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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1906
Page
4
The company praises women as the best readers of their financial future and invites businesswomen to open convenient bank accounts. It offers to discuss their banking methods and how money can work for them.
The list announces the Republican tickets for governor Henry A. Buchtel and other statewide offices selecting E Harper for lieutenant governor Timothy O Connor for secretary of state A E Bent for state treasurer William H Dickson for attorney general George D Statler for state auditor Katherine L Craig for state superintendent of schools Charles F Caswell and William H Gabbert for Supreme Court justices George W Cook for congress at large Robert W Bonynge for congress first district Warren A Haggett for congress second district Charles R Rudley and James C Bell as Regents George D Williams of Salida as district judge O H P Baxter of Pueblo as float senator twenty ninth district and Dr A A MacLennon of Salida as float representative for Fremont and Chaffee counties.
Henry A. Buchtel of Denver, chancellor of the Denver University, leads Colorado Republicans this year. The party praises his stalwart character and hopes he will unite dissidents to vote in solid phalanx on election day.
The columnist argues that Mr. Buchtel, a college man with long study of Colorado politics, is a strong candidate for chief executive. He dismisses the idea he is weak due to scholastic status and predicts a decisive Republican victory under Buchtel’s leadership.
The piece argues for a Republican victory in Fremont County and state races, praising national and state administrations, honesty, and prosperity. It touts the Denver state ticket and Florence local ticket, claims the Democratic party is an experiment, and urges voters to back the Republican ticket for progress and stability.
Local opinion dismisses hazing as a distant issue not affecting Canon City residents. The piece mocks famous schools and distant lands to argue hazing is not a concern for the community.
An editorial decries hazing in Canon City high schools, urging upperclassmen to unite against the practice. It likens hazing to cowardice and cruelty, calls for fair play, and notes colleges where mature students ban hazing as a model to follow.
East Canon Republicans held primaries Saturday afternoon electing G. T. Benton as justice of the peace and W. G. Orr as constable. John Weed won committee man post and delegates chosen were E. P. Arthur H. J. Craig W. P. Paxton A. Hurlbut John Weed H. W. Hollar. Alternates named A. Harrison and W. H. Williams.
At a party caucus in South Canon on Saturday night the following Republicans were chosen for the county convention to meet in Houston's opera house in Florence on Wednesday evening. South Canon delegates include J. W. Hall BH H. Stinemeyer W. J. Davis Geo. E. Colgate David L. Robison M. R. Geraghty W. G. Green John Thomas F. B. Quinlan T. H. Jeffries N. B. King Fred Rouse A. S. Bailey B. G. Woodford A. J. Mel chi. Brookside delegates are Joe l Vizetti Geo. H. Salie and William Bridges.
The Fremont County Democratic convention in Florence nominated a full county ticket led by Geo. P. Nix for County Clerk and Joseph Esser for Sheriff. The slate includes A. H. Davis Treasurer Ida T. White Superintendent of Schools T. L. Everley Assessor Benjamin McFall P. T. McGuire Representative Thomas L. Cooney and Lee Champion as County Chairman with Mrs. Katherine Bell on the State Central Committee.
Canon City delegates to the Florence Republican convention will hold a caucus in the city clerk's office Tuesday at 7 30 p m. The notice lists delegates including C A Biggs A L Jeffrey A C Jensen G V Hodgin Allen Jameson A Dryden Lafe Combs James Pennington Mark May E W Duncanson John McKenzie F N Carrier V B Simon J W Cannon J H Dickson Chas Bocking P M Linneer Geo F Rockafellow J S Brown W T Little Guy A Hardy A R Stockton R S Lewis T B Coulter J H Peabody Lee Bruton J L Cooper A H McLain A R Mitchell W B Ryle U S Okey.
Geo. D. Williams declines to run for district judge. He was in Canon a few hours Thursday.
A local note urges Canon City residents to visit for jewelry watches optical goods musical items sewing machines phonographs and Baldwin wind instruments, inviting inquiries before making purchases.
J D Russell reveals illness of partner forces him to decline bid for District Judge. The vacancy committee, comprising Dawson Bradley Callahan Smith Williams, must select a replacement to fill the vacancy for the Eleventh District judicial ticket.
George D Williams writes to a party convention declining to run for office while pledging support for the nominee and the Republican victory. He cites favorable district dynamics and his professional duties as factors.
A mass Republican meeting in Canon City Precinct No 1 selected thirty one delegates for the county convention to be held at Houston's Opera House in Florence. James Pennington chaired the gathering with Claude Hopkins as secretary. Delegates include F N Carrier V J Simon J R Brown and others. Precinct officers nominated for justice of the peace and constables with Dr F N Carrier chosen precinct chairman for the term.
Republican primaries were held in Florence Friday night to elect delegates to the county convention. The Furness ticket won about 100 votes to 60 for Patterson, with delegates named to back Furness for sheriff and Keltn for commissioner.
Herman Reese of Salina district 8 Webster graded schools and overseer of the poor endorses Peruna as a highly effective remedy for respiratory ailments. He cites exposure harming lungs and kidneys and notes Peruna has helped in cases where no other medicine worked.
Emma Dudley former Lincoln Park resident died Saturday after a brief illness near Boise City Idaho at age unknown. She was mother to George E. Dudley and Ellwood Dudley and well known in Canon City. Betsy Spence Muir widow of Walter Muir died Monday in Florence at 50 from typhoid pneumonia. Native of Scotland she moved from Illinois to Colorado twenty three years ago. Funeral at Jama Muir residence Williamsburg then Greenwood Cemetery interment.
The brick church near Fifth street and Macon avenue, long used by the Episcopal congregation, is being torn down to clear land for a new post office site. Built about thirty years ago and dedicated in January 1877, it stands as one of the city’s oldest churches.
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