Deportation Trial in Douglas Opens in Majestic Theater
The Douglas deportation case against about two dozen Warren District residents proceeds in the Majestic theater with testimony detailing sightings of defendants among armed crowds during the deportations two years ago. Several defendants including Thomas E. Kelly and Joe Harris had charges dismissed for insufficient evidence. Court reporters note language barriers with a diverse witness pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas, Ariz
Bisbee
Douglas
Warren
Majestic Theater
Thomas E. Kelly
Joe Harris
Charles Baer
Charles F. Hawley
Joe Horton
Superior Court
John C. Greenway
Calumet & Arizona Mining Company
Harry C. Wheeler
J. J. Bowen
Names of Defendants Read July 12 1917 Deportations
Court records describe witnesses listing defendants seen on July 12 1917 and recounting their knowledge of actions during deportations. Proceedings reference an aid of a detailed names list and testimony about the men involved.
Death of Tombstone merchant John Rock at age fifty
John Rock prominent Tombstone businessman died at noon Sunday after a brief illness caused by bronchopneumonia and acute appendicitis. He had long operated a Tombstone mercantile business and owned a Turner county cattle ranch. Rock served as county supervisor three terms and helped improve roads. He was 50, survived by his wife and a brother in St Paul Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rock
Tombstone
Mr. Rock
Turner
Commission of State Institutions
St. Paul
Minn
Smart School Teacher Warns of Dead Teeth Dangers
A teacher argues that saving permanent teeth benefits children more than cash, describing gumboil formation from dead teeth and claiming systemic disorders result from dental decay. He plans to return to Benson in about two weeks. Benson area listing notes three overland cars including a Studebaker and a Chevrolet for sale or trade, offered by San Pedro Garage Gobble Bros.
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Benson
Studebaker
Chevrolet
San Pedro
Gobble Bros
Thinks He Can Wins The Title Says Tombstone
Poem-like quotation stresses mindset over strength with lines about willpower and belief shaping success. The piece asserts that confidence and attitude determine outcomes in life's battles and contests.
Benson area notes share post office move and local updates
Scott has moved a small Benson building to his lot and outfitted it as a post office with Mrs. Scott running the office and likely becoming post mistress. Other items: Della Judd favors Pomerene. Elizabeth Coons returns from Bisbee after nursing her aunt. Benson Canal Company reports extended water outage. Parley Barney arrives from Safford for missionary work. Uncle Libb Coons relocates to Gila Valley and enters chicken farming. Mr and Mrs Wiley Simpkins visit from Mesa. Miss Lucy Scott to teach at Pomerene School. Delmar McLaws leaves for Mesa to work at a garage. local receptions and school news included.
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Chase
Scott
Benson
Della Judd
Mesa
Pomerene
Salt River
Elizabeth Coons
Bisbee
Louis Scott
Copper Queen Hospital
Northwestern States
Libb Coons
Gila Valley
Safford
Libb
Wiley Simpkins
Simpkins
Anne Lofgreen
Ferris
St. David
Lucy Scott
Tombstone
Pomerene School
Miss. Scott
Benson Union High School
Delmar McLaws
Mclaws
Community notes from St David and Ramsey Canyon
A special correspon dent reports a 31 person group from Chandler St David and Benson camping in Ramsey Canyon with walnuts wild grapes and choke cherries. The piece highlights Edward Lofgreen earning a first grade teacher certificate and Everett Summers wed Ellen Kelly on August 20.
