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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
8
Fragmentary listing shows prices for buttons and embroided items with dollar values and quantities. The readable parts indicate sale pricing at a dollar to two dollars with quantities such as sixteen and sixty eight noted in a rough catalog snippet.
J. D. Endicott mails a rare veriscite amatrice weighing 32.5 carats from Ogden to Dr. Kunz of Tiffany and Co for expert appraisal after a government geological survey finder sent the stone to a lapidary for cutting. Also noted is Rev. B. E. Hart’s serious illness on Rudd Avenue with family fears for his condition and a hope for recovery.
A heavy ore train derailed near Echo station twenty-one miles west of Canon City last night after a wheel flange broke on a Wheeling and Lake Erie car. Conductor Kearney led the train. wreckage cleared by nine this morning. Passenger trains delayed across Pueblo and Salida for over a day.
The Beaver Land and Irrigation company began the first twenty miles of ditch to lay concrete pipe with seven miles remaining. All laterals and head gates are concrete to prevent seepage. Foley's Kidney Pills are advertised with a testimonial from Mrs. S. L. Bowen of Wayne West Virginia.
One girl is dead and six people injured when Charles Shuttlework swerved to avoid a collision and crashed into a pole. Injured include two children among auto occupants. The day’s Daily Record advertisement appears in the want ads.
Canon City residents may host the Innes Band of New York City as advance agent J. H. Shunk works to arrange a concert for early next month. The group, led by director Innes, includes six eminent soloists and about 60 artists, including Virginia Histermann and Welsh harp soloist Dr. Williams, promising a major cultural event for the community.
Grace Cycler wandered away from her father’s ranch two and a half miles east of Morrison. She was found near the State Home for Incorrigible Girls, exhausted and exposed after a drenching night. Her brothers George and Albert were struck by lightning. George is partially paralyzed and Albert’s lungs are affected.
At Annapolis a special court of inquiry probes whether Lieut James N Sutton died by suicide or was murdered. Rose Sutton Parker testified Adams tainted by insinuations and described a six hour room interview during which Adams claimed Sutton would kill him and others. The proceedings include a gun demonstration and conflicting bullet-path theories.
Boston reports an interview with Sergeant Arthur Todd detailing the night of Lieutenant Suttons shooting. Todd says he observed Adams and Osterman near the running man, heard warnings, and saw Sutton fall from a revolver blast. He notes Roelker feared a gunshot but survived after a cartridge lodged in his drill book. Roscoe Knepper leaves Lincoln Park for Nebraska University to enroll as a dental student.
Nine year old yellow mare with a white left front hoof and white star on forehead. Branded with a circle and cross bar on the left front leg. Reward of 10 dollars. Return to Bgnis Riatak, Prospect Heights, City.
Continued on Page Five, residents enjoyed a delightful trip with sharpened appetites and renewed vitality. They found fishing plentiful with trout in reach from the larder. Clyde Stewart, prominent McAlester grocer, stopped by John McWilliams on Raynolds Avenue before heading to the Seattle fair.
Denver dispatch reports Mrs Millie Smith 28 branded as alleged wife killer after a drunken brawl at a Market Street resort. Kenneth Smith died from a stab wound. She cried for death while in jail as police cite alcoholism as a contributing factor.
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