Verdict Reached By Jury In Kerber Murder Case
The jury in the Fred Piel murder case against George Kerber has reached a verdict after a long deliberation. The judge and court officials await tonight’s decision due to venue motion and absence of key participants. Previous rumors of acquittal or murder degrees circulated as the case drew wide attention.
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Pople
Fred Piel
George Kerber
Arge Charles McCall
Golden
Greeley
Central Wy
Niell Graham
Sheeley
Tweeday
Famous Lee Case Up To High Court
The state supreme court will decide if the Weld County jury era punishes W. Lee for stealing his daughter Irene after a divorce custody. Assistant attorney general O Connor Sor filed a reply brief supporting the lower court verdict. Lee and Iris lived on a farm when the decree was granted and the daughter vanished during a search that led to Canada.
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Netown
Das W. Lee
Weld
Babe Drowns in Wintergreen Poisoning Incident
A 16 month old girl in Green Yats near Jersey drank wintergreen from a one and a half ounce bottle and suffered severe poisoning. While her parents were outside the child climbed a chair, retrieved the bottle, and consumed the liquid. Dr Saulding arrived after a rapid 25 mile trip to attempt urgent care.
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Jersey
Charles Poller
Green Iyats
Here
Irs Poller
Saulding
Milee
Painters of Town Knock Out Police and Escape
Evans and Greeley police seek Charles Pace after he and a companion attacked a night officer and knocked down a city alderman while fleeing across town. Bystanders pursued but pace and partner outdistanced them as they slipped away during a drunken spree.
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Greeley
Evans
Lineman Parkhurst Injured In Blazing Car Accident
Windsor June 3. O J Parkhurst a lineman for the Northern Colorado Power company jumped from a running motor inspection car when a gasoline tank exploded on the C and N track. He suffered a severe scalp wound fractured collar bone sprains and bruises ten stitches were needed. F M Harris aided him and the car was raised off him. Parkhurst was taken to Windsor hospital and is expected to recover.
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Windsor
J. Parkhurst
Northern Colorado Power Company
Parkhurst
F. M. Harris
Harris
Windsor Hospital
Courageous restraint saves child from runaway horses
Ault June 3 Mrs Jacob Greenwalt and five children rode home when a paper startled the horses. Mrs Greenwalt, with her three months old baby in her arms, climbed over the front seat and seized the reins to stop the frightened team. The oldest Greenwalt boy was recently tossed from his horse and bruised.
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Ault
Jacob Greenwalt
Greenwalt
Greek Mexican mix up on U P camp ends with injury
In Fort Lupton on June 3 a card game dispute between Greek and Mexican workers at the U P construction camp led to a Mexican suffering a broken arm. The injured man was transported to Greeley hospital by Dr. B Movismith.
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Fort Lupton
U. P
Greeley Hospital
B. Movismith
George W. Fisher Dies at 79 Near Johnstown
George W. Fisher, 79, longtime resident near Johnstown, died Friday morning at his home three miles southeast of the city. He leaves five grown sons. Funeral services were held in Loveland today.
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Geo. W. Fisher
Johnstown
George W. Fisher
Here
Loveland
Evans Women Gift Fire Alarm Tells of Early Blaze
Miss Maud Royce and neighbors activated the new Evans fire whistle shortly after 2 a.m. It rang to call the fire department for the Netzel barn fire, owned by Paul Nigel. The barn burned, adjoining buildings were saved, and losses reached $200. The Ladies Improvement Society donated the device, installed last Saturday, and it operates via water pressure signals from the pump house.
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Netzel
Paul Neigel
Ladies’ Improvement Society
Evans
Miss Royce
Colorado building site chosen for Panama exposition
Windsor report states Harrison Teller returns from California with news that a state committee selected a prime site by the harbor near Golden Gate for the Colorado building to be erected for the Panama exposition. The panel will present findings to the next general assembly with Senators Patrick West Slattery Garrett and Teller on the committee.
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San Francisco
Colorado
Teller
Golden Gate
General Assembly
Patrick
West
Slattery
Garrett
Harrison Teller
Weld County Baseball League Standings and Results
La Salle leads the Weld County League percentage chase as Eaton falls 15 to 1. Gilcrest outscored Brighton 18 to 17 in ten innings. Windsor defeated Johnstown 5 to 4, ending the visitors’ run. Platteville beat Loveland 8 to 3 with two Platteville home runs off Loveland’s pitcher.
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Loveland
River Boys
Platteville
Weld County Baseball League
John Jackson Dies in East Evans after Illness
John Jackson died in East Evans last night from a complication of troubles. He recently moved here from Kansas and leaves a widow and three children.
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Evans
John Jackson
East Evans
Kansas
Child Killed by U P Train Near Johnstown
Two and a half year old John Brazeman Jr. died after a Union Pacific train on the Fort Collins branch struck him near Johnstown. The engineer, who says he mistook the child for a dog, left the scene as coroner investigators moved in.
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John Brazeman
Union Pacific
Fort Collins
Johnstown
John Brozeman
Brozeman
Macy
Denver
W C T U Special Meeting Addresses Prohibition Debate
The W C T U held a special meeting at the Methodist church in Kersey. Walter Coffman spoke on statewide prohibition constitutional amendment. A W Coffman spoke on saloons from a moral point of view. Christeman spoke on an educational point of view and Wrightmire spoke on a businessman's point of view. Recitations were given by children and Mrs Wrightmire presided.
