Progress of Canon City in 1902 Shows Broad Growth
Canon City reports strong development in housing and property values during the year ending 1902. Some 300 to 400 new residences were built adding about 1500 people, with steady work for carpenters and mechanics, plus new business blocks and increased realty activity. Industrial prosperity, railroad and bank activity, and planned projects including a gas plant and electric railway promise accelerated growth. The city is expected to rise in population and commerce, possibly reaching the status of a major Arkansas Valley center.
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Canon City
Johun
Canon
South Canon
Lyman Rison
Habitants
Canon4
Arksusas Valley
Colorado should lead in silver manufacture in Rocky Mountains
The piece argues that idle capital should be invested in Colorado manufacturing, especially silver goods, noting Colorado mines supply the metal and urging domestic fabrication rather than shipping bullion to New Jersey and Connecticut. It emphasizes local labor and genius to shape silver into artistic, practical items.
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Colorado
Union
New Castle
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic
Silver Utilization urged by Coloradoan leaders in Canon City
The article features a Canon City Milling Company manager injury note and then advocates expanding silver use beyond currency. It urges Colorado to boost silver production through arts and industrial uses, arguing demand will rise with wealth and population, and that Canon City is an ideal site for such an enterprise with capable capital. It ends with a quote about potential profits.
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J. Wilson
Canon City Milling Company
Colorado
Arkansas Valley
Canon City
Canon City Hospital Association
Real Business Side of the Hospital Question in Canon City
The article argues for building a modern hospital in Canon City Colorado citing improved nursing and treatment, urging a twenty five thousand dollar subscription within a week. It emphasizes climate and wealth of the city, predicting self sustaining operation with charges for care.
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Colorado
Canon City
Self Inventory as Path to Fame and Fortune
A Denver Post excerpt urges individuals to take personal inventories like a business balance sheet. It compares self-review to Napoleon and Roosevelt, arguing disciplined self-evaluation drives lasting success, while many ignore their own results and rely on fate.
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Napoleon
Roosevelt
Minister W H W Boyle Leaves Colorado Springs for Minnesota
The Rev W H W Boyle pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs resigns to accept the pastorate at the House of Hope in St. Paul Minnesota. He is a highly regarded clergyman whose departure is seen as a loss to Presbyterianism in Colorado.
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W. H. W. Boyle
First Presbyterian Church
Colorado Springs
St. Paul
Minnesota
House of Hope
Boyle
West
Colorado
First Presbyterian Church of
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Irs
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Moore
Mathien
Cally
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Hast
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Denver Post
Board of Man
Morton S. Bailey
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