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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
1
A lively invitation to join a Tribune excursion next Thursday afternoon to the Poudre water works. The plan includes packing bacon and lunch, inviting neighbors and local figures, buying a $1 ticket, and returning by evening for rest before future outings.
A dynamite blast damaged the rear of the John A Rodgers saloon at West Madison and May, marking the seventeenth bomb in a year linked to Chicago gambling clashes. The blast struck the roof of the adjacent May Electric Company building without injuries. Mr and Mrs Adam Nihart of Utica Nebraska arrived to visit their niece Mrs Fred Fagan.
Deputy Sam Woland and Sheriff Florance pursued two suspects, Ebert Watts and John Young, arrested on charges of securing goods under false pretenses. In a scuffle at the Windsor area near a canning factory, Woland wrestled the guns away from both men amid help from a factory worker. Woland sustained a bloody facial injury but remained unharmed otherwise.
Chicago, July 17. Lillian Beatrice Watkins, posing as white, killed herself with four bullets to the temple after a secret curse of blood caused disasters. A man, Thomas F. Kennedy, had loved her, gave her $15,000 and married another woman, then died by suicide in Washington Park. The mother, a Black woman, had shielded her daughter to permit white associations. the tale reveals a race conflict and fatal choices.
The article argues that northern Colorado sheep feeders are losing to large operators and predicts a shift to farmer feeders using homegrown hay grain and root crops. It cites soil fertility, local markets in Chicago and Omaha, and rising demand for yearlings and lambs fed on farm-produced feed, with profits from both meat and fertilizer.
Police chase ends in a gun battle when three burglars brandish weapons and flee two blocks from Franklin School area on Weat Col fax avenue. A dozen shots exchanged as the suspects drop stolen goods and sacks during the pursuit.
Ten year old Goldie Pierce of Grover Weld County Colorado is in St. John’s Hospital in Cheyenne in critical condition after an alleged criminal assault. The deaf mute girl has spoken little about the case since her hospitalization began Sunday. Edith Harris traveled to Colorado Springs for a short visit on Thursday.
Miss Ethel J Wheeler daughter of Everett H Wheeler of New York plans to become a missionary in China. She enters the church missions house with thirty two other wealthy young women for a celebration before departing for foreign posting. Everett Wheeler a noted lawyer and reformer among leading state figures.
In Huntsville Missouri Mrs. T J Carter testifies at Irvin Carters preliminary hearing that a family council ordered the death of Beulah Carters suitor Thomas J Bagby Jr She says Bagby was shot at Beulahs bedroom window Beulah confesses and Browns brother George Harris admitted advising the killing Harris may face accessory charges Officials report Harris aided the plot as Beulahs letters to Bagby were written but the authors intent remains unclear Also Mrs Bower and daughter Gladys visit from Denver with the Matthews family and a baking company connection is noted
An explosion at the North Western Improvement Company powder magazine near Cle Elum Washington killed nine people and injured others. Manager George Mead and store clerks were among the dead as the blast hurled debris over miles and rattled the town.
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