City Council denies petitions for added street lights
The council adopted a resolution disallowing all petitions on file for additional street lights due to funds shortages. Edward MacClain requested a flagman at Soda Springs to warn railroad traffic. the issue was referred to the ordinance committee. A consolidation report with South Canon was accepted and filed. water committee findings on Deputy Labor Commissioner Blake’s complaints were adopted and filed. The meeting adjourned to Monday night October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward MacClain
Soda Springs
Ordinance Committee
South Canon
Blake
Denver
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription touted as nonalcoholic remedy
An advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a nonalcoholic, alcohol free medicine for women's diseases. It highlights printed ingredient lists, professional endorsements, and free booklets of testimonials, urging readers to request endorsements by postal card. The copy claims unique suitability for female ailments and promises relief from periodical pain backache and pelvic symptoms.
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Ree
B. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Men over sixty warned of kidney and bladder disorders
A medical notice warns that more than half of men over sixty suffer kidney and bladder problems often linked to enlarged prostate. It promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy and cites 91 year old Rodney Burnett of Rock Port Missouri who reports relief after two bottles. Palace Drug Store.
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Foley
Rodney Burnett
Rock Port
Missouri
Palace Drug Store
Canon City visit recalls long absence of Mike Smith
Mike Smith formerly lived in Canon City, now of Craig Colorado, stopped Monday for a brief visit with friends while returning from a Denver business trip. He left Canon City in 1882 for Routt county where his family ran a Bear River ranch and stock business. For twenty four years he did not return, though he passed through as a railroad passenger en route to Denver. His family has lived in Glenwood Springs months to give children school advantages, while Mr Smith mainly manages Routt stock and occasional Glenwood trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Smith
Canon City
Craig
Colorado
Routt County
Denver
Mr. Smith
Bear River Country
Changes in Routt County Loom After Moffatt Road Arrival
Mr Smith recalls great changes in Routt County as the Moffatt road is due next year. He notes two Indian outbreaks since his arrival, settlers carried guns while working to guard against encounters, and he describes a once abundant elk herd and a county that had no sawed lumber floors twenty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Smith
Routt County
Canon City seeks new railroad station for growing traffic
A Canon City Merchants Association committee led by C A Biggs James H Peabody Robert S Lewis and D B E Gibson visited Denver to confer with the Denver Rio Grande officials on securing a modern station. Mayor Coulter could not join but data will be presented to show Canon City as a growing shipping point needing improved facilities. The group believes success is likely within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Biggs
James H. Peabody
Robert S. Lewis
D. B E. Gibson
Canon City Merchants’ Association
Denver
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company
T. B. Coulter
Canon City
Real Estate Moving in Raynolds Heights
The Canon Realty Company lists Tuesday sales of residence lots in Raynolds Heights including Beecher blocks 5 to 8 in block 7 Mattoon lots 1 2 3 4 in block 19 Mattoon lot 16 in block 19 Sharp lots 19 20 in block 21 Chase lots 6 7 in block 1 Shaw lots 19 20 21 in block 21 Each entry names buyer and lot group with corresponding block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon Realty Company
Raynolds Heights
Henry N. Beecher
Beatrice Mattoon
H. G. Mattoon
Freds. Sharp
Oscar Chase
L. A. Shaw
Thede's Millinery Opens With Festive Canon City Display
Thede's Millinery and Suit Store at 427 Main street Canon City launches its fall opening with a grand display of feminine hats cloaks and furnishings. The gala event features rustic window scenes opera orchestra music and extensive stock including Paris and New York modes ostrich plumes and a new children’s department ready to wear garments. The store emphasizes fair dealing courteous service and broad selection to attract local shoppers.
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Thede
Main Street
Canon City
Opera House
Prof. Schaeffer
Paris
New York
Denver
Thede’s
Millinery Show Opens in Canon City This Evening
Visitors are invited to view the latest styles in millinery with light refreshments of fruit punch and cake. The event offers Canon City ladies a cordial welcome and courteous attention whether they wish to buy or not.
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Canon City
Fifty-Eight Years of Marriage for Captain and Mrs Hannum
Captain J. B. Hannum and his wife of Canon City will celebrate their fifty-eighth wedding anniversary this Friday. Married September 21, 1848 in Fulton County Illinois, they now reside at 1805 North Ninth Street with one daughter Elva Brooker and granddaughter Mrs. Will a Fulton. The couple have witnessed westward expansion and Civil War service in Kansas, including Hannum's sixteenth Kansas cavalry role. Neighbors may stop by to offer congratulations.
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J. B. Hannum
North Ninth Street
Fulton County
Illinois
Elva ‘Brooker
Willa Fulton
Hannum
West
Ilinois
Kansas
Canon City
California
Argonauts
St. Joseph
Missouri
Sacramento
Pacific
Sixth Kansas Cavalry
Kansas Colorado suit nears final Supreme Court hearing
The Kansas and Colorado water dispute over Arkansas River priority will be argued before the U S Supreme Court in Washington on October 9 with Attorney General N C Miller leading for Kansas. He will be joined by Colorado counsel Joel F Vaile Clyde C Dawson and Judge David C Beaman who represents Colorado Fuel Iron Co whose plant relies on the river water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Colorado
Arkansas
United States Supreme Court
Washington
N. C. Miller
Joel F. Vaile
Clyde C. Dawson
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Arkansas River
New Stock of Shoes at Davis' Main Street Store
New stock of the best shoes arrives at Davis' 426 Main Street offering leather products at a new low price.
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Davis
Main Street
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