Evans mass meeting vows to arrest vote frauds and saloon evil
District Attorney Carlson warned at Evans church that men brought in for thirty days to influence the spring election would be jailed under Colorado law. He cited cases of crime linked to saloons, recalled figures like Murphy Cummins and Leroux, and urged Evans to resist reopening saloons to avoid inviting crime.
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Carlson
Evans
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Ben Florance
Canon City
George Carlson
Weld
Victor E. Keyes
Keyes
America
Murphy
Paul Gregory
Fort Collins
Cummins
Leroux
Colorado
Weld County
Missouri
Nebraska
Lincoln
The Bar of Justice and a Crazed Confession at Trial
In a Texas court a condemned man claims he is not alone responsible for his wife’s murder. He indicts the judge, jury, lawyers, pastor, and saloon opponents as complicit in the crime, blaming alcohol and legalized saloons for his downfall. He seeks mercy while denouncing the traffic that ruined his family. Dallas shuts saloons for a day after a brutal assault on a three year old girl.
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Old Church
Bar of Justice
Mob Attacks Court as Lynching Escapes Control in Dallas
The Texas scenes recount a mob breaking into Dallas criminal court during a trial, hanging a black defendant from the Elks arch and triggering mass street activity. Commissioners order saloons closed until dawn, arguing liquor fosters lawlessness and rioting.
Colorado Retail Liquor Dealers Fight Anti Saloon League
Colorado liquor dealers organized in the Eagles hall as the Colorado Retail Liquor Dealers Association to oppose prohibition. They have raised one hundred thousand dollars and prepared a confidential campaign to defeat attempts to put a prohibition amendment to voters.
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Colorado
Prohibition
Eagles’ Hall
Colorado Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
Platform of Taxpayers' Party Promises Fiscal Prudence
The Platform pledges an economical administration and opposition to saloon licenses under any circumstances. It promises to meet town expenses on a 24 mill tax and apply surplus to old debts. It pledges to fight graft and corrupt government and urges Evans to be clean and progressive.
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Evans
Vote No Evans Liquor Saloons Campaign Appeal
A Kansas farmer responds to a brewery agent about market losses if saloons close. The piece urges Evans residents to vote no next Tuesday, arguing saloons raise debt and taxes and favor graft, calling for citizen refusal to support the saloon policy.
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Kansas
Evans
Depot site chosen for Denver Laramie and Northwestern
General Manager Green visits the city and a new depot for the Denver Laramie and Northwestern road will be built between Eighth and Ninth streets and Seventh avenue. The Bullard stable will be torn down and excavation will start immediately. Restaurant and fruit stand owners welcome the location.
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Green
Denver, Laramie and Northwestern Road
Eighth and
Ninth Streets
Seventh Avenue
Bullard
Denver, Laramie
Northwestern Road
Eighth
New System of Wiring to Modernize Eaton in 1920
The Colorado Telephone company will install a complete new wiring system in Eaton including a Modern Central Energy system at the central office. Wires will be strung along alleys and connections made at the rear of residences to improve the town’s beauty and prepare for 1920 requirements.
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Eaton
Colorado Telephone Company
Telephone system overhaul planned for town and new building
Eaton district manager H H Croll met with Denver engineers George Lovering and J McIntyre to review a comprehensive upgrade. The project will replace scattered wires with organized cables, allow for ten more years of growth, and include a new 12 000 building named the Telephone building with leased space. Ground work has begun on a 20 by 60 foot site.
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Eaton
H. H. Croll
Colorado Telephone Company
George Lovering
J. McIntyr
Denver
Telephone
G Eaton
Telephone Company
Civil War Veteran Gust W Nelson Dies in Denver
Gust W Nelson a Civil War veteran well known in Greeley died Easter morning at his Denver home. Born in Sweden February 22 1832 he was 78. He served in Co L 84th Illinois Vols and was promoted to corporal early. Survived by a widow and nine children with daughter Mrs H E Meyers of Greeley among them. Funeral held at 1 pm Tuesday at 3029 Vallejo Street Denver and burial in Arvada cemetery.
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Gust W. Nelson
Greeley
Denver
Mr. Nelson
Sweden
Illinois Volunteers
Nelson
H. E. Meyers of
Vallejo I Street
Arvada
Progress on Laramie Poudre tunnel irrigation project
Foreman C F Tew reports daily progress on the Laramie Poudre tunnel linking rivers for irrigation. The east tunnel is 1000 feet and the west 200 feet with forty workers on three shifts. Electric cars operate at both ends and camp facilities include electric lighting stores and reading rooms.
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Laramie
C. F. Tew
Laramie-Poudre
Poudre
Motor car stalls after running out of gas near Kersey
A Sterling to Greeley car ran out of gasoline a few miles east of Kersey this morning. The conductor walked across country, met a farmer who gave him a ride to Kersey, then he obtained enough gasoline to reach Greeley. The motor was idle about an hour.
