DENVER GIRL WEDS IN ALASKA

Transcribed by: Rita Timm Colorado Clues
Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colo.
August 9, 1911 Page 12

An Associated Press dispatch received yesterday and dated at Valdez, Alaska, says that Miss Mae Wright of Denver and Leroy J. Good, formerly of Los Angeles, were married there immediately upon the arrival of Miss Wright on the steamship Northwestern.

BABIES AWARDED HONORS

Transcribed by: Rita Timm Colorado Clues
Rocky Mountain News
January 22, 1915 Page 2

The baby show awards yesterday at the National Horse Show and Midwinter Fair were: For children 24 months old and less than 30 months:

Boys:
Harry L Youngeman, 104 S. High St, First
Wilbur Donovan Lundwahl, 2124 High Street, Second
Clayton F. Tidball, 1225 East Eighteeth Ave., Third.

Girls:
Helen Gertrude Conklin, 232 S. Ogden St., First
Fredericka Gray, 2028 Thirty-fourth St, Second
Dorothy Rice, 1308 Kalamath St., Third

The final contest in Class No.4, for babies from 30 to 36 months old will be held this afternoon at the stadium. Examinations of children who are entered were held yesterday afternoon in the Woman's Club Building.

The twelve girls scoring highest were:

Katherine M. Litz — Everett L. Litz, 986 S. Ogden
Helen May Moyer — John Moyer, 1029 Acoma
Mary Margaret Morrow — Mrs. Mary A. Morrow, 3145 Lafayette
Mary Elizabeth Stuart — Charles Henry Stuart, 1398 Glenarm
Carolyn Thomas — Claude H. Thomas, Golden, Co.
Louise Braithwaite — Albert A. Braithwaite, 525 S. Emerson
Matilda Parker Gillespie — Hiram Gillespie, Westminster, Co.
Ellen Jones Burris — [??], Jones, 1306 S. Sherman
Nancy Louise Hendrix — John Hendrix, 1331 East Eighteenth Ave
Dorothy Johnston — Robert Johnston, 3524 Clayton
Mildred Larson — E. W. Larson, 969 Inca
Alberta Elizabeth Montgomery — Albert H. Montgomery, 525 South Emerson

The boys scoring highest were:

William Garland Gentry — Rufus G. Gentry, 2225 High
Robert Terrell Krueger — Edw. Benjamin Krueger, Lakewood, Co.
George Everett Scott — George Garfield Scott, Littleton, Co.
James B. True, Jr. — James B. True, Cheyenne, Wyo.
Frank O'Donnell, Jr. — Frank O'Donnell, 3221 Lowell Blvd.
Edw. August Lung — Adam Harry Lung, 236 Santa Fe Drive
Daniel Foster Burns — Dr. T. Mitchell Burns, 1252 Corona
Lowell Page McCallum —Jean McCallum, 3775 Osceola
William James Danks — J. R. Danks, 3244 Meade St.
Fred Norman Kenley — Walter A. Kenley, 550 Pearl [There were only 10 listed]

MOTHER BADLY BURNED IN SAVING HER CHILD

Transcribed by: Rita Timm Colorado Clues
Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colo.
November 11, 1911 Page 4

Photo of mother & son

Rather than see her 5 year old son touched by the flames which resulted from a gasoline explosion in her home at 1902 Arapahoe Street yesterday, Mrs. F. W. Boice, a telegraph operator's wife, sustained injuries which will scar her for life.

Following the explosion, which occurred while Mrs. Boice was preparing breakfast on a gasoline stove, the flames spread through the house. Mrs. Boise's first thought was for her son, sleeping in an adjoining room. She ran through the flames, and snatched a covering from the bed, ran to the balcony in the rear of the house. She dropped the child to safety in the arms of waiting neighbors.

When her child was in friendly arms the woman gave way under the strain and her sufferings from the flames and fainted. The members of engine company No. 4 rescued her. They had little difficulty in extinguishing the flames. Mrs. Boise was attended by a police surgeon. Her burns, although severe, are not considered dangerous.

