Laramie Poudre tunnel project near completion with world record aims
The Jaramie Poudre tunnel in northern Colorado is slated to finish on July 20. Contractor Mellwee has set a new pace driving the 12,000 foot length since January 1 1910 and superintended by his 22 year old son J J Mellwee. A banquet for 560 workers marks the milestone with a marriage at the portal and a $250 contractor gift.
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Colorado
Myoreday
Germany
James A. Mellwee
Mcllwee
Meliwee
Denver
J. J. Meliwee
Cart
Laramie-Pondre
Lmt
Lochberg
Mel Tinee
Mellwee
J. B. Alexander
Della Stevenson
New York
Laramie-Poudre
Laramie
North Platte River
Wyoming
Cache la Poudre
South Platte
Greeley
Cies
City Hall Plans for Lapton Port Leste Jail and Assembly Hall
City council discut plans for a combined town hall and jail to cost about 4000 dollars. No decision yet, but bids and contract let are expected once plans are finalized. The old hall and battlefield have long been outgrown.
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Lapton Port Leste
Frasier of Windsor Visits City Today
BE Frasier of Windsor arrives in the city for a visit and meeting with local officials. The event aims to discuss community projects and potential collaborations.
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BE. Frasier of
Windsor
Waving Handkerchiefs 18 Not Approved By One Lady
Fort Morgan Colorado July 7 Mrs Margaret Beggs president of the Northeastern district of the Colorado Federation of Womens clubs objects to the chautauqua salute. She calls it an outrage on health and says waving handkerchiefs at gatherings spreads germs in a state with many tuberculosis sufferers.
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Fort Morgan
Colo
Margaret Beggs
Colorado Federation of Woman's Clubs
Colo + rado
Miss Churchill Becomes Bride In California Wedding
Society here and in Pasadena discuss the marriage of Miss Isabelle Lovejoy Churchill daughter of Mrs Isabelle Churchill a Colorado federation leader and noted beauty to Calvin DeVon Lester a Santa Ana rancher. Miss Churchill taught in Santa Ana Colorado born 23 years ago and educated at Colorado College and the State Normal School.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Pasadena
Isabelle Lovejoy Churchill
Isabelle Churchill
Colorado Federation of Women’s Clubs
United States
Calvin DeVon Lester
Santa Ana
Lester
Greeley
Colo
Colorado
Colorado Colege
Aormal
Weld County
Pennsylvania aims to stock forests with Mexican turkeys
Harrisburg officials from the state game commission plan to stock Pennsylvania forests with wild turkeys imported from Mexico. The move aims to bolster local turkey populations and enhance hunting prospects across the Keystone State.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania State Game Commission
Keystone State
Mexico
Crop drought trims yields across major grains
Washington reports severe drought in June has reduced crops. Prof. N. C. Murray notes hay oats and feed crops hardest hit with hay below two thirds normal and oats down over 25 percent from last year. Potatoes face record low July conditions and prices jumped to 96.3 cents a bushel.
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Washington
N. C. Murray
Crop Reporting Board
Department of Agriculture
Prof. Murray
Carpenter Law To Be Referred In Colorado Referendum
The Direct Legislation league says it will circulate petitions to force a referendum on two measures passed by the legislature. One appropriates 50000 to defend water rights against Colorado or others, and the Carpenter irrigation bill. They say the reservoir bill could harm ditch owners by allowing year round storage without respecting senior and junior rights. Referendum petitions must be filed within 80 days, needing 12000 to 16000 signatures.
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Direct Legislation League
Colorado
Secretary of State
Three Greeley Men Scare on Wet Turn Spill
Evans reports three youths from Greeley lost balance in a sharp turn and toppled a single horse rig into mud. They escaped with scratches and bruises, the buggy damaged, and a whiskey bottle unharmed. Three of twelve beer bottles broke but were taken good naturedly.
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Evans
Greeley
Illiken
Miss Florence Fezer In Denver For Medical Examinations
Miss Florence Fezer is in Denver this week taking the medical examinations before the State Board of Examiners. She will appear before the board to qualify for professional certification.
