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The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-01-03
The Canon City Record. Thursday. January g. 1918.
A Canon City Boy of
Early Day Y. M. C. A.
Secretary in France

Old timers will remember the Stan
ey family. orson G. Stanley lived here
from about 1866 TO 1878. He lived in a
log home on the site of the old Lyman
Robson homestead. He sold the prop
erty to Mr.. Lyman Robson who built
the fine home now occupied by. Nj.
and Mrs. David L. Robson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley had a son and
daughter. The son Hal X. Stanley
was born here in 1869. The family
moved to Boston in 1878
Recently this son, Hal K Stanley
was readyNto go to France as Y. NJ.
6. A secretary. In order to get q pass
port IL was necessary To have an af-
hdsvit showing birth records. His
father. mother and sister had all pass
ed on.
Canon City was appealed TO and
Capt b. f. Rockafeilow supplied the
necessary papers.
The following letter from a friend
in New York gives good report of
Hal:
Dear Sir;
Mr. H X Stanley has left for
France as a y. N. c. A secretary. and
as am an old friend of his. he has
left his Affairs in my hands
Mr.. Stanley asked me to write and
thank you for your kindness in max
ing the affidavit in regard TO his birth.
He also wished me to advise you
that both his father and mother are
dead as well As his sister Kate
am sure Hal will make a name for
himself on the other side as he Is well
fitted for the work. having devoted
most of his time for a number OF years
TO this kind OF service He Is a man
worthy OF knowing
Thanking you again in his behalf,
am.
HOWARD L. WILLIAMS.
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A Canon City Boy
Writes from Some
where i'm France

Mrs. T. T. Stanley who lives on
Cyanide avenue. has q son who is
now Somewhere in England on his
way 10 France A letter dated Dec.
4th. has Just been received by Mrs.
Stanley. II says in part:
Il suppose IL is hard to buy sugar
there by this time A citizen here is
only allowed one pound a weak and
they can't hardly buy anything tha,
has sugar in IL.
This is sort of recreation camp
We don't do much hard training al
present. 1, is quite nice TO see some
OF the old country and think OF wher.
our ancestors lived and died iol
years. England is rather rough and
hill,. II reminds me of the country
around Wister. Oklahoma The eli
mate is somewhat cold but not as
cold As 1 expected to find
-Yon ought TO see the trains
smal cars divided in small divisions
Eight men can ride in one division
four on each side. with a door in tbs
center of each side.
Your loving son,
CHARLES J. STANLEY
20. l. lssth Inf. A. f. F.. via New
Work
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Frank Sweeney Opens
Brokerage Office

Mr. Frank II. Sweeney has opened
a brokerage Office at 423 Main street.
in the building where c X I.inkins
has his insurance Office. Mr.. Sweeney
will sell stocks and bonus of various
kinds. conservative. serni-conserva-
I. : and speculative. In fact he will
do a general brokerage business. con-
ducting it along up-toiatc and de-
pendah,e lines
Mr. Sweeney. has had quite a little
experience in selling stocks and is
well verscd in the history OF various
stocks and bonds and is eompetentiy
equipped 10 advise a. well rs sell
securities.
He is already doing nice business
altho up to the present he has not
been devoung much more than his
evenings to the business. Later he in
tends to devote more time TO the new
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-01-03
The Cantata at the
Christian Church


The members OF the combined
churches. making n chorus OF more
thnn nifty voices. assisted by Mr. Wal
ter C. BANKS. tenor. of Portland. Mr..
G. Troy Hnshar7. tenor. OF Saiida. and
anist. reproduced the Christmas can
tasa. 'The Star OF Be,heihem." which
WAS sung nj the First Methodist
church last Sunday evening. at the
Christian church Wednesday night
In addition TO the cantata there was
Sung Wednesday night several special
solos by Miss Eima Lind Smith. Mr.
Hnrhart. Mr.. Banks, Miss Nina Skin
ner and others. The closing number
was. And The Glory Of Tho Lord"
from Handei's Messiah" aplendidiy
rung. az. indeed. wa scyery selection
during the evening.
"Wednesday nights program VIVA OK.
panded by the Introduction OF addi-
tional soios In order that those who
heard the cantata Sunday evening
might have new features TO enjoy.
Z ..ere was large and nppreciativc
audience present and II Is hardly too
much to say that the entertainment
enilsting M Il did no much musical
talent, was one Of tho most delightful
Of the kind given In Canon City in
many months.
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TIVE Men Drive Over From
Grand Junction in Five
and a Half Days.

