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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1909
Page
5
Local items report Mrs E G Bettis and Mrs L J Wood traveling to Denver for a serious operation, plus many Canon City residents on visits, trips, and relocations. Alaska Yukon Pacific stamps prompt collector interest. weddings and new babies appear as residents move between Denver, Seattle, Portland, and local streets.
The text contrasts poverty with neighbors’ prosperity and urges immediate action to save, offering a free loan as part of a grim determination to change circumstances.
Harral Coulter who has studied chemistry for a year at Nebraska State University in Lincoln has returned home for the summer vacation. Will Coleman, solicitor and salesman for Coyton Theater, left a few days ago for a visit to City.
Mrs. Joseph H Maupin hosted an elaborate bridge party yesterday at her home 502 Macon avenue for Mrs F L Bartlett of Denver. A large number of guests attended. C C Yelton moved his family to Canon City and will work as a bookkeeper for the Colorado Canning company. Florence friends regret their departure. Miss Marion Webb of Lamar will spend the summer in Canon City with relatives. Miss Elizabeth Kenyon of Florence visits Deputy Warden and Mrs Allen Jameson. Mrs J T Huff of Pueblo spent the week in Canon City. Ed Stewart of Cripple Creek was in Canon City on business. Miss Jessie Beane visits Chicago and other Illinois points. William King leaves Canon City for Springfield Missouri to work for Frisco railroad. He was formerly a salesman for Towler Stockton Watson. Paths and walks laid out in the State park opposite the penitentiary with convicts digging soil preliminary to sanding. No
Canon City area columns report park work at Depot Park with new lawn prospects after city action and manures. Knights of Pythias memorial service at First Presbyterian. social visits, birthdays, travel plans, and illnesses among residents including Miss Webster Miss Slaught and families in Lincoln Park and South Canon.
Miss Ida Gebhardt will attend the Sunday school convention at Rocky Ford as a delegate from the Presbyterian Sunday school of this city. Arthur and Ruth Fredrickson travel to Kansas to visit relatives and attend the Colorado Sunday school convention in Rocky Ford as Presbyterian delegates. Judge Champion adjourned district court to June 29 with few matters of urgency. Miss Katherine Harris, former Silverton high school teacher, visits 417 Greenwood avenue and will attend the National Educational Association meeting in Denver. Nellie Felter departs for Sac City Iowa for extended summer visit with relatives. George Grundmann travels to Rocky Ford as a delegate from Trinity Lutheran Church for the State Sunday School Association. Victor residents enjoyed various Sunday visits to Colorado Springs, Denver and Canon City.
Cripple Creek Times notes 118 excursion tickets sold for Canon City. The brief item mentions various local movements and meetings including state Sunday School leadership and educational sessions in Pueblo and Denver.
Mrs. John Rippe of Canon City Colorado endorses Dean's Kidney Pills based on observed relief for kidney and back pain in her household. She notes others also benefited and urges readers to buy from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, price 0 cents, remember the name Dosay and take Boether.
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