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Florence Fezer
Denver
State Board of Examiners
Thompson escapes crash on Cripple Creek mountain drive
R D Thompson of Thompson and Claypool returns from Cripple Creek and Victor to Denver. A brake failure sends his auto down a steep grade at high speed with sharp curves. A passenger jumps to safety, suffering injuries. the car exits onto a side road and stops after 150 yards. The group then walks the remaining distance.
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R. D. Thompson
Thompson & Claypool
Cripple Creek
Victor
Denver
Col C Dyer Visits Greeley Retelling Old Ties
Col C Dyer an early Greeley resident stays a week with his civil war comrade Samuel B Wright of the city. He last visited this region over 40 years ago while buffalo hunting with Buffalo Bill Cody. He aims to study Colorado mine operations near Boulder and learn methods for Arizona ventures.
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Col. C. Dyer
Greeley
Samuel B. Wright
Col. Dyer
Buffalo Bill Cody
Weld County
Colorado
Boulder
Mr. Cody
Arizona
Two Women Drown When Auto Turns Turtle in Fort Collins
In Fort Collins a car skidded into the New Mercer irrigation ditch one mile west of the city. Mrs. Rudolph M. Booraem and her sister Mrs. W. S. Manning drowned. M. H. Fehner escaped as the vehicle sank. Booraem’s husband R. M. Booraem, Cheyenne resident, arrived after midnight.
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Fort Collins
Rudolph M. Booraem
Great Western Sugar Company
W. 8. Manning
Baltimore
Booraem
Mercer
M. H. Fehner
Fehnel
Fehner
R. M. Boraem
Cheyenne
Pair Leave Hurriedly From Town After Court Charge
Frank Williams and James Norton were given 80 minutes to leave town after a police court appearance for vagrancy. Both had been in town for some time and were taken in by police last night as not showing a desire to work. They chose to beat it over paying a fine.
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Frank Williams
James Norton
High School Carries Kersey Plan
The school election in Kersey on Monday passed by 31 to 7 in favor of establishing the high school.
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Kersey
Hay fever cure claims onions as remedy
A Kansas woman at the depot touts a hay fever cure by eating onions from first appearance to last. She says it prevents symptoms as shown by her husband, though the onions reportedly exit his system by perspiration the next summer.
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Greeley
Kansas
Hungarian Colonization Scheme Aims for Colorado Farms
Secretary Alfred Patek of the state board of immigration notes a major colonization plan by the Hungarian Colonization association of Cleveland. The group seeks 20 000 to 50 000 acres of prime farming land and hopes to recruit 32 leading Hungarian agriculturists from the Eastern states to settle in Colorado. If successful, 20 000 trained Hungarian farmers could till the state and improve its soil.
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Alfred Patek
State Board of Immigration
Hungarian Colonization Association
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles Budy
Colorado
Budy
United States Commissioner of Immigration
Patek
Indignation Hails Balloon Plan For Greeley Girls
Local reaction in Greeley follows a notice that aeronaut Dave Devil Greene might take city girls aloft in a balloon during the state fair. The plan drew ire as the girls feared a stunt requiring them to hang by their hands from a trapeze, a safety concern amid speculation and denial from Greene and fair officials.
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Greeley
Dave Devil Greene
Dave Devil Green
Fair Management
Dare Devil Green
Warranty deeds across multiple city lots and transfers
A series of property transfers records numerous warranty deeds. Daniel K Brewer transfers to Nel son. J C Belt to J Bender. David J and Cora O Churchill to J W Smith. John H Dunmire to Joseph and Alice Kamonosky. Denver Laramie Realty Co to Hattie M Secord. Hattie B Buck. Samuel B Hale to C E Harris. Lincoln Land Co to J C Bell. Fred O and Emma M Lewis to Boyd. Northwestern Land and Iron Co to Harry B Crawford. James G Noll to Central Lumber Co. James Noll secretary to Central Lumber Co. Simon Peterson to Lawrence I Williams. Gertrude L Pierson to W R Reeves. Thornton Rowley to H C Pendergraft. Mary M Royer to Lee J and Margaret C Varvel. Lee J and Margaret C Varvel to Mary M Royer. Rebecca A Wolf to Simon Peterson. Several entries list dollar amounts, ranging from $1 to $1,600, across various blocks and additions in Greeley, Milliken, Arlington Heights, Crawford, and other areas.
