Notice of Publication in Canon City District Court
A public land notice from the Department of the Interior at Pueblo Colorado announces Elwood C Higgins and other claimants filing five year proofs to establish homestead claims. Witnesses listed include John F Murray Lou Woodring and Charles A Somerville among Canon City residents. First publication July 2 1908. last publication August 6 1908.
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Canon City
Colo
John F. Murray
Parkdale
Lou ‘Woodring
Charles A. Somerville
Canon Lonnie Gribble
A. Abbey
Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Acce
Pueblo
Elwood C. Higgins
District Court
Frank Steinmier
Charles E. Canterbury
Walter Nelson
Robert A. Nelson
Coloret
Order to Show Cause on Petition for Sale of Real Estate
Colorado Fremont County probate court orders show cause why Ira Slater as administrator may sell Lot fourteen in Prescott Estate subdivision to pay debts and costs. Heirs, legatees, and the decedent's estate must appear August 14 1908 to contest. notice to run four weeks in Canon City Record.
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Heal
State of
Colorado
Fremont
Susan L. Daniels
A. D
Ira
Slater
T. J. Prescott
Prescott
Fremont County
Thomas J. Prescott
George Rouse, Jr
T. J
Thomas McCamment
Tra S. Slater
Canon City Record
James L. Cooper
Bertram Finds Living Pet After Move to Country
In a childhood vignette from The August Delineator a boy named Bertram longs for a real pet in an apartment. After moving to the country his parents grant him a kitten, and he treasures the first living creature he can hold.
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Little Bertram
Bertram
Morning talk at the school about lunch duties
A six year old boy asks his mother to let Katie pack his lunch, praising Katie's appetite and suggesting she would do a better job. The scene unfolds as the mother says it is no trouble. A short classifieds notice and a product listing follow.
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Bobbie
Katie
Pleasant Bedford ex-residents gathering at Mrs. Wylie's home
A cordial gathering of Iowa natives, many formerly living in Bedford, was hosted by Mrs. M. M. Wylie at 709 Mystic Avenue Friday night. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Lafe Combs and others. refreshments were served. The note ends with a humorous dream vignette from The Pines.
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Iowa
Bedford
M. M. Wylie
Mystic Avenue
Lafe Combs
M. M. McKissick
Pearl
Nan
Lulu McConkle
Anderson
Lulu
Julius Cramer
Harry W. Combs
Secord Crop Strawberries In Western Colorado
In western Colorado growers can harvest a second crop of strawberries by resting beds after the first harvest. Stop watering when the first pickings dwindle, mow and rake, then irrigate and cultivate until the second crop ripens. Although bed life may shorten, a profitable late crop can fetch about twenty cents per box on retail markets. O. B. Whipple Colorado Experiment Station.
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Colorado
O. B. Whipple
Mrs Hunter Palmer Hosts Early Morning Bridge Party
Mrs Hunter Palmer entertained twenty four ladies at an early morning bridge gathering Wednesday at 9 30. Tea Harding won the top score and received a vase of flowers, followed by a delicious luncheon and social hour.
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Hunter Palmer
Tea Harding
A Patchwork Poem Collection of Wit and Verse
A varied humorous collage presents poems and sketches about etiquette letters romance and daily life. Characters Adam and Eve Rebuking the Critic and a string of quips explore manners humor and social scenes with playful language and light satire.
Pert Paragraphs and Patience in Daily Guesses
A fragmented, whimsical meditation on patience and social behavior. It hints at financial influence, gendered notions, and uncertain characters, with garbled phrases suggesting a playful or satirical column fragment from a historical paper. The readable parts imply a quirky, ironic tone about advice, money, and personal conduct.
Food Scarcity in Paris Siege 1870 Prices Told by Sailor Memoir
A memoir recounts Paris during the 1870 siege with exact victual prices and rationing. Elephants and wolves were butchered for meat at high prices, and a lamb fetched a high sum. Citizens lined up for meat and bread under municipal ration cards while women endured cold and hunger. A separate anecdote recalls a gambling debt paid via misdirection involving Mrs. Crewe and Charles Fox.
