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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1909
Page
3
Letters from readers praise Peruna as a cure for catarrh and related ailments. testimonial after testimonial claims relief from throat and chest issues, grippe, headaches, and colds. Supporters urge keeping Peruna in the home as a standard remedy and warn critics.
The second regular literary contest at the high school concluded with Fidelitas holding the cup after judges corrected a scoring error. Winners included Sylvia Shirley Fidelitas for reading, Esther Craig Franklin for essay, Ruth Fredrickson Chrestomathean for highest debate, and the affirmative team Schweigert McLain Sherrill.
Columbus Ohio April 16 price of flour climbs as wheat market trends upward. Columbus millers raise winter wheat flour price 40 cents per barrel amid ongoing inflationary pressure across wheat products.
The market sits at 37 with a ten day gain of one dollar per barrel. Ohio mills report wheat shortages forcing shorter hours and difficulty keeping mills running. Bakers worry over possible price hikes or reduced loaf sizes as procurement fluctuates and some firms shift to just in time stock.
A special meeting for stockholders of the Garden Park Irrigation Company will be held at its office at Eighth and Water streets on Thursday May 6 1900 to levy an assessment to defray the costs.
Louis Madrill a trusted convict escapes from the street cleaning gang near the Denver and Rio Grande station at about 7:30 AM. Authorities search area and watch roads out of town, fearing he may seek aid from Mexican countrymen. Prison officials appeal to Canon City residents to report any sighting of Madrill or other gang members.
An advertisement pledges a cure for constipation or all medicine costs refunded if the trial fails. The offer asserts high confidence and mentions a “pre penson population” backing, suggesting broad guarantees and security for participants.
Clinton Biggs, a Canon City capitalist tied to Independent Lumber with yards on the Western slope including Montrose, visited the city to discuss business. He claimed a dry town would not kill his operations and noted steady business in past years despite saloon closures.
Work on the Penrose and Beaver railroad depots has begun and will be ready by the line’s completion between May fifteenth and June first. McDowell of Pueblo reports three miles graded and ready for steel rails, with four miles of madbed to follow. General Manager J J Cogan assumes charge April 25 to accelerate laying, while Frank Singer aids motive power from the east. Beaver Park water distribution is reorganized, with Mr O K Parkers office directing a 400-owner schedule and five ditch riders under C G Ricgerson.
The report highlights successful dry farming in arid areas of Turkey and Macedonia where rainfall is scant. John Harry House of Salonica notes villagers work by hand with limited tools, using repeated digging to conserve moisture, citing barley yields of 26 bushels per acre and wheat at 9.6 bushels amid 1135 mebee rainfall days.
Cincinnati April 16 President Taft was unanimously elected a member of Kilwinning lodge Masons at a stated meeting in the Masonic temple. Previously made a Mason at Light on February 18 he held no lodge membership and was a Mason-at-large pending last night. He cited his desire to associate with Kilwinning, the lodge his father Judge Alphorn Taft helped organize.
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