Miscellaneous newspaper articles about Elbert County
January 9, 1927
The Lincoln Star, Lincoln Nebraska
MAN IS INJURED WHEN THEATER IS GUTTED BY FIRE
Simla, Colo., Jan. 8-One man was injured and a hundred other
persons escaped unharmed when panic following breaking out of fire in the Big
Four moving picture theater here tonight. The injured man, Charles Meeker,
pioneer local resident, sustained a broken rib and possible internal injuries in
his efforts to get out of the crowded theater.
The fire broke out in the film booth. Two cans of fire
extinguisher were used by the moving picture machine operator in a vain effort
to prevent spread of the flames.
The rear of the building was burned out and the interior
badly gutted.
The damage is estimated at $5,000.
December 7, 1930
Nevada State Journal, Reno Nevada
KANSAS SCHOLARSHIP CANDIDATE IS NAMED
Lawrence, Kan., Dec. 6- Jack M. Smith of Simla, Colo., an
Ottawa university senior, today qualified as the Kansas candidate for a district
Rhodes scholarship examination.
©Shauna Williams