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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
6
Practical domestic guidance covers baby sleep, pest control, child sympathy, maternity pride, crafting mats from grape baskets, cooling fans, keeping potatoes white, butter storage, and fly deterrents. It ends with a critique of a failed marriage, citing the June Farm Journal.
Mr. Frank Conlan of New York commends Electric Bitters as a grand family medicine for dyspepsia liver issues and for lame back and weak kidneys. It regulates digestion purifies blood and restores vigor. sold with guarantee at all drug stores for 50 cents.
The Canon City post office reports the first perforated postage stamps have not appeared locally. The government allows perforation up to 1.32 inches in diameter and half square inch, to aid tracing stolen stamps. Private code use is suggested, such as marked hearts signaling a specific correspondent.
After 15 years of chronic indigestion and spending over two hundred dollars, B F Ayscue of Ingleside NC says Dr King’s New Life Pills are the best pills ever sold. Sold under guarantee at all drug stores for 25 cents.
Weedy Thoughts advocates early and persistent weed control with practical garden advice. It urges pulling small weeds by the roots before they seed and recommends tools like spade and spike tooth harrow for deep cuts. The piece emphasizes timing in cutting clover and corn, and compares effort and costs of hoeing versus other methods.
A brief promotional note on The Making of Colorado by Eugene Parsons of Denver, highlighting Colorado s storied growth from 1858 settlement to statehood, its prominence, tourism appeal, and a 325 page illustrated history priced at 60 cents by A Flanagan Co Chicago.
An old Carolina governor who lived as a farmer, and his wife who had never seen a steamboat or railroad, refused to join him in the capital. He learned officials went with their wives and ordered his brother to bring Melinda aboard blindfolded, believing she feared the engine.
A playful verse laments a frost ruined taters and tomatoes while noting resilient dan delions. The speaker jokes about wilted beans rhubarb and lima crops buried or failing, yet finds consolation in dan delions thriving despite hardship.
The speaker notes a desolate scene with withered roses nasturtiums and climbers while observing the vigorous dandelions and a sickly garden overall. The passage contrasts decay and stubborn growth in a rural setting.
Weaning pigs should wait until eight to twelve weeks, with care to avoid stunting. Sow milk is the cheapest gain. manage feeding to maximize milk then gradually reduce. Provide clean water, shelter, and pasture, rotate pastures, and control lice. The article ends with a call for a Republican essay contest offering 150 dollars for the best piece on why Republicans should succeed in November.
The article outlines methods to preserve fruits for fairs using formalin and salt solutions, noting perishable berries are hard to keep without color change. It details jar selection, preparation, and storage, plus specific recipes for plums grapes cherries currants gooseberries raspberries strawberries red currants and safety cautions about corrosive substances.
The Rito Reservoir and Big Lake Reservoir and Ditch Company filed maps and plats in Fremont County detailing proposed storage dams in irrigation division No. 2 and Water District No. 13. The Rito dam would rise 150 feet of masonry with 36 million cubic feet capacity, serving several counties. Big Lake dam 20 feet high with 30 million cubic feet capacity. Construction costs are estimated at 13 000 and 14 000 dollars respectively, with work starting in June 1907.
Public health notice warns kidney signals risk of illness including back pain and abnormal urine. Doan s Kidney Pills advertised with patient testimonial from Canon City resident praising relief. Tickets to Chicago offered for political convention travel with limited return period.
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