Transcriber's Note: The name is spelled in the photo as Boice and midway in the article it is spelled Boise. 

DAVID CAIN, DEAD; PIONEER CONSTRUCTED CITY HALL

Transcribed by: Rita Timm 1895 Denver
Rocky Mountain News
September 3, 1911, Page 6 Sect I

Came to Denver in 1871; Put Up Many Big Buildings in Early Days.

David Cain, one of the early contractors in Denver, builder of the City Hall, for ten years owner of the cigar stand in City Hall, and known to all the old-time politicians, is dead.

Cain died at 9 o'clock Thursday morning, two hours after a stroke of paralysis, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Richards, 1239 California Street. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 2 o'clock from Walley & Rollins' Undertaking Rooms, under the auspices of the G. A. R.

Cain came to Denver from Mitchell, Ind., in 1871, and engaged in contracting. Many of the early buildings of the city were erected by him. Among the best known buildings erected by him were the City Hall, the first part of the East Denver High School, the Colorado National Bank building, the McLain building and the old Times building on Lawrence Street. Denver has grown so rapidly in the last dozen years that a majority of the buildings erected by him have been torn down to make room for modern structures.

FOUGHT IN CIVIL WAR

Cain was born in Pennsylvania, about fifty miles from Philadelphia, 83 years ago. He came west early in life and located at St. Louis, where he was living at the beginning of the Civil War. He went to the front first as a lieutenant in John C. Fremont's famous bodyguard, and later he left that body of soldiers to enlist as a lieutenant in the Twenty-sixth Missouri Cavalry. He soon was promoted to be captain, and left the army brevetted major.

At the conclusion of the war he removed to Indiana, where he had a contract for building bridges for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. In 1871 he removed to Denver, which was then beginning its growth. Cain at once plunged into building in Denver, and soon was known as the foremost builder in town. He amassed considerable money in the beginning, and he used to say that the only time he departed from his trade was in 1875, he got gold fever.

NOT A TRACE OF GOLD

He started a mine in Boulder County, sunk a shaft 175 feet and ran a drift for 200 feet, and then took out a score of sacks of ore which he hauled to an assayer in Denver. The assayer was unable to find even a trace of gold in the "ore" and so Cain decided that he was a builder and not a miner.

Cain devoted himself exclusively to contracting and his profits he put into Denver real estate. At one time he was considered very wealthy, owning a great deal of real estate, but the panic of 1893 made him a bankrupt, as it did so many pioneers.

Cain did little contracting after the panic, and in the later '90s was given the right to open a cigar store in the lobby of City Hall. He continued this stand for ten years, retiring four years ago. He became known at the cigar stand to all the politicians of town and to thousand of citizens.

He never took any interest, however, in politics, and despite changes in administrations, he continued to hold the stand. Four years ago age prompted him to sell, and since that time he has lived with his daughter. His wife died ten years ago, and his only living children are Mrs. Richards and Mrs. Nellie Wade, Taylor Apartments, Fourth Avenue and Broadway.

Funeral Notice - 9/3/1911 CAIN - Funeral of the late David Cain will be held today at 2 p. m. from funeral chapel of Walley & Rollins under auspices of G. A. R. Memorial Association. Interment Riverside.

HAS GIRL'S NAME CHANGED

Transcribed by: Rita Timm 1895 Denver
Rocky Mountain News, Denver
September 10, 1911 Page 1 Sect II

Mother, Granted Divorce, Takes Petition to County Court

Mrs. Myrtle Edith Binnie, who secured a divorce from James M. Haddock, August 25, 1911, filed a petition in the county court yesterday, asking that the surname of her 3 year old daughter, Margaret Agnes Haddock, be changed to correspond with her surname. When Mrs. Haddock secured a divorce she was granted permission to resume her maiden name, Binnie, and also was given the custody of her child.

Mrs. Binnie states that she was married to Haddock, April 27, 1907, and that a few months afterward, her husband assumed the name of Elmer M. Miles. She says her daughter has been known as Margaret Haddock and as Margaret Miles, and that it would relieve many embarrasing situations if the child's name was changed to Binnie. The court granted the request.