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Kersey
Mareh
Sterling
Greeley
Peery's Claim Allowed in the DL Litigation
A Denver Laramie & Northwestern rail line dispute ends with Peery awarded 2000 dollars in damages. The jury delivered the verdict around 11 o'clock last night in the case brought over the railroad's use of Peery's property.
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PEERY
J. 5. Peery
Denver, Laramie & Northwestern Railroad
Seed Potatoes For Sale at the Farmers Merchants Co
Seed potatoes are offered for sale at the Farmers Merchants Co store. The notice lists available varieties and bulk pricing for farmers and households seeking potato seed.
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Farmers’ Mercantile Co
Weld County Doctors Host Annual Banquet and Lectures
The Weld County Medical Association held its annual banquet with a blue ribbon reception. Dr. Gerald B. Webb spoke on Research in Tuberculosis and the event drew strong attendance and praise from physicians and surgeons.
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Weld County
Dr Webb Lecture Praised at City Hall and Banquet
The afternoon address by Dr. Webb, noted Colorado Springs physician, drew wide appreciation from both professionals and laypeople as he traced tuberculosis history since scientific treatment began. In the evening, the Camfield hotel hosted the annual medical banquet with a festive menu and speeches by Drs. Broman Gilbert Dale and others.
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Webb
Colorado Springs
Camfield Hotel
Camfield
J. B. Raymond
O. F. Broman
Walter Bliss
Bliss
Houston
A. Bh. Dubber
O. M. Gilbert
J. E. Dale
Fort Collins
Charles Clark
Clark
L. H. Harrison
Schubert
J. A Dungan
Robert H. Bird
Laramie Poudre Manager Killed In Auto Accident
Fort Collins reports Willington Hibbard manager of the Laramie Poudre irrigation company is dead. J Akin and Dalton Davis are badly injured. D W Brunton, consulting engineer, is missing and feared in the wreck near Pingree Hill forty seven miles northwest of Fort Collins. The group was travelling to the Green Mountain tunnels when the automobile ran off a rough road.
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Fort Collins
Willington Hibbard
Laramie-Poudre Irrigation Company
J. Akin
Dalton Davis
D. W. Brunton
Laramie-Poudre Company
Green Mountain
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets Promote Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets as the best remedy for acute indigestion and chronic dyspepsia. It claims rapid relief, a soothing effect on stomach membranes, and a return to healthy appetite with regular use. The offer promises a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Prices are 25 cents, 50 cents, and $1.00. Mrs. W. P. Slusser and daughter Hazel with Hattie and Eloise Stone travel to Denver for a few days visit.
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Rexall
Gilbert Drug
W. P. Slusser
Hazel
Miases
Hattie
Eloise Stone
Denver
Want Ads For Sale Water Supply and Storage Co stock
For Sale For Sale- Two 000 horses coming four well broke one about 1400 the other 1200 John Laughlin La Spit To Trade Will trade most attractive home on hill for smaller property Pleasant Valley 80-acre farm well improved for home centrally located Balance your own terms 80-acre improved farm near Brush Morgan county for good home to Greeley This proposition at 4 bar gain 53 acres adjoining County sea of flourishing Kansas town two rail roads three banks rents for 425 per annum for good home in Greeley Hight room new house with ten acre tract and other improvements for Denver property 320 acres good new land improved under ditch and Greeley residence for something good back East See the real estate man a 812 Eighth avenue
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Pleasant Valley
Brush
Morgan County
Greeley
Kansas Town
Denver
Eighth Avenue
Lewis Decision: Union Pacific Loses 400 Foot Denver to Cheyenne Right of Way
Federal Judge Robert E. Lewis rules Union Pacific has no title to the 400 foot right of way from Denver to Cheyenne for failing to meet grant conditions from 1862 1864 and 1866. He says estoppel narrows the right to a 100 foot strip and indicates appeals may follow. The decision impacts Denver Laramie Northwestern Colorado Southern Burlington & Quincy and Greeley terminals and city of Greeley. had UP complied it would hold full 400 feet.
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Lewis
Denver
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Robert E. Lewis
Larimie
Northwestern
Colorado & Southern
Greeley
Lewin
Denver, Laramie & Northwestern
Burlington & Quincy
Denver Pacific Railway & Telegraph Company
Denver Pacific
Denver Company
Sheppard Property Changes Hands in Greeley
For the first time in forty years the lot at Sixth Street and Thirteenth Avenue changed hands. George Sheppard, who moved to Greeley in 1870 and owned the block since, sold two lots to W. Neal of East Sixth Street and one rear lot to Mrs. J. Ba linger. No public price is listed. the Sheppards will remain at 611 Thirteenth Avenue.
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Sixth Street
Thirteenth Avenue
George Sheppard
Greeley
W. Neal
East Sixth Street
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Dallas
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Texas Christian Advocate
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Elks’ Arch
Cairo
Atlanta
Little Rock
Springfield
Taxpayers
W. F. Smith
A. R. Weinhold
Matt Briggs
E. E. Haskins
Colorado Telephone
Punteral
Laramie-Poudre Tunnel
DR. Webb
Water Supply and Storage Co
E. D. Avery
Sherwood
John Laughlin
la Spit
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