Canon City Post Office Serves Wide Community
Canon City post office serves 9929 people with mail from city and rural carriers, PO boxes, and general delivery. The office handles about $25,000 in annual revenue, issued 13007 domestic money orders, 10413 domestic orders paid, and processed extensive registered mail and international orders, reflecting local business activity.
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Post Office
Washington
United States
Canon City
Colorado
Argument in Oil Case Deferred Three Weeks
The case of Jacob Walace of Florence versus Inland Oil Company of Boulder and affiliates for damages of one million dollars was continued to August 18 at 10 a m. The defendant cited illness of Henry T. Rogers and a Denver directors meeting August 10 for Crawford Hill of United Oil. Judge Bailey ordered the argument postponed to August 13 and Wallace may attend the directors meeting on August 10 with his counsel.
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Jacob Walace
Florence
Inland Oil Company of
Boulder
Henry T. Rogers
Rogers, Ellis and Johnson
Crawford Hill
United Oil Company
Denver
Balley
Wallace
Hillip Deaver
Grand Master Joseph Newitt visits Can on City lodge
Grand Master Joseph Newitt of Buena Vista made an official visit to Can on City lodge No. 7 I O O F last night. Harmony Rebekah Lodge No. 9 invited him for an excellent instructive address followed by ice cream and cake social hours. Mrs Hardy Sayre leaves for Pueblo to visit friends. she will return with Miss Helen Sayre from Pueblo.
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Joseph Newitt
Buena Vista
Canon City Lodge No
Harmony Rebekah Lodge
Newitt
J. F. Fuller
Adams 18 Charged With Deadly Assault In Portland
A warrant for the arrest of J. C. Adams of Beaver Land and Irrigation, charged with assault with a deadly weapon on Asher, arises from an altercation at Beaver Park. Adams struck Asher with a shovel, causing a severe head wound requiring stitches. Adams has been discharged from his job. The case proceeds in Justice Blunt's court as a bind over.
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J. C. Adams
Beaver Land and Irrigation Company
Asher
Dr. Carrier
J. H. Waters
Beaver Park
Adams
Justice of the Peace
Blunt
Portland
Asher End
Adame
Ms Company
Copper Promise Highlighted by Colorado Mine Prospector
A Colorado visitor from Barnes City lauds Fremont County as a future copper powerhouse. He notes the Cottonwood Creek Copper Company under Charles A. Huxley and N. E. Barnes advancing ore-rich workings like Ragland Spike Buck Amy and Bethany Cop, with plans to install modern equipment and increase dividends for stockholders.
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Fremont County
Colorado
Cottonwood Creek Copper Company
Barnes City
Charles A. Huxley
Isimer
Hurley
Hasler
Spike Buck
Amy
Bethany
Cop
N. E. Barnes
Cottonwood Copper Mining Company
Great Lege
M. D. Stecher
Twenty Annual Meeting of Normal Institute in This City
The Seventh Normal Institute of teachers from Custer Pueblo and Fremont counties will convene at the high school next Monday, continuing until August 14. Asa P. Dickson presides, with Nellie Corkish and Minnie Merriam assisting, and Milton Blair Potter directing. Instructors include Albert G. Owen, Mrs. Sanford Bell, and Myrtle Goodykoonts, with Katherine L. Craig to lecture. The State Normal Institute course spans three years with professional certificates on completion. Examinations set for August 20 and 21, with 5 percent bonuses for top averages and reading circle book completion.
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Normal Institute
The
Teschers
Custer
Pueblo
Fremont Counties
Seasion
Asa P. Dickson
Custer County
Nellie Corkish
Pueblo County
Minnie C. Merriam
Fremont
Katherine L. Craig
Denver
State Normal School
Milton C. Blair
Miltom C. Potter
Albert G. Owen
Hastings College
Bastings
Nebraska
Sanford Bell
Myrtle Goodykooats
Katherine Lt. Craig
State Normal Institute
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Sherman and Reed
Kern
Sherman & Reed
Canon Quartet Delights Garden City Audiences
The Gate City quartetette Miss Elsie Helm Mrs George Prentiss Mrs W C Thomas and Mrs George Bethel Jr sang at the Garden City Chautauqua to large crowds with varied selections praised as high class artistry. The Garden City Telegram called their performance the best musical treat in years. An unidentified man found dead near the Denver Rio Grande milepost 163 in the Royal Gorge was buried in Greenwood cemetery by Coroner Whitmore with no clues to his identity.
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George A. Prentiss
W. C. Thomas
George W. Bethel Jr
Elsie Helm
Garden City
Kan
Chautauqua Assembly
Gate City Quartette
Garden City Evening Telegram
Garden City Chautauqua
Gate City
Denver & Rio Granade Mile Post No. 163
Royal Gorge
Greenwood Cemetery
Whitmore
Alderman Reeves Explains Water Bond Interest
Canon City July 29 1908 Alderman Charles Reeves explains the 225000 water bonds bid by Spitzer Co Toledo The bid shows 97 cents on the dollar for 225000 bonds dated April 1 1908 with 5 percent interest The annual interest is 11250 and monthly interest is 937 60 Cripple Creek excursion date noted as August 8th priced at 1 75 round trip
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Canon City
Colo
The
Record
Spitzer and Co
Toledo
New York City
Cripple Creek
Large Pueblo-Canon City Electric Line Underway
Statewide project moves forward as Kansas-Colorado Power and Railroad signs Pueblo-Canon City contracts to two states. Construction starts west of Pueblo toward Concrete and Turkey Creek quarries with Northern Electrical Manufacturing handling engineering and grading.
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S. H. Atwater
Kansas-Colorado Power and Railroad Company
Pueblo
Pueblo-Canon City
Northern Electrical Manufacturing Company
Madison
Wis
Hulu
Northern Electrical Company
Turkey Creek
C. W. Davis
Schenectady
New York
General Electrical Company
Fox
Wisconsin Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Washington, D. C
Kansas-Colorado Power and Railroad Co
Franklin Press
Atwater
Garden City
Kansas
United States
Honey crop outlook cited as high quality this year
Virgil P. Cutler of the city fire department notes a strong U S honey yield with fine quality due to late frosts reducing blossom variety. Bees focus on alfalfa and sweet clover, producing high grade honey while eastern states face fewer blossoms. Cutler, who operates about forty colonies, reports first honey sale on the 18th and little disease among bees as they store honey rapidly.
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Virgil P. Cutler
City Fire Department
Canon City
United States
Cutler
Pioneer Home Endorsed by Governor Harper
Governor Harper issues Colorado Day proclamation and urges state residents to fund a pioneer home. The document highlights the project as semi official, aiming to provide housing for distressed pioneers and to rally public support across Colorado.
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Pioneer Home
Harper
Denver
Colorado
Saree
Colorado Pioneers
Rado
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