i. T. Allen and son Robt Allen.
formerly OF Grand Junction have
come TO Canon City to make their
home. They reside at GIG Greenwood
avenue. The Aessrs. ALE drove ever
with horse and buggy. The distance
ls 3li miles They made the trip in
i've and 3 half days. making SIS miles
day. which m pretty good travelling
for a horse and buggy. They found
some deep snow on the pass ou, most
of the trip was very pleasant.
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Pretty Christmas
Wedding at the
Home of J. r. Hood

The home OF Mr.. and Mrs Jas. r.
Hood. SIG River street. was the scene
of quiet. but very pretty Christmas
wedding al 10 o'cock last Tuesday
morning " N their daughter. Miss
Gladys. was married TO Raymond Par
ker Hawkins OF Denver. in the pres
once OF the members OF the family
and a few intimate friends. The
guests were Mr.. and Mrs b. w.
Sprinkle. daughter MIss Helen. and
Mrs Fred Kober OF florence.
The nuptiai service was performed
by Rev. chas. J. Armeutrvut. pastor
cf the f'irss Presbyterian church. In q
most Impressive manner. aftor which
concentrations werr extended to the
happy couple
Al noon af elaborate christrnas din
ner was served at which the contract
inr couple we're the guests of honor.
4 short time later Mr.. and Mr. Hawk.
ing LEFT for Denver whore they viii
make their home. They were the Ne
cipients Of numerous handsome gifts
commemorative OF Christmas and OF
their marriage.
Tn. bride one OF Canon city's POP
ular young women. il q graduate oi
the high school here and has host OF
friends In this community. She was
q studcnt nj the University of Colo
RADIO at Boulder during the 1851
torn. and since September of this
year has been taking business
course in q Denver business college,
I; was while studying AZ the latter In
st,iu,ion that she hrst met the young
man destined 20 become her husband
The groom Ia employed as an eaec-
irician by th~ Denver Electric So-'
and is young man OF excellent busi
ness qualifications and reputation.
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Mr. John Nesbit. son OF Ar. and
Mrs. r. C. Nesbir, Is making quite a
success as business manager of The
Rocky Mountain CoIlegian. the stu
dent organ of the Colorado State Col
lege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
at Ft Collins.
The issue OF December Goth. from
the standpoint OF advertising, pos
sesses an exceedingly prosperous ap-
pearance and shows that John is de
giyerins the goods"
John, besides many other honors
that he has won purely thru merit. Is
president of the Student Council
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HOME THURSDAY
FROM HOLIDAY TRIP.

Mr.. Floyd II, Campbell. assist
ant cashier at the First National
bank. accompanied by his wife and lit
tie daughter returned to Canon City
Thursday afternoon from a holiday
visit with relatives at Ames. Iowa.
and in Chicago. Mrs. Campbell and
daughter had been absent from home
month or six weeks and Mr.. Camp
bel loss than half that length Of time.
They spent Christmas at Ames, the
boyhood hcme OF Mr.. Campbell The
v,sit was . very enjoyable one. de-
spite the experience OF some very
cold wsather.
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80 Wcah 81 tkRiCS Il
could hardly get
around to do my
work, and as I had
four in my family
and three boarders
itmade It very hard
for me Lydia E
Pinkham's Vege-
table Com d
was recommended
TO me. / took it
and It has restored
my health. 1t is
rertainlv the hest
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ID CROSS NOTES
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10 now classes have been started
ay Canon City chapter of the Red
Cross for the making OF surgical dress
inss. One Of them. In charge of Mrs.
Fred Sartor. was launched Wednes-
day afternoon. The other was organ
ized today under the direction of Mrs.
L. f. Collins. Both of these ladies have
taken the full course of instruction
under Miss Morrison OF the Mountain
Division in Denver. who speaks very
highly OF the ability OF her late pupils
TO teach. These classes viii meet In
The 2auze rom of tho chapter. 4ol-
4o3 Main street. and Il is hoped that
rtany workers VIII attend.
Axa
Forty-five thousand surgical dresa-
ines are required for base hospital
Of hve hundred beds. Nine hundred
and twenty yards of rauze are used
ia making one boz of dressings and
Canon City women who can operate
I. e sewing machines are needed. Last
Friday Mrs. Hunter was tho only wo
man presen, using a sewing machine
and there was 4 pile OF work waiting
for other workers At the other mn
chimes. Mrs. Hunter is desirous of
obtaining the services Of additional
machine workers.
n the women of Canon City and Of
America reneraiiy would resolve for
the New Year that. outside OF home,
their country and tho men at the
front should be their FIRST considara'
ton. there would no LONGER be heard
the cry from the Red Cross FOR work
ere. more workers needed"
Canon City chapter has sent on.
box of Red cror- requirements 10 the
lsnver headquarters. Twenty-Five"
different kinds OF dressings are re
uuir.d Just now there Is n great de
,aand for these dress!nGs and most
urrent appeal has come from Major
Murphy, Red Gross commissioner 10
France Perhaps you are not helping.
ard We, /, may be your boy who viii
need what ia lacking for want Of hslr
uw1
Mrs. Wood. OF the Mountain divis'
ten. SAYS the articles sent from the
cnnon city chapter are among the
se-y best received. \ month agu sooe
articles had been gent to Denver from
ibc Hospital Supply room ineiudinr
rs dozen large sheets. az dorsn tow
els. dozen bath robes. 6 dozen pa
saruas. 7s knitted swcstcrs.
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FOR SALE-old newspapers FOR put
ting under carpets. wrapping celery.
packing vegetables. starting fires. or
any old thing; lec package Of fifty pa
pers-cheaper by the 100 packages
caliy Record 2S4u
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War Sidelights
tDoston News Bureau.,

