Local Notes with Purchases and Sales in Duncan
Local items report M Williamson hauling barley to E W Taylor and various readers offering for sale items such as a second hand stove a baby carriage and a good business lot adjoining the Bank of Duncan. Mentioned are visits from Geo Gamble Sheldon J M Dudley Jr from California and a party for Clifton. W T Upton welcomes a baby Mary Ellen and a social farewell honors Miss Mary Stephens.
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Bank of Duncan
L. F. Vaughn
Mary Stephens
Clifton
Baltimore Wins Bid for Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Committee chose Baltimore as host city for the party’s national convention and set the presidential nominating event for June 25, planned in the week after the Republican gathering.
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Baltimore
Democratic National Committee
Richeson Sentenced to Death for First Degree Murder
Rev. C V T Richeson pleaded guilty to first degree murder for poisoning Miss Avis Linnell with potassium cyanide. He was sentenced to death in the May 19 week, with electrocution under Massachusetts law. a petition to commute the sentence to life imprisonment is considered by officials.
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Rev. C. V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Massachusetts
Richeson
Liberty Bell to travel free to Panama Exposition
The Southern Pacific offers to transport the Liberty Bell from Philadelphia to San Francisco at no cost for the Panama Pacific International Exposition. The ride will be a national event with militia guards and stop at numerous stations, drawing thousands of schoolchildren and families to view the historic bell marking the nation’s beginnings.
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San Francisco
California
Southern Pacific Company
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Southern Pacific
United States
Mule colt born to Phoenix Flour Mills mule mother
A Phoenix Flour Mills mule gave birth to a sorrel colt described as a rare case of a male offspring from a female mule. Twenty witnesses saw the colt near the mills while the dam, imported from Texas, drew freight wagons. Local experts recall only one other such case.
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Phoenix Flour Mills
Josh Billings
Hoss
Jackass
Natur
Texas
Lambert
Higley Horse & Mule Company
North Carolina
Harry Welch
Phoenix
Demerat
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Young Ladies Return to School in Silver City
Miss Harriett Cauthen Miss Lucy Casper Miss Fredmna Parks and Miss Frankie Sanders left Sunday for Silver City to resume school after spending holidays at home.
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Harriett Cauthen
Lucy Casper
Fredmna Parks
Frankie Sanders
Silver City
Smallest Woman in the World Meets President Taft at White House
Mrs. Tom Thumb, about 70 years old and two feet tall, visited the White House and was introduced to President Taft. She was accompanied by Barron Magri and Count Primo Magri. Taft spent several minutes chatting with her. She remarked that she had met every president since Lincoln as she departed.
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Tom Thumb
White House
Taft
Barron Magri
Primo Magri
Lincoln
Free Cow Boy Dance and Supper at Steeple Rock
A county notice announces a free Cow Boy Dance and supper at the Big House in Steeple Rock New Mexico on Saturday night January 20 1912. Music by Clifton string band. Ross Sloan is the manager inviting all including couples and elders to attend.
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Steeple Rock
New Mexico
Big House
Clifton String Band
Ross Sloan
Five Hundred Have Applied to Governor Hunt for Office
Governor-elect G W P Hunt says he has received no fewer than 500 applications from office seekers for appointments. He notes he still receives congratulatory letters and telegraphs. Some writers promise they would not refuse an appointment, but he valued those who asked for nothing.
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G. W. P. Hunt
Hunt
Eastern Girls Seek House Work in Arizona
Letter from Miss W Cooper of Somerville Mass requests advertisement pricing in the Arizonian. She and her sister seek employment as house workers and cooks in Arizona and ask for information on availability and rates.
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Arizona
Miss W. Cooper
Cypress St
Somerville, Mass
Tombstone Editor Sets New Year Resolutions in Prospector
Tombstone editor Bill Hattick publishes a list of resolutions for Leap year in the Tombstone Prospector. He notes the missing main resolution to accept the first proposal during Leap year and presents items urging self control, avoiding airings of troubles, restraint from mean words, reducing borrowing, quitting bad habits, and forging steadier effort against temptation.
