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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
3
A long list of local youths and families plan trips and gatherings this summer. Many names travel to California, Chicago, Seattle, and Minnesota while others stay nearby for picnics and fishing. Several illnesses and high spirits mark the social calendar as children and parents share outings with friends and relatives.
The article likens the stomach to a churn and argues a foul stomach taints the body. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for sour stomach and related symptoms including bad taste, foul breath, headaches, and digestive issues.
The Daily Record announces prize winners Floyd Adams Mima Skinner Mae Bowyer Una Adams and Florence Hundley for their item submissions. Readers are encouraged to send in news to win 25 cent prizes next week and the paper praises the effort as good practice for reporters.
One hundred dollar reward offered for an untreatable catarrh cure with endorsements from F J Cheney & Co and Walding Kinnan Marvin. Hall's Catarrh Cure sold by druggists at 75 cents. testimonials available. James R Roach wed Pearl Wilson in Canon City and plans Colorado Springs residence.
Dall De Weese plans to begin construction on two large reservoirs in Grape Creek canyon to irrigate land south of Lincoln Park. The project cost is pegged at 185000 dollars with reservoir No 2 rising 185 feet high and 396 feet long.
Reed notes Hamilton set smudge pots on ten acres of his orchard. The ten acre section yields are exceptionally full and will require thinning, contrasting sharply with a 10 percent yield from the remaining half. The region regards this as one of the finest in the area.
J K Humphrey of Park avenue Lincoln Park received a telegram from his son Zell in San Bernardino announcing W H Blake a former Lincoln Park resident had died in Colton California. The body would pass through Canon City on Sunday en route to Chicago for burial. Blake was about 60 and had heart disease. He left Lincoln Park with wife four years ago for California seeking health relief. He leaves wife and three children two sons and a daughter. The daughter was at his side when he died. One son lives in Chicago and the other works in Elgin Illinois. Friends will meet the train at Denver and Rio Grande station to convey condolences.
The Department of Agriculture plans tests to verify claims by Grand Valley fruit growers that smudging enhances Colorado fruit value. Investor Verner Z Reed notes critics and supporters agree the method adds about $500 per acre, citing James L. Hamilton’s orchard as a notable example.
Glenwood Springs plans a full Strawberry Day on June 20 with free berries and cream, band concerts all day, free pool baths, two open air dances with top orchestras, and a baseball game with normal admission. Rail rates are promoted as low and welcoming. Local fans urged to attend and celebrate with visiting friends from the western slope.
Kansas Colorado Railroad company received secretary of state approval in Denver to build an electric line from this city to Garden City Kansas. It plans a 500 mile route via Arkansas valley with $5 million capital and Pueblo as headquarters. Incorporators include Atwater Rock y Ford Patterson Warner Russell. Separate Kansas Colorado Electrical Transmission firm to file for a $3.5 million power plant. both under common management. Mrs Clark Cooper and Edna depart for a six week to two month visit to New Jersey, spending time in Patterson Teresa and Newark.
Florence Colorado plans a grand Fourth of July event with a big parade floats and a two hour fireworks display. Rockvale joins Florence with a hose race exhibition and a ball game as part of the celebration the Flor ence band will perform twenty selections through the day.
A new congressional law raises compensation for witnesses in western United States federal courts beginning July 1. Mileage remains at 15 cents per mile for stage routes and 5 cents for rail, but time spent traveling and service will be paid at 3 dollars per day. Incidental expenses for the district attorney and aides will be paid by the US marshal monthly.
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