Florance Files Answer in Sheriff Contest Over Election Fraud
Ben Florance submits his answer to Samuel S. Poe contesting the sheriff election with claims of widespread fraud and irregular voting across many precincts including No 6 No 5 and No 44. The document alleges miscounting by judges and registration board misconduct while naming O Grady and Floyd families and listing dozens of alleged illegal votes and residency issues. Both sides await a hearing as they prepare evidence and seek a recount or new trial.
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Ben Florance
Samuel S. Poe
Florance
Todd and
Churchill
Robert L. Dye
District Court
Poe
Laura Davis
Miss Davis
O’gradys
United States
James
Steve
Mary O'Grady
Mary Cahill
O'Grady
Samuel
Henry Floyd
Daisy Floyd
Colorado
Plovance
J. R. Bolte
Henry P. Vesta
Henry Holmes
J. J. Cannon
J. L. Filer
Lloyd Stickney
G. L. Stickney
Fannie Hopkins
C. H. Williams
D. L. Butler
Charles Shaw
F. L. Bickford
Carl Wesley
J. A. Coosey
W. D. Coosey
C. H. Foster
Roxie Bragg
Jerry Alford
S. J. Alford
C. Boye
O’grady
Mike
Alfred Edward
J. C. Fidler
M. J. Forquer
Nough
J. W. Hickman
C. J. Kendal
B. F. Bishop
T. L. Greer
Wilson to Succeed Aylesworth at State Agricultural College
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson will become president of the State Agricultural College at Fort Collins after a successor is named. He plans to move to Colorado for his invalid daughter and to spend years there, possibly resigning July 1 1909 if he remains in cabinet until then.
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Wilson
Aylesworth
State Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Taft
the Tribune
Colorado
B. O. Aylesworth
Delighful Christmas Dinner Hosted by Mrs Tedrow
Mrs Minnie Tedrow entertained Tuesday at 1212 Tenth street with a Christmas turkey dinner in honor of visiting Miss Evylene Eyman from Bellville Illinois and Miss Olive Moore who will soon depart for Illinois. Guests included Mesdames Gale Graefe Faris Bradfield Gates Kerlee and Miss Alice Moore plus six children and Miss Trampe of Ault.
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Minnie Tedrow
Evylene Eyman
Bellville
Ill
Olive Moore
Illinois
Mesdames R. M. Gale
Herman Graefe
Minnie Trampe
Ault
Belle Faris
Peckham
Mesdames
D. M. Faris
G. H. Bradfield
F. A. Gates
O. R. Kerlee
Alice Moore
Christmas Candy Nuts For Weld County At Cost
Ten thousand pounds of Christmas candies and an equal amount of nuts are ready in Greeley Weld county and northern Colorado. The Star Grocery Lofgren Brothers offer prices from six to twenty five cents per pound. For church Sunday school and public school Christmas functions the candies will be furnished at cost.
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Greeley
Weld County
Colorado
Lofgren Brothers
Star Grocery
Fifteen Years Old Leta Banta Hosts Birthday Party
Leta Banta celebrated her fifteenth birthday Monday with about thirty friends. The event featured games, a butter-hole contest judged by the girls, and card partners labeled with years back to age fifteen. Refreshments included a birthday cake with fifteen candles.
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Leta Banta
West Side Ladies' Aid Plans Christmas Boxes
The West Side Ladies' Aid met with Mrs Eva Deboo on December 9. Members sewed during the afternoon and voted to furnish four Christmas boxes for needy families in Greeley. The next meeting is with Mrs John Lewis on the first Wednesday in January.
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West Side Ladies’ Aid
Eva Deboo
John Lewis
Greeley
Lucerne Chooses One Week Holiday For All Students
Lucerne residents weigh two week Christmas break with east siders at Olin school and west siders at Buell school. Both sides accept one week vacation amid local school issues and a note on honey production by Mr Herrington who owns 100 beehives in Denver.
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Lucerne
Olin
Buell School
Buell
Ing
Denver
Mr. Herrington
Want Two Weeks Vacation Eaton School Petition Urges Change
A petition circulates among Eaton school parents seeking two weeks of spring break instead of one. The school board favors early closing for school interests while teachers want time for the State Teachers Association in Denver and prefer not to spend all vacation in school work.
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Eaton
State Teachers’ Association
Denver
Platteville Special New business building completed by M. W. Long
A new 25 by 60 foot business block with a twelve foot ceiling rises in Platteville featuring plate glass grey brick and copper bronze trim. Druggist Andrew Lang, recently from Gilcrest, has rented the Platteville Drugs store and is moving fixtures and stock into the building.
One Week for Evans School Vacation Planned
Evans will have a single Christmas week break this year with the last day of school on Wednesday. Preparations are underway for suitable exercises. The four rooms of the school will join the two lower rooms to present a combined program.
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Evans
Attends Convention LaSalle Special Mention
E. C. Herrington attended a convention meet in LaSalle, noted in a brief society item. The entry records his presence at the event, underscoring attendance by local figures.
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LaSalle
E. C. Herrington
Burro Case Highlights Juvenile Delinquency Trial
A county court tries Pete Peterson and John Collison for stealing a sack of oats to feed a burro. Both sides present witness testimony about ownership and alibis as the neighborhood crowds fill the courtroom. civil action looming for the accuser.
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Pete Peterson
John Collison
J. G. Graham
Graham
Perry Murray
Social Science Circle Meeting at Congregational Church
The Social Science Circle met Tuesday evening in the men’s parlor of the Congregational church with Rev. John Doane hosting. He presented the paper on The Young Turk, Miss Foote a Turkish missionary gave a talk in Turkish costume and shared curios from Turkey, then marshmallows were toasted. Next meeting with Rev. Forward.
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Social Science
Congregational Church
John Doane
Price of City Lights Sparks Council Bid Battle
A city council meeting centered on electric lighting as Home Electric Power of Greeley and Northern Power compete. The Home bid offers all night lights at 84 dollars per year plus five free alley lights and 7 percent per kilowatt hour. Northern counters with 84.96 dollars, no free lights, and 7 percent per kilowatt hour. Delegation urges favoring the local Home plant to save taxpayers from higher rates and foreign control. The matter was referred to the light committee for report.
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Home Electric Power Plant
Greeley
Robt. McF. Doble
Home Company
Messrs
Camfield
Clayton
Houston
Kinsella
Strong
Northern Company
Northern
Barber
Suits to Collect Notes Filed in County Court
Two actions to collect promissory notes were filed in the county court yesterday. The Teller-Petrepier Mercantile Company of Windsor seeks 550 dollars from D. W. Carr and Goodman & Neill Clothing Company seeks 75 dollars from Andrew Wilson.
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Teller-Petrepier Mercantile Company of
Windsor
D. W. Carr
Goodman & Neill Clothing Company
Andrew Wilson
Jamaica Ginger Drunks Sentenced In Police Court
Three men drunk on Jamaica ginger appeared in police court this morning. They were a familiar trio known to police and were given ten dollars plus costs, a sum they seldom see. They face five days in limbo as punishment.
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Jamaica
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Lis Ndee
O'Gradys
Mrs. Tedrow
Platteville
Social Science Circle
Council
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