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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1902
Page
6
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as a remedy for thinning due to overwork or under-digestion. It urges balancing activity with oil intake, warns against overreliance, and notes the product costs 50 cents or 1 dollar with a free sample offer and a promotional image on the bottle.
A reported phone exchange between a husband and wife shows a casual dinner invitation tied to the wife recovering her health. The husband mentions laundry charges and a two cent discrepancy, prompting a humorous insistence to get the two cents back from the laundry boy.
Main Street East is being treated with novaculite to fill worn spots. The material, plentiful locally, is shipped east for road building and used to keep farmers connected to town during rains. Mud often reaches a foot deep, frustrating travel and forcing four-horse teams to struggle through.
Ernest Welton rode his bicycle along Orchard Avenue when he collided with a surrey pulled by a team. He was dragged by the neck yoke until it broke near the railroad, then fell. The rig passed over him but he escaped injury. the horses ran away, the occupants unharmed. Beer bottles found along the highway suggest careless driving.
The Pride of Jennico touring drama will be staged Wednesday evening January 22 in our city. The production, based on a novel by Agnes and Egerton Castle, is created by Abby Sage Richardson and Grace L Furniss and headlined by Daniel Frohman, with Munroe Sage presenting. A crowd pleaser praised for its chivalric heroism and romantic heroine, the show is billed as the season’s standout romantic drama. Also advertised are One Minute Cough Cure claims and He positions for blood purifiers with Herbine sold locally by Palace drug store and Hunter Palmer.
An old newspaper snippet advertises a Domestic Jewel Steel Range by Watson & Bancroft and notes E A Bradbury Notary Public at 501 Main Street. It also promotes real estate loans with thousands of dollars in varied amounts at standard rates, and lists J M Ragsdale & Sons wagons and a health tonic Herbine sold by Hunter Palmer.
Spinach grown in the open air near the soda point sells readily as housewives seek greens this season. Young onions and radishes remain in market, lemonade is recommended with a home remedy method, and sardine toast with parsley lemon butter makes a luncheon or tea option.
Professor Swinney was ill causing short absences. Sumner Pressy, a senior, filled his duties and taught advanced mathematics in his stead. The eighth grade mourns Carrie Martin, a popular student, with flowers and funeral attendance. Washington School eighth grade decorates a memorial room with statues and historic prints funded by Foltz and Hardy. the Minute Man statue is on order, valued around 225 dollars.
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