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Pricehita
Paris
Zoological Garden
M. Debos
Av. Friendland
France
National Guard
Crewe
Charles
James Fox
Mrs. Crewe
Fox
Risky Revenge at Ferrara Ends in Stage Riots
Violinist Gagallini escaped a fatal confrontation after an audience hissed. He vowed to imitate animals and mocked the hissers by braying an ass on stage. Patrons rushed the stage, threatening violence as the performer retreated amid the uproar.
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Gagallini
Ferrara
Waiting on a Porter Ended in a Heated Exchange
A portly, irritable old man dining with his wife at an uptown lobster house spilled soup on his clothes. He jumped up to berate the staff, accusing the waiter of lacking gentility, while the manager dismissed the accusation as unworthy of notice.
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Dleman
New
York
Fruit varieties profit Canon City growers despite frost
Canon City residents report a robust fruit season with gooseberries red currants and juicy peaches from local farms. One acre of asparagus yielded 602.48 dollars in sales while the state horticulture board praises English Morello cherries from Canon City as larger than California varieties.
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Canon City
Daily Record Office
Peter Richter
N. H. Endsley
East Canon
C. H. Kissinger
Lincoln Park
Daily Record
C. H. Mattoon
State Board of Horticulture
Denver
Colo
Sunday Summer Rates On Rails To Pueblo And Florence
Passenger service notes Sunday only summer fares from Canon City to Florence at 50 cents round trip and to Pueblo at 1.50 round trip on the Rio Grande line with service offered each Sunday through the season.
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Canon City
Florence
Pueblo
Rio Grande
Illinois Residents Plan Canon City Illinois Society
Ex residents of Illinois in Canon City and vicinity plan forming a society ahead of a Labor Day picnic. A register is open at Chas Rowcliffe’s tailoring shop for signatures with present and former addresses. A meeting may be held in the district court room next Friday evening to organize.
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Ohio
Iowa
Canon City
Chas. E. Rowcliffe
Main Street
Illinois
District Court Room
Stolen Horses Brought In To Identify Owners
Four head of stolen horses captured by Sheriff Esser and John Murray were brought to the city pound from the Bourquin ranch on Webster Park. Two horses bear M with a bar and a cross with the number 4. believed stolen in Weld county. Thief fled to the mountains. owner sought in days ahead. Also notes visitors Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pigg left Stirrup ranch after a rain rich period improves Black Mountain vegetation.
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Esser
John Murray
Coppergulch
Bourquin Ranch
Webster Park
Weld County
W. H. Pigg
Ben W. Rea
Stirrup Ranch
Mr. Pigg
Black Mountain
Good Ways to Serve Watermelon Featured in August Issue
The August New Idea Woman's Magazine offers several watermelon serving ideas. It advises chilling on ice for four hours, slicing from end to center, and presenting wedges. It also suggests frozen watermelon with cream and sugar, then a watermelon sherbet made with boiled sugar water and gelatin.
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New Idea Woman's Magazine
Preparing a Watermelon Orange Freezer Syrup
A recipe describes softening in cold water, straining into a freezer can, chilling, then adding one pint of orange juice and freezing. As it nears freezing, two cupfuls of firm watermelon dice are added and the mixture is packed in ice and salt for an hour to firm before serving.
Runaway Wagon Scare Hits Main Street Saturday
A Lincoln Park team owned wagon ran wild along Main street at 1 30 p m Saturday frightening a light wagon and narrowly missing shop windows at Third Street. It rode the sidewalk to a tele phone pole near First Street wrecking the wagon. Miraculously no serious injuries reported. Old papers 10c bundle of 50. Record office.
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Main Street
W. Nestor
Lincoln Park
Third Street
Heavey & Keys
First Street
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Sone Rees
Mitchell
W. H. Murray
Infernais
Secord
Mrs. Hunter Palmer
Bridge
Sammor A
Philosophy
Bumcan M. Stite
Eve
Adam
Aeha
Cafe
Toray Ogee
Endsley
California
Mattoon
Park Center
Salida
Wr. T. Bridwell
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