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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
7
Notice filed by A. Abbey, Register, regarding lands in sections 5 and 8, township 70 west, range meridian. Public notice indicates filing date May 24 and sequence 17501 with first publication June 17 and last publication July 23.
In Fremont County Colorado district court cases involve Virginia H Macon and others against C C Smith Ferena T Barnes and J W Yeamas regarding a promissory note for 4000 with 8 percent interest from May 28 1906 and mortgage foreclosure on lands in Canon City including blocks 2 3 and 4 in A V Macon’s Addition with the Arkansas River deeded tracts and additional collateral 10 shares Canon City and Ojd Creek Ditch Company stock. Court notices dated April 16 1909 and public for June 17 to July 18 1909.
A letter writer warns husbands to let wives have their wedding say or risk lifelong misery. A man recalls eloping in a depot with black horses, while his wife longs for a white team she once dreamed of. The piece ends with a moonlit scene and a white dress.
An ad from Mitchell and Egbers, Rexall store, touts Rexall 93 Hair Tonic claiming it relieves scalp irritation dandruff and falling hair and prevents baldness with a money back guarantee. Two sizes offered priced at 25¢ and $1.00.
For information on the fruit auction best in the United States and on prices and descriptions of desirable properties, contact Walter B. Costen, Real Estate Partner, Parmington, San Juan County, New Mexico.
A young man succumbs to a bold advance with a visiting girl in Canon. She recoils in horror and contemplates his future reproach from family and public scandal. She questions his return as they part, while a narrator notes male assumptions and witty lines from Parson Twine.
In Greeley and nearby Severance two more drownings were reported after a boy named Jacob Labb 11 disappeared in a reservoir on the McElroy ranch near Greeley following a rescue of George Fuss who nearly drowned. Another victim, John Horton 22, drowned in a reservoir on the Law ranch near Severance after cramps ended his play. He had traveled from Akron Colorado where he held a homestead.
A western Minnesota tornado struck Ortonville yesterday afternoon at 4:15, damaging a siding where 26 Italian laborers were housed in box cars. Three men died and nineteen were fatally injured as the cars were blown off the track and a nearby building wrecked. Homes were destroyed, leaving families homeless.
Miss Ruth Wade of Cripple Creek wins the academy prize with a study titled Margaret of Anjou. The essay covers her birth around March 23 1429, marriage to Henry VI in 1445, her rule and leadership during the Wars of the Roses, battles at Northampton and St Albans, and her struggle to preserve her son's claim amid factional power, ending amid defeat and tragedy.
The text recounts a queen named Margaret who was imprisoned and died in sorrow after four years in prison. King Louis of France paid fifty thousand crowns to redeem her. She returned to her homeland and lived out her remaining years in heartbreak due to severe hardships and disappointments as a queen, wife, and mother.
Naivasha reports from July 8 note Roosevelt expedition members are in good health. Theodore Roosevelt killed a maned lion and a lioness with four rhinoceroses. Kermit Roosevelt took one large bullet and two rhino, plus a lioness. The hunters also bagged various other game and plan a hippo hunt at Capt. Richard Atterborough’s farm on the lake shore.
Preparations for the Fourth annual Fremont County Fair begin at the fair grounds on September 8 9 and 10. Committees work to provide continuous entertainment with a strong sports program featuring racing events and a largely local field. Premiums beyond racing purses total over 1800 dollars and ground preparations start soon.
Canon City residents publicly reaffirm past Doan's Kidney Pills cures for back pain and kidney distress. Mrs. W H Dawson recalls 1906 testimony, says two boxes relieved dull back ache, headaches, dizziness, and irregular secretions. she remains confident in the remedy two years later. Sold by Hunter Palmer's drug store. price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole U S agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Patrick ONeill, a known local, was found with his head wedged between buffers of the vegetable car and sleepers when No 2 arrived in Trinidad. The engineer backed the cars a few inches to uncouple the coaches, freeing the man. ONeill, reportedly intoxicated, was arrested on a vagrancy charge and to be arraigned before Magistrate Finch.
The article summarizes Colorado game and fishing provisions from the recent amendments. It lists open seasons for deer ducks and other waterfowl, birds and fish limits, licensing requirements for residents and non residents, and details on wardens and salaries. It notes license costs including non resident hunting and bird licenses and outlines deputy warden appointments.
The Fremont County Fair Association and Canon City merchants urged the county commissioners to appropriate public funds for the fair. Commissioners deferred decision to Tuesday. At the previous fair over 300 exhibitors showed 2,393 items with premiums paid by the association.
Since the start of the year one hundred fifty eight hunting licenses have been issued in the county. Most licenses are for ducks and waterfowl while the deer season opens October first for ten days. New game laws take effect July 28 requiring a two dollar license for non residents fishing in Colorado streams.
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