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Newspaper

Canon City Record

Location

Canon City, Colorado, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1903

Page

8

Local Gas Plant Owners Plan July Gas Manufacture Start

The Canon gas plant owners held a Saturday meeting and inspected ongoing work under J. D. Taylor. The company aims to begin gas manufacture on July 1. Four hundred acres of alfalfa and orchard lands, houses, vacant lots, and rental properties are listed for sale by O. W. Locke and A. H. Debord in Arthur Block Room 3.

Canon Gas Plant J. D. Taylor O. W. Locke A. H. Debord Arthur Block

Pythians Hold Social Session at Elks Hall

Knights of Pythias Coeur de Leon Lodge held a smoker and social session at the Elks hall last Thursday night. A literary and musical program entertained attendees while informal addresses were given by visiting and resident members. Refreshments were served by an experienced caterer.

Elks’ Hall Coeur de Leon Lodge Knights of Pythias

Canon City High School Graduation at Opera House

The Canon City High School graduation exercises will be held at the opera house on Thursday evening, June 4. Miss Viola Arnold will give the salutatory and Fred Twitchell the valedictory as class honor man. Governor Peabody is invited to deliver the class address, pending his availability.

Canon City High School Opera House Viola Arnold Fred Twitchell Peabody

Advertised Letter List for Canon City Colo May 8 1908

Mail matter remaining at the Canon City Post Office for the week ending May 8 1908 includes Adams Mrs N A Buckley Coln F D Buckley Col Lt D Campbell B W Davis Mr Edward W Iuery Mr F dd Emerson O H Freeman Mr H A Morris Mrs Hattie Stewart Mr H B Watson Mr B o O dnams Mr 8 Sener & Company.

Canon City Colo Adams N. A. Buckley F. D. Buckley D. Campbell B. W. Davis Edward W. Iuery F. Dd. Emerson O. H. Freeman H. A. Morris Hattie Stewart H. B. Watson B. O Odnams 8. O. Wilson A. J. Sener & Company

Meeting for Women's Hospital Association Saturday May 9

The organization meeting will be held Saturday May 9 at 4 p m in the Library building. The committee urges every interested woman to attend and bring a friend. Mrs Burrage Mrs Lewis Mrs Baker comprise the committee.

The Women’s Hospital Association Burrage Lewis Baker

Fremont County Horticultural Society Elects Officers

The annual meeting at the county courthouse re elected J. W. Work as president J. W. Andrews as secretary and F. B. Quinlan as treasurer The group also urged the re appointment of Thurston White as fruit commissioner for another term The next summer meetings will discuss strawberries and thinning of fruit Meanwhile the Art League’s Gypsy Carnival at the opera house drew praise with a piano duet a Maypole dance a Johnny Jump-Ups performance a cornet solo and a Spanish dance with special praise for Miss Viosence Tuttle

Fremont County Horticultural Society Court House J. W. Work J. W. Andrews F. B. Quinlan Thurston White Board of County Commissioners Art League Opera House Minses Briggs Whitmore Mies Merryman Clyde Dawson Hadley Viosence Tuttle

The Chicago Special Train Service from Denver

The Chicago Special leaves Denver at 1 10 P M arrives Chicago 4 P M next day. A fast vestibuled train via Chicago Union Pacific and Western Line. One night on route with Pullman drawing room cars dining and buffet library cars free reclining chair cars and luxuries of modern travel. A second daily train from Denver offers similar through service. D W Aldridge, General Agent, 801 17th Street Denver Colorado.

Denver Chicago Union Pacific Orth D. W. Aldridge 17Th Street Colorado

A Jolly Affaire by Canon City High Juniors

The Canon City High School Junior Class hosted a reception for the senior class at Elks hall last Monday night. The program featured addresses recitations music and vocal and instrumental performances. The event showcased hospitality and fraternal spirit among students with Edward Smith Edith Morrison and Frances Foote among the performers.

Canon City Elks’ Hall Edward Smith Fred Twitchell Edith Morrison Florence Harding Frances Foote Ned Nafe Olive Eseon

Miner Holmes Metcalf Killed At Gypsum Quarry Blast

Holmes Metcalf, a Westcliff resident and miner, died last Friday at the Gypsum quarries of the Portland Cement Company when a lighted fuse dropped into a powder filled drill hole exploded. An inquest led by Dr. W. T. Little found instant death from heart injuries. Metcalf leaves a wife and three children.

Holmes Metcalf Portland Cement Company W. T. Little Metcalf Westcliff

Doctor Wade plans sanitarium at Princeton Springs Colorado

Dr Wade of Canon City Colorado travels to secure financing for a large sanitarium at Princeton Springs about sixty miles north. He describes 1080 acres 80 room hotel and 100 hot springs with temperatures around 180 degrees and says the facility will treat stomach nervous and rheumatic conditions not for tuberculosis. He claims springs waters have medicinal value and compares to Hot Springs.

Pitt A. Wade Canon City Colo Princeton Springs Indianapolis Wade the Grand Ara Princeton Denver Canan City Royal Gorge

Marriage of J. H. Rodda and Grace Dearhorff in Pueblo

J. H. Rodda and Miss Grace Dearhorff were married in Pueblo on Monday. Rodda works for Cooper Electric and Cycle Co. of this city. They arrived in Canon Tuesday and will reside there. numbers mention apple prices near Canon City.

J. H. Rodda Miss Grace Dearhorff Jewell Kansas Pueblo Rodda Cooper Electric and Cycle Co Canon

Railway Time Card Florence to Cripple Creek

Train schedule lists Florence departures and Cripple Creek arrivals with intermediate stops including Victor and Canon City. Times show two daily services labeled No 5 No 1 and No 6 with assorted morning and evening departures and arrivals.

Florence Ar. Victor Cripple Creek Victor Ar. Florence Cannon City

Fremont County Medical Society Holds Bi Monthly Meeting

The Fremont County Medical Society met at Dr. Adkinson's office in Florence last Monday night with large attendance from Florence Canon City Rockvale Brookside and nearby camps. Dr. G D Cummings presented a paper on Typhoid Fever. The society with about twenty five members will meet next in the city on the first Monday evening in July.

Fremont County Medical Society Adkinson Florence Canon City Rockvale Brookside G. D. Cummings

Stomach and Liver Tablets Sold For Digestive Health

A health note extols Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as the best remedy to restore stomach and liver function. The ad emphasizes avoiding painless fatal diseases by bodily balance and offers the product through all druggists. W Mahan advertises delivery of pure spring water from Three Mile spring after May 15 at 6 gallons for $1.00.

Three Mile Spring

One Minute Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief

The advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as instant relief for coughs croup and la grippe by acting at the source. It claims to draw out inflammation heal and cure by aiding lungs blood and tissues with oxygen. For sale by Palace Drug Store. Also notes new McCormick and Deering mowers and rakes and McCoy successor to N F Handy.

Palace Drug Store McCormick Deering McCoy N. F. Handy

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