Frost, Oil Aid Save Local Fruit Crops Amid Freeze
Fruit growers report minimal damage to apples due to buds' protection and cool temps, while early peaches pears and cherries face more risk. J P Farmer predicts one third to half of Lincoln Park's cherry crop may be lost if cold persists. volunteers aided heating efforts and a special train carried oil from Florence to Canon City to protect the fruit crop with cooperation from D and RG railroad officials.
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J. P. Farmer
Lincoln Park
Farmer
Upper
Arkansas Valley
Jack Frost
H. S. Maddox
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company
James Turnbull
Florence
Canon City
Great Tunnel Opening Hinges On President Taft
Montrose April 29. Opening of the Gunnison tunnel and a three day celebration hinges on President Taft with a possible August or September date. A memorial resolution to Colorado’s congressional delegation urges efforts to secure the president’s west visit for the ceremony. Local committees will arrange entertainment and lodging for the expected large crowd and provide transportation between Montrose and nearby towns.
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Montrose
Gunnison Tunnel
Colorado
Taft
West
Congress
Washington
Canon City Couple Wed at Lutheran Church
Last night at nine o'clock at the home of Rev. C. E. Sparks Virgil Cutler and Bertha Shultz united in marriage. They will visit relatives in Wet Mountain valley then live at 812 Elm Avenue in Harding's addition Canon City. Both are popular locals and the groom is a longtime fireman.
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C. E. Sparks
Lutheran Church
Virgil Cutler
Bertha Shultz
Cone
Fairview Avenue
Fire Department
Arden Tynan Inspects the State Highway
Trinidad April 29 Warden Tynan of Canon City penitentiary says forty more convicts will be sent from Canon City to work on the state road. He is pleased with results and the road project to reach Starkville and Trinidad looks favorable with added labor.
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Trinidad
Tynan
Canon City Penitentiary
State Highway Road
Canon City
Starkville
Ten Dollar Fine for Slapping a Girl in Elite Restaurant Incident
Charles Stevens former Elite restaurant cook at 622 Main street was found guilty of assault in Justice Kennedy's court on Wednesday after Miss Dorothy Hiatt filed the complaint. He was fined ten dollars and costs totaling forty dollars and ninety cents, paid to avoid jail.
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Charles Stevens
Main Street
The Same Principle Milk Practice at the Farm
Uncle Josh teases his nephew about milking a cow while praising his rural skill. The youth replies the task comes naturally after much practice with a fountain pen, highlighting a humorous contrast between farm life and city life.
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Josh
Mrs. Bauer and Baby Guests of Grandmother in Canon City
Mrs. Carl T. Bauer and infant are visiting in Canon City hosted by Mrs. Bauer’s mother, Mrs. C. E. B. Robold, according to the Pueblo Star-Journal.
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Carl T. Bauer
Baby
Canon City
Bauer
C. EB. Robold
Pueblo Star-Journal
Twenty-First Annual Meeting of the Friends in Council
The twenty first annual meeting of the Friends in Council was held at the home of president Mrs Arthur H McLain yesterday afternoon. The Canon City club, Fremont county's first in the state federation, enjoyed an elaborate event with a dinner and toasts by members including Mrs Webster Mrs Waldo and Mrs Evans. The gathering was praised as a delightful social event and the finest of its kind in memory.
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The
Friends In Council
Arthur H. McLain
Canon City
Fremont County
State Federation
Pressey
Pape's Diapepsia Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick cure for indigestion and fermentation symptoms. It explains digestion problems, lists associated discomforts, and claims almost instant relief after taking a 22 grain Triangule. It also references a Mary Rinehart novel anecdote and a Bobbs-Merrill note.
Quaker Scotch Oats Griddle Cakes Recipe Featured
A vintage recipe extols Quaker Scotch Oats as a versatile, strengthening food. It outlines soaking oats overnight, then mixing with flour soda sugar salt and melted butter to form griddle cakes. The text praises oats popularity in Germany and a New York cereal restaurant.
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Germany
New York
Quaker Oats Company
Ex-Ghief M'Cafferty to Lead Guards at State Penitentiary
Pueblo dispatch reports ex chief McCafferty will become captain of guards at the Colorado state penitentiary in Canon City. Warden Tynan plans to fill most Old Guard posts from Pueblo, with civil service questions pending.
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Ghief M’cafferty
Pueblo
Canon City
Tynan
Fugard
George Asher
Tom Lancaster
State Penitentiary
McCafferty
State Supreme Court
Denver
William F
Chieftain
Tammany
William F. McCafferty
May signs and political roars in a tangled dispatch
The piece blends whimsical poetry with astrological musings on May and planetary influence. It references Mercury and watering stocks origin, satire on Washington as Roosevelt and Taft era, and a carnival of images from a wounded lion led by reporters, gun bearers, and bushbeaters through to prophecy of roaring in Africa and Taurus.
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May
Maia
Mercury
Rome
Porta Capena
Wall Street
New Jersey
Taurus
Roosevelt
Albertine Basin
Congo
National Apple Exposition for Colorado Planned
The article announces an upcoming apple show to be held in Denver next December. Colorado State Horticultural Society secretary Clinton Oliver leads preparations with Denver Chamber of Commerce backing. Premiums total at least 25000 dollars with land valued at 10000 dollars offered as premiums. Educational features emphasized to promote Colorado lands and fruit growing. W. Paddock signs the notice.
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Agricultural College
Colorado
Denver
Clinton Oliver
Colorado State Horticultural Society
Denver Chamber of Commerce
Oliver
Chamber of Commerce
West
W. Paddock
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Mrs. Rinehart
Mary Rinehart
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Ganderbone
King of Hearts
Booker Washington
Maude
Our Congress
White House
Paris
Uganda
Scribner's Magazine
Outlook
Canon
Mary Manning
Fremont County National
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