Weld County fair urged for farmers and public support
The Weld County fair is promoted as a top event for 1912 with strong emphasis on agricultural exhibits. The piece urges farmers to participate, notes strong leadership, and predicts a bigger, better fair through cooperative effort of officers, farmers, and residents. It also comments on magazine desert stories and a Pasadena signpost incident in Death Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Weld
Pasadena
Death Valley
Writers’ Union
Denver Republican
Arizona
California
Letters to the Editor Urge Staying in the Republican Party
John T. Jacobs argues in a Colorado letter that progressive Republicans should remain within the party rather than form a third party. He warns against overreacting to Taft’s nomination, stresses gradual party evolution, and urges unity to win future elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Taft
Republican Party
Colorado Springs
Taft
John T. Jacobs
Greeley
Colo
Denver and Rio Grande Budget for 1912 Details
Vice President Brown outlines a 1912 budget totaling about 6 million dollars with 2.5 million for equipment and the rest for double tracking and terminal upgrades. The railroad orders 16 Mallet locomotives, 14 Mikado freight locomotives, and soon 6 passenger locomotives, plus 700 boxcars 350 coal cars 150 stock cars and 50 cabooses. A nine mile second track from Castle Gate to Kyune Utah is awarded to Kilpatrick Pros. rail relaying with 10 000 tons of 85 pound rail and expansion of sidetracks are planned. Survey work aims to replace a 4 percent grade on Soldier Summit Utah with a 2 percent line.
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Brown
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
American Locomotive Works
Schenectady
N. Y
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Castle Gate
Kyune
Utah
Kilpatrick Pros
Beatrice
Neb
Denver & Rio Grande
Helper
Tucker
Junction Point
Soldier Summit
Tonopah Trade Center Suffers $50000 Fire Loss
A major blaze in Tonopah, Reno district, began Monday at 1 am in the Knights of Pythias building and swept three business blocks and numerous homes. Losses range from $300,000 to $500,000, with W. W. Booth and many tenants uninsured or ruined. Several named offices and businesses were gutted as fire crews saved the State Bank and Trust building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Nev
Tonopah
W. W. Booth
Bonanza
Knights of Pythias
Pierce Drug Store
Tom Kendall
Tonopah Sun Plant
Central
Harry Epstine
Wells Fargo
Dunn
Judge Sanders
South Nevada Abstract Company
McLeod
Musante
Cunningham
Richards
Davis
Bell
Brokers Exchange
Dresser
Blumenthal
Robinson
State Bank and Trust Company
Murder prevented by quick wit of phone girl
Buffalo July 10 quick work by a night operator Miss Lillian Hasselbeck saved a man and wife from an assault and possible murder after a caller screamed Police during a four party line. She traced the line to 842 Jefferson street and alerted police who arrived within three minutes preventing further harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Lillian Hasselbeck
Miss Hasselbeck
Jefferson Street
New York Police to be Insured in Large Life Policy
New York on July 10 reports plans for blanket life insurance covering about 10,000 police officers. The program, described as the largest of its kind, would insure roughly 12 to 15 million dollars with annual premiums near 150 thousand dollars. Individual cost set at about 15 dollars per thousand. Mortality projected at 72 deaths yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Police Department
Life Insurance Company
Poiceman
Lightning Bugs Forcing Evacuation At Powder Mill
Thousands of lightning bugs swarmed into a nitroglycerin tank at a powder mill in Aetna Indiana after a thunder storm. Workers fled in panic fearing the tank might explode as the insects illuminated the area near the large nitro glycerin hold.
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Powder Mill
Aetna
Ind
Kankakee
Death of Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker in San Francisco
The body of Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker, noted suffragist and reform worker, left San Francisco for Denver after a July death following an operation. Burial will be in Denver. two hours of lying in state at St. John’s Cathedral precede a 2:30 p.m. funeral. Her estate is estimated around $100,000, with burial at Fairmount Cemetery in Denver.
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San Francisco
Sarah Platt Decker
Overland Limited
Denver
Harriet Platt
Decker
Shafroth
Fairmount Cemetery
Shippers May Get Refund From Railroads
Colorado railroads may owe shippers as much as 500000 in refunds after the supreme court ruled the state railroad commission is constitutional. The 80 cent coal rate was cut to 55 cents, with about 2000000 tons moved at the higher rate while litigation delayed the settlement. If the 80 cent rate is deemed reasonable, refunds may not be due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Denver
Supreme Court
State Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Commission
District Court
Kimmel Mystery Man About to Lose His Memory Again
Chicago July 10 George A Kimmel of Niles Michigan the man of mystery is set for a second operation to replace a silver plate in his skull to prevent memory loss. Dr Loren Wilder says another surgery is needed after lightning struck nearby and dislodged the plate while Kimmel sat on his cousin's porch.