Congressman Medili Mccormick OF
ininnis, recently returned from Eu.
rope. says nobody in warning coun-
tries believes military decision can be
reached before 1919 when fail weight
OF United States will be felt. While
central powers are breeding terribly.
they act in unison and recent Italian
successes were aimed To piacate Ger
man people for losses suffered Mt Yer
dun and Passachendaele and to pro
woke revolution In Italy. Above all
else. heavy guns are necessary in this
war and $4,000 are to be made In
American factories and shipped to
France before March i. 1919. France
is willing TO die in the hope that Am
erica viii forge the weapons that will
crush her enemies
During the winter months the
weather all through Belgium. Fland.
ers and northern France Is shocking.
The whole countrywide is APT to be
little else than mud and water. which
the rommies call -porridge." Mud. in
fact, will be- the biggest ally of the
Kaiser this winter Men in the
trenches insist that they would rather
meet Won HindenDurE himself than
Gen. Mud. The fathering care OF the
big guns ten miles to the rear is NIL
that makes front tr-nchce endurabie
when Il rains and SHOWS and mists
and this Il does most Of the time.
Men do their best 70 build up stout
trenches clear Of water and with
noors but thcee are suashed up quick.
" whom the big guns start up their
fusillade Of sholie-
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MIR. BOggs Says .

There may haze been a worse
show in Canon City in the past forty
years than tha, given Wednesday
night under the name of '1key and
Abey" but if so tand ! doubt ip
did not have the misfortune of seeing
it,"
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-01-03
le. p,an. Tor Panama.

In carrying out Its plano to make the
canal zos- s-lf-surporting ~ far ~
possible. the coinmissnry tlivis30n of
,h~ Panama canal nnels Il nscesdnry
40 have some larger buiidinea. Work
has Just Ncen beGAn % tasoe 10 nn<i
ccad s1oRaee plant n Cx.slebak 1s6t
>-sean~ ~ - - fl&aon II.
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suvl sAke. rhE "sHERiFF.-
A real deiicacy. Few boxes lcrt.
Also plenty other hixh.ouality varie
ties OF apples At moderate prtces.
ROCKAFElLOw.
ao<tsw1 ~ Main.
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= BEST MEDICINE
FOR WOMEN"
What Lydia E. PinkL,arn's
Vegetable Compound Did
For Ohio Woman.

Portsmouth, Ohio" suffered from
Irregularities, pains in my side and was
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cs.AaslsznD Ans. orr RrsuLrs.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-18
SUGARLESS MUSH.

In our anxiety to help along con-
lervation of food we are apt to lose
bur perspective. For example, take
pur present slogan Of ''sugarless."
Many persons seem to think that
giving up eugar means only cutting
IF luxury. No candy and few des-
serts. Unfortunately this is not true.
Bugar is a very important element of
lliet, especially in winter, as it con-
aims many Matchmaking units If we
PANT have this sweetness in our
accustomed white sugar form, let us
ook for it elsewhere, in molasses,
honey or maple sugar. We are told
% eat cornmeal in place of wheat,
Ind there is a close affinity between
eornmeaI and molasses- To be pal
htable or wholesome, corn meal must
be thoroughly cooked-must be &C
Eually boiled. The objection often
4 hat it is troublesome to cook in that
way because it sticks so to the sauce
pan is obviated if the mush is pre-
barred in an enameled ware utensil.
In enameled wares is found high heat
Efficiency with smooth porcelain
ike surface, and, once started boil
ng, the mush will need but little stir
ring. Serve with molasses, thus saw
4 ng both milk and sugar and at the
1Ba1ne time have a better dish.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-18
STOCK MARKET

