Colton Union High School - Crimson and Gold Yearbook (Colton, CA)

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NE HAVE I TO THE THE BALL VEAVINC WORLD R WENT OTHER'S R. AND IN OUR tslTIVE X Qicgcle Quilt gar ngo KEYNOTED THE GAY NINETI'ES PACE AND ATMOSPHERE . . . . KALEIDO- SCOPIC OF THE AGE WERE STRAUSS WALTZES, LOUISA M. ALCOTT'S BOOKS, PARMA VIOLETS, LILLIAN RUSSELL, SARA BERNHARDT, RUD- YARD KIPLING, JOCKEY CLUB PERFUME, BACHELOR MAIDS, TRILBYS, HAT PINS, GIBSON GIRLS, MADAME BUTTERFLY, CHRISTY GIRL CAL- ENDARS, BARBER SHOP QUARTETTES, VICTOR HERBERT, SHINGLED ARCHITECTURAL MONSTROSI'TIES, CROVER CLEVELAND, MUFFS, SAN FRANCISCOS CHINA TOWN, JET TRIMMINCS, NICKELODEONS, JUDGE, HIGH POMPADOURS, THE RUBAIYAT, CAMEOS, LITTLE LORD FAUN- TLEROY, COXEY'S ARMY, ELBERT HUBBARD, FRINGE TOPPED SURREYS, OSTRICH PLUMES, AND A DESIRE TO DIP AND SAMPLE OF LIFE'S RICHEST.

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SOON THE CHUG CHUG OF THE TRAIN BROUGHT TOURIS'TS FROM THE EAST WHO SOUGHT ADVENTURE AND GREATER OPPORTUNITY IN COLTON. . . . THE LOCAL PAPER REPORTED IN 1900 THAT COLTON MIGHT TAKE THE PLACE OF LOS ANGELES AS A THRIVING METROPOLIS . . . . CINCHAMED HOUSEWIVES WITH MARKET BASKETS OVER THEIR ARMS, DID THEIR SHOP- PING ON J STREET, THE HEART OF THE CITY IN 1901....THE COLTON PHAR- MACY WAS A DISPENSER OF THE ICE CREAM SODA WHICH WAS THE RACE, AND THE BANANA SPLIT WAS FAST BECOMING THE PIECE DE RESISTANCE, WHEN GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER WERE TIRED OF BICYCLING THEY COULD CO DOWN TO THE- LIVERY STABLE, LOCATED WHERE THE ANDERSON HOTEL NOW IS, AND HIRE A SLEEK TROTTER OR A FASHIONABLE TURNOUT. . . .THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK BOASTED A CAPITAL OF. $50,000 IN 1902. . . .THE BARBER SHOP QUARTETTE HELD FORTH -IN J. F. REEVESA TONSORIAL PARLOR LOCATED ON J STREET OPPOSITE THE PLAZA. . . .MRS. IDA SWARTZ WAS A DEALER IN FURNITURE, CARPETS, UNDERTAKINC- AND EMBALMING . . . . THE FASHIONABLE HOSTELRY WAS THE COL'TON HOTEL , OPERATED BY MRS. C. S. NORTON ON THE CORNER OF 9TH AND I STREETS ....IN 1904 FURNITURE, BEDDING, SHOES, OR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WERE PURCHASED AT G. W. DE ARMONDAS . . . . COLTONITES CAUGHT THE EARLY MORNING TROLLEY TO ATTEND THE ALL-DAY PICNICS A'T URBITA SPRINGS, WHERE THE MERRY-GO-ROUND AND THE SETTING OF LAKE AND MOONLIGHT PROVIDED THE GLAMOUR AND ROMANCE FOR OUR GRAND- PARENTS. . . . E71