Duncan News Bits and Local Moves Across Towns
Miss Maud Casper visits Clifton friends for weeks as R L Herrell returns from Hurley San Simon and Wilcox to haul ore at Clear Lake. The Model canal fills water while Franklin county farmers water up and alfalfa looks good. Duncan sees four carloads of lumber for Duncan Bridge from El Paso Bridge & Iron. Deputy assessor W O Wheatley surveys local worth. Duncan schools principal L R Dykes visits Clifton. Stationery shipment arrives, with ads for printing services. Mining engineer Craig attends court in Richmond. Shirley bound over on $200 bond. A Powell farewell party entertains in Duncan. Talks of a new bridge and possible transcontinental highway. Gov Hunt appoints L F Vaughn to relocate the Arizona Industrial School at Benson. Vaughn accepts and heads to Phoenix.
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Craig
Richmond
Casper
Shirley
Grant County
Clara Barton Dies at Glen Echo Home at Ninety
Clara Barton founder of the American Red Cross died at the Red Cross home in Glen Echo Maryland this morning at nine o clock. She was ninety years old. She had pneumonia in February 1911 with a relapse that became chronic.
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Washington
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
The
Red Cross
Glen Echo
Barton
Powell Family Leaves Duncan for California Home
Mr and Mrs Andy B Powell and family boarded a train to Los Angeles to start anew. Friends hosted a farewell at the Powell home as the ex Confederate soldier with frontier mining ties departs after fourteen years in Duncan. The family grew up here and will not return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy B. Powell
Los Angeles
Powell
Duncan K. of
P. Lodge
California
Duncan
General Grant’s Son Dies in New York City
General Frederick Grant, son of President and General U. S. Grant, died suddenly in New York City. His body lay in state there before burial at West Point with full military honors as Freder ick Funston succeeds him as senior brigadier general.
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Frederickent Grant
U. S. Grant
New York City
West Point
Grant
Frederick Funston
Roosevelt Sweeps Illinois and Pennsylvania in primaries
Roosevelt won Illinois by about three to one over Taft and carried Clark against Wilson. In Pennsylvania Wilson led the Democratic delegation over Clark. Roosevelt defeated Taft decisively elsewhere and New York delegates remain undecided but inclined to Wilson when needed. The result suggests Roosevelt and Wilson as likely nominees for the two major parties.
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Illinois
Roosevelt
Taft
Clark
Wilson
Pennsylvania
New York
Lehmann Named Clifton Postmaster After Weiss Resigns
E. J. Lehmann, longtime Clifton telephone manager, was appointed postmaster last week to succeed the resigning Mr. Weiss. The new officer is praised as a capable, accommodating public servant and residents congratulate him and Clifton patrons on the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Lehmann
Clifton
Weiss
Lehmann
Twin Peaks Mill Moves Amid Mining Boom in Duncan Region
The Twin Peaks Mining & Milling Company moves its large Lordsburg mill led by North West officers acting on a telegram. The relocation aims to boost local mining activity near Duncan as Mr. Newhouse arrives with capitalists, heightening excitement after Apache Bex deal impact.
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Twin Peaks Mining & Milling Company
Northwest
Lordsburg
Duncan
Newhouse
McKeehan and Martin Form Strong Cattle Firm
W D McKeehan and C C Martin unite their stock holdings to form McKeehan and Martin, a new leading cattle firm in the region. Martin is a veteran rancher with broad knowledge and a solid reputation, while McKeehan is a renowned and successful local entrepreneur, expected to boost the enterprise’s strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. McKeehan
C. C. Martin
Mr. Martin
MeeKeehan
Clifton Boy Receives West Point Cadetship
Benjamin Franklin Billingsley son of Oliver Billingsley has been appointed to a cadetship at the United States Military Academy at West Point by Senator Smith. A Clifton High School student he will begin preparations for the 1913 physical and literary examinations.
