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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
3
A Riverside library funded by Andrew Carnegie with a $50,000 gift faced public backlash. City workers began chiseling off the Carnegie name, leaving only the word public, sparking judgment on ingratitude and civic sentiment toward monopolies and plutocracy.
Canon City residents ignore ominous street signs warning against sidewalk riding and instead favor sanded paths along fences. The city marshal’s demand to enforce the ordinance yields little compliance, leaving pedestrians nervous as traffic and riders mix on the roads.
The band cancelled a Sunday engagement at the Race Track after objections from churchgoers. The action pleased local residents, avoided turning the town into a Sunday entertainment hub, and strengthened ties with the community. The band consists of a group of gentlemen.
The town reports the biggest turnout for a circus with an estimated 8,000 admissions. Nearly every able resident attended with family, while those staying home are not known. A list of nonattendees is requested for publication.
A compact critique of barber shops as locales for unruly reading material. It notes how patrons encounter bold, illustrated publications inside shops and how literature there is hurriedly consumed, likening it to a skunk’s scent in its concentration and impact. No protest, just description.
Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto, patriarch of Venice, elected pope after Leo XIII's death on the twentieth of this month. He takes the name Pius X at sixty eight, described as liberal minded and benevolent, with expectations of progress and patience for Christendom.
The daily column With Insurance Business provides the latest developments in the insurance world. Tax Reicorp-Hxratp claims first hand reports from managers agents and companies via telegraph telephone and abroad dispatches. It markets itself as the leading daily for insurance news in the United States.
Albany Ga resident W. B. Philpot reports a bilious attack eased by one DeWitts Little Early Risers pill, claiming it surpassed calomel and blue mass for relief and pleasant effect. Sold Drug Co. promotes the pill as an ideal remedy.
Captain Ivan de Malchin world champion swordsman leads a troupe of Fencing Girls for an exhibition at the Race track next Saturday afternoon under the Canon City Military band. First Canon City appearance promises a large crowd, with music, a Mounted Potato Race, and small admission of 25 cents. Entries for the race are to be left at the Record office.
An old advertisement asserts that 99 of 100 childhood diseases stem from stomach disorders caused by indigestion. It promotes Kodol Digestive Cure for children, claiming it sweetens stomachs and supports growth, with a Nashville mother endorsing its effectiveness after doctors failed. Sold by Seely Drug Co.
The notice urges residents of Pike Jayhawker Hawkeye and Lusker states to vote in a friendly contest to show which state has supplied more residents to Ganon City. It stresses voting costs nothing, and that Illinois leads slightly with Kansas and Iowa close behind, inviting quick ballots before the contest ends.
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