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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
5
A long list of Canon City residents and visitors appears with travel, visits, and outings. Notables include Mrs. Endicott visiting Hudson Wyoming, Miss Idolene Shepherd from Sterling Illinois visiting Miss Goodykoontz, and a Gunnison country fishing trip by Frank McFarlane party. Several locals and guests arrive or depart Canon City for business, leisure, or family visits across Colorado and Kansas.
A fragment urges immediate action to combat poverty with determination and promises a free loan. The text appears as an incomplete plea or advertisement.
A brief advertisement promotes Pocket Savings Bank promising savings benefits and urges potential customers to call for more information and to start saving.
Mr and Mrs C O Harper of Robinson Illinois visited Robinson and left for Denver after a short stay with Mr and Mrs J F Fitts. Fire department vacates 411 Macon avenue to allow foundation work for a new jail costing thirty to thirty five thousand dollars and designed for eighty prisoners. Ground breaking expected within ten days.
Mrs Ginn of Lincoln Park left for Cripple Creek last Sunday. Town families visit relatives in North Canon, Lincoln Park, and Oregon. A birthday dinner honors Mrs Gardner. Several residents plan trips to Leadville, Colorado Springs, Hermit Lake, and Hayden Creek while others change jobs or move homes. Doves shot near Fairview, and weekend picnics faced rain delays.
A compilation of Canon City residents and visitors. G A Hall and wife may relocate to Virginia. Harry Lukey from Maryville visits his sister J C McKee. Dr and Mrs A E Lane and Viola return from a camping trip in Almont Colorado. Mrs J J Shea visits Canon City from Pueblo. Mrs J W Cannon and Ruby return from La Jolla after June visit via Salt Lake City. Phoebe Paxton returns from a vacation in Kansas and Missouri. Prof F F Thompson returns from an East vacation and plans Missouri visit. Douglas B Sterrett of the US Geological Survey leaves for Salida to study gem stones. Miss Lucy Shinkle and Freda Shinkle return from Pinecliff Colorado after church assembly.
Mrs. S. F. Rutherford of Lincoln Park visits friends in South Can this week. Miss Adella Lucas enjoys trout fishing while camping on Cottonwood Creek with friends. A. R. Gray, Y M C A secretary, returns from two months in Chicago. Mrs. W. H. Laswell of Holton Kansas and daughter Maude visit the Tanner family on Rudd Avenue. Mrs. J. R. Kennedy and daughter Louie return from Nebraska and Craig trip begun July 1. Miss Mary Moore leaves Canon City for Birmingham Alabama. Seth H. Martin of Denver, Rock Island Frisco agent, spends a few days in Canon City. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Knowles of Galva Kansas visit the Wilson brothers and families. Mrs. L. W. Felter travels to Colorado Springs to visit daughter Nellie, plans September return. W. A. Matlock returns to Canon City from Denver after family visit. East Canon Swastika club picnicked at Hanging Bridge in Royal Gorge. Mrs. J. C. Hocking and daughters Bertha and Mabel depart for home in the east after five to six weeks’ visit. Willard Cleghorn W H Peabody A A Pope C C Campbell return from Cleg Horn ranch at Southfork after a week of fishing and hunting. the house party was enjoyable.
Mrs Addie Melton, formerly of Fort Scott Kansas, left today for Denver after a week visit. Mrs M 8 Sullivan, formerly of 1111 Reddavenue, left for Greeley to make that city her home.
J. W. Lambuth of Lincoln Park suffers a right eye hemorrhage treated by a local oculist. Many residents and visitors arrive or travel through Canon City, including Mrs. Engberg and daughter Sara from McPherson Kansas, Mrs. Hale and Mr. Hale from Denver, Prof. Colgate and family from Seattle, and mining interests led by E. G. Bettis in Nevada and the Red Gulch Mining & Milling Co. report a four foot ore vein near Monarch. Local social rounds cover weddings, reunions, fishing trips, and county business with ties to Fort Garland, Gunnison country, and the Canon Realty & Investment firm.
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