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Benjamin Franklin Billingsley
Oliver Billingsley
Military Academy
West Point
Senator Smith
Young Billingsley
Clifton High School
Debut Bazaar by Girls Club President Tilly Spoon
The girls club led by president Tilly Spoon plans a public debut next Saturday afternoon in the building adjoining Uncle Geo. Philips. They will sell useful and family articles and serve refreshments as they invite all their friends to attend.
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Tilly Spoon
Geo. Phillips
Woman Suffrage Bill Killed In Senate By One Vote
The senate defeated the women suffrage measure by a single vote after the house had passed it. Senator Chase opposed sending the question to voters while Mr. Lynch of Graham defended the bill amid applause. Vote tally lists twenty one for and fourteen against with ten Senators not voting or listed.
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House
Senate
Chase
Greenlee
Lynch
Graham
Duncan Baseball Team Ready for Citton Clash
Spring has come as established by the Duncan baseball boys in new grey uniforms. They were out Saturday in full kit. Next Saturday they face Citton in a decisive game. Roster includes Ira Spoon, Robert Stewart, Mack Span, George Phillips, James Parks, Jammie Phillips, Otilio Reyes, Morrison Cooper and James Nations.
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Duncan
Citton Boys
Ira Spoon
Robert Stewart
Mack Span
George Phillips
James Parks
Jammie Phillips
Otilio Reyes
Morrison Cooper
James Nations
Lordsburg Boosters Advertise Growth and Land Prospects
Lordsburg New Mexico booster club stationery promotes elevation 4344 feet and a projected growth from 1,300 to 10,000 residents in five years. Envelopes tout land climate and rail access, copper mining potential, and annual production of about 4,000,000 pounds worth an estimated $300,000.
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Lordsburg Commercial Club
Lordsburg
New Mexico
Land of Sunshine
Health and Opportunity
New Mexco
N. M
Joe Fraser Leads Twin Peaks Mine Interests in Cedar Rapids
Joe Fraser sits among major stockholders in the Twin Peaks mines and promotes the Duncan valley and the mining Southwest. Fraser continually advocates for Twin Peaks in connection with his company.
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Joe Fraser
Cedar Rapids
Twin _ Peaks
Joe
Twin Peaks
Duncan _ valley
The Man Who Knows Corn Palin Champion Ear Story
A profile of Fred C. Palin, a Indiana farmer famed for breeding a champion corn ear. He details his journey from Purdue courses to selective breeding, and explains how careful seed selection and farming practice yielded the Kellogg Trophy ear, 10 1/8 inches long and 20 ounces, with uniform kernels and 92 percent corn.
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Indiana
Palin
Omaha
Agen
Fred C. Palin
Palins
Newton
Ind
Purdue University
Reid
Alexander
W. Kellogg
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R. L. Herrell
Hurley
San Simon and Wilcox
Clear Lake Mines
Franklin
el Paso Bridge & Iron Company
W. O. Wheatley
L. R. Dykes
Duncan Public Schools
Lem Spaw
Maud Spaw
Lem
Border
B. R. Lanneau
Texas
Messrs. Lanneau
Evans and
Tappin
McKeehan
Powell’s
Pathfinder
M. A. Clouse
Geo. W. P. Hunt
L. F. Vaughn
Commission of Three
Arizona
Benson
Phoenix
L. F. Vaughn, Duncan
Vaughn
Red Cross Society
America
Twin Peaks Mill
Babbitt
Ball
Buchanan
Cook
Cropfoot
Hall
Irvin
Jacobs
Jacobson
Johnson
Jones
Kane
Kerr
Lews
Linney
Moore
A. A. Moore
K. T. Murphy
Whipple
Barker
Brooks
Curry
Drennan
Ellis
Gonzales
Kelton
Maddock
Mattok
Saxon
Wren
Bradner
Brown
Davis
Hechtman
Hubbell
Hughes
Pace
Willis
C. B. Wood
Worsley
Breen
Harrison
Kinney
Levin
Roberts
Sims
Wessel
Homer Wood
Arles
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