Dam At Schaefer Reservoir Promises New Lake Ahead
The 45 foot dam at Schaefer reservoir rises as 800 to 1000 tons of rock and sediment are moved daily. An iron pipe funnels water through a seven inch nozzle to blast and carry rock into the flume, with three Italians laboring steadily to keep the passages clear. The site includes engineers, camps, and timber works now submerged, as work continues toward MacNeil lake and a potential summer resort future three miles long and half a mile wide.
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Schaefer Reservoir
Shaefer Bee House
MacNeil Lake
Florence
Prize Essay on Margaret of Anjou at Mt St Scholastica Academy
Ruth Wade of Cripple Creek won the gold medal for the prize essay on Margaret of Anjou at Mt St Scholastica's academy. The paper traces her birth around March 23 1429 and chronicles her role in the Wars of the Roses, including marriages, battles at Northampton St Albans Barnet Tewkesbury and her later life after ransom in France.
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Ruth Wade
Cripple Creek
Joseph H. Maupin
Mt. St. Scholastica’s Academy
Margaret of Anjou
England
Margaret
Rene
Sicily
Anjou
Lorraine
Isabelle
Rhone
Earl of Suffolk
Charles
France
Henry VI
Henry
Duke of Suffolk
Nanci
St. Martin’s Church
Westminster Abbey
Wash-day Hint for Fresh Sheets and Pillowcases
A practical tip suggests adding four tablespoons of boiled starch to the wash boiler before washing sheets and pillow-ccases. After ironing, the fabrics should resemble new ones.
Thousand Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It
Public notice-style ad states common signs of kidney issues from cloudy urine and back pain. Promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy claiming quick relief and health benefits. Offers mail sample and purchase options in Binghamton New York with contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amacrete
Howe
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Binghamton, N. Y
Married in Lincoln Park Home in Front of Few Friends
Miss Marie Whitlow daughter of Mr and Mrs 8 B Whitlow of Sherman Avenue Lincoln Park and George G McKay of Pueblo were married at the bride’s home at 730 last night Rev Frank R Hollenback officiating The bride has a wide circle of admirers The groom works for Denver Rio Grande Railroad at Pueblo and they will reside in Pueblo
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Marie Whitlow
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company
Pueblo
McKay
Pretty June Wedding Solemnized in South Canon
Miss Eva Logan and Mr. Oliver Betts wed at 8:30 p.m. in South Canon at the Logan home with about thirty guests. Rev. F. R. Hollenback officiated under a flower canopy as peonies and roses colored the scene. Out-of-town guests included Mrs. Ellen Safford of Denver and Mrs. Ed Neff of Fort Collins. The couple will reside in Portland where Betts works with Portland Cement Co.
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Eva Logan
Oliver Betts
John S. Logan
South Fourth Street
South Canon
F. R. Hollenback
Nanta Scott
Ellen Safford
Denver
Ed. Neff
Fort Collins
C. R. Logan
Cripple Creek
Canon City
Legion
Portland Cement Company
Portland
Betts
Illinois Corn Growers Plan Displays for National Exposition
Illinois corn growers push county and state corn shows to win major prizes at the National Corn Exposition in Omaha December 6 to 18. Over 500000 school children in 12000 districts heard a letter from the Illinois Corn Growers Association urging planting of good seed corn and collecting samples. Last year 10000 districts held corn contests as part of the drive to keep Illinois ahead in production and honor.
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Illinois
Omaha
Illinois Corn Growers’ Association
State Association
Badly Crushed by Truck Load of Coal
Florence June 18. Early yester day morning Mark Richardson Jr. was seriously injured at the Ocean Wave coal mine. As trip runner he was bringing a loaded trip to the surface when a truck gave way, burying him. His right leg and left arm were broken with internal injuries. He had only begun work that day. The foolish man can ask twice as many questions as the wise one can answer.
