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A collage of humorous items from The Register Colorado observes jokes on vacations, pensions, and fashionable flings. It notes a tattooing dog maker in Baltimore, drunken streetcar plans in Boston, and a Missouri mule that never strikes. It also lampoons polonium markets, flirtations, and civic curiosities with sly, period tone. The column riffs on public figures and social manners, ending with quips about butter sold as axle grease and political ironies.
Colorado State Affairs and Doings at the Capital City
Colorado state news reports Owen Thompson alias Clarence Mc Coy guilty of money order alteration and a three year Fort Leavenworth sentence. Denver officials print and mail thousands of copies of F H Brandenburg climate address to medical journals and newspapers. State game officials study trout die offs at Trappers Lake and plan feeding or relocation to the river. Humane Society agent Kerr finds winter stock losses up to 30 percent. warns owners. Colonel Sweeney resigns from National Guard adjutant general post, cites Pueblo business plans. State Board awards life and normal school certificates to Colorado educators. Ninety thousand dollars allocated for roads. twenty new routes planned with cameras for field men. Drug license enforcement targets 1902 act revenue, potential $60,000 in back fees. Governor Peabody moves to remove World’s Fair Commissioners Thatcher and Rouse. land board tightens reservoir site prices to at least $10 an acre. Steamboat Springs land sale approved at $25 an acre amid debate over Grenfell absence. Dairy commissioner notes limited honey tests. oleo tax raise reduces production by over 26 million pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Thompson
Clarence McCoy
United States
Fort Leavenworth
Riner
Denver Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
F. H. Brandenburg
Denver
Colorado
Europe
Williams
Brandenburg
Woodward
W. 8
Kincaid
Trappers Lake
Denver Republican
Kerr
The
Humane Society
Florence
Colorado Springs
W. H. Sweeney
National Guard
California
Peabody
Pueblo
Sweeney
Adjutant General's Office
Phillippines
Colorado Volunteers
State Board of Education
Edward C. Elliot
Leadville
James B. Eagan
E. E. Cole
la Junta
Myla Cooke
Mary K. Kramer
Mary E. T. Croswell
Greeley
Dow
Wray
Mary E. Giffin
Montrose
Kate J. Hansen
George L. Harding
Breckenridge
Mabel Helm
Cardiff
W. A. Oliphant
Monte Vista
B. D. Parker
Rockford
Illinois
D. P. Taylor
Boulder
Evelyn Walker
Elizabeth Walsh
Charles E. Chadsey
M. E. Eagleton
A. W. Elder
Nora Maloney
A. W. Keplinger
Delta
Wilson M. Shafer
Cripple Creek
Luellans. Stocks
Jacques W. Redway
Mount Vernon
New York
Bertha K. Tracey
Fourteenth General Assembly
Carpenter
James W. Abbott
Abbott
Bureau of Roads
Department of Agriculture
Rocky Mountain
Professor Carpenter
N. C. Miller
Sixth Judicial District
Parsons
Durango
Supreme Court
Colorado Briefs: New school contract and varied county items
Colorado brief items report a new Aonia school contract at about 13000 dollars, Pueblo Normal and Industrial Institute meeting, Denver weed clearance plan, June births in Pueblo, and a July Fremont County Horticultural Society event. Also noted are bar association nonpartisan nominations, a streetcar accident fatality in Las Vegas, a Gettysburg Denver Bible Students convention, a Delta murder case tied to Paonia, and numerous regional civic notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aonia
Pueblo Normal and Industrial Institute
Health Commissioner of
Denver
Pueblo
Fremont County Horticultural Society
Cotonwood Springs
Canon City
Colorado Bar Association
Colorado Springs
E. W. Leonard
Loveland
Mexico
Las Vegas
Bible Students
Gettysburg
Delta
J. L. Carlow
M. G. Davis
Paonia
District Court
National Building Trades Council
Denver Council
Colorado Chautauqua
Boulder
J. W. Springer
Harvey W. Green
Old Sodiers
Monte Vista
