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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
5
Letters from Hattie Hamilton of Sparta Kentucky and others praise Peruna and Maenalin as stomach and nerve tonics. They claim weight gains, relief from headaches, constipation, and general strength. The text also offers holiday mailing tips and safe parcel practices for Christmas gifts.
Public and court news from Canon City and Victor includes imprisonment for burglary sentence to begin W B Howland prepares for Mobile Christmas holidays through spring return. Judge Bailey and reporter Clark visit from Denver. murder trial postponed to spring. E B Howe and E B Denman depart Denver to start independent ventures. Father Keunsch visits Victor and Canon City. Warden Cleghorn biannual report filing from Denver.
Billy Sunday, the famous evangelist, says he will work to reform Springfield Illinois claiming forces both for and against the meeting are lining up. He predicts a tough fight, cites whisky influence in the capital, and mentions friends among legislators and officials including Senators Curtis Baker Pemberton McEvane Chaffee Berry and ex Governor Yates with Governor Deneen Andrew Russell L Y Sherman as allies.
The article notes rising mail packets for Christmas travel to distant states and abroad. Clerks will face heavy volume soon, so senders should mail early. It warns against ignorance of post office rules and the Mail may be delayed or misdelivered if rules aren’t followed.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson issues a formal report detailing agricultural conditions across the nation. The document outlines crop trends, livestock status, and policy implications, highlighting challenges and regional disparities.
The text describes a record harvest producing 3,643,000,000 bushels worth 1,616,900,900 dollars, enough to pay the nation's interest debt, fund the Panama Canal, and build fifty battleships. Despite 1896 lower corn yields, prices rise from 21.5 to 63.5 cents per bushel. Wheat, rye, barley, rice and cotton rise in value and total farm output reaches 7,778,000,000 dollars, making farmers appear the country's most prosperous citizens.
A Thursday meeting of Canon City Merchants Association and Civic Improvement League officials discussed upgrading public roads to boost tourism. They highlighted Sky Line Drive and the Royal Gorge route as key projects and proposed a state funded automobile road from Canon City to Colorado Springs with joint support from the automobile club of Colorado Springs. A legislative bill for a $10,000 internal improvement fund appropriation was authorized, and a special commission was formed to map a cheaper Royal Gorge route to prevent private fencing and preserve park access.
Businessmen debate the value of yearly calendars as advertising. They note about 2,000 is spent annually in Canon City and argue funds could better promote the town via broad first class advertising matter to attract immigrants and outsiders, yielding greater results than the calendar method.
Sylvanite the promising gold mining camp near Hachita New Mexico draws local interest as prospectors head there to try luck in the new diggins. Chas Johnson, grubstaked by a group including H Herdman and others, left for El Paso en route to the Sylvanite fields.
Mr and Mrs H L Plummer plan to leave Wednesday for Pueblo to visit Mr Plummers parents for a week. Harry Stewart begins a combined pleasure and business trip to Amarillo and Plainville Texas today. Rico Grande train schedule appears with arrival times noted, and a December 10 offer is mentioned.
An advertisement proclaims Dean's Kidney Pills relieve back ache by aiding kidney function. A Salida Colorado reader testifies to improvement after use, urging readers to ask at heaters Palmer's drug store and buy the 60 cent bottle. It credits Foster-Milvara Co and Dr Shoop's Restorative for broader internal cures and notes druggists recommend the product.
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