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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1903
Page
5
A collage of classified items lists merchants offering maple syrup, wagons and buggies, bicycle repairs at 20 percent off, sweet potato plants, and coal. It notes Cannon City Transfer storage, Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets, Laxative Bromo Quinine for sale, and furniture for a boarding house. Also mentions The Fair Creamery butter and gasoline wagon services by W W Gates with a few stoves for sale.
Travel promotions list one way and round trip fares via multiple lines including D G Rio Grande and Rock Island system. Scheduled dates cover Elks races Saengerfest travel to St Louis and National Education Association meeting fares to Boston. Agents Hal Rey and D W Aldridge provide details and sale dates through June and July.
On June 4 6 11 and 18 Colorado agents sell tickets via the Chicago Union Pacific and North Western lines to Chicago Saint Paul Minneapolis and intermediate points at one fare five six eight dollars round trip limited to October 31.
D. and R. G. offer one and one third first class fare for trips by the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad through Cripple Creek. See agent for details. Beston Massachusetts May 19 to May 31. Baltimore June 2 to 15. Boston June 8 to 9. Baltimore June 8 to 9. Mackinac Inland Michigan June 17 to 28. Detroit Michigan June 28 to 26.
The Chicago Special runs Denver to Chicago in one night with a 1 10 P M departure and 4 P M arrival, through service on the Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern lines. Features include Pullman drawing room cars dining and buffet library cars and free reclining chair cars. A second daily Denver train offers similar through service. D. W. Aldridge, General Agent Denver Colorado.
A string of brief items notes visits and travel around Canon City including Mr Alex Nate in Pueblo Mr Charles Schaeffer in Filor ones and Mr and Mrs J C Outhouse visiting Florence. It mentions ill health of Mrs J J Minoe Mrs Emery of Colorado Springs visiting her seriously ill mother Mrs Francis and other local social notices.
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