Hadley boom sparks chaotic Republican convention
At the Chicago convention June 19 Crooked cheers and a dramatic gallery scene marked debate over Hadley of Missouri as a leading candidate. Temporary chairman Elihu Root narrowly won amid roars as Roosevelt factions pressed for floor changes and contested California seats dominated by McGovern supporters.
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Republican National
Yestera Ted
Hadley
Roosevelt
Chicago
Elihu Root
Taft
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Illinois
Alabama
Root
Byron Y. Trammell
McGovern
Arizona
Francis J. Heney
National Committee
Aizona
Arkansas
California
Florence C. Porter
Los Angeles
BE. H. Tryon
Morris Meyerfield, Jr
Johnson
Tryon
Meyerfield
Connecticut
Congregational Church Men Cook Picnic Dinner For Wives
Park church ladies learn what their husbands can do as the Brotherhood plans a Thursday dinner. W G C Wilson chairs the refreshment committee I E Faulkner handles transportation and Professor Lister leads athletic stunts. A four o’clock church meet will start a ride through Greenley farming districts, with Island Grove as the picnic site.
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Brotherhood
W. GC. Wilson
I. E. Faulkner
Professor Lister
Greeley
Island Grove
Greeley to acquire pulmotor as city safety measure
Greeley plans a pulmotor becoming the fourth town in the state to have one after Denver Pueblo and Trinidad. About $200 cost covered by subscriptions from utilities, city, and individuals. The council discussed paving plans and approved a sewer district ordinance and fire code updates.
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Greeley
Denver
Pueblo
Trinidad
J. M. B. Petrikin
First National Bank
South Park
Tenth Street
Twelfth Street
Pump Is a Wonder In LaSalle Dozen Water Tales
A LaSalle item notes the Milander pump near Goodrich has supplied the Milander family with water for seven years without repairs, while Mars McFie of Miller Machine Shop in Greeley came to overhaul pumps and install others nearby. Also, LaSalle marks the Presbyterian Church anniversary, with the 19th annual celebration held last night in the 1897 building. Frank DeMetz is the current pastor.
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LaSalle
J. R. Milander
Mars McFie
The
Miller Machine Shop
Greeley
Presbyterian Church
Frank DeMetz
Rye Exhibition Highlights Briggsdale Harvest
The Briggsdale district reports crop growth with rye reaching four and a half feet under dryland farming. Farmer H. H. Harris demonstrates a robust yield, illustrating success of the year’s project amid local agriculture.
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Owens Transfer Office
Briggsdale
H. H. Harris
Northern Colorado Irrigation District vote falls short in bond bid
District residents reject a 2.4 million bond for a water project citing insufficient supply and unfavorable conditions. Nunn and Dover sections vote against while Carr shows a slight majority for, yet overall results deny the measure. Promoters led by Rolla Wilson Salisbury Smith Denver with Stevenson Merritt and Johnson as directors planned dams on Michigan creek and Poudre system to irrigate about 60 000 acres.
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Irrigatio Trict
Northern Colorado Irrigation District
Nunner
Dover
Carr
Smail
Laramie
Poudre
Michigan Creek
Halligan
Big Thompson
Stonewall
Alden
Rolla Wilson
Salisbury Smith
Denver
Sytem
F. B. Stevenson
E. E. Merritt
Henry Johnson
Drowned Babe False Alarm At Platte River Near Fort Lupton
A man cries out a drowning baby on the Platte near Fort Lupton but rescuers find only a dress and barbed wire snag, the river rising and likely to flood. Estes Park Trail announces a summer magazine from Dasee union with 75 cent season price, featuring park data and local news.
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Platte River
Platte
Estes Park
Dasee Union
Greeley Boy Visiting Home From Denver
George Evans of Denver spends vacation visiting his parents in Greeley. He formerly worked in Greeley and now is employed in the grocery department of a Denver dry goods company.
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Greeley
George Evans
Denver
Evans
Denver Dry Goods
Oats Poison Blood Injury Highlights Farm Accident
June 19 report details Mrs. James Turner cutting her hand with a splinter from a beard in a sack of oats. The wound caused blood poisoning of the right hand after she did not notice danger until preparing supper that evening. The finger was lanced three times, and doctors hope it will be saved.
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James Turner
Dixon claims 22 Roosevelt delegates voted for Root
Chicago dispatch reports Senator Dixon claiming 22 delegates in yesterday's convention voted for Root as temporary chairman, reducing Taft's potential majority to 536. He cites Illinois Maryland Oregon Pennsylvania as instructing Roosevelt and suggests credentials battles may oust contested delegates. Dixon asserts 558 votes for Root, 536 for Taft, with 22 Roosevelt delegates switching.
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Teddy
Root
Chicago
Roosevelt
Senator Root
Taft
Illinois
National Committee
Maryland
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Miss Thompson Dies At Eaton In Weld County
Miss Hattie Thompson daughter of Mrs Fannie Thompson Jones died of heart leakage at Eaton after failing health led her to leave Weld county treasurer's office last fall. She lived near Eaton all her life and her father Herbert Thompson was Weld county treasurer twenty years ago. Grand uncle T G Macy of Greeley. Funeral plans pending while sisters in California are contacted. Book on Women James A Semple Denver publisher proposes Representative Women of Colorado to honor the state's accomplished women. About 200 photographs sketches planned, including notable county ladies. Colorado pennants for Greeley gain popularity at Seely Fournier drug store designed by a Denver art department member.
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Eaton
Hattie Thompson
Fannie Thompson Jones
Weld County
Miss Thompson
Herbert Thompson
T. G. Macy
Greeley
James A. Semple
Alexander Art Publishing Company
Denver
Colorado
Seely-Fournier Drug Store
Daniel & Fisher's
Spooners Get Bright Fourth of July in Evans Park
Evans June 19. C. A. Fitch installed colored electrical lights in Evans park making it as bright as day for the Fourth of July. A committee arranged outside concessions and plans promise a great celebration with lunch and feasting until midnight.
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Evans
Birth of 10 pound son to Mrs. Wright at Wright Sor Windsor
June 19 report notes a 10 pound son born to Mrs. I. W. Wright Monday and both mother and baby are doing well. A reception for Mrs. A. N. Green, famed as the last charter member of Greeley Methodist church, is planned by the church Aid Society with local attendance invited.
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Windsor
I. W. Wright
A. N. Green
Methodist Church of
the Aid Society
Green
Senehare Eenneratea
Twin Calves Born During Dairy Silo Inspection Event
Twin calves were born at H. D. Parker’s Guernsey dairy in Auburn as 100 visitors viewed the silo and sanitary conditions. C. H. Hinman urged farmers to build silos and feed ensilage year round. The Parker herd has 60 pure Guernseys and graded cows. 37 cows’ milk is shipped to Greeley. Lord Ogilvy of Denver represented the Denver Post.
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Guernsey
H. D. Parker
C. H. Hinman
State Agricultural College
Parker Guernsey
Parker
Chicago
Greeley
BR. D. G. Bishop
The
Colorado Dairyman
Cc. H. Hinman
D. G. Gilbert
B. D. B. Bishop
Agricultural College
Lord Ogilvy of
Denver
Denver Post
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