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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1901
Page
3
At the Garden Theatre in New York Blanche Bates playing Ciga rette in Under Two Flags caused a whip to snap and strike a front row spectator. Bates apologized and an orchestra member quipped that he would keep the lash as a souvenir. The moment provoked laughter among the cast and audience unseen by most.
Sheriff Pearson labels pocket flasks carrying two ounces of whisky as sandpeeps and notes their popularity in Maine. Deputies seized 63 such flasks from a man queued as a pocket oiler, highlighting how the tiny bottles evade the law and glass sales in saloons.
A London hospital house surgeon treats a woman with a severe arm bite. He cannot identify the creature, saying it is too small for a horse and too large for a dog. The patient reveals it was an animal, but a woman another lady.
The piece argues the loss of the Portland in 1893 mirrors the fate of the City of Monticello, both aging side wheel steamers on dangerous routes. It criticizes owners for keeping inferior vessels in service for profit, noting modern steamers handle extreme seas much better and asking whether remaining side wheelers will meet the same fate.
The New York Sun notes Arkansas and Mississippi lay cornerstones for near million dollar capitols while older states retain smaller, older structures. It cites Jackson Mississippi at about 400000 and Little Rock at 250000 for grounds, with California Sacramento and Texas Austin among the largest investments.
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