Jamaica fruit grower seeks Colorado land in Norbrook letter
George Louthrel Lucas, manager of Norbrook Plantation Jamaica, writes Canon City merchants seeking about 60 acres irrigated land in Colorado. He plans to relocate due to earthquakes and hurricanes, aims to grow native fruits, and notes his family needs and prior fruit farming experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross
Canon City Merchants Association
George Louthrel Lucas
Norbrook
Constant Springs
Jamaica
West Indies
Sirs
Florida
Colorado
Norbrook Preserving Company
George Loutrel Lucas
Campers Reach Canon City After Long Western Trip
Mr and Mrs Irving Stockton and Dr and Mrs Geo B Crissman returned home Wednesday from a camping and fishing journey along the western slope. They left on July 4 by wagon and moved steadily, stopping no place longer than two days and a half, first pausing at Tin Cup Lake where water levels were a record twenty feet higher than before.
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Tin Cup Lake
Taylor River
Almont
Gunnison
Salida
Cochetope
Poncha
Irving Stockton
Geo. B. Crissman
Canon City
Nursing Mothers and Overburdened Women
An advertisement promoting Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for nursing mothers and overburdened women. It claims to restore vigor, ease headaches, abdominal distress, and menstrual issues, presenting a general tonic with testimonies and a plain wrapper presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heng
Felectully
Marrs Enjoy Canon City Sunlit Yellowstone Visit
Mr and Mrs William G Marr of Chicago halted in Canon City on their return from Yellowstone Park. They toured Royal Gorge and Skyline Drive, praised the Sangre de Cristo range, and planned a future month stay with friends, calling the scenery the finest they had seen.
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William G. Marr
Chicago
J. F. Marr
Northwest
Yellowstone Park
Mrs. Marr
Canon City
Denver
Royal Gorge
Sangre de Christo Range
Mr. Marr
United States
Crowd Greets Haywood on Rail Route after Boise Acquittal
William D. Haywood secretary treasurer of the Western Federation for Miners arrived on Denver & Rio Grande train No 4 amid a large reception at the depot. Spectators crowded the platform to congratulate him on his Boise vindication and a little girl presented a bouquet of sweet peas.
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William D. Haywood
Western Federation For Miners
Frank Steunlenberg
Idaho
Denver
Rio Grande
Salt Lake City
Haywood
Boise
Mr. Haywood
Boise City
Colorado Day Pardon Grants Luther Cameron Release
Luther Cameron, convicted of second degree murder in Rio Blanco county, received a full unconditional pardon on Colorado Day. He had served three years nine months and sixteen days since his 1903 prison entry and was given clothes, five dollars, and rail fare home after the pardon was announced to prisoners at noon.
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Colorado
Penitentiary
Luther Cameron
District Court
Rio Blanco County
Cameron
Cleghorn
Harper
Colorado Day pardon granted to Luther Cameron
The Colorado Executive Chamber issues an unconditional pardon for Luther Cameron No. 5666, sentenced in Rio Blanco County on October 16 1963 to ten to twelve years for second degree murder. The pardon cites juror, judge, district attorney and other officials support and Cameron’s good prison record. warden to discharge him August 1 1907.
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Colorado
Luther Cameron
Rio Blanco County
John T. Shumate
John L. Gray
Cameron
Gentry
State Penitentiary
City urged to pass weed cutting ordinance for streets
Richard Houle argues for a strict city law forcing property owners and tenants to trim weeds along streets and ditches. He says voluntary civic pride fails and the town risks health and appearance, urging immediate council action to require curbside cleanup.
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Richard House
Houle
Canon City
Deeds Not Words Promote Dean's Kidney Pills in Canon City
Testimonials from Canon City residents praise Dean's Kidney Pills for back pain and kidney weakness. Mrs. C. P. Spencer cites cures for her husband and son, with price 60c and Foster-Milburn Co. as U.S. agents. Also notes Colorado beet sugar prospects and farmers institute lectures across the Arkansas valley led by Professors G. H. Glover and G. M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon City
Dean
C. P. Spencer
Pike Avenue
Canon City Corp
Hunter Palmer
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
Cole
United States
Dean'se
Otero County
Farmers Institute
Florence
Kansas Line
Aew
Colorado
Otree County
Arkansas Valley
G. H. Glover
G. M
Rust-Resistant Cantaloupe Developed by Prof Bliss
Eugene Grubb of Carbondale extols Prof P K Bliss for breeding rust-free cantaloupe after trials in the Arkansas valley. The farmer institute speakers say Bliss has found rust-resisting seed and grown perfectly sound cantaloupe beside rusted plants, earning Colorado praise.
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Rocky Ford
P. K. Bliss
Eugene Grubb
Carbondale
Farmers Institutes
Arkansas Valley
Blinn
Hie
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Canon
DEPOT
Denver & Rio Grande
Meeker
State of Colorado
Executive Chamber
Ayer
Buster
Hart
Schaffner @ Marx
Victor
The
Knight-Campbell Music Co
California Street
Ment
Canon City Record
Alfalfa Lands
Dozier & McKenzie
Main Street
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