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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
5
A drug advertisement claims Kodol Dyspepsia Cure lets indigestion sufferers eat freely by aiding stomach reception digestion and assimilation of foods. It promises healthier blood and strength and notes Seely Drug Co sells it. Also mentions selling items in The Record wants column at five cents per line.
The Union Pacific offers a 40.00 round trip fare to California for the National Encampment in San Francisco August 17 to 22 with sale Aug 2 to 16 and return by Oct 16. Optional routes via Ogden Portland cost 11.00 extra. free Ogden Salt Lake City side trip available. E R Garr will provide full details from Denver.
Information reached here that Harry Emmerson, brother of Deputy Postmaster John W Emmerson, has been awarded £100 by the British government for services in the defense of Niuchwang during the Boxer rebellion. Emmerson, an engineer with the Trans Siberian Railway, helped repel an August 1900 Boxer assault and helped capture their leader.
A collection of reader inquiries and requests received in Canon City and beyond. Messages ask about apple crops and market shipping from Stillwater to Colorado, requests for newspapers, travel plans for a visit in Canon City, and accommodations for a Creek Indian family seeking a boarding place for schooling in town.
A Six Mile crossing near Canon City narrowly avoids disaster when heavy rain undermined the Six Mile trestle. Conductor Jack Brown and crew delayed departure to inspect roadbed. The engine backed to safety as timber and piles sank, rails supporting the weight prevented a plunge into the gulch.
Local residents and visitors are listed with travels and visits across Wetmore Cotopaxi Pueblo Denver and Colorado Springs. Names include Nelson Hill Turner Warner Raynolds Siefried Fillius Stotts Chase Shank and Eldred among others with moves to Denver Bryn Mawr Pueblo Silver Cliff and Manila bound plans and gatherings noted.
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