Militia Letter Underscores Tense Colorado Strike Clash
A Denver Tribune letter from Company D militiamen at Cripple Creek details tensions of the miners strike, claims union leaders push wage demands and control, notes locals’ cool reception of troops, reports guard actions around El Paso mine, and vouches for manager Bainbridge as a workforce ally.
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Cripple Creek
Denver
Tribune
Frank Madden
Camp Hospital
Greeley
el Paso
Colorado Springs
Western Federation of Miners
Republican
Bainbridge
Threats and dangers surround a town defender
A letter from a military unit member describes life threats against a man, a would be assassin found, and planned entry under false pretenses. The writer notes threats to his home, his two young daughters, and a nearby dynamite house within forty feet, guarded but capable of deadly explosion.
Gasoline Stove Explodes Enveloping Room in Fire
Three women narrowly escape a deadly blast in the Boomer block when a gasoline stove ignites curtains and wallpaper. Mrs. Catherine Smith suffers burns while two others escape through a window by moving to Mrs Edwards' room and raising the alarm. Room damage about $75, fire department quick response prevents greater loss.
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Boomer Block
Catherine Smith
Waring
Main Street
Mrs. Smith
Special Meeting on Evans Electric Railway Franchise
The Evans city council met Saturday night to act on George J. Spear’s electric railway franchise request. The plan covers lines through Pleasant Valley Eaton Ault and connects Windsor to the Colorado and Southern railroad with branches to Evans LaSalle and St Vrain valleys. A main station between Fifth and Sixth avenues and Ninth and Twelfth streets is planned with a Fifteenth Street spur to the sugar factory. Negotiations with a St. Louis electrical supplier progress.
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George J. Spear
Spear
Pleasant Valley
Eaton and
Ault
Black Hollow Country
Windsor
Colorado and Southern Railroad
Evans and
LaSalle
Godfrey Bottoms
Hillsboro
St. Vrain
Highland Lake
Erie
Evans City
Thompson
Eleventh Avenue
Seventh Street
Eighth Avenue
Fifteenth Street
St. Louis
County seeks tips to catch road rubbish dumpers
The Board of County Commissioners offers a reward of five dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone dumping rubbish on county roads.
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The
Board of County Commissioners
Little boy crushed under wagon near Eaton
Four year old George Kerr was run over by a load of potatoes hauled by M. E. Pettit on the Albert Nichols ranch west of Eaton. The injuries include five crushed ribs a broken jaw and internal damage. his mother Mrs Annie Kerr cooks for the Pettit Bros. The accident was discovered after the boy screamed and his prognosis improved briefly Tuesday.
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M. E. Pettit
Albert Nichols Ranch
Eaton
George Kerr
Annie Kerr
Pettit Bros
Stop Exaggerating About Farm Yields Says Local Farmer
A. R. English of LaGrange district and a longtime Colorado farmer says reports of extraordinarily high yields are inflated. He argues fields of potatoes 250 300 sacks per acre and oats 100 bushels per acre are implausible and harmful to community credibility.
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A. R. English
LaGrange District
Colorado
Missouri
Captain Injured by Horse Kicks at LaSalle Post Office
Captain Ogilvy was kicked by a mare while turning a buggy near the LaSalle post office. The kick shattered the tibia and caused a puncture raising fears of blood poisoning. Surgeons Dr. Pogue and Dr. Bock reduced the fracture and applied bandages. The captain, though young and vigorous, will likely be confined at home for a period.
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Ogilvy
LaSalle
Pogue
Bock
Denver
Found His Hat and Blame on Harry W. Lee
Charles Camp reports recovering his hat at the Woolf card party and accuses Harry W. Lee of the theft after careful deduction. Lee, once assistant sergeant at arms in the Colorado House, is described as honest in reputation but accused of property misappropriation. The piece hints at political clues and urges reform or party alignment.
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Charles Camp
Harry W. Lee
Lee
Colorado
Democratic Party
Anniversary Observed Quietly by Senator and Mrs Clayton
Thursday October 8 marked the first wedding anniversary for Senator and Mrs Clayton. A small gathering of friends attended the dinner with lady guests Edna Patch Carrie Miles Middleton and gentlemen J B Patton R G Strong and Robert H Clayton.
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CO D
Bombard
Council
Georgie Kerr
Fuller & Orr's
Captain Ogilvy
Ord
Jack Frost
Gilcrest Lube CO
Deatherage
Ind
Atwood & Steele
Columbia
the Star Grocery
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