Polhemus Couple Celebrates Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs George A Polhemus celebrated their sixtieth anniversary at their Griffin Avenue home in Canon City with a dinner for thirty to forty guests. Five of seven children attended. The event, noted for good health and community praise, featured a program including a vocal trio and recitations by family members.
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George A. Polhemus
Griffin Avenue
South Canon
Polhemus
Canon City
Iowa
G. A. Polhemus
W. S. Polhemus
Ada
Clara Polhemus
D. E. Crouch
A. C. Wright
Earl and Lloyd Wright
Laura Fenton
Henry Fenton
Templin
Miss Ripley
Arthur Allen
Clarence Hills
D. W. Bowen
N. E. Curtis
George M. Polhemus
Roy Polhemus
Nathan Curtis
Kate B. Hills
Gladys
Leyla Polhemus
Grandpa
Gladys Polhemus
Ada Polhemus
Mrs. Templin
Interesting Statistics From The Penitentiary
A report from Canon City notes 700 prisoners on June 8, including 96 aliens. Aliens comprise 9 English, 19 Italians, 22 Mexicans, 8 Poles, 1 Russian, 12 Germans, 4 Bohemians, 6 Greeks, 1 Welsh, 7 Scandinavians, 8 Bulgarians, 1 Chinese, 1 Frenchman, 1 Irishman, and 1 Finn. Crimes include murder 26 and larceny 32. one death sentence and nine life terms among aliens. Origins of aliens listed include New York 58, El Paso 18, Baltimore 6, Boston 3, Seattle 1, and others.
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Congress
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Louis Adams
Immigration Service
Colorado
Canon City
State Penitentiary
Adams
Cleghorn
Port
New York
Boston
Seattle
el Paso
Eagle Pass
Portland
San Francisco
Laredo
Baltimore
Philadelphia
St. Paul
Rev Huxley to Occupy Christian Church Pulpit
Rev Thomas Huxley, a Canon City native fresh from college, will occupy the pulpit at the Christian church next Sunday morning at the usual hour. He is slated to begin active ministry in Montana and has impressed listeners with growing oratorical power. Many friends who have not yet heard him are expected to attend.
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Thomas Huxley
Christian Church
Huxley
Canon City
Montana
Canon City couple wed at surprise sixtieth anniversary ceremony
Mrs Kate B Hills and George M Polhemus were married at 4 pm Wednesday at 826 Griffin Ave South Canon City. The ceremony occurred during a anniversary program for the groom's parents Mr and Mrs George A Polhemus. Dr Ben Bell officiated in Canon City. The bride, longtime educator, has been principal at Jefferson school since 1906 and taught in Leadville. The groom, a longtime Canon City resident, will live with his wife on Grand Avenue in Lincoln Park.
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Kate B. Hills
George M. Polhemus
George A. Polhemus
Griffin Avenue
South Canon
Frank R. Hollenback
First Methodist Church
the Daily Record
Polhemus
Grand Avenue
Lincoln Park
Retired Army Officer Visits Greenwood Post
General Frank D. Baldwin of Denver visiting with ex Governor Peabody spent the evening at Greenwood Post G A R. He spoke of frontier duty protecting settlers from Indians and recounted the Little Big Horn battle after arriving days later with a relief detachment. Baldwin, on the retired list, shared experiences from Meeker to post frontier duties, delighting Elkshall’s veterans. He will stay several days.
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Frank D. Baldwin
Denver
Peabody
Greenwood Post
General Baldwin
Grand Army of the Republic
United States
Baldwin
United States Army
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
The
Little Big Horn
Custer
Gaul
Crazy Horse
Meeker
Elkshall
Attempted Criminal Assault at Portland
An unknown hobo attacked the twelve year old daughter of Portland school principal Professor Housier yesterday afternoon. A neighbor’s timely help thwarted the assault. Sheriff Esser searched for the suspect, who hid in the hills, but he was captured this morning and jailed. Undersheriff John Chetelat accompanied the prisoner aboard Denver & Rio Grande train No. 1. The town residents believe the offender narrowly escaped harsher punishment.
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Housier
Portland
Esser
John Chetelat
Denver
Rio Grande
Batchelor and Chase Return From Alabama Hosting Trip
George W. Batchelor and eight others completed a business and hosting trip in Alabama, returning Saturday evening. The party, organized by local business interests, focused on expanding regional partnerships and networking opportunities during the visit.
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George W. Batchelor
Chase
Purlee Considering Canon City Pastorate After Coffeyville Call
Rev Ellis Purlee, pastor of the Christian church in Coffeyville Kansas, announced his resignation to take effect July 1 after receiving a call from Canon City Colorado. The congregation, highly pleased with his seven years of leadership, voted overwhelmingly for him to remain. Purlee has grown the church's membership and remains undecided about the offer.
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Ellis Purlee
Coffeyville
Kansas
Christian Church
Canon City
Purlee
Daily Journal
The
Colo
Rev. Purlee
Rev
Rea Named Champion Fisherman of the Season
Ben W. Rea of Crozier and Rea is hailed as season’s champion fisherman. He shows an eleven and a half pound Mackinaw trout from Twin Lakes, 30 inches long, caught at 90 feet using a live bait. Rea and partner Sam Taylor likely will stay away from Canon City for several days.
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Ben W. Rea
of Crozier & Rea
Mr. Rea
Main Street
Twin Lakes
Canon City
Tée
Rea
Sam Taylor
Prune Peddlers Edge Canon City Printers In Tight Baseball Game
In a high school diamond matchup, the Canon City printers lost 11 to 10 to the Prune Peddlers. The printers, a newly formed team with little practice, showed creditable effort against a seasoned Prune Peddlers squad. Col Crozier and grocers watched, boosting local fan interest ahead of a next game with Cripple Creek printers.
