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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1906
Page
4
A real estate notice advertises land or property offered with ten percent down and ten dollars a month, matching rent. It invites readers to inspect the property, secure an option at no cost, and close on Monday October 22 with a $50 gift for choosing that day.
Colorado Telephone Company completes purchase of its new downtown facility at 716 Main Street and switches to an automatic system serving nearly eight hundred subscribers. The $30,000 outlay covers the building, switchboard, and equipment, with a $10,000 structure and double the switchgear cost. The plant moves from old battery power to direct motor and storage systems, with indicator lights showing successful connections.
The Colorado Telephone company plans shipping a car load of Canon City exchange gear to Denver as it expands. Eight hundred wire pairs across four cables power service, with seven hundred seventy-two phones in use. over two and a half miles of cable in operation. Management projects 300 new phones next year and a $10,000 cable-extension budget. Local rates: business one to two party lines at 3.50 and 3.00. residence one to two party lines at 2.00 and 1.75. eight-party line at 1.50.
The report notes revival meetings in Lamar Durango Victor Cripple Creek Loveland Canon City and Gallup with similar church construction in Rocky Ford Leadville Albuquerque Las Vegas and Raton New Mexico. It credits Christianity as a saving power and mentions Mrs Hunley singing a gospel song. Three members joined by letter yesterday and services will run through the week with a cordial welcome.
Over the past year Colorado Telephone has invested heavily in new buildings across about six towns, establishing up-to-date exchanges to handle its business and signaling a major expansion in service coverage throughout the state.
The Christian church holds revival meetings with Rev. Hunley delivering two sermons. Morning topic contrasts perishing food with food that endureth to eternal life, while the evening sermon centers on The Blind Man Healed and reflects on the strongest argument for faith.
The First M E Sunday school class at 702 River Street hosted a reception for teacher C P Gillett and his wife as they prepare to move to Terre Haute Indiana. About fifty guests from the Bishop Warren class joined to celebrate. A silk umbrella was presented to Mr Gillett and fruit punch and wafers were served.
An advertisement touts Bliss Native Herbs as a guaranteed cure for diseases from impure blood and liver or kidney inactivity, urging readers to contact an agent at 347 Sherman Avenue.
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