Good Old Times Compared to Modern Prosperity
A Can on City page contrasts past and present wages and living costs from the 14th to 19th centuries. It notes cheap rents and goods in medieval England, then trains a 19th century American view of labor, market scarcity, and progress, ending with a note on renewed industry plans by the Co. F. & I. company to manufacture steel furniture.
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England
London
Edward VI
West
Edinburg
Co. F. & I. Company
Report on Fremont County National Bank Canon City 1907
Financial statement shows resources totaling 1 123 754 88 with loans 443 557 93 and deposits 638 779 67. Cash items, U S bonds, and circulation reserves sit alongside liabilities including capital stock and undivided profits in a formal bank report sworn by cashier Geo F Rockafellow before notary Chas E Waldo on May 27 1907.
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Fremont County National Bank
Canon City
Colorado
U. S
U.S
State of
Fremont
George F. Rockafellow
Geo. F. Rockafellow
Chas E. Waldo
Geo. A. Baker
Raynolds
Lewis
Pueblo Furniture Exposition Promises Warp Free Designs
A Pueblo showcase touts pressed steel furniture that resists warping shrinking and contracting and can imitate various furniture styles. An excursion of 150 left for Canon City for a day trip with an extra coach added to the F C C railroad to handle tourists returning Cripple Creek Times reports Cripple Creek clerk Cr Shelton and Mrs. J H Harel are believed to have eloped with a $100 reward offered for information. Shelton wed four months ago to Lelia Stott of Alamosa and leaves her destitute and pregnant.
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Canon City
Canon
Cripple Creek
Cr. C. Shelton
Salida
Alamosa
J. H. Harel
Rio Grande
Canon City to Meet Salida in Local Baseball Clash
Canon City faces Salida in an afternoon baseball game on the local diamond near the natatorium. The Canon City team is described as the strongest in years and Salida as among the state's strongest amateur outfits. A Diamond Fire Brick Co stockholders meeting in Canon City June 29 will consider amending the Articles to increase directors to five.
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Canon City
Salida
Natatorium
Diamond Fire Brick Company
Fremont County
Colorado
Main Street
G. W. Hodgin
E. F. Jewett
Own a Home in Canon City With Easy Payments
A Canon City realty firm promotes buying homes instead of paying rent. It lists five available properties including a 5 room brick and a 7 room brick, all offered with easy payments. The Canon Investment & Realty Co. led by S. H. Atwater at 720 Main St invites inquiries for homes and land investments.
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Canon City
Canon Investment & Realty Co
S. H. Atwater
Main St
Directory of local stenographers and bookkeepers across Colorado
A compiled roster lists numerous individuals by name and employer, detailing roles as stenographers, bookkeepers, clerks, and related office staff in Lamar, Canon City, Rocky Ford, Manzanola, Las Animas, Las Animas, Pueblo, Walsenburg, and other Colorado towns. Entries name firms such as Lamar Lumber Co, First National Bank, Bank of Commerce, Arkansas Valley Fair Association, and Morrey Mercantile, among others, with several ties to Georgia, New York, and California firms.
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Chas. W. Whipple
Bellingham
Wash
Miss Pearl Lay
Lamar Lumber Co
Lamar
Colo
Ray Flint
First National Bank
Jason A. Cook
Oe Bank of Commerce
Kansas
Miss Bertha Hopkins
Amity Land Office
Amity
Frank Patterney
Conquest Trust Co
Joplin
Nola Pearson
Otero County
la Junta
Jessie Tompson
George Dick Real Estate and Insurance Co
Walsenburg
Hattie Lucas
Gibson Lumber Co
Canon City
May Terry
Morrey Mercantile Co
Denver
Carl Hamilton
McMurtrg Manufacturing Co
Phoeby Paxton
Taylor & Sayre
Jennie Jenkins
Rowland Real Estate
Maude Waters
G. M. Hall
Arkansas Valley Fair Association
Rocky Ford
Celia Zdzards
General Electric Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Ray Turner
Twidale Shoe Co
Hastings
Neb
Claude M. Benton
State Bank
Maude Wasson
Johnston & Johnston
Fannie A. Wallace
John Pearson
Lina Hasty
T. J. Gardner Lumber Co
Las Animas
John Chalmers
Armor Packing Co
Pueblo
Mary Thomas
Bartow Canning Factory
Manzanola
Fannie Snowden
Rocky Ford Trading Co
Grace Schultz
Anna O'Donnell
A. E. Bent
Mayme Sheers
Callahan Mercantile Co
Callahan
Carl B. Thorne
Julia Caldwell
Electric Light & Power Plant
Catona
Florida
Arthur Carson
Herbert C. Thompson
Daisy Konkel
W. J. Johnson Mercantile Co
Ida Lawton
Saben & Bell
Fred Treadway
American Beet Sugar Factory
Madge Jacobs
Verna Leazure
Towler & Stockton Clothing Co
Lane Duff
Frey & Collins
Miss Lela Dowling
Judge Cooper
Clifton Elliott
Granada
Clara Webster
Te Los Angeles Real Estate Co
Angeles
Cal
Bessie Hofflicker
James Turnbull
Green Hill Orchard
Myra Cheek
Monterey
Madge Creigh
Attorney Hillyer
Ethel Huxley
Stenographer Merchants’ Association
Edna McClure
Great Western Coal Co
Lora Hadley
Colorado Boy Wins The First Prize In Injured Contest
Willie Waters colored and the son of R. J. Verner won top prizes in a first aid to the injured contest at the Sunday school convention of the Second Congregational church in Colorado Springs. They will compete in the state contest in Canon City next month. Mr. and Mrs. Will Ducumen and family left for Oblong Illinois after health concerns for Mrs. Ducumen.
