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Jno H Bacon Suicide Notes Revealed In Obituary Sketch
Obituary sketches outline Col John H Bacon former Colorado Springs mayor died by suicide in his barn at 420 North Nevada Ave due to long standing rheumatism and insomnia. Notes to public and family express love and lack of enemies while detailing retirement from business and real estate holdings valued around 250000. Bacon came to Colorado Springs in 1875, ran Bacon's Exchange, built residences and estate Glen dale Ivywild, and served as mayor in 1880.
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John H. Bacon
Colorado Springs
Journal
Col
John Hubert Bacon
North
Nevada Avenue
Ile
W. H. Swan
W. H. Bacon
Col. Bacon
Phaeton
Goodby
Colonel Bacon
Washington
Iowa
Chamber of Commerce
Pike’s Peak Avenue
Johnson-Wilbur Mercantile Company
J. H. Bacon & Son
Glendale
Ivywild
E. W. Genter
Edgewood
H. H. Barbee
W. 8. Stratton
Pike's Peak and
Nevada Avenues
Colonel Baker
Cuba