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Canon City
Prune Peddlers
Cripple Creek Printers
Ex Navy Boy Home for Visit With Parents
Ed N. Sweitzer, honorably discharged from the navy, arrived in Lincoln Park to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. C. Sweitzer. Former chief electrician on the battleship Ohio, he served at the Brooklyn navy yard before discharge last week and plans to pursue a career in electrical machinery after his travels to the Orient and Pacific.
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Ed N. Sweitzer
Navy l
C. Sweitzer
Sherman Avenue
Lincoln Park
Mr. Sweitzer
Naval Service
San Francisco
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Orient
Pacific
Japan
China
Philippines
Swertzer
Sam
Best Pills Ever Seld
After 15 years of breathing indigestion and spending over two hundred dollars many remedies failed. Dr King s New Pills brought relief and are described as the best. Sold at all drug stores for 36 cents.
Canon City figures and mining progress noted in Wet Mountain Tribune
Mrs William Hall of Canon City rides Wednesday’s incoming train. Rev Burgess to lead the Canon City Presbyterian church. Abraham Endsley named principal of public schools. Mining news scarce but Bull Domingo Geyser Silver Bar and Pres ton properties report activity. Dall De Weese plans two more dams along Grape Creek. Morris station site dam 185 feet high, 396 feet long, concrete, with reservoir capacity of 254,838,100 cubic feet. Spillway to reservoir No 5 follows, dam 25 feet high forming 2,647,115 cubic feet. Earlier tribune referenced a series of dams.
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William Hall
Canon City
Burgess
Presbyterian Church
Abraham Endsley
Bull Domingo
Preston
Dall de Weese
Grape Creek
Morris Station
The
Tribune
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Claybaugh’s passing
The family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors who aided at the bedside and offered sympathy during Mrs. Charles C. Claybaugh’s final illness. They thank all for acts of kindness and tributes, saying the courtesies will not be forgotten, signed by Charles C. Claybaugh and family.
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Charles C. Claybaugh
Fourth of July at Pueblo Promises Unique Vaudeville Stunts
Pueblo’s July Fourth committee plans a Grand Plantation Festival of the Old South with a Negro Band and a large tent show featuring musical and dancing performances. The free program requires one 50 cent State Fair Grounds admission ticket, with proceeds aiding Colorado State Fair improvements.
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Pueblo
Dean's Kidney Pills Promise Relief for Back Pain in Canon City
A Canon City reader reports nine years of kidney trouble with frequent back pain improving after using Dean's Kidney Pills. The letter from Mrs William B of 201 East Portland Colorado claims permanent relief and urges readers to buy the remedy. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo Benton York act as sale agents for the United Remember the name Dean's.
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Canon City
Dean
William B
East
Portland
Colo
Ail
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
Benton ‘York
United
Peceday an Excursivn Bay. Colorado, & Southern ella
Colorado and Southern offers very low rates for travel to Peceday and nearby bays. Invitation highlights cheap fares for excursions and trips, inviting readers to plan visits with affordable pricing.
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Peceday
Astrologer predicts record fruit years for Canon City district
An astrologer and clairvoyant visiting Canon City claimed the zodiac foresees a bumper fruit crop for the next two to three years, with great prosperity in horticulture as a planet recedes from the moon. He noted mineral wealth near Royal Gorge, a long cave with healing springs, and plans to invest in local fruit lands citing a prosperous future.
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Canon City
Royal Gorge
Stratton
Cripple Creek
Colorado Springs
National Magazine editor activates monthly subscriber bulletin
Joe Mitchell Chapple, editor of the National Magazine, invites subscribers to vote on preferred article topics via a monthly bulletin. He keeps a file of a hundred thousand requests and aims to please all. The Affairs at Washington column and Happy Habit department guide reader interests, and a book titled Happy Habit has been published by Chapple Co. of Boston.
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National
Joé Mitchell Chapple
The
Washington
Chapple Co
Boston
Joe Mitchell Chapple
Annual Picnic Held at Grape Creek Canon
The Mt. Olive Baptist Sunday School picnic for teachers and pupils, color, drew 32 attendees at the DeWesse Dye Ditch and Reservoir Co diversion dam in Grape Creek canon. A shower wet the group at noon, soaking portions of dinner.
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Mt. Olive Baptist Sunday School
Colored
DeWesse- Dye Ditch and Reservoir Company
Grape Creek Canon
Mt. Olive Sunday School
Beaver Creek campers may face gates and locks, say Beaver farmers
Fishermen and campers along Beaver Creek are accused of taking wood and boards, milking cows, and leaving property behind. Farmers threaten to lock gates to bar access if misconduct continues, citing a supreme court ruling that landowners may stop fishing on farm banks. The Florence Tribune notes the issue could push anglers to travel farther for recreation.
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Beaver Creek
Supreme Court
Florence Tribune
How Old Is Ann The Quail Egg Mystery In Oil Country
Henry Thomas a pumper at well 285 near the city reservoirs reports a quail nest under a cactus bush with two eggs laid daily. Eggs appear each morning around 7 and again at midday with 25 to 30 eggs sometimes in the nest. It is unclear whether two hens are laying or a single hen lays two eggs. The report comes from the Florence Tribune.
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Henry Thomas
United Oil Company
City
Florence Tribune
Are You to Take a Trip On Tuesdays
The Colorado and Southern offers round trip tickets from Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo to all state points at exceptionally low rates every Tuesday.
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Colorado & Southern
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
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Call OF Christian Church
Fisherman
TROEM
WET Mountain Tribune
Chas. C. Claybaugh
Marvin Duncan
Charles H. Duncan
Fred Duncan
A. T. Richardson
Southern Ella
Ann
General Electric
Colorado Electric Light & Power Company
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