Deportation Trial in Douglas Delivers Testimony in Kidnapping Case
In Douglas Arizona a large deportation trial unfolds at the Majestic theater involving 200 Warren District residents charged with kidnapping after the 1917 I W W trouble. Several Bisbee defendants were dismissed for lack of evidence, while court reporters note language barriers as witnesses recount seeing defendants with armed crowds.
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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 and Deportation Actions Cited
A list of defendants seen on July 12 1917 is read aloud and used to describe their knowledge of the men’s actions during the deportations. The document details whose testimony identifies the defendants and what they recall about those individuals’ conduct.
Prominent Tombstone Citizen John Rock Dies at 50
John Rock prominent Tombstone merchant and cattle rancher died at noon Sunday after a brief illness from bronchopneumonia and acute appendicitis. He had served as county supervisor for three terms and supported road improvements. He was 50, survived by his wife and a brother in St Paul Minnesota.
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John Rock
Tombstone
Mr. Rock
Turner
Commission of State Institutions
St. Paul
Minn
Smart School Teacher Warns Teeth Health Impact
A teacher warns that saving a tooth protects a child more than cash. He describes dead teeth causing gumboils and blood poisoning, linking oral decay to systemic disease. The note adds a Benson visit in two weeks and a local sale by San Pedro Garage Gobble Bros. offering three overland cars and trade options.
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Benson
Studebaker
Chevrolet
San Pedro
Gobble Bros
Think You Can Win Quote In Moral Boost
An inspirational verse stresses mindset shaping success. It argues belief drives outcomes, urging readers to think positively to overcome doubt and defeat. The piece frames effort and confidence as keys to victory in life’s battles.
St David Items Chase
Benson neighbors report Scott moving a purchased building to his lot and establishing a post office with Mrs Scott likely to become post mistress. Other notes mention parishioners, local schooling, and the Benson Canal Company’s extended water outage as crews work on the ditch.
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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 surroundings highlighted
Special correspondent reports on Huachuca nuts gathering in Ramsey Canyon with thirty one participants including the Huber and Heber Martin families. Edward Lofgreen earns a first grade teaching certificate after ten years of service in St. David. Everett Summers and Ellen Kelly marry August 20 at the bride’s mother’s home. Local figures discuss club work, garden efforts, school renovations, and community events with emphasis on fall opening and Club Day.
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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
Summer Complaint in Children Promoted by Chamberlain Remedy
The notice asserts summer complaint in children has diminished with Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil, claiming ninety nine out of one hundred recover when used as directed. It quotes W. G. Campbell of Butler Tennessee praising the remedy and mentions Moss Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
W. G. Campbell
Butler, Tenn
Moss Pharmacy
Vail-Benson road near completion aided by senator
The Tucson Star reports the Vail Benson road is three months nearer completion thanks to Cochise Senator Roberts who secured a resolution by Cochise supervisors to stop further state highway vouchers. State orders moved equipment and workers from the Tombstone Fairbanks road to Santa Cruz and Pima counties as federal aid on Vail Benson arrives and Tucson construction resumes with full equipment.
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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 a leading Tombstone resident died last Friday night in his bed from apoplexy. A two year former mayor of Tombstone he was born in Germany seventy years ago. His son L F Kuchenbecker serves as clerk to the county board of supervisors. He leaves a wife and son and a brother in Los Angeles, with the remains sent there for interment.
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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 drug is praised as an excellent remedy to keep in every family medicine chest and is sold at Moss Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
Henry Jewett Clark Mills
N. Y
Moss Pharmacy
Mountain Lion Hunter Wiley Sherley Heads to Rincons
Mountain lion slayer Wiley Sherley and his wife with Jas. Taylor of Willcox traveled by auto toward the Little Rincons. They aimed to reach cattle rancher A. B. Carey’s property where predatory lions have been attacking cattle and Sherley’s hounds were sought to destroy them.
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Wiley Sherley
Jas. Taylor
Willcox
Auto
Little Rincons
Mr. Sherley
A. B. Carey
Range Talks With Government Experts at Three Meetings
Three big livestock meetings are set for the first week of September in Klondike September 3 Willcox September 4 and Benson September 5 Speakers include F C Wootan government expert on range grasses forage poison plants and general range management F C Bishop government expert on control of animal parasites and Paul C Redington district forester Every cattleman in the county should hear these men talk for it is not often they have a chance to hear such caliber speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klondike
Willcox
Benson
F. C. Wootan
F.C. Bishop
Paul C. Redington
Meeting on entertaining cattlemen wives in Cochise Graham week
A notice says a meeting will be held at Mrs. J H Getzwiller's home on Tuesday September 2 at 3 p m to discuss entertaining the wives of visiting cattlemen for the Cochise Graham Cattle Growers Association convention to be held here September 12 13 All interested ladies are invited to attend.
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J. H. Getzwiller
Cochise-Graham
Medicine that wins praise from users
The text notes that this medicine always earns favorable opinion and praise from those who use it. It recommends trying the remedy when there is a need for such a treatment to gain confidence in its effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moss Pharmacy
For Sale by Owner Shamrock Ranch Seeks Buyer
Shamrock Ranch offers 120 acres with 35 acres cultivated and 10 acres in a young bearing orchard. Two flowing wells and two reservoirs, a good house and barn. Located four miles from Benson on the main highway. ideal country home potential.
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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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