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Huber
Chandler
Heber Martin
St. David
Alphonzo Christenson
L. E. Matteson
Milton Curtis
Nora Curtis
Glen and
Ferra Hoopes
R. L. Lee
Miss Robbins
Benson
Ramsey Canyon
Edward Lofgreen
Tombstone
Everett Summers
Ellen Kelly
C. O. Christenson
Goodman
Frank Dibble
Southern Pacific
Chamberlain’s remedy praised for summer complaint in children
Mr. W. G. Campbell of Butler Tennessee reports Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Ready for summer complaint in children is far ahead of any prior remedy. With castor oil as directed and proper diet, about ninety nine in hundred cases recover. Moss Pharmacy carries the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
W. G. Campbell
Butler, Tenn
Moss Pharmacy
Vail Benson Road Nears Completion Thanks to Senator Roberts
The Vail Benson road progress speeds three months ahead as Cochise Supervisor resolutions block further state vouchers. State Engineer Maddox orders withdrawal from Tombstone-Fairbanks work and redeploys crews to Santa Cruz and Pima counties. Frazier and contractor Noon head to Tombstone to plan evacuation and focus on the Vail Benson project with federal aid expected daily.
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Vail-Benson
Roberts
Cochise
State Highway Department
State Division
Frazier
Tom Maddox
Tombstone - Fairbanks
Santa Cruz
Pima
Tucson
A. S
Tombstone
Cochise County
Vail-Benson Road
Death of Prominent Tombstone Citizen
W F Kuchenbecker longtime Tombstone resident and former mayor died last Friday night in his sleep, age 67, from apoplexy. He served two years as mayor and is survived by his wife and son L F Kuchenbecker, a county board clerk, plus a brother in Los Angeles. His remains were sent for interment to Los Angeles.
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W. F. Kuchenbecker
Tombstone
Germany
L. F. Kuchenbecker
County Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles
Summer Complaint Quickly Relieved
Mrs Henry Jewett Clark Mills of New York reports rapid relief from a severe summer complaint after using Chamberlain s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. The notice recommends this remedy for colic and diarrhoea and states Moss Pharmacy stocks it.
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Chamberlain
Henry Jewett Clark Mills
N. Y
Moss Pharmacy
Mountain lions hunted by Wiley Sherley party
Wiley Sherley and wife with Jas. Taylor of Willcox traveled by auto toward the Little Rincons to aid Mr. A. B. Carey’s cattle ranch. Sherley, a noted mountain lion slayer, owns three trained blood hounds used for locating lions, summoned to help protect cattle from predatory attacks reported at the Carey ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley Sherley
Jas. Taylor
Willcox
Auto
Little Rincons
Mr. Sherley
A. B. Carey
Range Talks By Government Experts At Three Meetings
Three large range management meetings are set for the first week of September in Klondike Willcox and Benson September 3 4 and 5 F C Wootan government expert on range grasses for age poison plants and general range management F C Bishop government expert on control of animal parasites and Paul C Redington district forester will speak The talks offer cattlemen a rare chance to hear highly qualified specialists
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klondike
Willcox
Benson
F. C. Wootan
F.C. Bishop
Paul C. Redington
Meeting on entertaining visiting cattlemen wives in Cochise-Graham event
An organized meeting will take place at the home of Mrs. J H Getzwiller on Tuesday September 2 at 3 PM to plan entertaining wives of visiting cattlemen for the Cochise Graham Cattle Growers Association convention to be held September 12 13. All interested women are invited to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Getzwiller
Cochise-Graham
Medicine Praised by Users for Consistent Benefit
The passage notes that this remedy earns the favorable opinion and praise of those who use it. It urges trying the medicine when a need for such treatment arises and implies broad approval among users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moss Pharmacy
For Sale by Owner Shamrock Ranch 120 Acres
Property listing describes 120 acres four miles from Benson on a main highway. Thirty five acres cultivated, ten acres in young bearing orchard. Two flowing wells two reservoirs good house and barn. Suitable for a country home. See seller for details.
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Benson
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W. C. Jack
W. A. Smith
Benson Lumber and Commercial Co
Cochise County State Bank
Arizona
Robert Reed
Matteson
Bertha Barney
Solomonsville
John Fenn
Chas. R. Scott
John Proffitt
Davis Hoskins Place
Tucson Star
Shamrock Ranch
Carload
Chee
Benson, Arizona
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