Unidentified man found beside LaSalle railroad track
In LaSalle near the Union Pacific depot, a 35 year old man lies dead beside the rails after an apparent fall from extra passenger train No. 104 from Cheyenne to Denver. Police hold the body for possible identification. burial planned in Potter's field if no word arrives.
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LaSalle
Union Pacific
Sam Travis
Cheyenne
Denver
Judge McKenney
Allnutt
Greeley
Omaha
Chicago
Potter's Field
Campaign has really begun in state primaries
Within a week political factions organize to fight for their candidates in the upcoming primaries on September 10. Stewart Republicans plan vigorous warfare against the machine and Taft factions, spreading through every precinct as speakers begin today. Stewart aims to prove support for Roosevelt but says primaries must confer party control statewide. The Bull Moose party plans to start the statewide contest immediately after the primaries, focusing on Roosevelt.
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Stewart Republicans
Machine Republican
Taft
Stewart
Roosevelt
Progressive
Bull Moose
Darrow Not Guilty in Long McNamara Trial Case
In Los Angeles on August 19 the jury found Clarence S. Darrow not guilty in the People vs Darrow bribery juror case. Darrow, chief counsel for defendants in the McNamara trial, faced a lengthy trial opened last May.
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Darrow
Los Angeles
Cal
of the People
Clarence S. Darrow
McNamara
Heaviest Mesa County Birth Is An 18 Pound Boy
Grand Junction August 15. Mrs Antone Crosso presents her husband with an 18 pound son, the heaviest baby born in Mesa County. The mother weighs about 90 pounds. The father is a section foreman.
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Grand Junction
Mesa County
Antone Crosso
Grover Pioneer Collects Thirteen Indian Skulls
Albert Hilton of Grover reports adding a new skull to his roomful of relics. He believes the skull belonged to a tribal chief, noting accompanying beads, arrowheads, and trinkets found with the skeleton.
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Grover
Albert
Hilton
Fair Maids To Pass Out Fine Pickles In Platteville
In Platteville on Pickle Day August 1 1914, more than 5000 pickles four and a half inches long wrapped in tissue will be handed to the crowd by pretty school girls. Eight barrels of pickles will be served with pork and beans around noon. Governor John F Shafroth is slated to speak in the morning before lunch. An agricultural exhibit curated by Chairman Bedford will showcase grain common to the district. Union Pacific will run extra trains with the last one departing late at night.
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Platteville
Kuner
Bedford
John F. Shafroth
Main Street
Union Pacific Railroad
Hail Injures Kersey Beet Crop Outlook
Kersey August 19 reports hail damaged beet fields in the Weldon valley. Field man says sugar content will be low despite new foliage. A chemist will test beets next week to determine sugar percentage, with Sterling factory planned to open September 16 ahead of others.
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Kersey
Welton Valley
Weldon Valley
Sterling
Preparing 10 Oil Streets in Downtown Greeley
Street work has begun on downtown roads to apply the first coat of oil. Street Supervisor Milton Seamon oversees the project under Fred Buzzell, with Grey Eagle wagon No 1 aiding. Oil is ordered and due soon, to be laid half a street at a time with the other half kept open for traffic. The new oil is expected to perform better than the prior experimental city hall job.
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Milton Seamon
Fred Buzzell
Grey Eagle
Greeley Street
Sugar Beet Day Planned by Denver Chamber of Commerce
The Denver chamber plans Sugar Beet Day on September 6 when sugar beet growers from Weld county and northern Colorado districts meet in Denver to discuss boosting production and improving prices. The event aims to attract capital for new factories, with experts noting Colorado’s soil and climate yield top beet quality and farmers ready to expand if prices reflect the hard work.
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Denver Chamber OF Commence
The
Denver Chamber of Commerce
Denver
Colorado
Weld County
San Luis
Arkansas Valley
Western Slope
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Platteville Post Office Robbed by Three Veccmen
Platteville Aug 18 masked men blew the safe in the post office taking 400 in stamps and cash. A pistol shot exchange with Dr. A Dawson alerted townsfolk and deputies pursued an auto tracks south of town. Investigators connect the crime to a Greeley burglary and a Brighton murder.
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Platteville
Post Office
Stree's
Dr. A. Dawson
Peterson
Frazier
Greeley
Bers
United States Post Office
Denver
Yeggma
Dawson
Sheriff's Office
Weld County
Sigfried Solomon
Greeley Post Office
Greeley Office
Yeggs
John Zabrinski
Brighton
Donaldson
Cheyenne
Milliken Awarded Rural Route After Three-Year Wait
Milliken Aug 20 After a three year delay Milliken wins a rural delivery route from Washington The Commercial club led the push a post office inspector confirmed local need Farmers previously received mail via Greeley Loveland and Longmont routes The first rural free delivery wagon will depart Nov 1 The route spans over 40 miles covering eight miles around Milliken
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Milliken
Washington
Commercial Club
Greeley
Loveland
Loncmont
Millon
Prayer Day September 8 A World Wide Event
A world wide prayer day on September 8 unites millions in support of free schools. The National Reform association leads 2500 American clergymen and Sunday school children in services across mission schools and churches. It aims to inaugurate the Second World's Citizenship Conference in Portland, Oregon, on June 29, 1913.
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National Reform Association
Greeley
Portand
Ore
Record barley yields in Ault district rise to 97 bushels an acre
Aug 17 report from Ault notes John Landell farm east of town produced 97 bushels per acre of barley, the district's top yield so far. Landell Place oats reached 82 bushels per acre. Recent rains delayed threshing for several days.