New York, May 1s-Opening-
|Lercsntile Marine issues again over
|hadowed all other stocks at the ac-
I've opening of today's stock market.
n the first half hour the preferred
'hares added 3 y points to yesterdays
Extensive advance and the common
ose almost two points, with a fur
bier gain of 41A for the per cent.
onds. American International Co.
Fhich has large shipping interests
oSe three points Industrials and
Equipments were heavy, steels show
ng unsettlement as a result of the
ttitude of the government regarding
ublio production.
Close - Shippings were the center
e interest and activity. A few spec
Studebaker, Sloss-Shef1eld Steel, In
ustrial Alcohol and Linseed also de-
Feloped marked strength. Steels and
Equipments reacted l to 2 points in
he early period. under pressure attrr-
buted to differences of opinion be-
ween the government and the pro-
iucers regarding war requirements,
Put rallied sharply later. Investment
ailroads were dull and hesitant, but
ONE of the minor transportation
hares, notably New Haven, strength
med substantially. The closing was
Irregular. Sales, 500, 900 shares. Lib
Irty S1Ss sold at 9S.9S to 80, the sec
bnd As at 1882 to 98.8S and the An S
e 97.52.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-18
EARNS IA CENTS A DAY;
HAS WIFE AND BABY
And Yet This True Story Has a
Happy Ending.

Even Freuchman something loses,
for awhile at least, his ''uu4ailing"
sense of humor
Take, for instance, the case of
man from Lille, a soldier, Waeltele by
name and only twenty-three. He had
done pretty well, for the youngster had
already his own printing shop in that
northern French town, which is stin in
side the German lines. In the trenches
Waeltele developed tuberculosis, and
he was sent to hospital at Grenoble.
There he was considered incurable,
and after the usual three months Of
treatment he was granted his IA cents
q day pension. Said his fatherly army
doctor, my son, you can perhaps cure
yourself If you will live in the noun
tains, If you will eat plenty of nour-
ishing food and, above all, if you don't
worry"
WaeIteIe should have smiled, but he
didn't He was thinking of his baby
and his wIfe-and his n cents. "Don't
worryI" The humor of 1t entirely es-
capped him.
Then the Red Cross stepped in. He
was found by an American woman
with some American Red Cross money
for just such cases, and within a few
hours he no longer had need to worry.
He was sent to the mountains at La
mure, in the French Alps, happy In
the knowledge that his family was be-
ing cared for by these amazingly kind
Americans.
And now the army doctors words
are coming true. Waeltele's lung is
healing fast, and he is dreaming of
another printing shop and Of living
again some day with that little family.
There have been over 100000 new
cases of tuberculosis in France since
the war started, and to care for these
cases ana check the White Plaques
spread is merely one of the big Jobs
the American Red Cross has set out to
accomplish.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-18
HUSBAND GONE SONS GONE
HOME AND RELATIVES GONE
A Fact Story Telling Just What the Red Cross
Did for Mime. PelIier.
By an E we Witness
MAUDE RADFORD WARREN

This is the picture I saw last Janu-
airy in France,-and you have merci-
fully changed It'll Color enough there
Nyas-above, the eternal blue; in the
background, fields of living green,
which the German shells could not
prevent from creeping back; in the
middle foreground, a long village
street so battered and burned that
ored ruins. In front of one little
broken house were four figures in
black-an old woman, poking among
the fallen stones in a vain search for
something that could be used; a
younger woman, seated on what had
once been doorstep, with her face
hidden in her arms; and a little boy
and girl, who stared, half frightened,
half curious, at the desolation about
them. The little boy held in his thin
pale and gaunt; the faces and bodies
of the children showed none Of the
round curves that make the beauty of
a child.
This is their history: When the
war broke out, Nine. Pellier, her
mother and her four younger children
were visiting her husbands mother in
the north of France. Her husband
and two elder sons were at home in
Lorraine taking care of the summer
crops. Then the war! The mother
in-law of Nine. Pellier was i'll and
could not be left Her old mother
was afraid to travel to Lorraine with
the full care of the four children. Be
fore they could all start together the
Germans invaded. Bad news is allow
ed to come into northern France, and
so as the months passed Nine. Pellier
learned that her village home had been
bombarded and that her husband and
two sons had been killed. Except for
the Belgian Relief Commission, which
operates in northern France also, she
and her little ones would have starved
outright. At the best they were I'M
dernourished. Then the great push
began, and hopes for France grew
high. But as the French soldiers ad-
vanced they had to lombard the north
ern towns. Nine. Pellier begged the
Germans to let her go away with her
children-even into Germany. This
was refused She tried to seek safety
in some cellar whenever there was a
bombardment Nevertheless a shell
killed two of her children.
Found Her Home Gone.
Home gone; husband gone; brave
soldier sons gone; little, tender boys
torn into si1reds! That woman's face
would have shown you what she had
suffered-her face against the batter
ed ruins the Germans had made At
last she and her mother and her two
remaining children were repatriated
They knew the infinite relief of cross
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-18

