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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1906
Page
3
A column notes Thompson Wall Paper and Paint Company offerings with a 10 year roof paint guarantee and highlights local business moves. It also lists updates on staff changes, visitors, a missionary speaker coming to Canon City, and a brief weather recap with a snow crest in the Greenhorn Mountains.
Thompson Wall Paper and Paint Co announces special prices on good wallpaper at 718 Main Street with a promise of never underselling on any item.
Cripple Creek resident G Elfred returns home after a several days visit with wife and family. Chas R McLain serves as grand juror in Pueblo before US District Court with Judge Robert E Lewis presiding. J P D Lloyd and wife travel to Denver for several days. Lloyd attends coal business matters while Mrs Lloyd joins Christian Scientist meetings. Ira Carrier reports a successful fishing trip to Iola in the Gunnison country and notes cold weather has driven campers from the river. The river water remains affected by the cold spell.
A vintage ad urges customers to remember Candies with a finger tied and to place orders for confectionery. It promises absolute purity of confections and ongoing customer satisfaction to ensure continued patronage, highlighting Chocolate Chips as irresistible.
The item list notes Mrs J Homer Dickson and child visiting relatives in Colorado Springs, a First M E church rummage sale at 416 Main Street next Friday, Tom Hughes of Denver Rio Grande visiting Pueblo, Mrs J Easton returning from Denver to Canon City, Mrs Cora Schultz attending Florence grand lodge sessions, Daughters of Rebekah meetings in Florence, Mrs Marsden and daughter leaving for Leavenworth Kans after weeks with Canon City relatives, and Martin Guy recovering from typhoid fever.
The Democratic rally in Canon City featured Senator Thomas M. Patterson of Denver and county candidates. Speakers Frank J. Hang and George K. Harkenstein spoke to a cool audience while Patterson criticized Republicans and announced his term would end next March.
The Wednesday Musical Club met at Mrs. J. H. Aldrich's 724 Harrison Avenue on Wednesday morning. The program featured Haydn's Twelfth Symphony, solo Improptu, Gavotte in E, Hungarian Dance, and Mendelssohn Fantasia performed by Mrs. Aldrich, Miss Sartor, Miss Conaway, Miss Dale, and Mrs. Stewart.
Canon City Woman's Club opened its 1906 07 season with a Tuesday afternoon meeting at Elkshall. Mrs H L Plummer reported on the State Federation gathering in Pueblo earlier in October, while Mrs T M Harding added notes. The year begins with a historical preface to Motley Rise of the Dutch Republic led by Mrs R S Lewis. The group plans penny savings drives as outside work.
The banks in the schools plan known as the Penny Provident Association reported forty five paid members and closed with roll call as part of a school club update.
A Honolulu Bulletin report notes two recoveries from Bright's Disease using Fulton’s Compound. A drug store agent claims few failures and urges patience with the remedy. Also mentions local Building & Loan Association benefits for Canon City residents.
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