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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
1
Staff recall an extraordinary Christmas rush with ten days of early money orders and a flood of packages. Saturday and Sunday saw the peak, with nearly a thousand Christmas parcels mailed the day before Christmas. The article notes the post office is too small for demand, urges separate windows and entrances, and stresses safer packing to prevent breakage and spoilage.
Elaborate arrangements are underway for a New Year’s Eve reception by the Young Men’s Christian association and city Young People’s societies from eight to ten. Notable talent will appear, with novel refreshment and decoration features. The new gymnasium and baths will be open for inspection. A hearty invitation goes to all to attend. Next Sunday afternoon a Carnegie Hall gathering in New York will feature Vice President-elect Theodore Roosevelt addressing the Twentieth Century man. Gov. Roosevelt will deliver his prepared speech, and a local copy will be read in Carson City, followed by Rev. H B Cook’s evangelistic appeal and special music. Local men are urged to attend this notable service. John Clark of Grand Rapids, brother-in-law of Mrs. Julia A. Mack, visited for Christmas. G F Blankenship and family from Wyckoff, Kansas, are in town visiting Mrs. W. S. Hawkins. Minges Jessie and Tina Miller returned from Cripple Creek for the holidays.
A notice notes scarce, rising land for residence or business in town and urges quick visits for bargains. Fremont County Bank advertises long terms on lots as demand grows. Also reports on 84 warranty deeds filed and 108 more instruments. local teacher exams and a Christmas club event. A Canon City sale lists fourteen lots and a two story brick house for 3600 dollars with easy terms. The county clerk’s office reports heavy activity.
Obituary notes the death of Moses S. Adams in Carson City on December 25, detailing his New Hampshire birth in 1826, Revolutionary ancestry, legal career in New York and Kansas, legislative service including speaker of the house, military service, and longtime civic roles in Colorado. Funeral held at 508 River Street with Masonic and G A R honors. mentions shifts in residence, public offices, and late career as police magistrate.
Tokyo police chief said cremation began with Buddhism and now dominates funerals. Japan has about seven crematories with rapid turnover in two to three hours and five price classes from 80 cents to $5.40. Kyoto and Osaka report two thirds of infectious deaths cremated, 1898 data show 21,943 buried and 17,956 cremated.
Thirty Carson City lots and acreage offered at low prices with small cash payments. Deferred payments at six percent interest. Also four 44 foot lots and a seven room brick house at 6th and Greenwood near the post office with electric light bath furnace sewer and a rose garden. Inquiries to Henry Earle Carson City Colo. Floating Machine Shop proposed for fleet use and awaiting decisive action. Lawrence M. Jacobs noted as Philippine commission statistician and University of Chicago alum. From Newsboy to Copper King Henry H Rogers story recounts early days on New Bedford streets. Sunflower seeds eaten in Europe and Russia with oil used in lamination and cooking. The base for Hotel Strathmore described as a beauty.
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