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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1907
Page
5
A Palace Drug Store advertisement promotes fine perfumes from leading domestic and imported manufacturers. It invites customers to request specific scents and notes specialty catering to refined taste. The ad lists 601 Main Street and phone 75 for contact.
Local social column lists residents visiting and traveling to and from Canon City, including J. S. Blackburn of Victor, Mrs. Frank Hooper and daughter Josephine of Denver, and Mrs. J. N. Hudson of Memphis. Typhoid fever recovery for City Clerk L. D. Dawson. camping trips, family visits, and fishing reports from Almont, Paonia, and Wet Mountain Valley. Red Gulch Gold Mining removes offices to Canon City. doves open season. bicycle patrols enforce sidewalk rules. dental association delegate Theodore Ashley returns from Minneapolis.
The party left Lindstrom Lake in northern the state due to cool temperatures and returned to Minneapolis where it was warmer. Richard Houle returned to his ranch in Wet Mountain valley after several days here aiding in the hay harvest described as exceptionally good despite rain slowing work. H W Tobin recently from Winemucca Nevada arrives in Canon City to work as bookkeeper for Fair Mercantile company and is related to G W Tobin. F D Proctor visiting Canon City this week. he has ranch interests near Cameron.
Boyhood friends in the East and West who were firemen on the Pennsylvania railroad now run the Overland Flyer from St. Paul on the Great Northern. Canon City visitors, led by Mayor and Mrs. Seely and City Attorney Taylor, returned from a Gunnison river fishing trip. others camp on Wilson's ranch will come to Canon City next week. Browning opens a barber shop in Canon City. he is an Arkansas native and mining investor in Grouse mountain claims. The MacDonalds and Barnharts visited Victor and Cripple Creek, touring Granite mine and riding an electric car through a tunnel to daylight.
Miss Gardiner returns from Sumpler Oregon. Geo Colgate and son back from California vacation at Pacific Grove. Mrs Willits visits with Edna and Wilson Willits of Des Moines. J H McDaniels visits Colorado Springs. first vacation in five years. Burnside and Williams receive marriage license in Florence, plan Woodland Park home. Harry Lee returns from Pueblo. Joseph Newman performs new songs to applause. Canon opera house shows Friday. Dodds Commercial College opens September 3 with day and evening sessions.
Phillip Hayes and son go to Portland for a short stay. R C Pierce moves to Portland on business. Fern Frazier leaves for Pueblo for about three weeks. F M Duncan heads to Twin Lakes to trout fish. N J Hemmerle and family visit Seattle for the summer. Antone Adamic departs for Salida on business. Miss Lelia Dowling returns from Fort Collins vacation. W O Skinner in town for Santa Fe freight interests. A W Harrington recovering well after kidney operation. Frank Frazier returns to Denver after visit with parents. Greenwood Relief Corps picnic postponed indefinitely. Miss Queenie Jameson leaves for Colorado Springs for a couple weeks. Ed C Wills returns from Colorado Springs. convalescing at Manitou waters. Mr and Mrs W A Ferrier visit Canon City. he oversees property interests. C C C and C C employees told to prep for big Cripple Creek district excursion next Sunday. about 300 expected. Newman praised for songs and monologues. creates his own material.
F A Sheppard, engineer, travels from Copperfield to Canon City en route to Wisconsin. Mrs H C Tabor visits Cripple Creek. Dr and Mrs Barter of Leoni Kan visit Canon City. Miss Yula Rhodes visits Mrs J H McDaniels. Will McCurry leaves for North Carolina. Rhubarb price offered by Colorado Canning Company. Margaret Granger to play piano with Edward Smith at Ellis hall concert. J W Lee and family plan a Colorado trip. Mrs Owens and daughter Mabel head to Denver for three weeks. Concert at Ellis hall for St Michael's church. Local men enjoy fishing on the Gunnison river. Dixie stuffed pickles promoted. Marriage license issued to Ernest E Dickson and Jessie M Jennings. Joseph Newman praised by Kansas City Times. Canon City opera house hosts Friday night show. Judge J L Cooper travels to Silver Cliff for vacation. Ernest Webb attends International convention. report on school books gains approval.
Mrs Cornelia Sanches died at her home 1104 River street aged 62 after several weeks of illness. The funeral is set for Thursday morning at 10 o clock with interment in the Catholic cemetery.
Advertises new wallpaper offerings with latest designs and dainty tints. Promises durable yet handsome paper with cheap prices, a few cents a roll, and rare bargains.
Thompson Wall Paper, a widow long resident of Canon City, was born in New Mexico and lived there for many years.
Mrs J N Fouch formerly of Canon City died Saturday August 10 in Colton California after a lingering illness. She was 54 born in Uniontown Pennsylvania and lived in Colton with her husband J N Fouch and children H E Fouch Jesse N Fouch and two daughters Mrs Roy Langdon of Sherman and Mrs W C Woodburn. Funeral services were held at 3 pm at her home conducted by Dr Seltzer Riverside. Interment followed in San Bernardino cemetery.
Mr and Mrs John Melburn of Nebraska bury their eight year old daughter Lizzie after she died on a Rio Grande freight train while traveling from their western home toward Salida. The child's illness worsened with altitude and suspected meningitis. Coroner Whitmore will investigate.
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