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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1900
Page
2
Community ads highlight Crown Patent flour and 25c bulk coffee, Huffman’s Old Raintuck bread, local merchants Tanner & Co and Frank L. Smith sending new goods from Chicago, editor notes, and public posts on politics Fremont county. Square items include smallpox concern in Rockvale and United Oil Company banning Sunday ball playing.
Describes Galveston as a sea washed city of 40,000 on a sand bar. Outlines its location along Texas coast, coastal defenses, and three miles of wharves with grain elevators capable of 3,250,000 bushels. Notes city’s early growth and public-spirited philanthropy.
A historical account describes Galveston Island’s wartime beauty and its ruined state after disaster. It recalls Broadway’s width and tropical avenues, landmarks like Seeley hospital and the Rosenberg school, and the bayfront social life. It notes artesian wells, rail bridges, and later hopes for Houston to offer a safer harbor and continued shipping prospects.
Resort rules emphasize quiet guest attention and no boisterous conduct on grounds. Visitors enjoy boating, swinging, and athletic sports with afternoon and evening amusements and refreshments available on site.
An advertiser touts Crown Patent flour from Cafson City mills as superior and repeatedly trusted by consumers. It emphasizes quality, constant use, and growing demand, urging readers to ask grocers for Crown Patent and reject alternatives.
Train fare to Cripple Creek offered at two dollars with Sunday 6 30 am departure. Dem and Populist county conventions at Florence adjourned with Moore as state senator and F E Thomas for representative. Populists to meet Democrats on September 29. New bakery items Huffman Old Raintuck and fresh breakfast foods from Tanner Co. Portland school house valued at 2775 dollars to be built by December first. Other items include McClintock named foreman at Pueblo Central Meat Market, Mrs. Conaway back in charge of boarding house, and Frasier Orchard planned for Florence lots.
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