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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1902
Page
2
Time entries list arrivals and departures for several trains including Canon City Cripple Creek and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe lines. Schedules show trains No 2 No 1 No 625 No 62 No 681 No 30 and times ranging from 4:25 pm to 11:05 am with multiple stations.
The page lists clubbing propositions for multiple papers with one year rates and advance payment, suggests gifting subscriptions, and offers a Christmas present option. It includes an ad for The Canon City Record claiming cough relief with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets, plus an eye ear nose and throat practice offering glasses fitted.
Florence merchants report drummers traveling from Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo pass through to Cation City then trap to Florence and the coal camps. Beginning today several drummers were refused service and sent away without orders, with further action warned if routine does not change.
List of unclaimed letters for week ending January 12 1902 includes Allen Miss Madge Amadon Mrs W E Anderson M W Arnold David H Blinco Mrs W E Emart Mr Ferguson Emma Greguson O F Hart G W Henderson Mrs F Hobson H A Johnson 3 J Isiland Mrs B Mussetter Mr W McCarty C P Moore Mr S P Pearson Mrs CS Reynolds Jos H Rimmel Jos Satterwhite Mrs A Staples Chester Tripp Calvin Tyler Miss Maud Colorado Trading Transfer Co Guy A Harpy P M 10 000 crates No 1 and No 2 apples. Will pay highest cash price. 40tf N F Hanpy McNelly Blackburn for eastern meats 29tf Plenty of money to loan at 8 per cent on real estate security I F Dawson 117 So 5th st 18tf. Whosoever has suffered from piles knows how painful and troublesome they are Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment is guaranteed to cure piles. Price 50 cents in bottles tubes 75 cents Sold by Hunter Palmer.
Leon W. Washburn with Stetson's Uncle Tom's Cabin company appears at the opera house on Monday evening January 20 1902. Ed Espy reprises Uncle Tom with a double cast including Topsies and Marks. The show features Siberian bloodhounds prize ponies Creole ladies quartet dancing acts and vocal numbers. Product mentions White's Cream Vermifuge and local merchants McNelly Blackburn Hunter Palmer noted.
F W Aiken becomes postmaster at Texas Creek in January 1902 and the office moves to the D and R G depot. U S Scott resigns as night agent to join the Santa Fe. Several residents visit relatives, and local notes cover ice conditions, teaching staff changes, travel plans, and a mill accident with DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve advertised for wounds and eczema.
Delos Bostwick a carpenter on the high school project suffered a severe crush injury to his left hand when a derrick malfunctioned last Saturday. His quick action prevented two coworkers from being crushed as he steadied the falling crane with his body.
John E. Lloyd distributing clerk at the Florence post office died Saturday morning from apoplexy. He was 42, a prominent local figure and member of several lodges, survived by his wife and two sons.
Lent begins on February 12, earlier than usual, promising crowded festivities before the observance. Easter falls on the last Sunday in March, the 80th of the month, with plans for new Easter dresses and milliners traveling to New York and Chicago to stock up before Easter Sunday.
In a semi annual report at Modern Woodmen, Clerk Ep Minor retires after years in office praising members and urging prompt assessments to avoid suspension. He recalls institute night December 28 1899 and notes 146 active members with 27 lost, three new officers to lead next year.
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