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Newspaper
Greeley Republican
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1912
Page
2
A critique praising constructive criticism across professions and public life. Highlights Edison as a model for practical cure finding, notes a Weld county republican assembly’s open convention, and urges voters to select candidates for the primary ballot based on fitness and reform ideas.
The Republican campaign rests on candidate merit while Democrats struggle to accept Clayton and Churchill working for the same interests after their convention Saturday.
In Cheyenne Wyoming J Warren Jenkins condemned for first degree murder awaits execution on October 11. He tells his jailer he would thank God if hanged today and laments losing friends while maintaining his innocence. His attorney W B Ross seeks a new trial and asserts Jenkins’s innocence.
Ray Camplin, 13, son of M. B. Camplin, saved Byron Miller Albert Dunn and Kenneth Peckenpaugh from drowning at a Sheridan pool. The first boy was shoved from a diving plank, the second and third were unable to swim. Peckenpaugh disappeared briefly before Camplin dived and brought him to shore.
Philip Lommell of New York won a beefsteak eating contest at College Point before 500 association members. He consumed seven and a half pounds of steak, eleven bread rolls, nine ears of corn, ten cups of coffee, fifteen beers, four pies and a half dozen baked potatoes, then proclaimed he had just started.
Grand Junction Colorado August 1 War rants were issued for the arrest of FE V Crockett charged with embezzling 800 dollars from the Harris Connor Music company Crockett disappeared about a week ago eloping with a Utah woman leaving his wife and five children penniless He was a music salesman.
Acting Health Commissioner Fred W. Luening announced the appointment of Miss Leonore H. Cawker, a wealthy society figure, as city dog catcher. She plans two assistants and an automobile for rapid response.
At the Sorbonne Leonardo da Vinci is praised as a theoretical precursor of flight. M Poincare and the Italian ambassador discuss his aeroplane concepts and the Valentiennes drawings, calling Leonardo the patriarch of aviation.
John Wilcox a soap box speaker for the Industrial Workers of the World faced the move on ordinance. Policeman O Neil ordered him to move on but Wilcox claimed he was chained to a lamp post with a padlock. Other officers arrived after he finished his speech and he had departed.
Fort Collins Courier, a longtime northern Colorado paper, has expanded from six to seven columns, added pictures, and improved makeup. Editorials are strong and widely quoted. the staff has grown, a private telephone exchange is now in place, and other changes boost its standing among regional papers.
Mail carrier N F Meek abandons horse and buggy for a new runabout allowing him to cover his rural route in half the time. The vehicle is in operation and well received. He notes it as the second runabout from the local post office, with J A Crabb owning the other.
Raton August 2 Following the usual custom the Sunday schools of Maton will unite for their annual picnic at Thompson's grove on August 15. Arrangements will be completed tonight and the children are promised the time of their lives.
In Johnstown on August 2 a local exhibition game featured the OO Fats against the Leans. Local businessmen played the sides and enjoyed the game as umpire H. J. Parish oversaw the affair.
New York State will spend about 65 000 dollars for executing murderers in the electric chair since its introduction. The estimate covers 400 dollars per execution plus 250 dollars for the chief electrician and 50 dollars for an assistant per man. The figure excludes inmate maintenance costs. A total of 164 executions have occurred over about twenty two years with nine more slated the week of August 12.
Boston reports a treasure hunting party, led by two young women Miss Parktelly and Miss Davis, sails from England to Cocos Island to recover a reputed 10 million dollar pirate stash. Costa Rica has dispatched soldiers amid fears of armed resistance by natives.
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