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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
4
The Record states it will not discontinue at expiration of time unless arrears are paid. Subscribers are responsible for all papers received until settled. The paper remains in circulation until written notice to stop and payments are up to date.
The Record announces prize winners from its holiday contest with Miss Genevive Tripp first prize and Brady Corp second, plus several others receiving prizes or subscriptions. A late night fire alarm proved false after dancers returned home, and local youths cut electric wires behind Shaeffer's hall causing widespread outages.
The first annual banquet honoring Colorado state penitentiary officers was held Christmas night at Warden and Mrs. Martins home. Attendees included city officers and their wives with a festive menu and toasts praising the warden and staff. Chaplain Wheeler spoke on the strong bond between warden and officers.
Chaplain Wheeler presented a two and a half carat diamond ring to the warden as a token from officers and men. The warden praised the gesture and thanked the convicts. Mrs Martin and the mail clerk Mrs Lea also received gold chains and decorative gifts from the penitentiary inmates.
The letter page includes W H McClure recalling the first First Baptist convert in the 1860s, A A Waite praising Denver timothy hay quality, C H Waitmore urging water supply upgrades before sewers, and notes on Yon Yonson and Cognac claims. Also mentions Welbeck Abbey park oaks and Seven Sisters giants.
Judge Waldo preserves early Carson City history with notes on the old courthouse site, early shops and landmarks, the American House hotel on Greenwood Avenue, the Mack & Kennedy lumber yard, and the 1880s water works and electric lights. He shares wartime Fort De Remer scenes, street views, the Mason temple cornerstone, and a thirteen-wagon pack train on Main Street.
Public notice details a June 3 1900 deed of trust by John Gravestock to secure a five thousand dollar promissory note to B W VanOrden with A F Cherry, describing property in Fruitmere and Park Center subdivisions in Canon City Colorado, default dates in 1900 1901, and trustee action.
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