Cripple Creek Editors Visit Canon City Prison Dinner
Cripple Creek Press club members visiting Canon City last Sunday dined at the penitentiary hosted by Warden Jack Martin with a bean heavy menu. The group toured the prison, posed for a photo, then spent the evening at the Strathmore hotel before returning to Cripple Creek on a 9:30 pm train.
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Cripple Creek
Martin
Jack’’ Martin
Boston
Canon City
Frank P. Mannix
J B. Wiggenhorn
Burghart
Penitentiary
Strathmore Hotel
Mr. Waters
Wheel Gift for Christmas Aimed at Boy
An advertisement promises a wheel as the perfect Christmas gift for a boy. The seller, F. E. Thomas, touts a 20 percent discount and urges buyers to take advantage of the sale message.
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F. E. Thomas
Empire Zinc Company expands facility in Canon City
The Empire Zinc Co plans a large expansion costing about 150 000 to 200 000 dollars aimed at crushing 200 tons of ore daily. New buildings and Wetherell magnetic separators from New Jersey will enhance separation of lead zinc and other minerals. Ore mainly comes from western Colorado and the project signals broader growth for Canon City industry and local prosperity.
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Colorado
Wetherell
New Jersey
Germany
Austria
England
Australia
South Africa
Denver
Leadville
Canon City
Empire Zinc Company
Livingstone
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William Penn
Chancellor
la Confessions
Sanchez and Haya
General Greene
the Palace Drug Store
Pedley, Mitchell & Egbers
de Witt & Co
Chicago
DeWitt
Palace Drug Store
Geo. Pedley
Mrg
C.h.whitmore & CO
Main Street
the Empire Zinc Co
Harry Duckwell
Hunter Palmer
Ballard’s
Horehound
Henry C. Stearns
Shullsburg
Wisconsin
Ballard
Eldora Britt
South Canon
Hunter
Hadley
Indiana
Palmer
Miss Britt
Canon
DeWeese & Turnbull
Hazelwood
Smith Mercantile CO
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