Cripple Creek and Canon City Celebrate with Parade and Games
Crowds gathered as Cripple Creek and Canon City hosted a Strawberry Day parade and a full day of festivities. Visitors from Cripple Creek arrived by train, were welcomed by Mayor Thomas, and enjoyed carriage rides, a banquet, and dancing. Athletic events included handicap and open races, with several accidents noted, including a boy’s jaw injury. The day also featured a well received open air band concert and tours of the penitentiary, plus mining news from Dawson Camp and a copper strike at Windy Point attracting Miner Miller and B. P. Wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Depot
Peabody Military Band
Supt. Rockwell
Royal Gorge’ Lodge No. 7
U. W
Main Street
U. W. Hall
Thomas
J. W. Shreve
Cripple Creek
Carson City
Copper King miners push toward rich ore vein at Dawson Camp
Rich copper ore worth forty five dollars a ton was found at the 100 foot level of the Copper King. Despite nerve falters, owners and prospectors keep drilling and blasting with courage undaunted. Company president A Huber and E B McMohos led the ongoing work as the fortune nears exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
B. P. Wheat
Manitou
Copper King
Fremont
Dawson
Dawson Camp
A. Huber
E. B. McMohos
W. 5
Kite to the Heavens and Wedding in Pueblo
Pedestrian G Melville Boynton promises readers a rare treat with a kite flying machine near Coaldale Fremont county. On June 6 Miss Anna Ayers Comstock married Victor Jaspar Jackson in Pueblo at 503 Broadway in a ceremony attended by about sixty friends. The reception featured a large display of American Beauties and a refined meal before the couple departed for California Cataline Islands and Salt Lake. A rich musical concert at the opera house under Prof G W Oles drew an appreciative crowd, with Miss H E Brigga and Prof Oles delivering high order performances and the evening ending in continued enjoyment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Melville Boynton
Coaldale
Fremont County
Canion City
Broadway
Pueblo
Anna Ayers Comstock
Victor Jaspar Jackson
Weaver
Nellie Smith
Samuel Ecker
Paris
Genevieve Buchanan
Grace Dale
Schubert
A. R. Gumner
Florence
Sarah Comstock Smith F
Denver
Isabel Maupin Teale
Mr. Jackson
Miss Comstock
Cafion
G. W. Oles
Oles
Obituary and town notes from Cripple Creek, 1900
Died suddenly of anginas pectoris on Tuesday morning June 12 1900 Nathan Oakes aged 48 born in New Hampshire came to Colorado fifteen years ago. Relatives listed Mrs Harriet St John and two daughters of this city and Mrs Edward Arkell of Colorado Springs. Body prepared at Lewis undertaking parlors. burial at Cumberland Presbyterian parsonage June 11 with Rev W J Fisher officiating. Also notes of marriages June 6 1900 David Paul and Myrtle Brewer with Rev B E Hart, and local visiting attorney J P Crinkshank praising Cripple Creek’s growth. Reports of minor vandalism and social events including Miss Edna La Grange exhibit plans for summer and college study prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Oakes
New Hampshire
Colorado
Oakes
Harriet St. John
Edward Arkell
Colorado Springs
Paul Brewer
Baptist Parsonage
This City
David Paul
Myrtle Brewer
B. E. Hart
New Mexican Hats Ties Debut At Local Shop
A local shop unveils a line of new ties, highlighting white net ties as especially fine and calling the collection the newest thing in neckwear for the season. The prompt hints at a stylish, modern accessory display appealing to shoppers seeking fresh wardrobe updates.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Victor
Cafon
E. Chemberlin
R. Page
M. Clancey
H. Minor
Patrone
Chemberlin
Page
Clancey
Minor
Partone
H. McCulley
Pablo Quintanna
Frank Bunton
C. Phipps
E. Sheffield
McCulley
Quintanna
Bunton
F. E. Thomas
A. R. Frisbie
F. P. Wilson
D. J. Houston
W. J. Fisher
W. Peck
W. H. Peabody
Strawberry Banquet
Palmer Dancing Academy
Canon City
Carl Coulter
Hoyt
Walter Spreyer
Thomas Parker
Austie Morrison
Cafion City
Canon City Soos
R. Rosenberg
Lewis
Sy Acesse
J. P. Crinkshank
Ft. Madison
Iowa
A. L. Jeffrey
China
Edna la Grange
Cincinnati Art Academy
Smith
the Record Want
the Record Printery
Main St
Canon City, Colo
H. D. Avery
Baker & Biggs
Taffeta Silks
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