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Colorado Springs
Willie Waters
R. J. Verner
Second Congregational Church
Canon City
Will Ducumen
Oblong
Illinois
Accidentally Killed at Portland Obituary
Ernest Elrod son of L B Elrod of Park Avenue Lincoln Park was crushed to death under a locomotive while employed by the Northern Pacific Railroad in Portland Oregon a day or two ago. Remains expected tomorrow funeral at A E Wilson's undertaking parlors at 2 o'clock Sunday Rev B E Hart of First Baptist church officiating Local railway firemen to attend the obsequies Interment at Lakeside cemetery.
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Ernest Elrod
L. BE. Elrod
Park Avenue
Lincoln Park
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Portland
Oregon
A. E. Wilson
B. E. Hart
First Baptist Church
Lakeside ,Cemetery
Burro Shipped East By Express To Plainville
A 250 pound burro was shipped to Dr. J. H. Ayleshire at Plainville Illinois by Capt C T Chapman of the fire department on Monday afternoon. The animal’s original cost was five dollars, and its value was expected to rise to five times that amount upon arrival.
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J. H. Ayleshire
Plainville, Ill
C. T. Chapman
Fire Department
Wells Fargo Moves Mountain Canaries to Kansas and Illinois
The Wells Fargo company charged $20 for transporting a man to Illinois and delivered a shipment to C. G. Spaugh in Great Bend Kansas for $14 express charges plus $2.50 for an animal. Both shipments relate to the Mountain Canaries and reflect the firm’s substantial business in such transport.
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Illinois
C. G. Spaugh
Great Bend
Kansas
Wells Fargo Company
Funeral of James Walker Held This Afternoon
The funeral for James Walker 66 a native of Scotland who died at his home 1019 Prescott Avenue South Canon was conducted from the house at 2 o’clock this afternoon by the Adventist church pastor. He came here about a year ago from Silver Cliff where he worked as a blacksmith. He is survived by a wife and three sons with one son in Denver and another in Colorado Springs.
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James Walker
Prescott Avenue
South Canon
Adventist Church
Scotland
Silver Cliff
Denver
Colorado Springs
Obsequies Held for Nevada Resident Funeral
The obituary notes all sons attended the funeral to honor the deceased. The J. H. Hunt Undertaking company oversaw the service. Burial took place at Lakeside cemetery.
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Nevada
J. H. Hunt Undertaking Company
Lakeside Cemetery
Will Go Back to the Old Home at Muncie
Coroner Whitmore traveled to Florence to investigate the sudden death of W E Priest. The physician attributed the death to apoplexy and no inquest was needed. Priest belonged to Masonic lodge Odd Fellows Pathfinders and Electrical Workers in Muncie Indiana. The body will return to Muncie for burial with wife family and Priest’s parents.
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Whitmore
Florence
W. E. Priest
Muncie
Ind
Indiana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Canon City, Colorado
C. M. MacNeill
J. Q. MacDonald
C. S. Hudson
Spencer Penrose Co
C. Hamlin Oliver H. Shoup
The
Canon City Record
Quy U. Hardy, Proprigion
Fremont County National Bank Capital
Sue
Fremont County Bank
Joshua S. Reynolds
George A. Beker
Robert S. Lewis
M. S. Reynolds
G. F. Rockafellow
G. A. Reynolds
Stockholders’ Meeting
ACE
New York
Dodd’s Commercial
Colorado Boy
Obe
C. A. Beghtol & Co
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