Colorado marriage match pitch from 1907 mail to mayor
A Canon City Colorado letter seeks a marriageable Iowa woman to move west, claiming 160 acres and bank funds. The mayor notes the odd request and jokes about sending the idea to Cedar Rapids papers, while local editorials urge tree conservation and anti waste on state lands for Christmas cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lightner
Canon City
Colo
Grand Rapids
Iowa
Colorado
Fremont County
Cedar Rapids
M. E. Luther
First National Bank of
Evening Times
Cedar Rapids Times
Proclamation Warns Against Cutting Christmas Trees on Public Lands
Governor Buchtel issues a proclamation banning the wholesale destruction of evergreen trees for Christmas on state and school lands. Prosecutions will follow any apprehended offenders, aiming to protect timber and preserve the holiday spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mounain
Colorado
Buchtel
Corrado
University Glee Club Delivers Fine Entertainment
The Denver University Glee Club and Orchestra performed an pleasing program at First Methodist church to an appreciative audience. The group this season includes twenty four members with Miss Cooper reader and Miss Brownell vocalist. The orchestra under Mr Duncan showed notable work.
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Denver University Glee Club
First Methodist
Cooper
Brownell
Duncan
College choir dazzles Canon City with song and reading
Miss Brownell delivered a rich contralto and Miss Cooper gave an accomplished reading sparking loud applause and encores. Prof Cutler led the club to high praise as Epworth League hosted an informal reception after the show before the troupe moved on to Aspen for a repeat performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Brownell
Miss Cooper
Prof. Cutler
Canon City
Epworth League
Aspen
Park Renovation Underway at Margaret Park
A gang of fifteen to twenty convicts from the penitentiary are grading and improving Margaret Park in the northern city area. The park at the head of Fifteenth Street, given to the city by the late F. A. Raynolds, will be seeded to grass and maintained by the Civic Improvement League.
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Margaret Park
Fifteenth Street
F. A. Raynolds
Civic Improvement League
Matlock to Visit Canon City January First
W A Matlock traffic manager for the allied roads arrives in the district and resigns to become general sales agent for Beaver Land and Irrigation company. The firm, backed by local investors, plans to market 4000 acres north of Florence at 125 to 150 dollars per acre. Land at around 6000 feet offers promising fruit growing prospects.
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W. A. Matlock
Colorado Springs
Canon City
Cripple Creek Times
Allied Roads
Beaver Land and Irrigation Company
C. M. MacNeill
Spencer Penrose
C. C. Hamlin
J. H. Waters
H. M. Blackmer
J. Q. MacDonald
K. C. Schuyler
Mr. Matlock
Florence
Land company plans 16000 acres in Cripple Creek district
The Cripple Creek promoter group plans to sell land in ten and twenty acre tracts with 10 percent down and annual payments of 10 percent. LAN carries perpetual water rights and a townsite will be developed. Matlock named general sales agent. retiring traffic manager to join Canon City office January 1 after 23 years in railroad service.
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Matlock
Colorado & Southern
Cripple Creek
Allied Roads
Prosperous Business Pulse Reported From St. Louis
Harry Champion returned from a ten day business trip to the Mississippi valley and found St. Louis merchants enjoying a rapid return to normal activity. He noted fine weather and an expectation of exceptional Christmas trade as retail volume last week topped any similar period in the city’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Champion
Mississippi Valley
St. Louis
Mr. Champion
Real Wonderland Promises Cough Cure Miracle at Mine Site
At Mound City Mrs E D Clapp reports her son, near death from lung and throat trouble, was saved by Dr King s New Discovery. The medicine, guaranteed for coughs and colds, throat and lung troubles, is offered by Hunter Palmer druggist with trial bottles free.
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South Dakota
Mound City
E. D. Clapp
Mrs. Clapp
Dr. King
Hunter Palmer
Will Mack Ill With Pneumonia In Grand Junction
Will Mack head of Independent Lumber Co. in Grand Junction is ill with pneumonia. He fell ill Wednesday. His sister Mrs. Guy Hardy was summoned and traveled there Thursday taking Mack with her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Mack
Independent Lumber Co
Grand Junction
Guy Hardy
Max
Civil Service Exam Held Here For Post Office Clerks
In pursuance of instructions from Washington January 8 an examination will be held here by the local civil service examiners for post office clerks and letter carriers. Open to the public under restrictions prescribed by the civil service commission. Blanks may be had from Fred Pennington secretary of the local board at the post office.
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Washington, D. C
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Civil Service Commission
Fred Pennington
New Sales Agent for the Beaver Land Co
Cripple Creek December 12 W A Matlock resigns as traffic manager of the Colorado Midland Terminal and related railroads to become general sales agent of the Beaver Land and Irrigation company with Canon City as headquarters. Four hundred men work on an irrigation tunnel to flood 16 000 acres of company land while 4 000 acres of ten acre lots are platted for sale early next year.