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Chicago
George A. Kimmel
The
Niles, Mich
Loren Wilder
Niles
Mich
Kimmel
Robert Burns Hospital
Harvest Help Sought as Kansas Puts Up $3 A Day
Kansas communities cry for harvest labor with wheat ready for cutting. Pawnee county asks for 3,000 men immediately, while the free employment bureau has already sent 1,200 workers. Farmers offer from 2.50 to 3 dollars daily for immediate help across several Kansas sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas
Pawnee County
Free Employment Bureau
Married Seventy Years Observed in Chicago
Mr and Mrs Andrew Jackson Wright celebrated their seventieth wedding anniversary at home. He is 95 and she 90, with relatives and descendants from across the country attending the event. The couple are reported to be in good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Andrew Jackson Wright
Wright
Frederick P. Wright
Bevier, By
Colorado banks show gain of nearly two million dollars
A report by State Bank Commissioner BE W Pfeiffer, requested by the comptroller of the currency, shows Colorado banks totaling $21,531,835.01 in Denver and statewide, up from $19,577,250.05, an increase of $1,955,584.96 since March. The count of banks also rose by ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. W. Pfeiffer
Denver
Tramps to play for liberty in town baseball game
Wilkesbarre, July 10. Plymouth borough police arrested thirty tramps and brought them before Burgess W. D. Morris who ordered two squads form a nine inning game on the town common. The winners go free while the losers must pound stone for two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Plymouth
Burgess W. D. Morris
Ira I Sides & Co Typewriters Ad
Ira I Sides and Co sells, rents, cleans, repairs typewriters. Offers rebuilt machines from $10 to $60 and agents for Monarch Rabons and Platens. Provides insurance, notary public work, mimeographing, accounting. Located at 825 9th St. in Greeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monarch
Greeley
Women Seek Many Offices in Chase County
Four women candidates enter Chase County races in Cottonwood Falls Kansas with Anna Arnold seeking county superintendent Democrat nomination Bertha Plummer Republican for register of deeds Gussie Houston Republican for clerk of district court and Pearl Bledsoe Socialist for county high school trustee The article notes current female officeholders and deputies with a history of successful women in county roles.
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Cottonwood Falls
Kas
Chase County
Anna Arnold
Bertha Plummer
Register of Deeds
Gussie Houston
Pearl Bledsoe
County Register of Deeds
Trolley Wreck Kills Four in Marion Indiana
Four dead and more than a dozen injured in a head on crash between two interurban cars on the Marion Bluffton Eastern line. One car carried merrymakers bound for Goldthwaite Park. Collision on straight track. cause unknown. heavy car telescoped park car.
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Marion
Ind
Marion, Bluffton & Eastern
Goldthwaite Park
Greenwich wedding ties Davis era lore to stage circle
Author Webs reports Greenwich ceremony in William Rungee’s office as Richard Harding Davis wed Elizabeth Genevieve McAvoy aka Bessie McCoy with Ethel Barrymore as matron of honor and Gouveour Morris as best man. The item closes with local ads for oxford wear and coal and drugstore specials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Conn
Richard Harding Davis
Elizabeth Genevieve McAvoy
Lawrence McAvoy
Bessie McCoy
Sterling Leaves La Salle Times and Connexions
Sterling departs La Salle at 9 35 a m and arrives 4 45 p m. Through eastbound trains depart La Salle at 10 15 a m 4 45 p m and 11 45 p m. Eastbound arrivals at La Salle occur 6 06 a m 11 50 a m and 7 46 p m. Briggesdale motor runs Greeley 10 80 a m and returns 8 00 p m.
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Sterling
la Salle
Briggesdale Motor
Greeley
Denver
Brighton
Ort la Ton
Platteville
Gilcrest
Ween
Peckham
Wean
Grevans Ley
Aetna
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Greeley Republican Publishing Company
Secon
L. Dowgtt
Eighth Avenue
Greeley Type
Union No
Moreys
Tonopah Trade Center
Condon’s
Tai Wed Neill
Happy Home Builders
Dunne and Co
Denver, Laramie & Northwestern
R.R. C
Laramie
Milliken
S. K. Martin
G. F. and
P. A. Denver
Auditorium
L. L. Stimson
Civil Engineers
Eighth Ave
Reeley, Colo
IRA I. Sides & CO
Unity Bldg
Republican
Oxfords
Condon’s. In
Fezer’s
Clayton Lumber Co
Henry C. Luther
Bank Blk
Greeley, Colo
Colorado & Southern
D. L
N. W
U A
M. Dp
Northboun
Sun
Aly Ewes
Tae
Renner Tah Junction
Vane
Vee Sree
Nate
Wwe
Union Pacific Railroad
Spier
Great Boulder
Gilbert Bros
Alfred Riley
Franklin
Opera House
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