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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1905
Page
2
The Leader Store advertises pumps nozzles hose and repairs for spraying needs and lawn mower sales. It also promotes old hose replacement and offers alfalfa forks and other ranch appliances for sale.
The Arkansas River swelled due to rapid snowmelt and warm weather, flooding banks in Canon City and South Canon. City officials worried about the bridge and waterworks, while dam adjustments by Canon City and South Canon sparked tensions. Authorities plan future flood mitigation after waters recede. Sales on Time Floor rise as more families try it.
Albert Fisher, living with M. B. Waterhouse for nine years, fell from an apple tree Friday and suffered a compound fracture of the left wrist. Dr. Lamb treated the injury and the youth expects to return to work soon. Ick cool underwear 25¢ and up Bethel Co.
Geo. W. Orme erects a $2,000 six room modern residence on Macon between 10th and 11th. J. F. Fuller starts a substantial brick home on East Main street. Goop store room on Main street suitable for restaurant or cigar shop. cheap rent. Apply Arthur J. Hein or at Record office.
Local lodges elect officers including William Curtis and CG T Johnson. Memorial Day services were held with Woodmen and Women of Woodcraft participating, graves decorated at Greenwood and Lakeside cemeteries, and addresses by Consul Morrison and Rev Cook. A strawberry festival hosted three hundred fifty attendees with a varied musical program and refreshments.
A fragment notes that he could listen to such talk for an hour and a half without fatigue, suggesting a speaker’s engaging style encountered during a church visit.
Monday marked the fourth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Kreuger. Mrs. Kreuger hosted a surprise party with a poems guessing contest, awarding a platinum framed Sunday hand print to Mr. Eichhorn. Guests brought six cut glass tumblers and a watercolor of roses as favors.
They celebrate W H Collins and wife first wedding anniversary on June 1 with friends, games, and music. Attendees include Miss McDaniel Ashton Wright and Messrs Whitmore McDaniel Boyle. Beghtol and Co jewelers advertise new stock for gifts.
On Tuesday evening June 5 at the M E parsonage Rev J B Cook joined Clarence C Nelson and Helen A Stoeckley in marriage. The couple will reside in Seattle Washington where the groom is to begin work and arrange a suitable home as he left for an early morning train. The underwear that proves best by test Bethel Co.
Henry Hutton the ice maker has given up two day work for J B Brown Mercantile in Cripple Creek to focus entirely on ice and coal. Harry McClanahan will cover Canon City Camp district for the company. On Time Flour is widely recommended by users.
George Hadden captured first prize in the Montrose oratorical contest with The World's Scepter. Miss Ona Pittenger placed second in the declamation contest among Canon City and other high schools. Hadden also tied for first in a Boulder state contest May 12, winning second on a lot.
F R Rockwell, superintendent of the Denver and Rio Grande in Pueblo, is considered the likely choice for the road's general superintendent. His Colorado railroad experience and proven ability support the belief he will fill the vacancy left by W C Coughlin, who moved to Kansas City Southern. H T Kerr in the general manager's office is acting in the interim.
The Pueblo Star Journal notes Mr Rockwell currently serves as division superintendent for the division between Denver and Salida and Pueblo and Trinidad. He is well known in Canon City from his previous tenure as F and C C superintendent.
A. E. Sharman, who recently purchased the Clark and Miller places on Elm avenue, Lincoln Park, is making elaborate improvements to the Clark residence. He plans to move in within a few weeks and has acquired a handsome home place.
Geo Nix Ed Minor and Harry Champion led the bounty clerk's office on a half holiday to Beaver Creek where they claim to have caught several trout. The water was muddy making fly fishing impossible and fish were taken with worms and minnows. The note also recites a patent medicine ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money back promise and testimonials.
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