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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1907
Page
5
A satirical verse lays out an elaborate September to October forecast with politics, Prohibition, and social scenes. It lampoons Roosevelt Taft and Big Oil while previews weather, fairs, and harvests, ending with an ad for Dominocards from St. Louis.
Two Kansas City area juniors running a free summer medical practice visit the poor who cannot pay doctors or access free clinics. They see about 350 dollars in monthly value, take night calls, and refer difficult cases to college professors. They note pure milk’s benefits and recount a smallpox scare avoided.
Report describes a starving infant found on an old rag carpet near Guinette and Alton avenues with a bottle of bluish milk and flies. Doctors prescribed pure milk and noted daily improvement as the baby shows signs of recovery.
Denver August 30 The contract for constructing the Del Norte fish hatchery will be let September 6 and may go to a contractor at Del Norte or Monte Vista. The legislature appropriated 5000 dollars for the project with three sites under review. Completion hoped for by late October as Farr and his wife return from the Mammoth Hot Springs session of the National Association of Game and Fish Commissioners in Yellowstone Park.
C E Tuck of Seattle says the U S government is building war readiness along the Pacific coast in case of conflict with Japan. He notes visits by officers, coast fort inspections, war maps, coast defense drills, and Taft’s Seattle trip as Bremerton navy yards bustle for a possible battleship squadron. He faults Japan for provoking patriotism while seeking Philippines control and Pacific trade dominance as Seattle expands its regional role.
Ray H. Presler, former Ault Colorado youth, was sentenced by Judge R N Matson in Cheyenne Wyoming to thirty five years in the penitentiary for second degree murder in the death of Officer C H Edwards. Presler stabbed Edwards during a saloon quarrel and fled. he claimed intoxication and mistaken identity. His attorneys plan an appeal to the state supreme court. Presler is 27.
Kansas City Aug 30 A tall bearded man in a clerical look is Rev N C Jeffries father of champion heavyweight James J Jeffries returning from around the world. He says Jim’s fighting instinct came from his mother who approved victories and warned of home if he lost.
Readers from New York Lewistown and Nashville describe relief from low spirits backache and stomach problems after using Peruna. They report improved energy and wellbeing within weeks and recommend the remedy to other women troubled by similar pains.
The testimonials speak of Peruna as a reliable remedy for nervousness backache dyspepsia headache melancholy and bearing down pains. Women claim doctors were consulted before Peruna brought relief and many say they recovered fully after multiple bottles. Sufferers from Arkansas New Hampshire and Ohio share their experiences praising Peruna’s effects.
Mrs Jeffries praises Jim as a fighter while noting one preacher in the family is enough. She and the speaker are proud, yet wonder what kind of preacher Jim would have made. Mr Jeffries departs for Los Angeles aboard Santa Fe train No 5.
Theodore Cooper, chief consultant on the cantilever St. Lawrence river bridge, said he warned officials and workers to stay off the structure after issues arose before its collapse. He lamented not visiting the site recently due to ill health and questioned whether the warning arrived in time. Cooper, 68, ranks as a leading bridge engineer with work on the St. Louis bridge and a career across North America.
Congressman Ernest W. Roberts and fellow naval affairs committee members tour the Brooklyn navy yards and say the fleet’s strait passage is for tactical reasons only. They note ongoing discussion of two routing options and express belief in the chosen path.
The source notes the Suez route is easier and cheaper, and that the navy wants to solve tactical issues now while at peace so they do not become strategic problems during war.
A column of pithy aphorisms and social observations on manners, humor, and everyday behaviors. It recalls old urban sensibilities about generosity, popularity, and family, with quips about women, men, roosters, and small-town life, ending with a pointed note on conflict.
A column of wry social reflections contrasts warlike behavior with peace, notes the duty of parents to work, and lampoons social awkwardness. A ranch boy reports three girls vying for a man who ignores them, while a busy man distracts himself with a telephone call described in comic terms.
Dr Sapero a Denver eye ear nose and throat specialist will examine children and adults free at the St Cloud hotel on September 20 and 21. Come early for examinations and guidance.
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