BOY, 5, SAVES SISTER AND GIRL PLAYMATE FROM QUICKSAND
FOUND ALMOST EXHAUSTED

Transcribed & contributed by: Rita Timm Colorado Clues
Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colo.
October 19, 1911 Page 1

Pulls One Child Out and Holds Other Above Surface Until Rescuers Arrive On Scene.

(Special to The News)

DE BEQUE, Colo.--Oct 18--At the risk of his own life, Arthur Chapman, 5 year old son of Marshall H. Chapman, saved his 4 year old sister, and 5 year old Flossie Farley, from death in the quicksand three miles from here yesterday.

The mothers of the children were attending a missionary meeting at the Farley home. The little Farley girl and the two Chapman children were sent to meet an oncoming buggy to deliver a message. The buggy did not arrive and the three children wandered into Coon Hollow.

The girls while playing were caught in the quicksand. The Chapman boy heard their screams and succeeded in pulling out the Farley child before she had sunk far into the sand. He then told her to run home and get help while he tried in vain to extricate his little sister from her perilous position.

When the rescuers got to the scene they found the youngster almost unconscious from fatigue, but with a firm hold on his sister's dress. She was waist deep in the sand and being slowly pulled under when the rescuers arrived.

OPEN CLAYTON SCHOOL FOR ORPHAN BOYS OCTOBER 1

Transcribed by: Rita Timm Colorado Clues
Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colo.
Aug. 2, 1911 Page 2

Fine Buildings for Endowed Institution for Manual Training Finished

The George W. Clayton College is ready to receive orphan boys, and will be opened October 1, of this year.  For ten years or more the trustees of the college have been preparing for this time, and a fine, modern building is ready for occupancy, with surrounding farm lands.  Harry C. Kephart has been appointed general manger, and Dr. Frederick W. Bancroft, physician.  A general course will be mapped out and the instructors and attendants appointed.  The trustees determined not to exceed the endowment in operating expenses.  For this reason only fifty children will be received until the cost of maintenance has been determined.

GIVE MANUAL TRAINING

Building trades, farming and other manual occupations will be taught, Clayton's will provides that "poor white male orphans between the ages of 6 and 10 years, born of reputable parents," will be received.  When they have reached the age of 18 years, they will be discharged, or the discharge may come sooner if the manager of the school decides that the child is far enough advanced to ear his living.  The will provided that preference should be shown children from Arapahoe County.  This now constitutes the territory embraced in Denver, Arapahoe and Adams Counties.  Children from these counties will be admitted first.  Half a day is to be devoted to the industrial pursuit which the child may choose, and half to acquiring the elements of an English education.

NINE QUESTIONS ASKED.

Nine questions will be asked in regard to all children.  An orphan is one who has lost both parents or the father.  The questions require the full name of the boy, date and place of birth, nationality of parents, date and place of father's death, with cause of death, whether either parents or any of his brothers or sisters were affected with tuberculosis or any organic disease, mental and physical condition of the child, state of his health since birth, whether the parent or guardian is willing to fulfill requirements of an examination and whether or not the parent or guardian is willing to surrender full control of the child to go to the college.

No infirm children will be received.

WANTED HIS DIVORCE FREE

Transcribed by: Rita Timm 1895 Denver
Rocky Mountain News
Aug. 26, 1911 Page 7

Canfield Man Applies to Judge Who Married Him to Sever Knot.

Special to The News
BOULDER, COLO., Aug. 22.

When John W. McClusky of Canfield pays his costs in the county court he will be granted a divorce by Judge Edward J. Ingram, who married him to Minnie L. McKinney, April 2, 1910.

He did not bring enough money to court today, on the assumption that if the judge did not succeed in tying the knot well in the first instance, he ought to make no charges for untying it. The papers were drawn up today and he said that he would appear tomorrow with the money.

He asserted that a few months after he married Mrs. McClusky, she disappeared and he had not heard from her since.

