FACTS:
    Editor, Canon City Cannon
    Probation Officer, Fremont County
    President, Board of County Visitors
    Special Agent to County Commissioners, Destitution
    Humane Officer and Secrety, Local Humane Society
    Widow (NO, Divorced Jun 9, 1909)
    Mother of 3 children (Catharine, Arizona, Bradley)
    Born in New York
    Lived in Colorado less than 8 years

Washington Post, February 28, 1909, Page 42
Mansfield News, March 14, 1909, Page 4
San Antonio Light, March 14, 1909, Page 15
Bode Bugle, April 9, 1909, Page 4 Spirit Lake Beacon, April 16, 1909, Page 3 Spirit Lake Beacon, June 4, 1909, Page 4

Mrs. Catherine B. Bell, editor of the Cannon, of Cannon City, Colo., besides attending to her household and editorial duties finds time to serve as probation officer in her home county, to do the work required of the president of the board of county visitors, to act as special agent to the county commissioners in cases of destitution and to be the humane officer and secretary of the local humane society. She is a widow and three mother of three children whom she supports and cares for as well as though she did nothing but keep house. She is a New Yorker by birth and has lived in Colorado less than eight years.

Bath Independent Enterprise, May 19, 1909, Page 2

There would seem to be justification for regarding Mrs. Catharine B. Bell as the busiest woman in Colorado She is editor of the Canon City Cannon, county probation officer, agent of the State commissioners in destitute cases, president of the board of county visitors, secretary of the local humane society, an officer of the State humane society, a worker in politics and a writer of poetry.

Irish American Weekly, May 22, 1909, Page 6

Mrs. Catharine B. Bell is a New York woman who has made a success as a newspaper editor in the west. She directs the Canon, of Canon CIty, Colo., and has made it a power in politics. She left New York eight years ago. In addition to her newspaper work she is county probation officer and president of the board of county visitors. One of her duties as a public officer is to examine all cases of destituion in the county. Women in Colorado point to Mrs. Bell as an example of the fitness of their sex for business, public and private.

Albion New Era, June 2, 1909, Page 7

Mrs. Catherine B. Bell, editor of the Cannon, of Cannon City, Colo., besides attending to her household and editorial duties finds time to serve as probation officer in her home county, to do the work required of the president of the board of county visitors, to act as special agent to the county commissioners in cases of destitution and to be the humane officer and secretary of the local humane society. She is a widow and three mother of three children. She is a New Yorker by birth and has lived in Colorado less than eight years.

Racine Daily Journal, September 7, 1909, Page 4
Bedford Daily Mail, September 16, 1909, Page 3

Mrs. Catherine B. Bell, editor of the Cannon, of Cannon City, Colo., besides attending to her household and editorial duties finds time to serve as probation officer in her home county, to do the work required of the president of the board of county visitors, to act as special agent to the county commissioners in case of destitution and to be the humane officer and secretary of the local humane society.