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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1906
Page
8
The notice promotes reading selections including The Jungle as an exposé on Chicago packing houses conditions and praises For the Soul of Raphel as the best novel of the year. Standard fiction priced at 1.25 dollars and popular editions at 60 cents.
The Canon City Milling Company urges customers to demand Hard-To-Beat flour at 1.35 per sack, warning against merchants who substitute higher priced brands for profit. They claim comparable quality to $1.50-$1.65 flours and call for asking for Hard-To-Beat or On Time to ensure fair pricing and satisfaction.
The notice advertises two paint types prepared and unprepared. It claims prepared paint is superior and promotes Sherwin-Williams as a quality option. A large assortment of glass is available cut to any size. Spring wallpaper styles are arriving as customers plan a clean up.
At the regular city council meeting last Monday the body unanimously voted to appropriate $500 from the water fund to hire a hydraulic engineer to seek an adequate water source beyond the current supply. Hiram Phillips of St. Louis, noted for the Florence water plant, is a likely appointee to lead the investigation. The council also introduced an ordinance to penalize driving motor vehicles on Skyline boulevard with fines from $10 to $50. A hack license petition asked reducing annual fees to $20 and switching to advance yearly payments. referred to license committee. The finance committee reported a $300 bill from Taylor & Sayre for legal services in liquor cases. bills approved for payment from miscellaneous fund. A communication from President E.
ie Jewett of the Diamond Fire Brick Company promised to pay the council $25 for every fire department response to alarms from its Ninth Street business. The council halted garbage dumping near Alderman Kenly around Soda Point and set a new dumping ground west of the First Street bridge. Plumbers’ licensing petitions were referred to a committee for investigation. The street, alley and bridge committee bought dirt at 17.5 cents per cubic yard for street use. The rest of the session covered minor items before adjournment. A sale ad touts Foley’s Kidney Cure as beneficial for kidney and bladder issues. Fishing season opened statewide with Beaver Creek drawing Canon City and nearby anglers, with notable catches reported on Upper Beaver and by local sportsmen. Gunnison tributaries remain closed for now.
The Livermore Herald, July 1 1906, asserts that Brights disease is curable using Fulton’s Compound. It cites two proven cures and two cases with restored health, urging readers to seek the booklet from Jno J Fulton Co San Francisco or Mitchell and Egbers for more information.
Members of Canon City Camp Modern Woodmen of America held their annual memorial service honoring deceased members. Graves in Greenwood and Lakeside cemeteries were flowered, then the group gathered at their hall and marched to Cumberland Presbyterian church where Rev. A. W. Henderson preached the annual sermon titled The Man With the Az Lessons from the Ancient to Modern Woodmen.
The annual services of Gate City Camp Woodmen of the World and Gate City Circle Women of Woodcraft were held Sunday. Members gathered at Ellis hall then walked to Greenwood cemetery for a ritual and flower-decorated graves. A Woodmen wreath was laid at Lakeside cemetery and George E. Colgate spoke at both sites. The sermon was preached by Rev. J. T. Thomas at First Presbyterian Church last Sunday night. Also notes a remedy endorsement for Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets from Mrs. S Lindsay of Fort William Ontario.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Jackson of Fruitmere with their son Hiram K. Jackson and Miss Pedley travel to Boston Massachusetts to attend the dedication ceremonies of the Christian Scientists Mother Church a $2,000,000 temple. They plan a three week trip visiting New England sights before returning to Canon City.
Denver last week saw attorney E. H. Stinemeyer appear before the board of pardons on behalf of Paul Billous, a convict seeking clemency. The proceedings focused on commutation considerations and potential relief from sentence.
The board did not grant pardons this session but approved a commute for a client with parole to begin immediately. Paul Bilious, from Walsenburg, had been sentenced in 1902 for assault to eight to fourteen years.
Special copyright subjects sold only at Beecher's City Book Store. Travel rates include 19.00 to Boston and return 19.90 per 1.00 from Chicago via Nickel Plate road valid May 31 to June 9 with excursions via New York City and return by July 15. Information from Chas. E. Johnson District Passenger Agent Denver Colorado. Bethel Jr. Co. wear imported Panamas at better grade for less money.
An advertisement promises a guaranteed cure for diseases from impure blood or liver and kidney inactivity. It directs readers to contact an agent at 347 Sherman avenue for treatment.
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