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Bill Hattick
Tombstone Prospector
Prospector
Bill
New Mexico Becomes 47th State and Inauguration Planned
Washington reports New Mexico is the forty seventh state entering the union at 1 35 today after Taft signed the statehood proclamation. In Santa Fe Governor elect William C McDonald will be inaugurated January 15 at noon in the historic governor's palace, the site for 303 years of official governance.
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Washington
New Mexico
Taft
Santa Fe
N. M
William C. McDonald
McDonald
Senate expense claims filed by Smith Ashurst and Johnson
The clerk of the senate received statements of election expenses for the Socialist candidate Johnson and for Senators Marcus A. Smith and Henry F. Ashurst. Smith reports 330 dollars, Ashurst 371 dollars, and Johnson 50 dollars.
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Senate
Marcus A. Smith
Henry F. Ashurst
Johnson
Smith
Ashurst
Arizona Men to Federal Pen Prisoners to Be Transferred to Atlanta
Twenty four Arizona inmates will be moved to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta Ga for incarceration. A special car will transport the convicts from jails across the state. Guards include U S Marshal C A Overlook Chief Deputy Don Willetts Deputy Ralph Sturges Captain Thomas Rynning Phoenix Police A J Morse and Leo Troutman. Pullman accommodations will be provided for the officers.
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Arizona
Atlanta
United States
C. A. Overlook
Don Willetts
Ralph Sturges
Gila County
Thomas Rynning
The
Penitentiary
A. J. Morse
Phoenix
Leo Troutman
Pullman
Contested Election in Arizona Senate and County Races
Three contests filed with the canvassing board challenge the December 12 election results in Santa Cruz Greenlee and Coconino counties. Hearing starts Tuesday at 10 a.m. with challenges to county treasurer state senator and district attorney offices. Fred T. Coulter contests Alonzo Hubbell's state Senate win in Apache County amid rumors of additional filings. Saturday the board finished Coconino canvass and moved to Gila County.
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Santa Cruz
Greenlee
Coconino
Torney
Fred T. Coulter
Alonzo Hubbell
Senate
Apache County
Hubbell
Coconino County
Gila’s
Richeson Confesses to Murder of Avis Linnell
Boston January 6 Rev C V T Richeson former Cambridge pastor admits in writing to the first degree murder of Avis Linnell by cyanide poisoning. He seeks mercy and a public trial is avoided. Trial set for January 17 with potential death sentence if he pleads guilty.
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Boston
Mass
C. V. T. Richeson
Immanual Baptist Church
Cambridge
Swetheart
Avis Lineall
Richeson
John L. Lee
William A. Morse
Phillip R. Dunbar
Miss Linnell
Massachusetts
Pellitier
Hadley Pardons Record Smashes Historic Marks
Jefferson City reports Gov. Hadley has pardoned 472 convicts in three years, with 207 released in the last year. If the pace continues, nearly 700 may be freed in another year. Clemency favors include robbers, attackers, forgers, thieves, burglars, murderers, and felonious assailants.
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Jefferson City
Hadley
Apportionment of 21208 Made January 9 1912
J W Aker County School Superintendent reports an apportionment of 21208 on January 9 1912. The notice records the allocation to district entities under the school department.
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J. W. Aker County
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M. Williamson
E. W. Taylor
Bert McBride
Sheldon
Arizonian
Geo. B. Gamble
Campbell’s
George Sloan
Blue Creek Country
Duncan
J. H. McCloskey
J. M. Dudley, Jr
Torreroca
J.F. Em. E. Campbell
Bila Stephens
Joe Whitridge
Morenci
Will
Jersey
I. Williams
Williams
Calleatgh
Taylor
Safford, Arizona
FE. W. Taylor
Lordsburg, N. M
Ursula Alston
Douglas
Main St
Henry Martin
John K. Bullard
KE. W. Taylor
Foster Ranch
U. S. Marshall
G. A. Franz
Globe
Mr. Franz
Chas. Harris
Harris
Liberty Bell
Herve
Chase
Metcalf Vaeeense
Chilton
Franklin
Day
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