Remembering Weld County politics and McCreery’s record
A Weld County public note urges voters to evaluate J. W. McCreery’s record on railroads irrigation and state school funding. It recalls campaign pledges, railroad bills, county division talks, and criticism of Camp appointment to the Normal School project, paired with calls for new leadership and fiscal restraint.
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Greeley
Weld County
State Normal School
Free Silver Coinage Propaganda in Greeley Election
A partisan notice urges voters to back “free silver” factions and condemns J. W. McCreery and Dave Camp over State Normal building supervision. It highlights salaries and alleged favoritism, naming Sam McCreery, A. J. Park, and other city officials while appealing to taxpayers and workers to assess the political influence on the project and board appointments.
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Normal School
Greeley
State Normal
Jas
W. McCreery
Dave Camp
Camp
McCreery
Sam McCreery
A.J. Park
Sam
Park
Jas. W. McCreery
Note and Comment on Sinton and Morgan County
The Trisune recalls an earlier misstatement blaming Mr. Sinton for Fort Morgan Bank losses. It clarifies Sinton had no role beyond county funds being deposited there and lost with other depositors. The editor notes a policy bill to relieve Sinton and bondsmen, likening it to a Congressional measure by Mr. Simpson of Kaneas.
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Greeley
Union Pacific
Denver
McCreery
Heffron
Whitely
D. F. Camp
J. A. Woodbury
Horace Wyman
Camp
Tur Trimune
The
Sun
Tur Trisune
Morgan County
Sinton
Bartlett
Fort Morgan
Long
Simpson
Kaneas
Tareune
Affidavit details McCreerys secretarial appointment dispute
An affidavit from Dr Hawes recounts James W McCreery seeking his brother S F McCreery’s secretarial post after a bill creating the Colorado Normal school became law. It notes denials by McCreery about the request, contrasts with minutes, and questions memory discrepancies between November 1891 and November 1892. It cites corroboration by N B Coy and tension over remembered facts.
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Z. X. Snyder
Board of Trustees
State Normal School
Jesse Hawes
M. A. Lyons
Colorado Normal School
James W. McCreery
S. F. McCreery
J. W. McCreery
J. BR. Flicbinger
The Gang's Last Effort Exposed in Weld County
In Weld County the rival factions spar over trades for votes with Calkins and Benton named for exchanges in favor of David Boyd. The piece criticizes past gang tactics, urges voters to reject trading, and notes large crowds at the Patti-Rosa opera and Mrs. Emery lecture, crediting the People's party for the turnout.
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Weld County
C. C. Calkins
John Wayne
David Boyd
E. H. Benton
Ike Wayne
Greeley Sun
Sid McCreery
Churchill
Republican Bank Block Gang
Greeley
Patti- Rosa Company
Opera House
Nebraska News Highlights From Various Nebraska Towns
A roundup of incidents and developments across Nebraska: Potter House at O Neill fire causing $8000 loss. Fremont fires destroy two business buildings with $7000 loss. coal vein strike at Joseph Sherry property at Rock Bluffs. Gibbon opera house opened with exercises and grand ball. Omaha hotel clerk Samuel Bowman robbed on Farnam Street by two women. Dr George L Miller resigns as NY Life manager in Omaha. L B Owens bound to November term for grand larceny. L C Olmstead harvests 1580 bushels from four acres of potatoes near Inavale. Santee Indians to receive $4397.78 for allotted land adjustments. petrified man near Chadron visited by 500. Beatrice farmer Henry Overbeck injured in land dispute quarrel with Meyer and Schlessinger. Streetcar line sale to Ra Transit Power men concluded for $5060. Deshler stock company forms to build flour mill at $5000 to benefit town.
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O' Neill
Fremont
Joseph Sherry
Rock Bluffs
Gibbon
Omaha
Samuel Bowman
Farnam Street
George L. Miller
New York Life Insurance Company
E. B. Owens
Grand Island Bellboy
District Court
L. C. Olmstead
Inavale
Nebraska
Chadron
Fort Niobrara
Valentine
Henry Overbeck
Beatrice
William Meyer
August Schlessinger
Eg Street Steam
Ra ‘Transit Power Mens
Compooer
Oeee Men
Deshler
Also Mentioned on This Page
I. O. Wolcott
United States Senate
Mr. Wolcott
Weld
Seventh” General Assembly
Supreme Court
State Board of Education
James M. Freeman
Old Town
Tue Trisune
Mr. Camp
Wyman
Woodbury
Boyd
Salt Lake City
Congress
Myron Reed
Captain Boyd
Colorado
Doctor Hawes
J. W
Jase W
H. L. Wyman
Tae Tareune
Hawes
N. B. Coy
F. McCreery
Nebraska News