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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
6
This piece explains Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription as potent alteratives and tonics. It notes their mucous-surface healing effects, benefits for women, non alcohol content, and that they use glyceric extracts from native American medicinal plants. It also advertises Pierce's Pellets as a stomach and bowel aid.
The Colorado Editorial association issued a closing resolution praising a successful banquet. It thanks Canon City merchants, state penitentiary officers, the Colorado Telephone company, city newspaper people, Mrs F A Twitchell for roses, and citizens who provided carriages for the Skyline drive.
Fisher-Dempsey Construction of Pueblo has been awarded the contract to lay concrete walks in grading and improvement district No. 5. A $15,000 bond with Massachusetts Guarantee Insurance Co. as surety was filed with the city clerk. Groundbreaking is expected early next week after crews finish current work in Las Animas.
Articles of incorporation filed in Fremont County transfer corporate life to Judge M S Bailey J F Jewett and E C Hiatt as founders and directors. Capital stock set at 30000 shares at one dollar each. Principal office in Canon City with operations in Phantom Canyon along the Florence Cripple Creek railroad line.
Rail fare schedule notes summer Sunday round trips: Canon City to Florence 60 cents. Canon City to Pueblo 1.50. The Rio Grande service applies to Sundays during the summer months.
In Garden City a large crowd heard S. H. Atwater of the Kansas Colorado Electric Railway discuss a proposed rail and power line to serve the Arkansas valley. Farmers favor a low cost electric solution for irrigation, while bonds and north line proposals spark debate among Finney and Scott county residents.
W I Felter departs for a year long world journey starting with Colorado Springs visit to his daughter Nellie before sailing from Seattle to Yokohama aboard the Minnesota on the 30th. He plans to visit Japan China the Philippines the Straits Settlements India Persia Egypt then Europe and back to New York via Liverpool. Felter has extensive Far East and European travel and has reached the Nile’s first cataract twice.
William John Harshaw of Grove City Pennsylvania died here Tuesday of Brights disease at age 67 years 5 months 4 days. He came east for a healthier climate but grew worse and died relieving his suffering. He was active in Pennsylvania real estate and leaving a wife and family. His son C G Harshaw was at his bedside and accompanied the remains to Grove City for burial.
Scott City Kansas residents turnout en masse for a local event as a crowd gathers in the city on August 15 with no further details available in the fragment.
Local meeting endorses the Kansas Colorado Electric Railroad and pledges full support. Attendees include H. Atwater Canon City J. S. Green and J. A. Barclay Pueblo with business leaders praising the enterprise and urging rapid work. Citizens pledge assistance and unity with the project.
Tuesday afternoon a car owned by Mr Bunten of Canon City carrying Mr Matlock Beaver Land Irrigation company to Florence stalled in Oak Creek as water crossed the creek. A flood farther up submerged the auto before it could restart. The vehicle was later towed to town by Taylor Evans transfer and is in Gibbs garage for repairs.
Tuesday excursion special. Colorado and Southern offers round trip tickets from Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo to all state points at very low rates. Tickets on sale every Tuesday. Printed as a memorandum style notice for Record want ad.
H G Bartlett of Dubuque Iowa leads eight farmer buyers touring Colorado land to invest in sugar beet districts fruit lands and dry farming areas They plan to inspect eastern and western districts and forecast irrigated lands as safe investments likely to double in value within ten years amid cautious optimism.
The forthcoming poultry institute by the State Agricultural college will highlight the chicken business in Canon City. It will show profitable local varieties and suitable feeding, with plans for a public picnic and a large turnout. Committees from merchants and farmers organize speakers, bands, and invitations across the district for the event on the 24th at Captain Rockafellow's orchard.
Railway mail clerks nationwide warn they will be held responsible for damage caused by careless mail delivery at catch stations. The post office department notes a Ohio damage case where a clerk paid 6500 to settle a jury award. Clerks urge faster provision of safe mail catch devices, while departments consider fines for rule violations.
A gentle Sunday rain in Canon City and surrounding areas lasted from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. absorbed by the soil and stimulating vegetation growth. The shower, mild enough to avoid street damage, benefits range grass and livestock grazing into late fall and assists late crops.
The Denver and Rio Grande excursion to Marshall Pass and return Sunday morning was well patronized despite rain. One hundred eight passengers joined from Pueblo with about fifty more picked up before Salida, and Canon City welcomed the train back at 7 15 p m with no mishaps reported.
Filing focuses on description of various tracts of land transferred by the company to buyers for homestead or investment purposes, outlining parcels and transfer details.
The New York World laments the sharp turn in fortune for the rich. It notes millionaire Pauper Stuyvesant Fish sails to Europe and contrasts luxury with hardship as eight months of ill fortune hit high earners. It sniffs at charity gaps and summer misery among Wall Street elites and city authorities.
State of Ohio Toledo Lucas County affidavit shows Frank J Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney & Co. promising a payment of one hundred dollars. Advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming direct action on blood and mucus surfaces with a free sample offer and drugstore price. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Mrs Chas E Smith of West Franklin Maine says she likes good things and uses Dr King’s New Life Pills as a family laxative because they work quietly. These painless purifiers are sold by all druggists for 25 cents.
Excellent Health Advice Mrs M M Davison of San Jose California notes Electric Bitters as a family remedy. Beaver Land Irrigation Company and another firm filed for record a plat showing subdivisions in sections 2 11 12 13 14 15 township 19 south range 68. Subdivisions are ten acres each offered by druggists at 50 cents with a guarantee.
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