Congress backs four Panama Y M C A club houses for workers
Congress approved funds for four more Panama Canal Y M C A club houses to house and entertain government workers. Taft praised the program saying the Y M C A fosters healthful recreation and character, urging Canon City to build a similar facility.
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Congress
Uncle Sam
Army
Navy
Goethals
Mr. Taft
Panama Canal
Red Cross Society
Young Men’s Christian Association
Bryan praises Y M C A work and need for funds
Hon W J Bryan extols the Young Men's Christian Association as a forces for Christian outreach and social reform. He argues the group supports church work, gymnasiums, and night schools, and urges Canon City to invest 60,000 dollars for a suitable building.
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Philippines
Young Men's Christian Association
Canon City
Taft
North America
Colorado
Greeley
Pueblo
Young Men’s Christian Association
United States
Association
The strength of a child and Quaker Oats
The article extols Quaker Scotch Oats as a source of strength for children and urges mothers to feed their kids oatmeal daily. it promotes regular packages and family sizes and highlights noticeable improvements in strength and vigor with consistent use.
Unclear Phrase Cites Future Possibility
Fragmentary text notes a belief in capability and inevitability, suggesting motivation for forthcoming actions but lacking concrete details or identifiable subjects or events.
Canon City High alumni dance honors 1909 class at Elks Hall
Alumni Association of Canon City High School held a reception and dance at Elks Hall last night to honor the class of 1909 graduates. Miss M. Belle Minor received a diamond brooch for decades of service to education. Miss Minor departs for Missouri soon. Ice cream, wafers, and dancing followed the program.
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Elks Hall
Canon City High School
McDonald's Orchestra of
Pueblo
Miss Dale
Geo. Bethel, Jr
Hagan Stockder
Slutz
Clyde C. Dawson
Msss
M. Belle Minor
Miss Minor
Canon City
Hannibal
Missouri
The
Almani Association
Model Highway to Canon City Started
Preliminary surveys for a Canon City to Colorado Springs highway began yesterday marking the first active step toward a model road in Colorado. Waggener, a famed surveyor, joined El Paso and Fremont county surveyors with local Good Roads support to select the best route hugging the foothills and avoiding Dead Mans canon and Red hill. The project aims to showcase top mountain road construction and scenery, with construction to begin after the survey.
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Canon City
Colorado Springs
Colorado
W. P. Woodside
el Paso
Chas. Mitton
Fremont
el Paso County Good Roads Association
T. L. Waggener
Waggener
United States
Oregon
Good Roads Association
Woodside
Dead Mans Canon
Red Hill
Colorado Springs Gazette
Civic Improvement League Finalizes City Park Purchase
The Civic Improvement League completed the final payment on the land for a new public park on north Fifth Street. The triangle bounded by Fifth and Sixth streets and Hazel and Cooper avenues will become a park, with improvements adding beauty to the city. The league contributed $610.20 toward the land, the council $500, and nearby property owners the remainder, with acknowledgments to listed donors including C. Stratton, W. Van Patten, G. Anderson, W. B. Wallace, J. H. Short, W. B. Curtis, and G. W. Bethel.
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Civic Improvement League
Fifth Street
Sixth Street
Hazel and
Cooper Avenues
Retae Eatek Ways
C. S. Stratton
W. van Patten
G. Anderson
W. B. Wallace
J. H. Short
W. B. Curtis
C. la Reye
G. W. Bethel
Serge suits and fabrics for vacation wear and cleaning
A local tailoring and cleaning shop offers Serge suits as durable vacation wear that stay neat. They also make ready suits in popular fabrics with a comfortable fit at easy prices and provide cleaning and pressing for ladies and gentlemen. Delivery and steam or dry cleaning service are available.
Civic Improvement League plans Tag Day to replenish funds
The Civic Improvement League, short on treasury funds after park expenses, plans a Tag Day next month or six weeks to raise money for its reserve. The North Fifth street park name remains unsettled with Hazel Park facing reconsideration and a possible new christening in coming months.
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Civic Improvement League
North Fifth Street
Hazel Park
Murderer Tom Barnett Shot Dead in Abilene Jail
At 1 o clock this morning a mob stormed the county jail in Abilene Kansas and shot to death Tom Barnett who had been recently convicted of murdering Alexander Sears The victim was killed inside his cell Local officials said the shooting followed the prisoner’s conviction and public outrage.
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Alexander Sears
Abiline
Kan
Tom Barnett
Frontier Sketches of Missouri Laborers on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Rail Line
The article recalls the 1850s Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad workers in Missouri. It details wages and drink practices, a clash between Irish laborers and a Mexican immigrant, and the lasting impact on local families who settled in Linn and Macon counties.
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Hannibal and
St. Joseph
Mississippi
Hannibal & St. Joe
Bob Stewart
Thomas Jobson
Macon
Missouri
Pioneer Road
St. Louis
Jimmy Kelso
Kelso
Texas
Jimmy
Linn
Perjury convictions deepen in Fort Collins trial
E M Sandy and S M Allen confessed to false testimony in the assault on Will Austin case and pled guilty before Judge Gamble. Each received a 1 to 2 year penitentiary term. The men claimed they were coached by Attorney Leftwich and others, but denied inducements.
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Fort Collins Express
E. M. Sandy
S. M. Allen
T. J. Leftwich
Will Austin
Gamble
District Court
Sandy
Jesse
Fay
Allen
H. S. Garbutt
Charles Carlson
Leftwich
Ments
Crose
Perry Killgore
Court House
Austin
Garbutt
McGregor
Pindell
Street Car Service Improves as Strike Continues in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit workers strike for higher wages and better conditions. Today extraordinary efforts aim to boost active street cars though service remains crippled with under half the fleet in operation.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
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