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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1903
Page
7
A local note highlights next year as a leap year and estimates Soda Springs Sunday attendance around one thousand. The Iron Spring stream swells from recent care, bridge whist thrives in town circles, and Halloween is humorously likened to All Saints Day.
A press dispatch claims radium, the valuable new mineral, was found in New Mexico. A Canon man reports discovering a nest of 17 eggs in his backyard, described as a remarkable find.
The Knocker magazine from Nebraska urges readers to settle all accounts before January 1st even if they must borrow to do so. Start the new year with a clean slate by clearing debts and outstanding bills.
The piece notes motorists and equestrians complain about bad streets while pedestrians find sidewalks in many areas safer and preferable.
A bygone political quip about paths to power is reframed as a travel route. The speaker notes a practical way to reach Washington by taking the Missouri Pacific to Pueblo and transferring to the Baltimore and Southwestern, claiming it will get you there.
The editorial argues against predictions of revolution or war between capital and labor. It notes historical tensions but insists gains come through peaceful means, with only a few criminal or agitator elements causing disruption. It emphasizes unions are generally reasonable and calls for better understanding between capital and labor.
The eminent German opera star Madam Schumann-Heink, famed for yearly tours under Maurice Grau, raises eight children aged three and a half to nineteen with daily love and attention. Her example counters claims that motherhood hinders personal ambition and public success.
A Boston based publication by Kate E Griswold titled Profitable Advertising is hailed as a high quality journal. The December issue spans about 200 pages and argues advertising is a vital modern business tool for staying competitive.
Some people invest in teaching children book learning, only to see a lifetime of hard knocks needed to instill basic economic principles that should have been learned in youth.
The note urges mailing presents early as Christmas delivery takes longer. Weigh and stamp fully, register valuable items, wrap with heavy paper and strong cord, and include sender name and address. Do not enclose writings with goods, or face a ten dollar fine. Postage rates: foreign letters five cents for half ounce or fraction.
The article explains that newspapers and magazines vary in weight and are charged at one cent per four ounces or fraction thereof. If the sender does not affix enough stamps, the paper is held at the mailing office and the recipient is notified to provide the balance due before delivery.
The Chicago Record-Herald announces a new Sunday Magazine included with the Sunday edition. Beginning December 6 readers receive a free magazine with color pages that rivals the best illustrated weeklies in quality.
A sixteen page magazine will use heavy enamel paper with eight color pages four framed. Chicago Sunday papers can sample advance pages from newsdealers. One Minute Cough Cure gives relief from cough croup and influenza with Dr Armstrong praising it. Record subscribers get Farm Life magazine free for a year. A Ellis hall gathering hosted by high school girls and male guests was well received.
Local ad for Mrs Stetson at 921 North Eighth Street promoting up-to-date designs in stamping artistic embroidery and Christmas novelties with transactions free with stamped linens.
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