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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
2
Train arrivals and departures listed for Canon City Cripple Creek and Atchison Topeka Santa Fe. No 625 626 daily except Sunday No 631 632 daily except Sunday times vary from 10 40 am to 5 40 pm and 12 30 pm to 11 00 pm with No 10 noted for Canon City and Cripple Creek.
Judge Bailey dissolves injunction against C C Conkle et al, clearing the way for a new electric current in the city. The Colorado Electric Power company gains a victory, enabling poles to be set and lines strung, with many residents awaiting service from the franchise. The court’s full opinion details the 1900 Carson City election approving a separate electric light plant and the statutes governing such plants.
The city confirms ordinance 182 and approves erecting an electric lighting plant by Conkle and associates under 1899 state law. A new ordinance, aligning with ordinance 182, was passed June 4, 1900, with section 8 deemed supplied by law. The court dissolves the injunction but allows renewed action if justified, noting no danger to property or persons. Judge M. S. Bailey, August 11, 1900.
A tallyho party formed by Frucauff Callahan Lyming Frazier Egber with Misses Holmes Sullivan Bathey Maher Wetmore and Mesdames Bathey Beers went to Canon City to spend the evening with Mr and Mrs Koch on Park Avenue. They returned at 2 oclock this morning. Miss Eva Berney plans eastward trip for millinery stock to return to Carion City in September.
Notices detail Republican caucuses in South Canon and Canon City to choose delegates for the county convention on August 23 1900 with polling times and precinct chairmen named. Additional items cover fainting first aid guidance a train incident at Royal Gorge overheard Soda Springs gossip business editor opinion by Exchange and local movements of L W Felter J E Brown miners at Copper King No 1 and visits by Mrs Wolfe Mrs Wilson and the Vondra family.
An August Ladies' Home Journal piece urges children to save small items like wrapping paper and twine to teach economy and generosity. It notes cautious hoarding as wise resource management, then lists long shipping totals of horses and mules to the Philippines and a Santa Fe excursion to Dean Colorado with a 60 cent round trip. It ends with a health note on antipyrine and Krause's Headache Capsules offered without it.
A wealthy benefactor donated 10000 dollars to the Nicholson Institute in New York to provide Deaf Ear Drums free of charge for deaf people unable to procure them. Also advertised are Hot Springs bath rates and a cheap luxurious rail trip via Union Pacific with dates and agent contacts.
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