrs Clausen left three children Pauline five Alexander two and Alma seven months alone in the Windsor Russia town home. The fire occurred about 4 PM with causes unknown though suspected matches. Coroner Macy investigates noting accidental neglect but no intent shown.
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Adam Clausen
Windsor
Clausen
Russia Town
Pauline
Alexander
Alma
Macy
Water drawn from Boyd Lake reservoir under D Sanborn plan
Water is drawn from Boyd Lake reservoir owned by B. D. Sanborn at 6 060 000 cubic feet daily for farmers in the Greeley Loveland and Farmers Ditch of Loveland canals. The Big Thompson river is a small stream, and the reservoir held 1 500 000 000 cubic feet when demand began Monday.
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Boyd Lake
B. D. Sanborn
Greeley & Loveland
Loveland
Big Thompson
Big Lake
LaPollette to Open Greeley Chautauqua Program
A telegram from Senator LaFollette confirms his arrival on July 24 to open the Greeley chautauqua. The program had awaited word from the Wisconsin senator before publication and finalizing the lineup.
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Greeley Chautauqua
LaPollette
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