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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1905
Page
2
The Leader Store touts two week old cutlery bargains and rapid sales. It notes ice cream freezers in limited stock and offers washing machines in three makes. Copper and tin wash boilers, cider mills, cider making tips, camp provisions, step ladders, granite ware, and low prices feature in a broad in store advertisement.
Fremont County Fair association directors met at W B Felton’s office to form exhibits committees for the fair week beginning September 17. A finance report noted a $1000 county contribution to premiums and praise for commissioners generosity. Committees include Transportation, Fine Arts, Fruit Exhibit, School Exhibits, Amusements, Accommodations, Live Stock, Building, Advertising, Racing, Poultry, and Farm Products with members named.
Mrs. E Snow serves as chairman for Home Industries with Mrs. H Garlinghouse and Mrs. C V Coffee assisting. Home Manufactures lists E C Hiatt as chairman with R K Coward and J O Stearns as members.
The official program for the Good Roads convention in Canon City lists sessions on August 2. Welcomes from Mayor Coulter, the county, and local commercial groups. speeches by Col. W. H. Moore and Senator A. S. Mann. topics include convict labor organization and practical road construction. a stereopticon lecture and committee reports. adjournment after evening sessions.
An afternoon storm lashed Canon City producing vivid lightning and thunder and local rainfall. Telegraph and telephone lines were briefly crippled by blown fuses while several electrical devices failed. A small fire at the St. Cloud hotel rear was caused by an ashpit defect, not direct storm damage. The rain aided fruit growers and dust control in suburbs.
Ed Roberts, Wilbur postmaster, reports N. W. O’Brien of Wilbur Mining aims to begin operations at once on twelve claims with a first shift on a 75 foot level. The Clydale Mining Co plans a few workers on its nearby property. Walpamite Co employs eight men on fifteen claims at the Dale sidetrack, pushing a tunnel four feet daily under Fred Hockey’s supervision.
Fire crews responded around 3 pm last Tuesday to a small rear blaze at the St. Cloud hotel caused by highly inflammable material from the ash pit. An electric storm and reported lightning contributed to alarms and a large crowd gathered in heavy rain. Damage was inconsequential.
The Atlas hot springs site on a knoll near Canon City hosts a proposed three story stone sanitarium. A 190 by 40 foot main building with a 30 by 40 foot annex includes treatment rooms, kitchens, boiler and engine rooms, ballrooms, verandas, and a central lobby with an elevator and mineral water fountain.
The plans detail a wide parlor 30 by 40 feet with a northern fireplace and cedar aroma, a 35 by 40 dining room, a glass enclosed palm garden, and glass doors to join spaces. A second floor library, solarium, private baths, electrotherapy treatment rooms, and a third floor surgical ward are outlined for a first class hospital like sanitarium housing health seekers. The city pays aldermen four dollars monthly amid debate over spending.
The Greeley Tribune notes friction over funding for a new city hall and a separate water supply project, with officials urging quick decisions within months and residents weighing long term impact.
Mrs Frances L Sales of Missouri Valley Indiana writes she suffered kidney trouble for five years with back pains and frequent urination. After trying five physicians she took Foley's Kidney Cure and was completely cured after three one dollar bottles at Palace Drag Store.
Antone Adamic James Govern and Geneno Ricchutti saloon operators in Prospect Heights were arrested by Sheriff Esser on a Sunday sale charge. They pled guilty before Judge Cooper and, on county attorney recommendation, the sentence was suspended during good behavior.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh with a claimed internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure and urges readers to obtain testimonials from F. J. Ch & Co in Toledo Ohio. The notice also promotes Mall's Family Pills for constipation.
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