Denver News
Preston H. Hotchkiss
Montrose
Mr. Hotchkiss
Berry
Murray
Cripple Creek
Colorado
Louisiana Delta
Concordia Parish
Concordia Land Company
Western Slope Veterans’ Association
Grand Junction
Price Tuttle
Ernest & Cranmer
General strike hits Globe and Omaha grants smelters
Denver July 4. All employees at the Omaha and Grant smelter except three foremen walked out at 11:40 pm. About 500 at the Globe plant joined after being urged by 300 Denver Smeltermen. Foremen remained. Captain Lee dispatched. Union aims for eight hour day. fires abandoned, repairing the furnaces will cost repairs. Losses at least $3,000 to restart each smelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Omaha and Grant Smelter
Globe
Denver Smeltermen's Union
Elyria Town Hall
Omaha and Grant
Livingston
Lee
Denver Smeltermen’s Union
Gutterman
Pueblo
Omaha
Grant Smelter
Globe Smelter
Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Pope Leo XIII Stricken by Severe Pneumonia Attack
Rome July 5 Pope Leo XIII is seriously ill with senile pneumonia superinduced by a cold contracted during a Vatican outing. By July 6 pneumonia spread to the left lung and doctors warn of grave risk. Lapponi remains at the Pope's bedside as pessimism grows despite notes of possible recovery. The Pope had refused bed rest, continued receiving pilgrims and taking drives in the Vatican gardens amid decline over the past fortnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Leo
Vatican
Lapponi
Mazzoni
Vatican Gardens
Dr. Lapponi
Strike Renewed at Standard Mill in Colorado Springs
A strike was declared at the Standard mill operated by United States Reduction and Refining Company after the Colorado City Mill and Smeltermen's Union No. 125 held a meeting. The union stated the armistice with U S Refining was ended, reinstatement issues persist, and the cut in wages slated for July 5 was withdrawn at Telluride. Portland and Telluride mills would continue normal operations under the union scale of $2.25 minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado City Mill and Smeltermen’s Union
Telluride
Standard
United States Reduction and Refining Company
Fullerton
Uneion
Western Federation of Miners
Denver
Colorado City Mill and Smeltermen’s Union No. 125
Moyer
Portland
MacNeill
Portland and
Portland and Telluride
New School of Mines President Arrives in Denver
Victor C. Alderson, appointed president of the State School of Mines and former Armour Institute dean, has arrived in Denver and taken quarters at the Brown Palace. He expresses optimism that state backing will elevate the school to world leadership and heralds a fresh era after internal feuds. Faculty additions will be announced after Thursday’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Victor C. Alderson
State School of Mines
Armour Institute of Technology
Chicago
Brown Palace
Alderson
School of Mines
Death of Alfred C Cass in Redstone Colorado
Alfred Curtis Cass first vice president and traffic manager of Colorado Fuel and Iron died at Redstone Colorado on Saturday night at 10 30 due to imperfect telegraph service news of his death did not reach Denver until yesterday Cass was a strong factor in the upbuilding of the industry including the Colorado Fuel and Iron company
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dényver
Alfred Curtis Cass
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Redstone
Colorado
Denver
Terrible July Snowstorm Traps Four on Colorado Range
A News dispatch from Leadville reports four men traveling from Alma to Leadville were caught in a severe July storm on the range. One man suffered facial frostbite and another was overcome by altitude. They were rescued by miner A J Dempsey from the London mine and taken to the Resurrection boarding house. The miner called it one of the severest storms he had ever experienced on the range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Leadville
