Two Serious Accidents on Same Day in Weld County
Fort Lupton on August 22 Charles Safford, a pioneer shoe maker, cut an artery in his right hand while repairing a shoe. Evans reports a second accident as Mrs. Clarence Winn injured her right thumb trying to remove a jar lid, with possible amputation and fainting during treatment.
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Weld
Fort Lupton
Charles Safford
Safford
LaSalle
iSalle
Fort Logan
Mitchel
Gormley
Jay
Wases Oloff Gormley
Dave Stewart
Lasall van Meter
Windsor
Johnstown
Aus
Town
Eaton
Johnstown Dia
Batteriesohnson
Kyle
Frade
Johnson John Eaton
Erro
KY Johnson
Padfield
Danforth
Kyl Rader
Ohnsta Eaton
Snnstown
Danfort Kyle
Padeld
Vdfield Weld County
Milliken Eaton
Aviator Thompson Killed in Lamar Flight Accident
George Thompson, a Denver aviator and Western air pioneer, died when his Mathewson flyer struck a cottonwood while clearing a course for an exhibition flight at the Prowers county fair in Lamar. Thompson, 24, had just set a new Denver speedway record of 75 mph at altitude, and was beloved as a leading Rocky Mountain aviator with a long record of flights. The fatal accident drew more than 15,000 spectators as his plane crashed after the wing caught in a tree and he was struck by wreckage.
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Lamar
George Thompson
Denver
Mathewson
Prowers
Thompson
Colorado
Ralph Johnstone
Rocky Mountain
West
Denver Speedway
Weld County Fair
Island Grove Park
Weld County
Winds OR Hardware Burglary Suspect In Windsor Heist
Windsor police report a Sunday morning burglary at Windsor Hardware Company with goods valued between 1000 and 1500 dollars. Nitro glycerine found, safe unlocked, two men believed linked to Platteville post office robbery. clues include wagon tracks and a tall man seen earlier. Investigators trace a suspicious livery barn visit and a rented horse and buggy linked to Eaton youths.
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Windsor
Platteville
Windsor Hardware Company
Weld County
Sheriff's Office
Platte- Ville
Loraine Wright
R. R. Kirk
Kirk
Marshal Forbes
Peterson
John Larkin
Larkin
Severance
Sheriff’s Office
Eaton
Record Crop Prospects Lift Colorado Farmers in 1912
Appraiser James A. Harris reports Colorado will see a record crop year with statewide sales projected between 150 and 200 million dollars. Dry land wheat yields 16 to 30 bushels per acre, irrigated wheat 35 to 50, oats 35 to 100, and Routt County dry mesas up to 100. Delta, Montrose, Garfield and Mesa counties expect 16,000 train cars to move fruit and crops, sugar beets totaling about 1.5 million tons, and strong crowds of melons and pink meat cantaloupes shipments from Crowley County. Range grass is knee high, but stockmen face the challenge of moving cattle and sheep to the range after a severe winter reducing herds.
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Colorado
Delta
Montrose
Garfield
Mesa
Routt
James A. Harris
State Land Board
Harris
Western Slope
Crowley County
Ordway
King Center
Shilo
Rye Without Irrigation Yields Strong Dryland Crop
Briggedale reporter notes W. S. Freeman threshed rye at 20 bushels per acre from 20 acres, with a 58 pound average per bushel, and plans to harvest 4,000 bushels of wheat from his dry land farm. Crops are reported good across the district.
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Briggedale
W. S. Freeman
Gingham Dresses Offer At New Prices On Sale
A local retailer highlights new gingham dresses with plaids and plain trimmings in their opening stock. Values listed at 2.50 dollars, sale price 2.30 dollars.
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Gingham
Pearce Named as the Man Who Made Good as Secretary of State
An editorial lauds J B Pearce for enforcing tax law against corporations and boosting state revenue. It compares Pearce’s first 42 months to predecessors, noting a net gain of 136,910.05 and an average monthly increase of 3,259.76, arguing he should be reappointed for continued fiscal discipline.
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J. B. Pearce
Pearce
James Cowle
T. W. O'Connor
Hnev
Secretary of State
Cabbage Delivery Sets Fort Lupton Record
Twenty five wagon loads of cabbage lined Fort Lupton’s main street and a photograph captured the event. It marks the largest single-day delivery in town. Prices are unusually low at twenty cents per hundred pounds, compared with a dollar fifty last year at this time.
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Fort Lupton
Cleaning Town for Big Show in Fort Lupton
Fort Lupton city council orders weed removal and yard cleaning to present a white town for Tomato Day on September 2. Streets are being leveled and gravelfilled, with daily sprinkling to eliminate dust for the celebration.
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Fort Lupton
Money pledged to improve Ft. Lupton park
Fort Lupton residents have pledged over 55 dollars to enhance the city park. Funds will buy trees and shrubs to be planted in spring. Farmers have pledged teams for days of labor, as Ft. Lupton eyes growth with a new depot and a central park to become a model town.
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Improv
Ft. Lupton
Rainy stoppage ends Greeley-Spuds game amid suit
The third game of the series between the Greeley Spuds and Cheyenne Indians was halted after rain and an attachment suit over gate receipts. Ira Bidwell faces court September 6. Earlier, Judson and Moody pitched for Greeley while Buckles struggled as Cheyenne surged with nine runs in the eighth.
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Greeley Spuds
Cheyenne Indians
Spuds
Earl Miller
Rolla Buckles
Tony LaSalle
Ira Bidwell
Indians
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Bidwell
Bethge
Judson
Wolf
Swift
Moody
Buckles
Gibbs
Greeley
Cheyenne
Wols
Offee
Bucken
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