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Ault
John Landell
Here
Landell Place
Dugan Mercantile to Reopen in Stoneham After Fire
Aug 20 The Dugan Mercantile Company, destroyed by last week’s fire, will occupy a vacant store building today in Stoneham and ship in a large supply of dry goods. The Dugan building was a three front frame structure and burned to the ground.
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Stoneham
Dugan Mercantile Company
Dugan
Old timer notes two ice crops this winter
The dialogue features an elderly man noting two ice crops this winter and a newcomer expressing satisfaction at moving to the area. A woman’s home companion remarks on planting water preferences, reflecting rural life and practical seasonal concerns.
No Trace of Plattsburgh Robbers Shocked by Platteville Mail Audit
Platteville August 20. A Denver US postal inspector arrived to audit the Platteville office and count missing stamps after a safe robbery yesterday morning. Plainclothes sleuths scanned the countryside with no solid clues. Suspects may have fled east. an abandoned auto track was found three miles east. Officials expect private papers and insurance policies of Postmaster Solomon to be discarded. recovery efforts focus on locating those papers.
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Platteville
United States Poet Office
Denver
Here
Solomon
Weather outlook for week brings heat in south and midwest
Washington reports a week of moderately high temperatures across southern states and the middle west. Northern states and areas west of the Rockies will run near or below average. Light, local rain expected in the south, with above normal precipitation in the north. A disturbance will cross the country from the northwest today to the middle west Thursday and the eastern states Friday or Saturday.
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Washington
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Judge Kavanaugh Urges Plain Justice Reform in Chicago
One Chicago superior court judge Marcus A. Kavanaugh calls for direct public reform of the legal system. He argues the administration is archaic and cumbersome and that simple business methods used in England could improve justice. He adds jurors should enforce law without sentiment, while teaching children respect for law and country.
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Marcus A. Kavanaugh
Chicago
Superior Court
Kavanaugh
England
Collier’s
Greeley Boys Set Longs Peak Climb Record
Four Greeley youths carved a new peak ascent record from Estes Park to Longs Peak. Robert Candlin James Scott John Insinger and Leslie Tuck completed the climb in five minutes faster than any prior party. They started at 5 20 am reached the summit at 8 50 am enduring a snow storm for half the trek, then returned to timber line by 12 45 pm. John Insinger hosts a house party in the park with the boys as guests.
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Greeley
Long's Peak
Estes
Park
Robert Cand
Lin
James Scott
John Insinger
Leslie Tuck
Timber Line
Man Injured While Trying to See Brother at Pierce
Ault Aug 20 Fred Galaghan 25, brother of Union Pacific Trainmaster, was struck by misfortune while attempting to sight his brother. He leaped from a moving south bound coach near Pierce, hit rails, and suffered suspected skull fracture. He was rushed to a hotel then Denver Mercy Hospital after regaining consciousness.
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Ault
Fred Galaghan
Galaghan
Union Pacific Railroad
Pierce
Pierce Station
Denver
Mercy Hospital
Teddy Beats Taft in Kansas Primary Vote Totals
In Topeka on August 20 the Kansas official primary results show Roosevelt electors leading Taft by about 24,000 votes. Justice R A Burch won the Supreme Court seat with 44,212 votes against opponent G H Buckman who had 39,368.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Roosevelt
Taft
R. A Burch
Supreme Court
G. H. Buckman
LaSalle Man Wins Frontier Celebration Steer Riding Prize
Calvin McMillan of LaSalle won the $25 cash prize at the Frontier celebration for riding Dirty Tom, the steer that had thrown every rider during the four days of events.
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LaSalle
Calvin McMillan
Dirty Tom
Legacy final estate dispute over last will and sisters claim
Fragmentary notes describe an estate matter involving Gladys Miles, two sisters, and disputed heirs. The text references an executor, properties, and questions about will validity and installation of officials. Ambiguous dates and several garbled phrases limit clarity of events and outcomes.
Water and fence plans amid town actions and delays
A fragmented report notes water works matters and a tower project tied to a water permit, with notices served to a negligent property owner. It mentions sidewalk funds, crossings laid and more planned, plus a Creamery and Canning shipment of 22 train cars of pickles from Mo. to several states.
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Thes Creamery and Canning
Peck Kuehne Commercial House of
Greeley Spuds Rout Lightweight Visitors 16 to 1
Greeley Spuds defeated a mixed team from Annunciation and Sharp Music Co of Denver 16 to 1 in a decisive baseball game. Brown sparked the visitors early, but Greeley pulled away with five runs in the second inning and eight more in the fifth before substitutions slowed the onslaught. Batteries: Brown LaSalle Gibbs for Greeley. Boyd McCarty Haggar ty for the visitors. Attendance 350.
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Greeley Spuds
Annunciation
Sharp Music Company
Denver
Greeley
Brown
All Stars
Boyd
McCarty
LaSalle
Gibbs
Haggarty
MccCarty
Morris
Miller
Davis
Buckles
Gadbois
Morgan
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Ant
Evans
Johnstown
Gormley
Clark
Jay
Coons
Johnson and Clark
Ley
Son
Gera
Eaton Milliken
Eaton
Innihe Jaton Iiss
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Hken
Strus
Milli
Windsor Wits
Windsor
Windsor Loveland
Mooris
Abs
Welald
County League
Win’ Town
Kerses Kersey
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