General Palmer Remembered as Bold Cavalry Leader
Colorado Springs veterans of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry recount General Palmer as fearless and audacious. They recall a Tennessee raid routing 1,000 enemies with 300 men and a Red Hill engagement where his quick wit saved the regiment from slaughter. The tale ends with a reminiscence of Stewart Logan’s night ride to seize a Bragg staff mare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Fifteenth
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Palmer
Milton Shaw
Oil City
Tennessee
Red Hill
Stewart Logan
Mr. Shaw
Bragg
Logan
Detectives Nab Sneak Thief at Natatorium
Private investigators hired by Canon City Natatorium arrested J. E. White after he was caught stealing money from a bathers clothes bag near the dressing rooms. The incident occurred Saturday night as White reached over to take trousers from a patron named Arnold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben
Canon City Natatorium Company
J. E. White
White
Mr. Arnold
Golden Medical Discovery Claims and Uses
An1900 style advertisement touts Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a non alcoholic remedy from glycerine and native medicinal roots. It claims cure for weak stomach indigestion dyspepsia and torpid liver, plus catarrhal throat chest ailments and early consumption risk with proper use. It asserts no alcohol in ingredients and urges trials via postal order or mail order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Wales
Dr. Unis
Local livery hand jailed after rustling three dollars
White, employed at a local livery stable, was found to have extracted 3.21 dollars. He was brought to town at midnight, held by the sheriff, and received a hearing before Justice Logan. Fined 15 dollars plus costs totaling 23 dollars or thirty days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. H. Endsley
White
Logan
Narrow Escape From Very Serious Accident
Mrs H C Clancy and her daughter Gladys of Denver and her mother Maggie Taylor of Glendive Montana were thrown from a buggy into a deep ditch at Williamsburg on the way to Rockvale. No bones were broken though Mrs Taylor was shocked. Dr. Eddy attended and they reached home safely.
Senator McCandless Predicts Early Frosts in Fremont
Senator McCandless warns of frosts this fall in Fremont county based on nightly noises from a small insect called the grumpus. He notes past patterns show frost about six weeks after such sounds, with this year’s frost likely shortly after mid September, risking unripe tomatoes due to late season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCandless
Fremont County
Flowing Well Expected on the Jeff Tong Ranch
Water flow struck in the Tong ranch well was cased off and the drill resumed. The team has sunk seventy more feet and plans to drill twenty five to fifty feet deeper, aiming to hit a flowing well this coming week to irrigate semi arid acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tong Ranch
Youthful Larceny Charge Over Stolen Bicycle
Elmer Long was arrested by Marshal R. D. Houston on larceny charges for stealing a bicycle from Rolla McCann a bellboy at the Strathmore hotel. The bike vanished after the Fourth of July week and reappeared in parts as another boy assembled it. Long admits taking the wheel apart selling one portion for $1.10 and hiding the rest until the buyer’s money was not paid. He is detained at the sheriff’s office awaiting a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Long
R. D. Houston
Rolla McCann
Strathmore Hotel
Long
School Opening Notice for South Canon and Lincoln Park
South Canon and Lincoln Park schools announce the new term begins Tuesday September 3. On Saturday August 31 from 9 am to 12 pm the superintendent will be in the High school building to register first time entrants for the grades and at 2 to 6 pm same day high school entrants register and plan their year. Grade teachers meet Monday September 2 at 1 am and high school teachers at 2 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Canon Schools
Washington School
Opening of Canon schools prepares teachers for new year
Teachers return from summer vacations as Canon school systems ready the opening day. Superintendent Thompson schedules high school and grade faculty meetings for September 2 and 3. First time enrollers and conditioned pupil exams are set, with heating upgrades and thorough building repairs noted.
Records Wanted for The Weekly Record June 20 1907
Advert seeks multiple copies of The Weekly Record dated June 20 1907 at a rate of six pence each for three or four copies and one issue dated April 4 1907. Read The Record want ads.
Moonlight Train Trip Lights Up Royal Gorge
Canon City residents rode a special Rio Grande Moonlight excursion to the Royal Gorge with two observation cars and two day coaches full. Three hundred fifty tickets were sold, crowds praised the clear night sky and glowing canyon walls, and managers hint a repeat trip may occur this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon City
Royal Gorge
Fair Luna
Rio Grande
Canon
Colorado
Maddox
Colorado Commercial Association meets in Greeley
Secretary D W Ross reports the Colorado State Commercial Association annual meeting in Greeley on the 20th and 21st, called the most successful since the original organization. Delegates elected by districts under a new constitutional amendment will benefit outlying communities as Fremont county progress is praised. Greeley hosted with band concerts and a scenic automobile tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Ross
Canon City Business Men's Association
Colorado State Commercial Association
Greeley
Ross
Chamber of Commerce
Colorado
Fremont
Association
Diamond Fire Brick Plant Leader Returns From East
E. F. Jewett, general manager, returned from a two week eastern visit visiting Philadelphia and brick and tile makers. The trip aimed at business and was successful. The Diamond plant has grown from infancy to prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Jewett
Diamond Fire
Philadephia
Diamond brick works eyed as import costs rise
The Canon City Diamond plant plans to manufacture brick and tile from imported materials including from Japan and Greece, potentially dethroning eastern producers. Local theatre manager Beghtol announces a heavy bookings list featuring diverse acts from September through May plus sports and minstrel shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Greece
Austria
Jewett
New Orleans
Canon City
Colorado
Arizona
Andrew Johnson's Death Sentence Commuted to Life Imprisonment
Acting Governor Harper commuted Andrew Johnson's death sentence to life imprisonment. Warden Cleghorn informed Johnson by telegram at 11:30 Friday, with commutation papers to follow. Johnson, silent then, smiled as he moved to the cell house and rejoined fellow convicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Johnson
Harper
Cleghorn
Johnson
Fine attractions at Canon City Opera House
The Canon City opera house lines up an unprecedented slate of theatrical attractions this year with more bookings ahead than ever before promising a busy coming winter season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPERA
Canon City Opera House
Bathing Twice Daily Said To Ward Off Summer Colds
Doctors warn summer colds arise from sudden drafts when perspiring and advise cold baths as a preventive measure. They note electric fans can worsen exposure and categorize summer patients into three groups: those with colds, those fearing them, and hay fever sufferers.
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Natatoria
Jeff Tong
South Canon and
Lincoln Park Schools
Colorado Commercial Association
Ayer
America
Beichtol
Beghtol
Canon City Theatre
West
Holy City
Royal Chef
Dixie
Murray & Mack
Old Arkansas
Desperate Chance
The
Choir Singer
Peck
Lost
New York
the Little Proprietor
the Old Cross Roads
West's Minstrels
On the Frontier
Buster Brown
Allen Doone
Richard & Pringle
Jones
Billy the Kid
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Barry's Minstrels
Denver Express
Texas Steer
Hanford
What
Ogden Assay Co
Court Place
Beaver
Cole
Victor
the Knight-Campbell Music Oo
California Street
Denver
Ment
Canon City Record
Alfalfa Lands
Dozier & McKenzie
Main Street
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