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Daniel K. Brewer
E. Nelson
Crawford
J. C. Belt
J. Bender
Sligo
David J
Cora O. Churchill
J. W. Smith
John H. Dunmire
Joseph
Alice Kamonosky
W. W. Evans
Northwestern Land & Iron Co
Harry B. Crawford
Milliken
James G. Noll
Central Lumber Co
Stoneham
James Noll
Secy
Bik
Vollmar
Simon Peterson
Lawrence I. Williams
Arlington Hots
Fort Lupton Pioneer Martin V. B. Kelsey Dies at 72
Fort Lupton is mourning Martin Van Buren Kelsey aged 72 who died at his home after noon on Saturday. A pioneer who came from St Joseph Missouri with an ox team in 1859 he lived in Colorado ever since. He is survived by a wife three sons and three daughters all residents of Fort Lupton a brother in Kansas and a large lodge attendance followed burial at Linn Grove cemetery after a ceremony in Lupton.
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Fort Lupton
Colorado
Martin van Buren Kelsey
Kelsey
Plains
St. Joseph
Denver
Kansas
Lupton
Greeier
Masonic Lodge
Eastern Star
Linn Grove
Runaway Wagon Fatality Claims Local Man
Throop, 42, was killed in a runaway wagon near Longmont in July. He was thrown from the wagon, struck his head and base of the skull fractured, a wheel passing over his neck breaking it. He was unmarried. his mother, father and several brothers reside here.
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Longmont
Withiam Throop
Throop
Mr and Mrs William R Kelly Return to Greeley After July 20
Mr and Mrs William R Kelly arrived in Greeley from California and will be at home to friends in the city after July 20.
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William R. Kelly
Greeley
California
Mrs S G Philipps Arrives in Greeley to Visit Son
Mrs S G Philipps arrives in Greeley this morning from Topeka Kansas to visit her son Chas Philipps employed in Goodman and Niell s.
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S. G. Philipps
Greeley
Topeka
Kansas
Chas. Philipps
Goodman and Niell’s
Child Killed by Lightning in Platteville
Helen Jepson five died when a lightning bolt struck as she crossed the street. Her mother watched from the doorway as the child’s shoes and clothing were torn by the strike. Bank cashier John Jepson and farmer A C Morgan were affected by the storm. Morgan was knocked down and a horse was killed.
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Platteville
Helen Jepson
John Jepson
Jepson
National Bank of
Am Hoffman Dodges Death Again in Narrow Run of Luck
Sam Hoffman a well known civil engineer in Greeley was removed from Greeley hospital to his apartments after a period of steadily improving condition. He had been seriously ill since last month requiring an operation to save his life. The source of his illness goes back over a year when a dynamite explosion during surveying near Boyd Lake riddled his clothes and injured him internally. He has had several near fatal escapes including a wind storm when a tree fell three feet from him. He jokes that water may end his run of luck.
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Sam Hoffman
Greeley
Greeley Hospital
Mr. Hoffman
Boyd Lake
Hall Opens College Lecture Series on Efficiency
Dr. G. Stanley Hall drew about 800 listeners at the Colorado Teachers' College chapel as he launched a lecture series on Efficiency. He framed the course around enterprise, strenuosity, complementaries, and standardizing efforts, urging individuals to create their own niche and to educate their powers. His closing note hailed evolution as a gospel of hope, while Temple quartet provided music for the event.
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Colorado Teachers’ College
G. Stanley Hall
Snider
Hall
Temple Quartet
Kansas War on Grasshoppers Expands Through Rail Line
In western Kansas a grasshopper infestation triggers a government aided extermination campaign. The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad spreads bran and arsenic mixture along right of way with H O Marsh directing efforts. A Scott county ranchman buys 800 turkeys to assist the fight. Members of Greeley lodge attend Canon City grand lodge in August.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
H. O. Marsh
Government Bureau of Entomology
Scott County
Greeley Lodge No
K. P
Grand Lodge
Canon City
J. Yardley
E. B. Coulter
F. A. Gates
Moses Stone
W. W. Harmer
Hill and family travel via Greeley to Denver
G. A. Hill editor of the Ault Advertiser and his family spent hours in Greeley today on their route to Denver where they will stay for a week.
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G. A. Hill
Ault
Greeley
Denver
Mr. Hill
Ault Advertiser
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