Crow Creek Extension Grading Units Arrive. Crow Creek Route Underway
New grading outfits arrive for the Crow Creek extension of the Union Pacific, with a 20 mile segment set for work except four miles from Greeley. Sprague company handles 13 miles north through Lone Tree. A material yard at Ettons Spur serves supply needs. Bitter water issues plague Camfield hotel foundation as crews battle leaks. Jordon, fifth birth son, dies after operation. funeral held in Patton.
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Greeley
Laramie
Ong
J. H. Goodman Condon Company
Pete
Omaha
Crow Creek
Sprague Comy
Lone Tree
Eton
Barnes
Ehich
Johnson Marries Johnson in Lucerne Area
Claus A. Johnson, a prosperous young farmer from the Lucerne neighborhood, went to Greeley Thursday afternoon to marry his sweetheart Hilda Sofia Johnson who has been believed to be a long-time partner.
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Lucerne
Claus A. Johnson
Couple Weds at Swedish Lutheran Parsonage
In Greeley a couple united in marriage at the Swedish Lutheran church parsonage with Rev Gustafson pronouncing the words that joined them. They departed on the 4 30 train for Denver for a few days then return to Lucerne to make their home on the groom's ranch.
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Greeley
Swedish Lutheran Church
Gustafson
Denver
Wil
Lucerne
Pioneers Face Boulder in Crucial State Title Bid
The Pioneers aim to beat Boulder at 8 15 PM to seize the state championship claim after Boulder’s recent win over the School of Mines. The game is the season’s standout test as the team prepares to challenge for the title. Esther Marsh and Frank Madden Jr marry tonight at the Maresh home and depart for Portland at 9 20 after the ceremony.
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Pioneers
Boulder
School of Mines
Esther Marsh
Frank Madden, Jr
B. F. Maresh
Portland
Ore
Spuds Moving Ault Special From Local Area
Spuds are moving at Ault this week with many cars shipped. Last week only one car went out due to poor roads hindering hauling. Pearls are bringing $1.18 per unit.
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Ault
Pearle
Woman given long sentence for murder with solitary clause
County Judge Grimes sentenced Jennie Geiger to thirty nine years in prison with hard labor and required solitary confinement on the murder anniversary October 8. Accomplice Lafayette Dales received a life term with the same solitary condition. Deputy Woland tracked bootlegger Ben Bennett from Denver after a warrant and arrest in Brighton and Greeley.
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Wally Mann
Grimes
Jennie Geiger
Lafayette Dales
Mra. Geiger
Mann
Woland
Denver
Ben Bennett
Ault
Bernett
Brighton
Florance
Greeley
Moving of Neill Lumber Yard to Sixth Street Begins
Moving today Neill Lumber Company successors to Neill and Ward begin relocating their lumber yard to a new Sixth Street site. Substantial buildings will be moved and the rest torn down and rebuilt larger. Excavation for the new Trust building will start once the site is cleared.
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Neill Lumber Company
Neill & Ward
Sixth Street
Trust
Post Office to Move and City Bridge Project Okayed
The Sheeley Construction Company of Denver won the contract for a concrete bridge over the Cache la Poudre at Eleventh avenue and First street for 9620 dollars. Senator Clayton will grade First street to improve access to Greeley. A new post office lease will move to a room behind the Opera House, with construction starting soon.
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Sheeley Construction Company
Denver
Cache la Poudre
Eleventh Avenue
First Street
Oak Street
Clayton
Greeley
Voting Machine Trial at Court House
The new voting machine arrived and was installed at the court house for the spring election. By noon it had recorded a hundred test votes as curious residents used it. After a briefing, voters can compare it with the old system. Missionary Society Meeting Mrs. D. D. Forward hosted Baptist Missionary society which elected officers and featured vocal and instrumental performances. Inaugural supper at Congregational church raised about $65 for the Ladies’ aid with the large dining room filled.
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Court House
Congregational Church
Light Stock Shipments Suppress Local Market Activity
Stock movements this week are scarce with commission men reporting no orders as roads worsen. Foreign spuds from New York and Galveston dumping depresses prices, while local dealers resist importing until supplies run dry. The Union Pacific plans forty cars of stock eastward from Windsor to Fort Collins, with only one flock of sheep and one herd of cattle remaining at the sugar factory.