Divorce Was So Easy

People From All Parts of the Country Were Benefited by the Little Private Divorce Mill--Few of Them, However, Lived Anywhere Near the Town--Full List of the Cases Acted Upon by the Combine.

The expose in Saturday's Evening Post of the divorce mill at Cheyenne Wells was a surprise to the people of Cheyenne County as well as the rest of the state. That such an infamous state of affairs could exist was hardly believed.

The facts and figures published in The Evening Post, however, convinced everybody of the truth of the story. The people of Cheyenne Wells and Cheyenne County are highly indignant over the affair, and steps will be taken to punish the guilty parties. A full list of the divorces granted by the county judge of Cheyenne County during the last eighteen months is printed below.

It will be seen by this that very few of those who were freed from the bonds of matrimony had been married in Colorado and it doubtful if many of them resided here any length of time, if at all. People from all parts of the country obtained divorces in the Cheyenne Wells court and those who have married again may find that they are bigamists. The divorces granted, with the names of the principles and the places where their marriage occurred follows.

McEdwards, Edith vs John G., marr. 4/10/1887, Brooklyn, NY
Evans, Harrison vs Caroline, marr 2/9/1865, Richmond Cnty, IL
Pavy, Darwin C. vs Mark Enlavy, (??) marr 9/1868, Oskosh, AZ.
Williams, George W. vs Candace C., marr 6/6/1866, Masena Village, NY
Lanckton, Charles vs, Henrietta, marr 7/6/1879, Detroit, MI
Clark, Walter H. vs Selina A., marr 3/9/1881, Cleveland, OH
Whitman, Lafayette vs Frances, marr 9/30/1866, Detroit MI
Deane, Annie Frances vs Horace C., marr 6/4/1890, New Rohelle, NY
LaSalle, Stephen B. vs Adda C., marr 5/10/1878, Atlanta, GA
Schell, Lillie May vs Henry William, marr 8/18/1891, Chicago, IL
Jefferson, John L. vs Severino, marr. 8/3/1859, Werville Parish, LA
Foster, John W. vs Alfretta J., marr 8/21/1877, Columbiaville, MI
Philion, Archelle vs Emma, marr. 4/10/1875, Caraco, (not state listed)
Getchell, Carrie Elizabeth vs Benjamin F., marr 7/11/886, Jersey City, NJ
Leffingwell, William A. vs Sadie Estella, marr 2/18/1866, Washington, DC
Harrison, Mary vs John, marr. 6/24/1880, Stratford, Ontario
Swaab, Rebecca vs Morris, marr. 7/5/1891, New York City, NY
Harding, Henritta S. vs Charles O., marr. 6/23/1892, Topeka, KS
Babington, James B. vs Sarah, marr. 12/2/1884, Alexandria, LA
Botton, Adrienne vs George A., marr 1/14/1893, Jersey City, NJ
Robinson, John K. vs Margaret, marr. 9/30/1874, Washington, DC
Russell, Henry vs Anna Dick, marr. 5/25/1871, Edinburgh, Scotland
Ridgway, Joseph Theodore vs Lillie M., marr 9/17/1887, Trenton, NJ
Farley, Hugh D. vs Periynia E., marr. 3/15/1880, Trenton, NJ
Williamson, Charles T. vs Sarah A, marr. 6/16/1871, Greenville, SC
Warren, Emma vs Edward J. marr 3/25/1889, Flint, MI
Shields, John H. vs Laura, marr. 11/15/1873, Hickman, KY
Dressler, Nettie vs Edward James, marr. 8/24/1882, San Francisco, CA
Boas, Henry vs Mary A., marr. 12/27/1865New Orleans, LA
Gee, William vs Elizabeth., marr. 5/11/1883, Germantown, PA
LaDucer, Gertie vs George, marr. 7/23/1883, Waterville, P.O. Canada
Burke, Nellie S. vs Charles S. marr. 12/8/1879, Washington, DC
Tucker, Charles M. vs Margaret O., marr. 7/15/1874, Brooklyn, NY
Reed, Ella C. vs Isaac N., marr 5/10/1870, Galva, IL
Kingsworth, Joseph M. vs Margaret J., (no other info)
Hughes, Charles S. vs Blanche E., marr 7/15/1888, San Francisco, CA
Tillotson, Freeman H. vs Mary A., marr 10/20/1875, Oceanport, NY
Filler, Delbert O. vs Ethel, marr. 12/14/1890. Marysville, MO
Willard, Philip A. vs Carrie B., marr 4/17/1892, Chicago, IL
Reed, George vs Elizabeth, marr 5/1/1888, Dallas, TX
Horswell, Mary E. vs James, marr 11/6/1873, Black River Falls, TX
Thorwegan, William H. vs Margaret, (no other info)
Hotsan, Annie vs William M., (no other info)
Lusk, Nellie vs Bert H., (no other info)
Jones, Elizabeth D. vs John P., (no other info)
Harter, Martha S. vs Foster, marr. 11/13/1884, Henry Cnty, IA
Kline, Aaron S. vs Helen A., marr 3/23/1884, Philadelphia, PA
Bean, May E. vs George, marr 5/1/1890. Tonawanda, NY
Jenkins, George R. vs Sarah I, marr 9/1/1864, (typed as 1664) Greensburg, IN
Parker, Sharply M. vs Catherine, marr. 4/1/1886, Allegheny City, PA
Roe, Florence R. vs Nathaniel C., (no other info)
Craig, John P. vs Rosa, marr 2/4/1882, Buffalo, NY