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Kersey
Walter Coffman
A. W. Coffman
Farmer's Wife Inherits Millions From Delaware Estate
Mrs. Anna Foster, wife of George G Foster, living on a dry land farm near Barnesville, learned her grandfather Mason Springer left an estate valued at 120 000 000. Heirs are numerous but Anna Foster is expected to receive several millions from mainly Delaware real estate and property in Philadelphia. The Fosters moved four months ago to Barnesville with four sons at home.
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Anna Foster
George G. Foster
Barnesville
Mason Springer
Delaware
Foster
Lone Tree District
Newlyweds’ Friends Delay Ault Marriage In Prank Parade
In Ault on June 3, Allan V. Medlvor and Miss Mabel Grace Padgett faced a wedding day full of delays. Friends drained the motorcycle gas but Medlvor prepared and the ceremony finally took place at 9:30 with Rev. Dunn officiating after earlier ruses failed. The reception followed and the couple moved into their new home as teachers and townsfolk offered congratulations.
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Ault
Allan V. Medlvor
First National Bank
Mabel Grace Padgett
Melvor
Greeley
Miss Padgett
Padgett
Dunn
Congregational Church
Libby Coffin
First National Bank of
Mothers-in-law haunt a man in Windsor as tale of madness unfolds
Mike Nix, taken by Marshal Jesse Forbes, is believed insane and to be sent to a psychiatric hospital in Greeley. He claims one sixteenth Cherokee ancestry, says his mother in law stole his child and his 160 acre Oklahoma farm, and expresses a dread of all mothers-in-law. Nix, 28, was picked up on the street last Friday.
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Windsor
Mike Nix
Jesse Forbes
Greeley
Nix
Oklahoma
Secret wedding hides in five months of surprise
Jesse W Loloff and Frances Folsom Cleveland, a Peter Brown school teacher, wed secretly on December 26, 1911, in Golden after five months of concealment. The couple returned to Kersey with plans for farming and teaching, delighting friends unaware of the marriage. Frances is a cousin of Mrs. Grover Cleveland.
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Renuro
Illlnois
Grits Teeth Break Molars In Sudden Pain
In LaSalle on June 3 L F Erb endured a sudden back pain at breakfast and clenched his teeth so hard the tops of two molars cracked. Dr Vance gave a hypodermic to ease agony. Erb remains bedridden and missing days of work.
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Vance
Erb
Fort Lupton to Sell Town Ditch Tiling for Revenue
The Fort Lupton town board will auction tiling from the old town ditch and expects a good sum. The panel plans to extend the water works pipeline to Funk addition as the town reports a bonded indebtedness of 35 000 and strong finances.
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Fort Lupton
Funk
Oils the Waters Between Hudson and Ft. Lupton
County Commissioner Hodgson visited Ft. Lupton to inspect the road link to Hudson amid local dispute. After evaluating Haynes lane and Tombley lane, he chose the T. L. Munson lane as the road to repair, aiming to settle the disagreement.
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Ft. Lupton
Hodgson
Here
Hudson
Haynes Lane
Tombley
T. L. Munson
Greeley Bride Weds in Colorado Springs
Miss Bessie T. Manning and Henry V. Phenix were married Saturday evening in Colorado Springs. The bride, a violinist active in musical circles, has long residence there and many friends in Greeley. Phenix is the son of Mr and Mrs V Phenix of Greeley and has spent the past two years in business in Denver.
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Greeley
Colorado Springs
Bessie T. Manning
Henry V. Phenix
Colorado irrigation board reports reservoir water in acre feet
The Colorado state board of irrigation issued May 1 comparative statements of water in reservoirs for 1909 through 1912. Engineer F Cogswill notes 1912 exceeds any year since 1909 and may surpass 1909 as meltwater improves with warming weather.
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Colorado State Board of Immigration
F. Cogswill
Irrigation Division
South Platte River
Cache la Poudre
Big Thompson
St. Vrain Creek
Boulder Creeks
Clear Creek
Cherry Creek
Bear Creek
Bureau
School Boys Find Work in Beet Fields Near Greeley
Scarcity of field workers brings rejoice to Greeley youths. Many school boys secure beet field jobs near thinning beets and enjoy a vacation-like outing. They camp in tents, cook outdoors, and make evening trips to town for foods prepared by their mothers. Hours are short, allowing ample camp life. With fewer usual workers, more boys find seasonal labor.
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Greeley
Farmers Union backs Mutual Farmers Insurance plan
At a June meeting in Eaton members approved forming Mutual Farmers Insurance to serve farmers. The plan centers on insuring farm buildings with road crews to push the venture. Advocates urge farmers to keep cows, dairy boosts expected locally.
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Eaton
Close Call for Micheals Evans on Harrow Ride
On June 3 George Michaels narrowly escaped injury when the harrow he rode with two horses turned over during a field turn. He jumped clear as the implement crushed the horses. one horse suffered severe cuts. Meanwhile Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Patton depart Tuesday for Greensburg Indiana to settle there and Mr. and Mrs. Bishop relocate to Nebraska.
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Micheals Evans
George Michaels
Micheals
J. B. Patton
Greenburg
Ird
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