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Commission
J. B. Woolf
New York
Greeley
Galveston
the Tribune
Creeley
Longmont
Clayton and Pepper
U. P
Southern
Windsor
Fort Collins
To Save the Tablecloth Tip From the New York Press
A household hint urges using a white oilcloth slightly smaller than a napkin placed under a meat dish to catch gravy and protect the tablecloth. The method promises reduced washing costs and a neater presentation for guests.
Cartoon Quip on Mutatreet Your Tailor and Shoemaker
A Marginal quip from Meggendorfer Blatter notes a street named Mut atreet with a tailor on one side and a shoemaker on the other, while a cart tune passes through the middle. The line plays on puns about shops and a central sound.
Will Die This Time Special to the Daily Tribune
Between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. today the Nebraska Supreme Court may intervene to delay the execution of R. M. Shumway, who stabbed Mrs. Jacob Markin in September 1907, a death sentence awaits him if intervention fails.
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Daily Tribune
Lincoln
Neb
R. M. Shumway
Jacob Markin
Fifth death sentence in Shumway case shocks rural jury
Shumway, employed by the Markins, faced the gallows for a fifth time amid a case of attempted wife coercion and stabbing. He had pursued the family fortune during the husband’s absence and attacked the wife when she resisted.
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Shumway
Markins
Tte
Judge Rules in Lost Bullion Case Knocks Out Prosecutions
In Denver on March 5 Judge Lewis ruled that prosecutions using the mails to defraud face near impossibility of conviction within his jurisdiction. Prosecuting Attorney Ward said he will drop all pending cases under the statute due to the ruling.
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The
Daily Tribune
Denver
Lewis
Ward
Man Shot While Resisting Arrest in Pueblo
Special to the Daily Tribune reports Charles Pfeil was shot and seriously injured by a lawman while being taken to jail in Pueblo. Pfeil, wanted in Colorado Springs for alleged hotel forgery, tried to flee the officer during transport.
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Daily Tribune
Pueblo
Charles Pfeil
Pfeil
Colorado Springs
Alamo Hotel
Elton Baldwin Confesses to Hatchet Slaying of Mother
In Holland Michigan Elton Baldwin confessed to the prosecuting attorney that he killed his aged mother. The victim was found yesterday at her Sagatuck area home with her head split open by a hatchet.
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Trribune Holland
Mich
Elton Baldwin
Sagatuck
Church Sues To Collect Dues In Loveland
The German Reformed church of Loveland attached the household goods of John Zimmerman to collect 22.50 of a 75 pledge. Zimmerman, packing to leave for Nebraska, faced legal action after crop failures blocked full payment. He initially planned to fight but later accepted the action.
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German Reformed Church of
Loveland
John Zimmerman
Nebraska
Zimmerman
More Money for Normal Schools
Special to the Daily Tribune Denver March 5 the committee on finance favors a bill to raise the state tax for normal school support from one fifth to one half mill. The Denver platform primary election bill passes judiciary and is set for a special order at 11 oclock Monday. The house may modify some provisions if the senate insists.
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Law Finance
Senate
Judiciary Committee
House
Denver Women Protest Police Torture in Collier Case
Denver reports say L. S. Mayhew and wife of Longmont were held incommunicado and allegedly tortured to force confessions in the William Collier murder. Governor Shafroth ordered the sheriff to permit counsel within an hour, while jail officials deny knowledge of the prisoners’ whereabouts.
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Women's Clubs of
Denver
William Collier
Shafroth
Daily Tribune
L. S. Mayhew
Longmont
Associated Women’s Clubs
Mayhew
Jawer
Born on Day of Inauguration Taft Welcomed in Greeley
William Taft Hesser arrived in Greeley with a high noon inaugural address given March 4 in a crowded reception at J. P. Hesser home. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Hesser, born yesterday with two brothers and three sisters each. The Baptist Sunday school teachers council met with Miss Luna Smith, with Rev D D Forward and plans for Easter and a trip to Chicago and New York discussed.
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William Taft
Greeley
J. P. Hesser
Mr. Hesser
Mr ‘Kinley
William Taft Hesser
White House
Teachers’ Council of the Baptist Sunday School
Johnsons Obtain Marriage License in Colorado
Claus A. Johnson of Lucerne and Hilda Sofia Johnson of Greeley obtained a marriage license indicating a forthcoming union in Colorado. The couple’s names appear in the public record, detailing their hometowns and intent to wed.
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Claus A. Johnson
Lucerne
Hilda Sofia Johnson
Greeley
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