These listed below do not list any info except name:

Hackett, Emma vs Haukett, [sp?], Wesley Lahaman, Cara B. vs R. D.
Klingsbury, Nathaniel vs Helen A. 
O'Byrne, Thomas F. vs Kittie 
Fulcher, William T. vs Inos M. 
Shadwell, Georgiana vs Julius H. E. 
Maxwell, William E. vs Martha H. 
Chaney, Floyd vs Martha A. 
Rogers, C. B. vs LIbbie J. 
Richards, Hawley vs Mary 
Fellows, Florence M. vs Otis 
McCarty, Newman vs Elizabeth 
Taylor, Eva M. vs John M. 
Wishart, Elmer A. vs William M. 
Benson, Matilda G. vs James A. 
Clark, Dwight S. vs Caroline 
Cochran, Terissa E. vs Olin T. 
Bauer, Paul Oscar vs Mary Louise 
Piper, William E. vs Mary E. 
Dickson, Thomas vs Isabella 
Reaves, Martha vs Albert J. 
Bang, LIzzie vs Louis P. 
Lammis, LIbbie F. vs Fred H. 
McDonald, Gussie vs John C. 
Baird, W. J. vs Sallie E. 
Voce, Charles Allee vs Sallie G. 
Scofield, Manley D. vs Viola 
Baldwin, Charles vs Frances H. 
Neale, Carnelia E. vs John J. 
Emery, Maria E. vs James S. 
Holtman, John vs Anne

 Transcribed & donated to the Denver County COGenWeb by Rita Timm
Rocky Mountain News
May 26, 1911, Page 12

D. U. GRADUATES 170; DIPLOMAS GIVEN TO RECORD CLASS

Exercises Held in Trinity Methodist Church; Bishops Warren and Quayle Take Part.

The largest graduating class in the history of Denver University was awarded diplomas at the commencement exercises in Trinity Methodist Church last night.  In the class were 101 men and 61 women.  Honorary degrees were conferred upon six students, forty-seven students graduated from the schools of law, dentistry and commerce and 109 students from the liberal arts and graduate school.

Denver University has conferred degrees upon 2, 128 students since the time of its founding.  The university has enjoyed a steady growth each year and now has enrolled 1,220 students.

Bishop Henry White Warren opened last night's exercises with a prayer.  The commencement address was delivered by Bishop William A. Quayle, while the degrees were conferred by Chancellor Henry A. Buchtel.

 Those who received degrees were: 

 

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