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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1900
Page
6
The Peabody Military Band asks readers not to harshly criticize upcoming concerts as the group is only eight months old with most players new. Directors note performances will be amateur in nature and encouragement will help the players more than criticism.
Senator West of Missouri recounted a remarkable tale of a Scotch missionary who civilised cannibal Indians in British North America. He faced church authorities over administering the Lord's Supper, prompting the tribe to consider moving to Alaska under religious freedom. The story ends with a dramatic exodus scene and condemnation of religious prejudice.
A Cincinnati Enquirer report on a medical club meeting describes golf knee as a common issue among golfers. The pose used in driving can resemble knock knee and, in youths with soft bones, may progress to permanent knock knee without treatment.
The Philadelphia Bulletin reports a new fund raising plan for St. Mark's Church involving wealthy congregants insuring their lives with the church named as beneficiary. The scheme, developed in part by a society woman who writes policies, would create a prospective endowment funded by annual premiums and policy proceeds to support church work and borrowing power.
The Dramatic Mirror prints odd solicitations received by managers including George Dupree of O Hooligan's Wedding. A Pittsburg area song and dance man offers to set the sand on fire, while a Kansas Freak imitates a Brass Band and sings in high tenor. A Kansas City amateur minstrels hopeful asks for a chance, pledging comedy, drums, piano and band work.
A New Orleans lawyer dismissed a 12 year old’s idea of a metal ball in place of wheels as impracticable noting that top pressure would prevent turning. Years later the same idea became the ball bearing, powering devices from bicycles to stands. the boy, now a clerk, still has the drawing.
The Pittsburg News notes that fire engine sightings stir daily thrills in city life, with police recalling past close calls as engines rush by. Also advertised are Salt Lake Excursions by Rio Grande Western and partner lines offering round trips from Denver area, with dates in July to September and various city connections.
A letter recounts fifteen years of suffering ended by three bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and two bottles of Golden Medical Discovery. The writer claims the remedies cured female weakness and nervous conditions, aided fertility, prevented miscarriage, and eased childbirth. The testimonial mentions Mrs. T. Norris of Watauga County, North Carolina, praising the medicines.
The Santa Fe will run weekly excursions to Dean Cole every Sunday until further notice leaving Carson City at 11 a m and returning from Dean at 4 p m. Round trip fare is 60 cents. Attractions include a fine swimming pool mineral baths and good shade.
The Wool-Sack, the Lord Chancellor seat in the House of Lords, is a wool-filled bag covered by red cloth. It dates to Elizabethan times as a reminder of an act restricting wool exports, once England's main national wealth. The city council has acted on the RecopD’s suggestion about teams left standing together, per an official notice in another column.
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