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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
6
An old soldier extols ARIOLA Coffee as the best since leaving service in 1961 and receiving it yesterday. The note highlights Arbuckles ARIOSA as the first roasted packaged coffee and claims a coating of eggs and sugar to hold goodness and clear settling, with warming enhancing flavor and ease of grinding amid a large coffee business claim.
Mrs John Campbell state regent announces the dedication ceremony for Santa Fe trail markers near Lamar will move to Wednesday August 14 with D A R presiding. State officials including A E Bent and Lieutenant Governor Harper will speak. Special Santa Fe Railway rates and Canon City residents are expected to attend the event at Lamar with 3 PM start and social activities afterward.
Grace Schultz writes from San Diego Aug 5 1907 praising the coast attractions La Jolla Coronado and the bay area while sharing visits with Canon friends and plans to return home mid month She includes poems and notes on Colorado memories and the region’s climate and opportunities.
H. C. Pigg reports progress from Stirrup ranch where a zoological farm with forty six elk and a herd of deer thrives in an eight hundred acre enclosure. He forecasts a three week hay harvest and above average quality thanks to favorable rainfall and temperature. The eight foot fence is easy to maintain and elk and deer are easier to manage than cattle. Pigg inspects the fence every two to three days as conditions demand.
A newspaper advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh and claims a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. It notes internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and promotes testimonials from F J Chen ny Co Toledo Ohio.
At Coal Creek Aug 8 the Colorado Supply Co moves its large building from Fremont to Alf Salmon livery site with a basement excavation. Mike Fabrizio installs new lumber for a 20 by 42 foot saloon at $1,000. A schoolhouse repairs begin while John Roxbury orders 10,000 feet of lumber for a heavy frame warehouse. Three teamsters haul Houses from Florence for $5 daily, locals say $4 would suffice, hampering moves.
The Five Hundred club was hosted by Misses Cora and Jessie Peabody on Thursday afternoon in honor of Miss Hodges of Denver and Miss Long of Little Rock. Cards provided diversion on veranda and lawn with Ruth Lewis winning a bouquet of Shasta daisies. Refreshments served by Misses Ethel Gibson and Hazel DeWeese. guests included Mrs. W H Donovan and others visiting Mrs. Stockton and Miss Tinsley Roanoke Virginia among others.
The appointed appraisers A C Dickinson John W Rogers and Lafe Combs filed the report with Judge Cooper. The estate totals show real estate 256308.00 personal 699673.33 life insurance 123367.95 liabilities 978480.62 net and tax notes indicate the income tax impact will be small since most net comes from life insurance.
A. P. Wilbur of Alabama visits his Florence brother and family. They drive to a local swimming pool last Sunday and lose Mrs. Wilbur’s valuable jacket. In Florence Mr. Wilbur sees that a Daily Record want ad could recover it.
A man came to town to place an ad and discovered the jacket he sought in the Daily Record want ads. He paid 26 cents and left with the item, proving Record want ads can locate missing belongings.
Colorado Springs prepares for a six day reunion of more than 300 veterans from General W. J. Palmer's Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. A special Pullman train will transport members at no cost to them, with tickets issued on credentials and rail travel arranged to meet each man. All meetings occur at Glen Eyrie.
Florence, Aug. 10. The Union mill will resume operations in the next ten days or two weeks, per a message to Mrs. J. Q. Mac Donald from her husband in Colorado Springs. Former employees will be notified and may report for work. The mill, now in good condition, will hire a large force but expect some reduction after new machinery. Ore will be accepted at existing rates, aiding Cripple Creek district mines in sending low grade ore to market.
The reopened idle plant will keep smaller mines on the Cripple Creek active list and avoid forcing suspension of operations. Florence’s future progress hinges on steady operation though fewer workers may be employed. The Golden Cycle caused Union mill shutdown by securing most ore previously bound for here.
The article argues life has potential beyond current norms, focusing on ages 50 to 60 as a critical period for longevity. It promotes Electric Bitters as a tonic to revitalize the body, endorsed by Hunter Palmer, with a 50 cent price. It closes with a meditation on the slow passage of time during bereavement calls.
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