Colorado State News Highlights Civil and Social Events
A compact digest of Colorado items notes statehood anniversary events, conventions in Denver and Greeley, a Frontier Days festival in Fort Morgan, and a K P gathering in Greeley. Also reported are local deaths, legal actions, a murder verdict, a desertion arrest, oil finds near Aurora, and tungsten market activity in the Netherlands district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
Syvents
Abcasion
Colorado
Forti
Denver
Iteville
Grandge K. of P
Greeley
Fort Morgan
Trinidad
G A R Encampment Officers Elected for Colorado Wyoming
The annual G A R encampment in Colorado and Wyoming closes with Longmont chosen for the 1917 meeting. Officers named include Commander James Moynahan Denver and senior vice commander Aaron Reed Pueblo. Other posts list officers for Ladies of the G A R Sons of Veterans and Spanish War Veterans. The Sons of Veterans pick Longmont for their 1917 convention and invite G A R to accompany them. Flag Day plans affect future Spanish War Veterans encampment scheduling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
Pueblo
Colo
Department of Colorado
Wyoming
Longmont
James Moynahan
Denver
Aaron Reed
William Butler
Chaplin
Joseph Humphreys
Colorado Springs
B. F. Snyder
W. H. Comstock
Ladies of the
Lulu Hatch
Amanda Olmstead
Viola Castle
Alice K. Greene
Rocky Ford
Josephine Bills
Sons of Veterans
Jesse A. Dickson
W. A. Davis
la Junta
Edgar Payton
George White
W. J. Fuller
T. B. Callahan
A. L. Newbury
H. O. Neville
Reed Haywood
Loveland
M. J. Harrison
Sam Thomas
Gray Guilty of Killing Nellsen Sentenced to Life
Fort Collins-Cornelius Gray was found guilty of murder in the Nellsen killing near here on May 1 and sentenced to life imprisonment. He pleaded guilty but the court rejected the plea and ordered a jury trial to determine the penalty.
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West Side
Denver
Bennett Graf
Ruth Camp
Joseph C. Benson
Arcade
Golden
California
Gray
Nellsen
Fort Collins
Cornelius Gray
Nels Nellsen
Here
Dickens Given Time for Picnic Boulder
Rienzi Dickens may extend time to Aug 20 for filing a motion for new trial following an agreement between his attorney and the district attorney granting a forty day extension for the defense.
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Boulder
Rienzi Dickens
Tungsten Market Sees Pulse of Activity in Boulder
The tungsten market in Boulder showed higher activity than any time in the last month as buyers purchased freely at 25 to 30 per unit of 60 percent. Most large companies were active in the market.
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Denver
Los Angeles
Denver Knights Templar
Bowles Grove
Littleton
Nationa
Nederland
Boulder
U.S. Will Not Withdraw From Mexican Border Clash
San Antonio reports Mexican government troops marching toward Del Rio to attack Americans as Gen Sibley in Del Rio prepares for defense. Carranza’s forces clash with the Annapolis crews at Mazatlan while Pershing moves troops in defiance of deadlines amid strained relations.
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Washington
San Antonio
del Rio
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Funston
Frederick W. Sibley
Fourteenth Cavalry
Mexico
Glenn Springs
Greene
Third Infantry
Gustavo Mireles Espinosa
Coahuila
Sibley
Flores
Mazatlan
Annapolis
Carranza
Cananea
Trevino
Red cow Bag B clear and white Hag in grocers line
Fragmentary notes mention a red cow bag B clarity and a white hag in connection with grocers. The text is unclear but suggests items or names linked to a shop lineup.
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Man Omer Grocers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Colorado State
Otis Long
Victor Fire Department
Elizabeth Small
Major Small
Denver Kennel Club
Lakeside
Second Infantry
Colorado National Guard
Gample
Geo. Jackson
Essex
Noble O. Hamilton
Ada Williams
Aurora
Thomas B. Jefferson
W. H. Saylor
G. A. Hamilton
Great Western Sugar Company
John Thorpe
G.A
G. A. R. and Sons of Veterans
Dickens
U.S
Ranza
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Bibby
Ae Kcecl
Lincoln
Jesse A Case
Dept. C. W
Brockton
Mass
Keeley
Curtis
Daisy Fly Killer
N. Y. Denver
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