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Cripple Creek
W. A. Matlock
Colorado Midland Terminal
Florence
Colorado Springs
Matlock
Beaver Land and Irrigation Company
Canon City
Miss Nellie Felter Delivers Notable Violin Recital in Cripple Creek
The First Presbyterian church hosted a refined concert last evening drawing a well filled audience. Miss Nellie Felter impressed on violin with strong reception, supported by Miss Catherine Coolbaugh of Canon City.
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First Presbyterian Church
Nellie Felter
Catherine Coolbaugh
Canon City
Cripple Creek
Dinner fund raises strong amount praised by organizers
The event brought in between 260 and 270 dollars, seen as very good by organizers. Although not as high as last year, the total met expectations and was deemed a social and financial success by the ladies running it.
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Christchurch
Acme
Main Street
Mr Schall Purchases Dodge City Journal-Democrat
T. J. Schall becomes publisher of the Journal-Democrat in Dodge City Kansas after leaving the Record. The paper appears prosperous with substantial advertising and Schall has many friends in the city hoping for his success.
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Journal-Democrat
Dodge City
Kans
T. J. Schall
Schall
Record
Death of Mrs Swanson in Sweden Reaches Colorado Family
Deputy County Treasurer Charles Swanson received word from Helsingborg Sweden of his mother s death near that place on the 25th of last month after a short illness. She was eighty four and leaves four children two sons and two daughters all in Sweden except Charles who has lived in Colorado for thirty years. Her husband died December 3 1902 and she was buried on the fifth anniversary of his death.
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Charles Swanson
Helsingborg
Sweden
Salvation Army Feeds Canon City's Worthy Poor at Christmas
Canon City Salvation Army plans basket dinners for poor families on Christmas Day. Officers Capt. and Mrs. Jones urge local citizens to contribute toys and candy for needy children and to visit the Army office at S07 Plum Street, South Canon.
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Salvation Army of
Canon City
Mrs. Jones
Plum Street
South Canon
Presbyterian mission reports quiet Korea after war
Rev Cyril Ross and his wife daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Shank of 210 North Sixth Street write from Shuyn Chuyn Korea that political conditions have quieted since the Russo Japanese war and life and property are as secure there as before the conflict. They were compelled to leave the country.
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Cyril Ross
Albert Shank
North Sixth Street
Shuyn Chuyn
Korea
Presbyterian Church
Ross
War Changes Yet Missionary Work Continues at Shuyn Chuyn
When the war began the missionaries left their mission station but returned after peace was restored to resume religious and humanitarian work. In the war zone around Shuyn Chuyn the changes were not greater than expected as native converts largely remained loyal to missionary teachings despite the vicissitudes of war.
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Shuyn Chuyn
Insurance Man Buys Canon City Real Estate
Mr. T. A. Haynes of New York Life Insurance Co. has moved to Canon City and will make it his permanent home. He bought a ten acre tract of fruit land from Dozier and McKenzie to develop and has opened an office in the Postoffice block.
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T. A. Haynes
New York Life Insurance Co
Canon City
Haynes
Boulder
Colorado
Dozier & McKenzie
Postoffice
Biggs Couple Plans California Winter Sojourn
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Biggs depart for Carlsbad New Mexico to visit daughter Mrs Graves for Christmas then stop in El Paso for a few days and continue to Los Angeles for the winter. They annually escape the cold and feel at home in Los Angeles.
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J. D. Biggs
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Father and Son to Serve Life Terms Together
Juan Tafoya of Las Animas county was sentenced to life in the penitentiary for murder of Andrea Argiullo at Segundo last August. Judge Hunter denied a motion for new trial and ordered immediate imprisonment. Tafoya’s father Santiago Tafoya also serves a life term for murder, his sentence once hung but commuted by Gov. Buchtel.
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Juan Tafoya
Las Animas
Andrea Argiullo
Segundo
Hunter
Trinidad
Santiago Tafoya
Gov. Buchtel
Taylor couple visits Santa Fe Juarez and bullfight
Mr and Mrs A L Taylor returned from a ten day southwest trip including Santa Fe El Paso and a visit to Old Mexico. They attended a fiesta in Juarez across the border and witnessed a bullfight and found the excursion into the Cactus Republic highly enjoyable.
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A. L. Taylor
Santa Fe
el Paso
Old Mexico
Juarez
Cactus Republic
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Seely’s
Seely Drug Company
Kodaks and Photographic Supplies
University Glee Club
J. J. Hollingsworth Realty Company and Immigration Agents
Montrose
Olatha
Delta
J. J. Hollingsworth
Alfalfa Lands
Burnett
Pure Food Commission
Joseph Burnett Co
Boston, Mass
Ruporr Gahl
James Underhill
Denver Laboratories Co
General Mana
Pau Danckwardt
Mining and Me
Ical
Golden Reward Co
Deadwood D
Arapahoe St
Denver
Ogden Assay Y Sac
Court Place
Deaver
Cole
Gang OF Men
THE
Beaver Land CO
Felter
Wn. T. Bridwell
Canon City, Colo
MR. Schall
Dodge City Newspaper
Salvation Army
California
Colorado Electric Light & Power Company
Canon
North Fifth
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