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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1902
Page
12
The Record visits Canon City’s O F Sawyer Dry Goods Company where Mr. Sawyer guides a tour of the store’s elegant interior. The article praises the white cypress and oak fixtures, special designs, automatic wrapping, strict courtesy, and a vast holiday selection of toys and bric a brac alongside staple goods.
Mr Gilmer is a skilled West line expert and respected dry goods merchant. Mr C W Musser, stockholder, heads the shoe department with nine years of experience and a strong reputation as a top judge of shoe leather in the West. He is expanding the firm’s footwear business.
The Sawyer Dry Goods Company presents a flagship store with oxidized copper fittings and extensive display space, rivaling international bazaars in beauty. It offers a full range of ladies wear and dry goods, with window scenes like Little Red Riding Hood by J. T. Gilmer, enhancing the shopping experience.
The Record extols Christmas as mankind’s greatest anniversary and a world wide holiday. It notes the birth of Jesus as the source of peace hope and charitable giving, emphasizing universal observance across nations and races. It urges gratitude family reunion and faith in life beyond death, wishing readers a merry Christmas.
In a discussion of regional development Canon City leaders laud Pueblo as Colorado’s rising manufacturing hub and argue rapid electric transit will shift housing demand west. They predict Canon City will attract business families from Pueblo, aided by an electric line and improved regional prosperity. The piece also notes local social updates including the marriage of Tra D. Spangler and Miss Nellie Hampe and J. K. Bowlby’s Alamosa trip.
Herbert Bowlby and Adeline Reese of Florence were married last Friday evening at the Canon City parsonage by Rev. W J Fisher. They visited the groom’s parents at 515 Harrison before returning to Florence and will reside in Wilson block rooms. Bowlby works at the Dorcas mill. the bride teaches vocal music in the public schools. Best wishes were extended by The Record.
A special communication from Seganda Colorado reports Frank Ward of Canon City walked into a ditch last night and broke his left hand, requiring a month or two of recovery.
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