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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
5
A local ad touts Squibbs spices as pure with remarkable individuality. It claims chemists approve the quality and notes the spice is ground to retain essential oils. The packet style is airtight with a shaker box, selling for 25 cents at Palace Drug Store, 601 Main Street.
Notes from the Social and Personal section recount visits and guests at Canon City areas. Hooper of Denver stays with daughter Mrs. Stockton. several families host travelers from Little Rock Buena Vista and Colorado towns. marriage licenses issued. Canon City merchants discuss upcoming state association meeting. a local couple, Green and Stribley, wed at M E parsonage.
Friday notes Hardy Sayre's Denver business trip with return planned Saturday. Miss Nellie McLain heads home to Chicago after visiting Miss Carrie Finley. Arthur Long, an Iowa acquaintance of Lafe Comics, visited. Long now works as assistant cashier at Lawton First National Bank. Gen Maupin hosts dinner for about thirty five in honor of Mr and Mrs Kohlman and Mrs Donovan. O A McLain departs for Newton Kansas after auto trip with Chas McLain and wife.
Mrs. Fitch and Mrs. Flanders visit Canon while Miss Jones and Miss Jukes meet friends. Rev Dr. McPeters and wife halt in Philadelphia guests. Miss Ethel Gibson hosts a roof garden party at Millers. Babberger reports 45 beehives yielding about 2500 pounds honey. Lulu Ramsey leaves after a week with Shultis family. Blaklee Warner travels to Boulder with family for university life next winter.
Saturday reports show visits across towns including Mrs Frible and Mrs Nelson to Westcliffe and Mrs Truman in Canon City visiting Ledford Truman. Many residents travel to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo for visits and house parties. new Florence Gas Engine Company articles and Y M C A director appointment announced.
The abstract businessman from Montrose returns from Iowa after visiting his ill father and notes Archibald Currey's burial trip from Bay City. Currey, a Metagora county commissioner, praises Canon City weather after a 125 degree reading. Louis Damehaner, 17 or 18, dies in South Canon after stomach trouble. funeral plans pending. Thos. McNally of Duluth arrives to inspect Red Gulch mineral prospects with H C Taber and plans to visit Copperfield.
Mrs. Henry Earl of Denver visits Mrs. T. M. Harding while Frank Singer and wife tour from Colorado Springs. J. W. Maxfield and wife visit LeRoy Maxfield in Hastings Nebraska. Many locals camp, travel, and host guests at Beaver Creek, Cleanhorn ranch, and Cottonwood Lake with neighbors and family.
An old bank advertisement urges readers to open an account and save for old age. It promises four percent interest on savings deposits and emphasizes the social value of money and wealth through prudent banking.
Citizens State Bank travelers endured unusually bad mosquitoes on their summer visit. A party including Rev. B. E. Hart and G. R. Tanner headed to Cascade for Baptist missions meetings while others planned ten days to two weeks at Cascade for Assembly sessions. Mr. and Mrs. Dortch of Mobile arrived for several months, as Dortch enjoys Colorado climate and tropical fruit business details. An old fashioned horse occasionally scares at a railroad train.
Readable text promotes painting homes and barns with specific paints, urging readers to choose their product for house and barn projects. The note emphasizes practical exterior painting needs and brand availability for DIY painters.
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