TURNER
A telegram announcing the death of Mr. Clifford G.
Turner at the home of his brother, Frank, in Montrose, Colorado,
Wednesday March 15. He was fifty years of age and a son of the late
Gardner Turner and a brother of Mrs. A.M. Coleman and Miss Mary
Turner of Blairsville. He is survived by his wife. The remains will
be interred at Aledo, Illinois.
The Indiana Democrat, Indiana Pennsylvania March
21, 1906
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| Mrs. N.J.
Gillespie has just received the sad news of the death of her
brother, Mr. P.D. Hopkins, of Montrose, Colorado, who died very
suddenly.
The Bulletin, Perry Iowa October 19, 1894
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| Montrose, Colo.,
Nov. 6-After a quarrel, Claude F. Jacobs, a rancher at Redvale, shot
and killed his wife and blew his own brains out.
The Stevens Point Journal, Stevens Point Wisconsin
November 13, 1915
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Hotel Guest Burned to Death
Montrose, Colo., June 10-The Montrose hotel, a two story
frame building, and a block of stores have been burned. Robert H.
Mead, aged 65 years, of Portland, Colo., a guest of the hotel,
burned to death. A dozen other guests were rescued uninjured. The
fire is believed to have been of incendiary origin.
Naugatuck Daily News, Naugatuck Connecticut June
10, 1897
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SKULL
CRUSHED WHEN HE DIVES INTO WATER
Montrose, Colo.-While scores of Sunday bathers
frolicked in the natatorium pool near here, Frank J. Bartorella,
aged 25, dove from a spring board into the water. A moment later his
lifeless body floated to the surface. He had crushed his skull when
he dove into the seven of water.
Deming Headlight, Deming New Mexico April 29, 1921
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JOHN MEYER IS
DEAD
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 16-Announcement was received here Friday
evening of the death of John Meyer, formerly a resident of Gage
county, which occurred at his home at Montrose, Colo., aged 73
years. While here he operated a fruit farm west of the city. Mr.
Meyer is survived by two sons, Fred? and Henry Meyer, who reside at
Montrose.
The Lincoln Daily Star, Lincoln Nebraska December
17, 1916
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DIED IN
COLORADO
Beatrice, Neb., June 23-Word has been received at this place of the
death of Mrs. Harry Wickersham, formerly of Adams, which occurred at
her home at Montrose, Colo. The deceased was a daughter of Mrs.
Jewell, of Adams, and is survived by her husband and two children.
The Lincoln Daily Star, Lincoln Nebraska June 23,
1917
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Clark, Asa M.
8 Apr 1910
Gazette-Telegraph, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Montrose, Colo., April 7 - Asa M. Clark, well known pioneer of the
western slope and a veteran of the Civil War, died here today, aged
69 years.
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