Canon City to Host Big Street Fair and Carnival
The Southern Carnival company, a 135 strong troupe, will exhibit in Canon City for one week starting Monday June 11 at the south Ninth street grounds opposite the D R G depot. The lineup includes eight tent shows, the Royal Stadium act of Dave Diavolo on a bicycle, three large free acts, and daring stunts such as Kid Mangles diving from 75 feet into two feet of water. Peggy From Paris will perform in mid air under hypnotic influence.
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Southern Carnival Company
Canon City
South Ninth Street
D. & R. G. Depot
Royal Stadium
Dave Diavolo
Kid Mangles
Peggy
Paris
Are You Tired Nervous and Sleepless
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as nourishing blood to revive nerves and vitality. It claims absence of alcohol, highlights endorsements by medical authorities, and promotes additional remedies and a free medical adviser pamphlet. Includes price details for mail order.
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Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Common Sense Medical Adviser
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Coon Town 400 to Open Week of June Eleventh Shows
The program promises first class acts and a clean, laughable performance. Exhibits include baby incubators as the greatest invention, the Frisco ruins with explanations, and a Japanese acrobatic troupe with Diavolo on bicycle. Also featured are Willie the fat boy and Hooligan's flat, with a safe Ferris wheel and nightly free acts all week. Opening night is Monday June 11.
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Willie
Underflow in the Arkansas Valley Irrigation Study 1904
A US Geological Survey report details the 1904 study of the Arkansas River underflow in western Kansas. It maps groundwater movement, notes an average 8 feet per day flow toward the east, and describes groundwater origin, depth effects on mineral content, and potential for large irrigation yields with suitable power. It cites Garden, Kansas, and emphasizes underground drainage in gravels and the profitability of private pumping with appropriate power.
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Arkansas River
Kansas
United States Geological Survey
Charles S. Slichter
Arkansas
Garden
Kans
Arkansas Valley
Plants From 20 to 100 HP Fuel Coal Or Gas Generators
Kansas crude oil in gas generators should prove profitable for use in the smaller plants. The present cost of pumping with gasoline for fuel is not encouraging.
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Colorado
Kansas
Fruit Day plans backed by Fair Association committee
A Fremont County Horticultural Society meeting at the courthouse heard a special fair committee pledge to help ensure Fruit Day at the county fair. The group agreed to supply fruit for free distribution during the event set for September 19 to 21, with D. W. Ross James Turnbull and M. E. Snow forming the association committee.
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The
Fair Association
Fremont County Horticultural Society
Court House
D. W. Ross
James Turnbull
M. E. Snow
Fine Grand Opera Concert Shines In Canon City
A Tuesday night opera house recital by Tom Richards of Canon City and Miss Martha Miner of New York drew a large, appreciative audience. Both artists, former Savage company members, offered a varied program of Wagnerian and Italian pieces. The friends and family of Richards noted his early Colorado Springs schooling and Paris study, with the event judged one of the season’s most delightful entertainments.
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Opera House
Tom Richards
Martha Miner
New York City
Canon City
Mr. Richards
Miss Miner
Savage's
Grand Opera Company
Denver
United States
Europe
Colorado Springs
New York
Luckstone
Paris
America
Sauvage
Richards
Good Night's Rest and Dr Boschee's German Syrup Ad
An advertisement extols Dr Boschee's German Syrup as a miracle tonic for coughs colds and lung troubles claiming over thirty five years of use and promising a night's rest free from night sweats with a 75 cent bottle and smaller 25 cent size sold at The Palace Drug Store in a businesslike tone.
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Dr. Boschee
Scenic Limited arrives as finest train in the west
The Scenic Limited, newly inaugurated by the Denver & Rio Grande, arrived on schedule last Sunday and now runs daily between Denver and Salt Lake City. It is praised as luxurious and a premier westbound service. A large crowd gathered at the station to view the arrival and patronage is strong. John W. Combs, recently ill, left via Santa Fe for Los Angeles with his wife, planning to travel to Santa Barbara, San Francisco, and Seattle before settling in Santa Monica.
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the Scenic Limited
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company
Denver
Salt Lake City
John W. Combs
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
San Francisco
Seattle
Mr. Combs
Elevation Advice Alters Travel Plans for Canon City Resident
A physician advised that the altitude of Canon City was too high for the patient. The notice promotes cheap rail rates to New Haven, Connecticut from Chicago with direct and via New York options on June 2, 13, 4 and 5, with an extended return window to June 30. Nickel Plate office in Denver requests particulars.
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Canon City
New Haven
Conn
Chicago
New York City
Seventeenth St
Denver Corp
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First National Bank
J. H. Peabody
Qua Donald
M. Smith
Scott
Scott & Towne
Pearl Street
Fremont County Bank
Raynolds
Lewis
F. Rockafellow
F. A. Raynolds
T. B. Coulter
J. W. Canon
M. J. Evans
Citizens State Bank
Cannon L. W. Felter
Geo. W. Bethell
H. Trout J. Evans
the Palace Drug Store
West
Kodaks
Guns Beecher’s
Reynolds Heights
Allison Avenue
6Th
7Th Streets
F. A. Reynolds
Christian Church
John M. Emmerson
Canon Investment and Realty Co. (Incorporated
H. Atwater
Main St
Grand Spring
Canon City, Colorado
South 9Th Street
Royal Roman Stadium
Coon
Electric Theatre
Willie the
Fat Boy
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