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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1907
Page
3
Promoters invite buyers to view 10,000 acres of prime land under a government canal project in the west. The land is marketed as the greatest investment opportunity, with sale and development push nearing completion.
Canon City sent a big contingent on the D and R G special to Westcliffe with more than 700 aboard, 252 from Canon City and 240 from Pueblo, plus 24 from Florence. The return trip featured clear skies, chilly air from the Sangre de Cristo range, and a 9 to 5 baseball win by Canon City over the Pueblo Outlaws.
The text notes the close of the excursion season for the D and R G line, with apologies for ending the period.
George A. Pettibone, among the men charged in the murder of former Governor Frank Steunenberg, has recovered enough from illness to attend court and hear the order setting his trial for October 15. Both sides said they would be ready. Also, arguments on an injunction to stop state payment of a July bill from the Pekerton national detective agency for Haywood case services were heard, with decision reserved.
Atlantic City N J Sept 28 A banker convention resolution asks the secretary of the treasury to color code bank note denominations to resemble a department store ribbon counter The proposal was sent to the incoming executive council President M E Ingalls of Cincinnati urged prosperity and E R Mosely of Kansas urged tighter supervision of public service stocks and interstate chartering by federal authority J D Powers of Louisville was elected president.
Mrs. Sarah Tyson Borer, known as a national cooking authority, editor and teacher, has a bankruptcy petition filed against her as a restaurant keeper at 55 New Street and 42 Broadway. Creditors allege liabilities of 25000 dollars. assets include 5000 dollars and lease with six years remaining. Fixtures valued at 10000 dollars. rent 7000 dollars yearly. restaurant outfitted in 1906 at 20000 dollars. Borer resides in Washington and did not personally run the restaurant.
Seventeen miners trapped in the Ophelia tunnel on Goldhill near Cripple Creek were rescued from a shaft above the Callie claim after foul air blocked access from the portal. Volunteers lowered and hoisted workers out one by one by rope as rain fell and air remained dangerous. No injuries were reported.
Reverend W. W. Middleton of Tioga Reformed Church Philadelphia resigns after complaining his 10 dollar weekly salary is the poorest in the city. He cites three reasons monetary and providential, noting living costs rose 37 percent and he fears not meeting obligations without insurance and equity for rent.
M Huston and family a wife and one son have lived in an automobile for seven years touring the United States in five cars. They claim homes in Chicago traveled from Maine to Florida and New York to San Francisco with trips into Canada. Living costs total about 10000 dollars yearly.
In Boise on September 30 Peter Neth a juror in Senator Borahs land fraud trial fell violently ill and his condition may halt proceedings though details were not released. The trial remains focused on Steunenberg Wells Kinkaid and Miracle Moon with Borah defended as having acted in good faith as attorney.
A column of wry social musings from Canon highlights local quirks. Jokes about critics in credit grocery stores, wedding trosseaus, and a range of town characters reveal humor and hypocrisy. The piece playfully questions manners, marriage, and vanity with sharp observations.
Poem by Emery Pottle published in October Smart Set. The speaker compares the soul to a ship becalmed under a scorching sun, languid and stalled, gazing at a glassy sea. He prays for embattled winds and bursting from night to reach the light through tumult and surge.
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