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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1907
Page
4
The bank invites the public to get acquainted, asserts ample resources, and vows to serve Fremont County with loans at reasonable rates to help through crop losses, highlighting its Colorado business leaders and commitment to local Upbuilding.
The Fair, a major Chicago department store, paid a Chicago newspaper $117 777.64 for one year's advertising. The expenditure underscores the value of newspaper advertising for building a large business and sustaining stock of goods.
The First Presbyterian Church may invite Rev. J. T. Thomas of Canon City Colorado to be pastor after Rev. Harry Noble Wilson left for St. Paul Minnesota. Thomas preached in Muncie and won strong local support, having served in Canon City and Chicago's McCormick Seminary. he previously aided in Indiana during war as a chaplain.
Merle Wilson, son of Mr and Mrs A E Wilson of 431 College avenue, writes from Kobe Japan on May 12 detailing his three year naval service and a travel segment from Newark to the far east. He recalls sailing from New York to Oyster Bay, a 152 mile leg, then boarding the battleship at the Brook street location en route to European and Asiatic duties.
Report of the condition for Fremont County National Bank No 8483 at Canon City Colorado as of May 20 1907 shows resources including loans 443557.93 overdrafts 22313.48 U S bonds etc total assets 1123754.88 Liabilities include capital stock 100000 Eldged profits 11428.43 deposits 1012374.45 and other items with cashier Geo F Rockafellow swearing to truth of the statement.
A traveler recounts visits to Pompeii Naples Rome Athens and Cairo aboard the Pennsylvania voyage. Highlights include Vatican blessing in Rome Ad Elders and Catacombs Forum Amphitheater Acropolis Suez Canal history Nile onward to Bombay Colombo and Aden with coastal notes and ship life reflections.
The piece discusses advertiser hunger for a fixed, prominent ad spot and the challenge of persuading them that uniform placement may be preferable to standing out in an isolated, attention seeking location. It notes advertisers’ belief in the value of prominence and the difficulty of convincing them otherwise.
The Royal Gorge Chautauqua program lists daily schedules from Friday July 19 through Sunday July 27 featuring lectures, concerts, Bible Hours, Indian Council activities, motion pictures, and sacred services with performers such as Clarence L. Chester, R. T. Campbell, F. L. Loveland, Pearl Head, Loren Jones, E. J. Sias, and The Hungarians. Also notes Minneapolis Quartette, Champ Clark speeches, and events at Canon City.
The largest Colorado trout on record, weighing twenty and a quarter pounds, was caught in Twin Lakes by W. W. Fay of Buena Vista using hook and live bait. The fish was photographed by Geo. L. Bean and sent to a taxidermist. dimensions listed include length and girth.
P J Cariboni of Denver arranged the smuggling of his brother Albert Cariboni’s body across the Mexican border to El Paso Texas to avoid a government fee. He planned the operation and two Denver men helped, later delivering the body to El Paso and sending it by train to Denver.
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