Denver News in 1926 Highlights Local War and Civic Affairs
Denver reports include a 14 mill Grand county tax levy, rising Pueblo bank deposits, and a 90 million pound Pinto bean crop. Battles in France affect Colorado guards, recruitment soars, and Miss Edna Bergstrom earns a rare radio operator license. Local honors, murders, and civic events fill the page with wartime activity and community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
France
Grand County
Pueblo
Denver
Clay M. van
Hayden
Breckenridge
Old Union
Harrison D. Wilson
Westminster
Crown Hill Cemetery
Cripple Creek
Ralph Martin Davenport
Edna E. Bergstrom
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Sterling
Army Recruiting Office
Letter Demands $600 in Ransom for Irrigation Box
A letter threatening death if $600 is not paid by nightfall was sent to Eaton farmer A H Eaton of Eaton Colorado. A Denver detective staged a sting at the irrigation box near the Eaton orchard but the suspect fled to Ragtown, eluding bloodhounds and deputies. Authorities suspect a link to a house fire causing 1500 damage to Bruce G Eaton’s bungalow. In Denver the State Federation of Labor elected a woman to its nine member board Miss Elizabeth Smith and Miss Alice McCabe among new officers led by John Lawson with 5470 votes.
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Denver
America
John Jordan
France
James H. Baker
County of
Council of Defense
Henry van Kleeck
J. Henry Tiden
Lincoln
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
United States District Court
Orlando B. Hitt
Mead
Hubbard
McHendrie
Las Animas County
State Tax Commission
du Pont Powder Company
Ypres
Christopher Jensen
Denver Rotary Club
Frank DB
Wire of
Central Consolidated Tunnel, Mining and Milling Company
Burns-Moore Tunnel, Mining and Milling Company
Eaton
Colo
A. H. Eaton
Myers
Ragtown
Finch
Greeley
Bruce G. Eaton
Denver District Draft Board
Bruce Eaton
Sheriff's Office
State Federation of Labor
Elizabeth Smith
Garment Makers’ Union
Alice McCabe
John Lawson
Alfred Carpenter
Edward Anderson
W. H. Sheely
Paul Hoyt
Miss Smith
Miss McCabe
Frank Spiegl
Nels Jensen
W. A. Cass
James T. Dunhill
H. C. Stewart
Eli Follett
Frank M. Hermond
Potatoes Exposed to Weather Reported by Colorado Defense
The transportation committee of the Colorado Council of Defense says 185 carloads of potatoes on the Fourth division of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad are exposed to weather and damage, plus 100 carloads on the Rio Grande Junction line and 700 carloads of fruit and vegetables on the Third division of the same railroad are at risk.
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Denver
Transportation Committee
The
Colorado Council of Defense
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Rio Grande Junction
Denver & Rio Grande
Stamping Out Hog Cholera Underway in Weld County
Chairman J. M. Collins reports the Weld county cholera eradication campaign is moving forward with Dr. C. G. Lamb state veterinarian and his field assistants making steady progress under the Colorado Council of Defense.
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Denver
Weld County
J. M. Collins
Colorado Council of Defense
C. G. Lamb
Peruna Endorsed by Memphis Reader Mrs Patterson
Mrs L A Patterson of 1399 Kentucky Street Memphis Tennessee writes that Peruna has helped her family with catarrhal complaints and seasonal coughs and colds and she recommends the remedy to neighbors despite hard times.
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L. A. Patterson
Kentucky
Memphis
Tennessee
New York Poor Cut Milk Use as Prices Rise
A New York study shows low income households reducing milk consumption due to higher prices. Researchers note milk remains a staple for many families but affordability pressures force smaller purchases and shifts to cheaper alternatives.
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New York
Laxative Quinine Highlight Reaches Canada’s New Brunswick
The note claims Bromo Quinine has no adverse nervous effects and mentions a single product line. It cites BM. W. Grovs’s signature on the box and voices a claim about St. John New Brunswick as Canada’s second city in customs receipts.
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St. John, N. B
Canada
Kidney Trouble Not Easily Recognized Ad
An examining physician for a major life insurance firm notes many applicants are rejected due to kidney disease, often undetected. An advertorial states Dr Kilmer Swamp Root aids such conditions, claiming herbal relief and urging readers to purchase samples by mail from Dr Elmer Co.
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Kilmer
Adv
New York Street Railways Ordered to Add Cars
Red Cross Dallas Makes beautiful white clothes. Bag At all good grocers. Adv. Washington urged to deploy auto drivers as extra police.
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New York Street Railways
Red Cross
Dallas
Adv
Washington
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Colorado State News
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Woman On Labor
Ottawa
W. V. Bennett Reem
Bee Bidg
Omaha
BM. W. Grovs
Kodaks
Eastman Kodak Co
Denver Photo Materials Co
26Th Street
Anny
Oxford Hotel
Oro
Denver, Colo
Rotes OE
Jos
Schwartz
16Th & Curtis
Cole
Platte River Cattle Co
E. & C. Balding
Sy. Ae All
Western Typewriter Sales Co
Champe
Beaver, Cols
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