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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1902
Page
4
A colonel confronts mutinous Private Stokes and his ally Private Clarkson. The man is ordered shot as punishment, but a twist reveals Clarkson is actually Stokes’ wife in disguise, altering the colonel’s stance on wives on the post.
City council calls a special election for January fifth to decide granting H A Black and assigns a twenty year gas works franchise. Election judges named for three wards, polling places listed, ballots specify For or Against the grant, and notices to be published and posted fifteen days prior. A private lodging ad follows in the Record office section.
A report claims about nine thousand Boers unhappy with Transvaal rule plan to trek to America and settle in Colorado New Mexico and Texas. Gen Samuel Pearson former South African quartermaster general heads the movement with Gen M de Villiers as agent. favorable views are reported from Denver and New York City. The piece portrays the Boers as a capable farming people suited to Colorado climate and the Arkansas Valley as a promising settlement area.
A quotation extolls courage to endure rain, steadfast faith in others, loyalty to friends, fairness to enemies, and honesty, cleanliness, and kindness as the measures of a life well lived, attributed to J. E. House.
The Friends in Council gathered at Elks hall to discuss the Italian Life lesson and Neapolitan Sketchers review. They, with the Woman's Club, schedule a Rammnage sale for January 7 and 8 while sharing Christmas customs across lands and a solo by Miss Rose Beecher.
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