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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
8
An advertisement asserts microbes cause baldness and dandruff with a Hamburg and France research provenance. It promotes Rexall "93" Hair Tonic as a guaranteed remedy to exterminate microbes, revitalize hair roots, restore color, and promote scalp circulation, with a no-cost guarantee if it fails.
The Seely Drug company urges users troubled with hair or scalp issues to try Retail 93 Hair Tonic. The ad promises no obligations beyond a thorough trial and offers a refund if not satisfied.
The piece argues Colorado will vote Republican in 1908, praising the current GOP administration and officials. It recalls past races, notes Bryan’s declines, and stresses Taft and Sherman alignment, with Fremont County aiding a straight party vote.
A hunter named John Asher brought a bizarre deer head to town and displayed it at the Star restaurant. The 200 pound animal, shot near Bumback springs, had a large yet crippled rack of about twenty velvety nodules instead of normal antlers and will be sent to Colorado Springs for taxidermy.
A promotional letter from 1908 urges investors and farmers to settle 10,000 acres along the Santa Fe railroad in the Arkansas valley near La Junta. It touts a completed irrigation system, water rights, high yields from sugar beets and alfalfa, and profitable crops like cantaloupes. The La Junta Board of Trade endorses the project and cites favorable market conditions and strong land values.
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