14 Dec 1905
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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
1
A campaign to promote a day trip for Pueblo residents to Canon City highlights underselling Pueblo stores. Advertisers urge Puebloans to visit the orchard city for a country outing, encouraging favorable words and promotional chatter.
Canon City merchants boast large Christmas stock and fair prices drawing Rockvale visitors. Shoppers from coal camps come to the county seat for season bargains, finding Canon cheaper than expected and comparing it to a city shopping trip. A group from Rockvale bought sizable bundles earlier in the week, noting Canon’s surprisingly low prices.
The article outlines the apple crop value at about 400000 dollars. It notes one week ago 667 cars shipped from Canon and more than 700 will have gone out by completion, averaging over 8500 dollars per car, with additional wagon loads and local consumption not yet counted.
About fifty married friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wilon gathered last Tuesday evening to celebrate the twentieth wedding anniversary. Hostess arranged an elegant program with cut flowers and plants in green and white, and refreshments matching the decor. The event was noted for its relaxed, cheerful atmosphere free from formal stiffness.
Guests at a Tuesday night anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. Wilson enjoyed a warm display of hospitality. Each man wore a poetry card cueing partners for the evening, and every guest received a redwood miniature table with a burning green taper as they dined past midnight. Twenty wax tapers on the mantel marked twenty years of marriage, symbolizing elapsed time.
Ira Carrier, an experienced mountaineer, hired a saddle horse at Palace livery in Salida and rode toward Dawson. After hunting rabbits, he returned to where he tied the horse but could not find it, walking to town as night fell. A search party recovered the animal on the Greenhorn mountains' lower slopes the next morning. Three cars of copper ore from Independence mine at Turret were shipped to Canon City, with regular shipments planned.
Canon City records high praise from Chamberlain Medicine Co for a November 23 supplement, calling Canon City Record’s edition superior in paper quality and workmanship and noting weekly circulation over twelve thousand copies received.
City residents face arson danger as two fires broke out shortly after 4 pm on Monday at Gen Maupin property. Investigators determined both blazes were incendiary and started with coal oil, narrowly avoiding disaster before dawn. Authorities anticipate swift action if the culprit is caught.
Incendiary fires wreck the Pal ace livery barn at Sixth and River, destroying six horses with two injured and shot to end suffering. A M M blacksmith shop also burns, losses likely insured. Investigations target residents on Macon Avenue and Main Street as possible clues surface. W B Rowland leaves Lincoln Park for Mobile, Alabama.
Surveillance suggests guilty parties may be caught if they persist in their fiendish work. The report states that only an insane person would set a house on fire.
The semi annual election of officers for Coeur de Leon Lodge No.48 Knights of Pythias was held last Thursday night. Installation will occur at the first regular meeting in January. Officers elect include W J Maddock as chancellor commander and Harry V Williamson as vice chancellor.
An attempt to burn the Ward residence and nearby outbuildings at 1212 Main Street occurred Tuesday night. A pile of kindling saturated with coal oil was lit in front of the carpenter shop behind the house. An F and O C shop employee spotted the blaze, extinguishing it before the fire department arrived. Several suspects are being investigated.
Mr Granger expresses strong enthusiasm for Canon City and the Florence electric line proposal. He plans to locate here if built, and a $25 000 bonus must be raised to attract the line. Local citizens are urged to subscribe, led by property owners along the route, with street cars benefiting farms and distant lots along the corridor.
Suggestions urge buying early and at home for Christmas presents. Readers are urged to help the needy, avoid overreaching, and mail packages with proper postage and weighing. Engraved calling cards and thoughtful local gifts are recommended. The Record offers subscription deals and holiday tips.
Tas Record promotes club propositions with special subscriber pricing. The Record and The Semi Weekly Globe Democrat offer one year at reduced rates. The Chicago Inter Ocean and The Woman's Home Companion also listed with annual offers. The Record and The American Bo Success and Outdoor Life are included in the package.
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