Trainmaster Jones's twenty near-death railroad incidents
Fred Jones of the Union Pacific, famed for surviving numerous rail accidents, narrowly escaped severe injury when a coupling pin placed on the track by youths caused his velocipede to derail. He credits a bystander warning and recounts past crashes, including a 60-foot toss and a battle to save his leg, as he pursued a long railroad career.
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Ault Boys
Teterday
Fred Jones
Union Pacific
Wil
Denverce
Mr. Jones
M. H. Marion
Sam Woland
Pennsylvania
Els Creeley
U. P
Mr Jones
Merly
Rock Island
Rock Windnoise Central
Toion Prife
Oreste
Paul Jones
Luisian
Plese
Jones
Jonen
Illinois Contra
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Library Benefit Night Supports Windsor Public Library
The Windsor Electric theater hosted a Monday benefit evening where proceeds benefited the public library. The well attended show featured local talent and Cloud's Orchestra, and a large sum was raised to fund new books as the library expands its flourishing collection.
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Cloud
Weld county fair funding push gains momentum
The Weld county fair committee on ways and means held a long session to organize stock subscriptions led by D J March who will tour the county to solicit support. Promoters promise potential dividends after initial years and plan an incorporation to start work for a fall event with backing from Greeley merchants and farmers.
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Weld County
D. J. March
March
Greeley
Rney Strong
Association
Marshal Williams invited to president's inaugural ball
Marshal Williams receives an invitation to the President's inaugural ball on Thursday but lacks transportation and will stay home. He heads the District of Columbia marshal and leads the international chiefs of police group, sending badges to all members granting crossing rights during the parade.
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Marshal Williams
Gene
Williams
International Organization of Chiefs of Police
District of Columbia
Church Social At Woodman Hall Draws Crowd
The Christian church women held a program and social at Woodman hall on Saturday night. A good crowd attended and a neat sum was cleared. The program numbers were well prepared and well presented.
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Windsor
Women of the Christian Church
Woodman Hall
Colorado lambs sent to Buffalo face favorable feed costs
A Greeley stockman reports from the South Omaha Stock Journal that fifteen double decks of Colorado lambs were halted at the yards en route to Buffalo. The shipment traveled from Greeley to Buffalo in under thirty-five hours via the U P line, lambs arriving in good condition. Zeigler notes lambs may be lighter this year due to market demand and high feed prices, but prospects remain strong as weather snarls ease and smaller flocks were fed this winter.
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Buffalo
Greeley
U. P
H. A. Zeigler
All City Scales to Be Tested Under House Bill 308
Legislation aiming to ensure fair weights and measures across the state moves this week through the legislature. The amended bill requires seals in cities and counties to inspect scales and measures used by merchants and manufacturers, with penalties for violations. It is expected to pass both houses with little opposition.
Woman travels west with four babies on a moneyless train
On a northbound Union Pacific train Mrs. Elizabeth Ave L’Allemand and her four children faced hunger poverty. Conductor James Gordon urged aid. a passenger collection raised about thirty five dollars to assist the family. She planned to seek work in Pocatello Idaho from Kansas City.
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Elizabeth Ave
Married by Bradfield in Greeley wedding in Dover families
Mattie Moore daughter of J M Moore and Arthur Dufva of Dover were wed in Greeley Monday by County Judge Bradfield. Both come from prominent Dover families and will reside in Dover after the ceremony.
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Mattie Moore
J. M. Moore
Arthur Dufva
Dover
Greeley
Bradfield
Bank Building at LaSalle Signals New Era
At a LaSalle State Bank meeting, cashier Rn. B. Carpenter was instructed to seek bids for a new concrete bank headquarters. The bank has leased temporary quarters at the Ellis store, and locals see this as a sign of a coming building era in the town.
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LaSalle State Bank
Rn. B. Carpenter
Ellis
LaSalle
Osgood Seeks Bar on Officials at Irrigation Congress
J C Osgood, Redstone honorary vice president for Colorado of the Seventeenth National Irrigation Congress, writes from New York to Arthur Hooker that federal forestry and irrigation officials should be barred from the Spokane meeting deliberations.
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Spokane
Wash
J. C. Osgood
Redstone
Colorado
Seventeenth
National Irrigation Congress
New York
Arthur Hooker
Board of Control
Federal Department of Forestry
Runyan Appeal Upheld by Colorado Supreme Court
In Weld county case of Wm Runyan and Asa Runyan against Davis Snyder of Platteville the district court decision was affirmed by the Colorado Supreme Court. Justice Campbell delivered the opinion. The original suit centered on a money demand.
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Daily Tribune
Denver
Supreme Court
District Court of Weld County
Wm. Runyan
Asa Runyan
Davis Snyder
Platteville
Justice Campbell
Dopeand booze drive man insane on Colorado rail trip
W L Dickerson of Bridgewater Dakota left Kansas City for Colorado seeking tuberculosis relief. After drinking at Central City he became irrational on a Denver bound train between Greeley and Denver. Deputies detained him. hospitalized with mental deterioration. Relatives notified.
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Kansas City
Colorado
Central City
Greeley
W. R. Neary
Dickerson
Denver
Mr. Neary
Bridgewater
Rail extension sparks LaSalle growth and speculation
Surveyors thought to be Union Pacific men are working near LaSalle laying out a road between LaSalle and Hillsboro. The project may extend to Fort Collins via Hillsboro and possibly Cheyenne, with double tracking planned on the Greeley to LaSalle line. Real estate activity increases as bids for a new bank building are considered.
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Union Pacific
LaSalle
Hillsboro
Platteville
Fort Collins
Denver
Cheyenne
Greeley
Local Hobo George Miller Arrested for Vagrancy
A man named George Miller was jailed yesterday on vagrancy charges. He flagged down a deputy sheriff on the street and attempted to mule him for a quarter, not realizing the officer was present. This Miller is not the turkey fame figure but a visitor to town.
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George Miller
Turkey
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