Alma
London
Resurrection
A. J. Dempsey
Pacific cable completed linking San Francisco to Philippines
New York July 5 The Pacific cable was completed at 10 50 PM eastern time with the welding of eastern and western links at Honolulu aboard the battleship Anglia. The new line spans 8000 miles from San Francisco to the Philippine islands. President Roosevelt sent a world round message to Mackay and back in about nine and a half minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Honolulu
Anglia
San Francisco
Philippine Islands
Roosevelt
Mackay
Commercial Pacific Cable Company
United States
Chauncey M. Depew
Grand Central Palace
Oyster Bay
William H. Taft
Philippines
Manila
Taft
Hoosevelt
Clarence H. Mackay
The
Postal Telegraph
Commercial Pacific Company
Colorado Springs Dynamite Plot Revealed
Colorado Springs July 5 A morning explosion at the Colorado Springs Electric Company powerhouse four miles north shattered twenty rear wall panes. A small fire near the vacant lot showed paper wrapped dynamite sticks. In daylight a thorough search found about 150 sticks totaling roughly seventy five pounds scattered within 200 feet of the wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado Springs Electric Company
George B. Tripp
Waterspout hits Greensburg area causing heavy loss
A monumental waterspout near Oakwood Park in Greensburg Pennsylvania yesterday afternoon caused a flood and heavy casualties. A midnight telephone message from Jeannette reports between fifty and seventy five people dead, many drowned or killed by electrocution along Brush Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Oakwood Park
Jeanette
Brush Creek
Increased Postal Deficit In Treasury Post Office
Washington reports Captain Castle as auditor for the Post Office Department estimates the fiscal year ending shows a postal deficit of 4,617,203 dollars, up from 2,961,170 the year before, due largely to rural free delivery costs. Receipts reached 134,268,609 with expenditures at 138,885,812.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Captain Castle
the Treasury
Post Office Department
Defiance Cold Water Starch Promises More For 10c Pack
A product pitch urges housewives to try Defiance Cold Water Starch noting it offers 16 ozs per 10c pack versus 12 ozs in rivals. The ad touts guaranteed superiority and claims once used, Defiance Starch will be the preferred brand.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baltimore
Newport
Boston
William C. Whitney
Mississippi
Ourl
Kaw
New York Press
Agricultural Department
Russell Sage
Hetty Green
Canada
Carnegie
Hallie Erminie Rives
Rives
Indianapolis News
Art. Louis
Patti
Myay Bay
Bizyor Bedonoveyskebovitch
Sir Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas
Cleveland
Miller
George W. Thatcher
Board of
World's Fair Commissioners
van E. Rouse
Voughers
Captain Thatcher
Mr. Rouse
Thatcher
Secretary Wood
World's Fair Board
Miss Madigan
Wood
Steamboat Springs
Prowers County
F. D. Everitt
Boulder County
Park County
Pueblo County
James B. Orman
Penitentiary Commission
General Handy
Mr. Handy
Bank
Handy
Mary Wright
Jast
Wright
Colorado Briefs
Gibson
C. A. Vernon
el Paso
Vernon
Golden
Fort Logan
Albion W. Tourgee
Denver Times
R. W. Woodbury
Bordeaux
France
Halifax
Nova Scotia
J. H. Voorhees
District Court At
Eads
Kiowa County
Sheridan Lake
Antoine Kenhan
W. W. Ferguson
State House
W. W. Dennison
Kansas
Grand Army
Grace Nottingham
Ed Murphy
Minturn
Justice Court
Owers
Miss Nottingham
Colorado State Penitentiary
Cleghorn
William Gibson
el Paso County
Central City
Eldora
Georgetown
Bailey
Philadelphia
Chavez
Ortiz
Lydia Valdez
Trinidad
Igeneral
Grant
Pope Leo XIII
Standard Mill
Alfred C. Cass
Pacific Cable
Pennsylvania
Vance
Baxter
Hall
Price
Otien
Blanchard
Nashville
Tenn
Lydia E. Pinkham
B. A. Blancnarp
Broad St
Veritas Penegre Pra
Maxtine
BR. Paxton CO
Bos
Columbus Ave
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