Printer name and post office filing note in Canon City Record
The Canon City Record lists GUY U HARDY as proprietor and notes its mailing status as second class matter with entry at the post office.
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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1906
Page
7
The Canon City Record lists GUY U HARDY as proprietor and notes its mailing status as second class matter with entry at the post office.
The Cannon City fair, part of Colorado’s weekly fair list, runs Wednesday through Friday. The piece praises Canon City’s rapid growth from irrigated agriculture and urges Pueblo residents to visit, highlighting Canon City’s prosperity and beauty of gardens and homes.
Governor McDonald received strong cheers as the first state convention since Edward Wolcott’s death gathered. John F. Vivian was chosen state chairman, praised for state understanding, while Fremont County delegates were noted for restraint and colorful comment. Speaker Clyde Dawson was praised as the best at the gathering.
L. A. Champ returned to Canon City Tuesday after joining Prof. George H. Stone of Colorado College on a four day geological survey of the northern slope of Pike's Peak. Champ is familiar with the area from years of residence and timber work.
The man ranked above all others in Colorado for his work supplied the poles for the first Denver to Pueblo telephone line and the ties for the Pike’s Peak cog road. The Denver Pueblo line was completed in 1883.
State Y M C A secretary reports progress in Boulder Fort Collins Loveland and Telluride building plans and campaigns. Meetings with Rio Grande Pueblo and Alamose railroad groups, plus mining firms support, and noted travel over 9000 miles with multiple addresses and correspondence.
Advertisement touts Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a gentle digestant that stimulates the liver and bowels to improve complexion. Claims it does not nauseate or gripe and is pleasant to take, urging readers to buy at Palace Drug Store.
The article lists daylight extremes in Ramburg Germany Stockholm Sweden St Petersburg Finland and northern Norway noting longest and shortest hours. It notes the May 21 to July 2 sun never fully sets in northern Norway and describes three and a half months of days at Spitsbergen. It mentions the Record Office providing on rare sailing cards formatted.
Two Columbia College sophomores on a June jaunt hire a runabout to chase a girl from Jamaica to a Long Island manor. A tire blows and after a comic pursuit they reach Henderson's house only to find their own auto labeled For Sale Cheap. They flee back to New York rather than confront Burt or Annette.
A former colonel from a Manhattan regiment warns that members of state military organizations who violate duty calls risk lifelong stigma and bar from public office. He notes dishonorably discharged militiamen cannot hold office in municipal, state, or federal government, citing cases of ruin after realizing the consequences of conduct unbecoming a soldier.
The Canon City Natatorium Company advertises a cure for rheumatism and invites inquiries. Contact J. T. Hazard by phone White 1363 for particulars or to learn more.
A dramatic scene unfolds as a young woman in a runabout eludes two pursuers, driving at dangerous speed and on three wheels. The chase ends with the machine leveled to a dangerous road, while the men retreat, fearing a crash. A spectator commentary on vulgarity follows, citing A. B. Benson in Atlantic.
Mr Chas L Sauer Grand Scriba of Texas writes from San Antonio praising Peruana for restoring health after illness and debility. He states the remedy helped him recover from catarrh and weakness after working in Galveston. He endorses Peruana to friends and colleagues.
The piece explains how words like cherry pea sherry chaise Chinese corpse and riches arose from misapplied plurals or false singulars. It notes the original forms cheiris pease sherris chaise Chinese corpse and riches with modern vulgar forms evolving through usage.
A student in medical jurisprudence lists signs of drowning while humorously noting crepe on the door as the surest sign. The fragment reflects wry anecdotes about life and letters from period humor columns.
A cheeky want ad touts a "neat Ittle work of art" valued over ten dollars bought for one dollar. The fragment includes a quip about prize and privilege as a chief mourner and cites a Lowell quotation.
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