City Council approves new sidewalks and street improvements
At the last council meeting a flood of business led to orders for concrete or stone sidewalks across Canon City. Projects include several lots and blocks, street relocations near the academy, and a plan to curb sidewalk spitting. Other actions cover street lighting, a night engineer appointment, and hack license adjustments.
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Canon City
St. Cloud Hotel
St. James Hotel
Opera House
Record Block
Hallock & Herrington’s
Ice Company
Swanson's
Wright & Pennington
Rio Grande
First Street
Boyd Arneal
GC. C. Rittenhouse
City Hall
Sixth and Pike
L. M. Hovey
Recitals by Miss Briggs Pupils at Gibson and Biggs Homes
Piano students presented a sequence of selections at the Gibson home with Ethel Gibson, Miss Briggs and Tina McKenzie performing. A second program followed at Edna Biggs home with Katherine Coolbaugh and others, ending with fruit and punch for guests.
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Scene de Ballet
C. Errolg
Ethel Gibson
Mise Briggs
Lange
Tina McKenzie Hoffman Kullack
Edna Biggs
Katherine Coolbaugh
Lois Rogers
Amy Ragsdale
Leschetizky
Katharine Coolbaugh
van Gael
Rienhold
Horvath
von Blon
Lanciani
Schmall
Weber
Clyde Biggs
Walter Diegel
Hazel Gardner
Lois Webster
Petre
Algenfritz
Tours
Chopin
Leschetszky
Pansy Burghardt
Eula
Filters at Work Purify River Water at Local Store
Walker Bros. Filter operates in store to purify muddy river water. Ellis & Hood and DeWeese & Turnbull advertise loans on first class real estate security at eight percent interest. Sef
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Walker Bros
Ellis & Hood
DeWeese & Turnbull
Sef
Death of Mildred Cline Child of Mr and Mrs Cline
Mildred, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Cline, died Sunday morning at about 5 from brain trouble. She was 3 years 9 months 7 days old. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon. Mr. Cline works at the Fremont County bank.
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Mildred
G. T. Cline
Mr. Cline
Fremont County Bank
Local notes from Canon City and nearby towns
J E Weaver and others appear in Rocky Ford and Florence visits. Several residents travel to Denver and Walker's ranch for stays. The Record highlights local advertising, weather benefits, real estate, and business moves including Ritzman purchasing Elm avenue land and Eva Berney leaving Canon City for Denver.
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Eva Berney
Denver
Denver Dry Goods Company
Canon City
Notorial Work Experience Noted in Colorado Conveyancing
Notarial profession highlighted with over twenty years of conveyancing experience under Colorado laws. Attorney Jos. W. Milsom identified among practitioners.
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Colorado
Jos. W. Milsom
Two Nights to New York or Boston on The Rocky Mountain Limited
The Rocky Mountain Limited via Rock Island Route departs Denver at 1 PM and Colorado Springs at 1 20 daily. Dining cars available for all meals. A mid day luncheon is offered for fifty cents on the travel route.
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New York
Boston
Rocky
Brave test fails to win Marion Mart in tale of vault
Marion Martin, fearing spinsterhood, agrees to marry John Knowlton if he proves his courage by spending a night in the family vault. While Knowlton snores through the night, Ernest Trevor proves braver and wins her, marrying her despite the bungled challenge.
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Marion Martin
John Knowlton
John
Marion
Beiong
Edward Leonard
Larned
Ernest Trevor
Martin
Jingo
Trevor
Ernest
Knowlton
Ernest Trevor Willy Nilly
Jasmin the Gascon barber defies a banker’s bribe
The Gascon poet and barber Jasmin treats a rich banker snob to a refusal. The millionaire, after a triumphal escort to Jasmin's hotel, asks for a shave in exchange for payment, but Jasmin insists he shaves for pay only at home and refuses. The bribe fails and the man leaves unshaved.
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Jasmin
Fim
Encouragement Nurtures Hidden Promises and Growth
A Catholic Home Companion passage urges giving kind words and praise to uplift others. It compares people to plants needing sunlight and water, noting many flourish with encouragement while few endure in harsh soil.
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Catholic Home Companion
Leominster’s Old Ducking Stool Highlighted
The Leominster Priory houses a surviving cucking stool once used to punish scolds and other offenders. Dating back to Saxon times, the Leominster specimen was England’s last recorded use in 1809, with similar devices still seen at Montgomery, Warwick, Fordwich, and Leeke.
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Leominester
Priory
Leominster
England
Montgomery
Warwick
Fordwich
Leeke
Womanly Worries and Nervous Strain What Causes It
The London Spectator argues that women may show nerves more through persistent small worries than men, due to household burdens and social expectations. It suggests that constant pressure, not frequency of crises, wears down nervous systems, comparing the effects to water slowly hollowing stone.
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London Spectator
The Morning's Work All Done in the New Home
A servant recently arrived from Owb koshi-Nowa'am reports completing cleaning, bed making, and turning on the gas for the night as a odor question about sewer gas is raised by Mistress.
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Gilbert Campbell
F. M. Endsley
Owbkoshi-Nowa
Marriage Customs in Italy Report From Woman's Home Companion
The article outlines Italian wedding customs with emphasis on social roles for women. It notes that maiden witnesses are forbidden, matrons must accompany the bride, and a lover’s house entry is publicly avoided. Grooms honor brides with gifts tied to seasons and prize jewelry, with weddings on Sunday deemed lucky while other days carry warnings.
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St. Mark
Venice
Also Mentioned on This Page
Angel's Dream
Holy City
Tina McKenzie
Wm. Tell
Rossini Rummel
Miss Briggs
Nocturne
Chopin Katharine Coolbaugh
Am Mendelssohn
Kingsley
Ragsdale
Rogers
Victor Herbert
Brookside
Adieu
Marie
Miss Ragsdale
Fremont County
A. P. Nelson & Co
Main Street
J. E. Weaver
Rocky Ford
Trouth
The
Florence Citizen
George W. Bethel, Jr
Walker
J. W. McCandless
Judge Bradley
Florence
J. W. Emmerson
Almont
Charles Sims
Kansas
Kellenberger
George R. Cassedy
Elks’ Lodge
Mr. Cassedy
Lodge of Elks
Colum
J. T. Craig
Minnie Kimrell
Gunnison
Soda Springs
Dawson
James Fox
Beulah
Mr. Fox
D. H. Eyer
John Ritzman
Jos. Herman
Elm Avenue
Lincoln Park
Mr. Ritzman
C. R. C. Dye
D. L. Stone
Charles Sweitzer
Colorado Springs
Weaver & Bond
Charlie
Springs
Dr. Little
Baker & Biggs
Warren R. Atherton
United States
Dr. Price
Price Baking Powder Co
Chcaco
Italy
Bluestone
Paris Green
Palace Drug Store
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