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Margaret
England
Henry
Edward
Duke of York
House of York
Lancaster
Margaret Rais
Florence
Mark Richardson, Jr
Ocean Wave
Richardson
Missing Canon City Man Feared Victim of Accident or Foul Play
Mrs. Chauncey Benell reports the disappearance of her husband after he left Canon City for Grand Junction on May 5. A crippled stationary engineer, Benell has not responded to two letters, one registered, and his wife seeks Grand Junction authorities’ help in locating him.
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Chauncey Benell
River Street
Canon City
Grand Junction
Benell
West Catlin Avenue
South Canon
Messrs
Ripley & Hasselman
Lumsden & Gordon
Royal Gorge
Colorado
Convicts to Improve Brewster Hill Canon City Road
The county commissioners requisition 25 convicts from Warden Tygan to work on the Canon City and Florence road at Brewster Hill. The project lowers and widens the dangerous curve, placing the convict camp near the Brewer schoolhouse. Work to begin soon.
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Canon City and
Florence
Brewster Hill
Tygan
Penitentiary
Canon City
Brewster School House
Portland
Government Installing a Model Irrigation System at Lincoln Park
Experts from the US Department of Agriculture begin installing a model irrigation system on five acres leased from W. B. Rowland at Elm Avenue Lincoln Park. The project aims to determine water needs for maximum fruit and berry crops and the best soil application method. Bryan directs the Rocky Mountain experiments with Hempill assisting locally. A concrete flume and durable lateral ditches replace fragile structures, and California headgates were brought in. The system promises to educate ranchers and water-users across Canon City and the semiarid west, showcasing scientific water application for the soil.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
W. B. Rowland
Elm Avenue
Lincoln Park
Rowland
Bryan
Rocky Mountain
Hemphill
California
Canon City
Prisoner George Klines Escapes From Farm Prison
George Klines known as a trusty escapes from the Four Mile Creek prison farm last night. He is serving a fourth term for larceny and has about sixty days to serve. A $100 reward is offered and authorities across southern Colorado are on alert for his recapture.
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George Klines
Penedoose
Four Mile Creek
Klines
Puebla
Jerry Moran
Four Mile Ranch
Atwater Re-elected President of State Sunday School Association
S H Atwater of this city has again been elected president of the Colorado State Sunday School association for the twelfth consecutive term. The twenty-ninth annual convention at Rocky Ford yesterday unanimously chose him for the highest office, a record unmatched in the organization's history. Other officers named include vice president W C Johnston.
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S. H. Atwater
Colorado State Sunday School Association
Rocky Ford
Atwater
Atcareer
Colorado Sunday School Association
United States
Canon City
W. C. Johnston
Clergymen debate novels and Emerson Hough at rail station
Two clerics in a city railroad station discuss modern fiction and praise Emerson Hough. They note a well written novel enhances English and style, offering recreation with learning, citing Hough’s 54-40 and Fight as exemplars of clear, forcible language.
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Emerson Hough
Hough
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Rich Men's Gifts Are Peer Beside This
Mrs O Rhinevault of Vestal Center New York praises Electric Bitters as a gift from God to women. She claims the tonic lifts spirits, restores vigor, and quickly cures nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headaches backaches fainting and dizziness. Available 50 cents at Hunter Palmer's.
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Hunter Palmer
Water Crackers Recipe from Historic Instructions
The article describes a method for water crackers: mix water with white or Graham flour, add salt, beat dough with an ax or hammer while turning, pound longer for tenderness, roll thin, prick well, and bake in a cool oven until not browned.
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Academy
Northampton
St. Alban’s
Scotland
Barnet
Tewksbury
Tower of London
Prince Edward
Louis of
Wn. T. Bridwell
Main Street
Canon City, Colo
Grado Springs
F. Frasier
Montrose
F. H. Johnson
Walter R. Hardy
C. S. Watson
J. A. Walker
J. D. Warner
Gean F. Webb
J. R. Robertson
Colorado Springs
Lena Treloar
L. D. Eichhorn
Visitation
J. C. Carmen
H. Atwater
Association
Crete
TALCG
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