stopping ten minutes for refreshments
at Red Cross Canteen.
Think of big cup Of hot coffee and
q wealth of man-sized ham sand
wiches served by the Red Cross-wo-
men with the joy of service in their
eyes. Think of ten minutes for re-
freshments within sound of the guns
such refreshments served by such wo-
men. Did ever a weary lad have such
refreshments? Did ever cup of cot
fee and sandwich taste 50 good?
1t is service like this, the supplying
of 'food that's got honey taste" at
g time when a mans spirits are likely
to be at lowest ebb, that moved Com
handing General of the American
Forces to write on December 30: "The
extent Of the work Of the Red Cross
is only limited by the number Of mem
bers it has and the amount Of funds
available for its use"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-18
GREAT WAR LOANS

The following are the greatest war
pans made by various belligerent ma
lions:
British victory lean early in 1917,
per cent. Total subscriptions, S5,-
90, 245, 800.
United States Second Liberty Loan,
per cent. Total subscriptions, $4,-
16, OOO, 900.
Eighth German war loan, 4 IL per
ent and per cent. Total subscrip-
lions, $500, 900 900.
French war loan Of 1915, per
ent. Total subscriptions, $2,261, 864,-
90.
Austrian seventh war loan, per
lent. Total subscriptions, $1,150,-
90, 900.
Italian fourth war loan, per cent.
Total subscription, $1,000, 900, 900.
Hungary seventh war loan, per
fent. Total subscriptions, s6o0,o0O.-
Zoo.
Canadiar victory loan, November,
1917, 5 IL per cent. Total sub
Icriptions, $418, 100000.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-18
FATHER AT WAR,
TRAGEDY AT HOME
Just What Home Service Means
to a Soldier.

The father kisses his wife and kid
dies goodby, shoulders his gun and
marches away to war.
For a time the current of life flows
smoothly for the soldiers little fami-
~. Then comes the tragedy. Mother
is taken I'll. The little brood of broth
ers and sisters is helpless. No father
to turn to. A helpless mother!
To whom can the American soldiers
family look at this critical perioM
Must a brave mans loyalty to his
country mean desolation and suffering
to those hearest and dearest to him?
No! EmphaticaIly no! The Ameri-
can peeple viii not permit the fani-
lies Of their soldiers and sailors to
suffer because their breadwinners are
fighting for their country. And so the
Red Cross Department Of Civilian Re
lief has created a nationwide organ
ization for home service for the fani-
lies of soldiers and sailors.
Under the banner of Home Serv-
ice" patriotic men and women have
enrolled and are devoting themselves
to the noble task of helping soldiers
families to meet and adjust the prob
lens of everyday life and aiding them
to maintain the standards Of health,
education anG industry.
Home ser>dce-True Service.
Home service means keeping the sol
dier's children well and in school It
means tiding the family over financial
troubles, arranging the household
budget, meeting insurance premiums,
adjusting a mortgage, bringing med
zeal aid and legal advice to bear at the
right moment In short "Home SerV-
ice'' is true service, in that Il. provides
the warm handclasp of friendship
rather than the humIlia ion Of charity
1t calls for sympathetic understanding
and intelligent consideration of the
most vital needs of the soldiers family
The Red. Cross Is pledged to Home
SeTv3ce' wherever needed in the Unit
ed States. In each chapter of the Red
Cross there VIII be a home service
section, under competent hands, whose
mission will be to protect the welfare
| of the soldiers and sailors homes and
! to safeguard the normal development
Of their families in employment and In
ideals of self help and self reliance.