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Newspaper
Duncan Arizonian
Location
Duncan, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1913
Page
2
Publication details for distribution and advertising contracts. Mentions Duke Advertising Agency locations in Los Angeles and San Francisco with addresses for booking and subscriptions.
Directory listing National Congressman Carl Hayden and Governor George W. P. Hunt with state officers including Secretary Sidney P. Osborn Treasurer J. C. Callaghan Auditor C. O. Casey Superintendent of Public Schools George Purdy Bullard Attorney General Miss Sharlot Hall Prescott Historian and two Associate Justices Alfred Franklin and Henry D. Ross with Chief Justice D. L. Cunningham listed among Supreme Court judges.
The phrase reflects how some individuals climb high social or professional peaks by presenting a confident front. It suggests bluffing can mislead others and accelerate advancement, though it risks eventual exposure and consequences.
The remark questions why Taft did not seek a heavyweight editorial position and suggests a provocative approach to gain attention. It notes a pattern of finding fault more readily than offering constructive support.
A humorous observation notes that as a man reaches maturity neighbors call him an old fogg while a woman fears late night checks from any number of sources including her husband, the hired girl, or even the cat.
The passage notes that the New Jersey bandits were not the first to threaten Wilson. It mentions the Bull Moosers making similar threats with strong intent.
If Madero does not arrive at his barricades within ten days he will soon be in a position to send an envoy to the Sultan of Turkey.
A vivid line notes a woman at ease in delicate footwear and stockings, kept warm by a snug muff. The remark blends whimsy with fashion, hinting at personal style and comfort in an intimate, nostalgic setting.
A fragile seeming suffragette, waking her husband to walk the baby at night, demonstrates surprising resilience by hiking on foot from New York to Albany to bombard the legislature with demands for vote rights.
A Californian inventor patents a document envelope with an inner asbestos lining coated by carbon paper to receive and retain copies of inscriptions written on an outer paper layer that may be destroyed by fire. This device aims to preserve written records by transferring copies to the inner layer whenever fire damages the outer cover.
A brief note observes Chinese women adopting skirts following Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt's advocacy for women’s dress reform. The comment contrasts Oriental and Occidental fashions and asserts a lag in Eastern progress.
Two Kansas farmers met on a road by lantern light. They asked each other why they carried lamps as they searched for the man who promised to reduce taxes. Neither had found the man by the time of the report.
An analysis by Robert Kenneth Maclea argues the Payne Aldrich tariff inflates prices on domestic cotton goods by mislabeling imports. He notes less than 2 percent of cotton fabrics come from abroad, yet a third of items on retail counters are labeled as imported, misled to justify higher costs. He cites cloth sample No. 56 a printed dimity as an example of this fraud.
A tariff editor toured a New England city of about 100000 residents and found a counter stocked with placarded goods. The visit highlighted pricing and labeling practices observed in the retail sector.
Investigation shows a Boston jobber bought American dimity at 10 cents a yard and sold as imported. The fabric, produced in New England, costs 7 13 cents to make, with retailers and jobbers adding margins, exposing tariff and profit gaps in the chain.
J. G. Blaine Jr. known as the Plumed Knight and the Silvery Tongued orator will tour the western states next year and lecture in Duncan in January or February on modern thought common sense and free speech as announced in advertisements.
A reflective Atlantic Monthly piece argues writers prefer solitude but welcome gentle, tactful conversation about their work. It cautions against insincere praise and urges treating authors as human beings who may shed tears over their craft.
A Daily Consulars and Trade Reports writer notes black opals from Lightning Ridge New South Wales are highly prized. Since 1890 opals in New South Wales and Queensland total millions, with sapphires and other gems like emeralds turquoises topazes and garnets also produced. Diamonds occur in limited amounts in New South Wales and South Australia. Pearls from northern Australia coast are small but valuable in aggregate.
The article recalls Robert Louis Stevenson spending the winter of 1887 in the Adirondacks amid ill health. He lived in a small overheated cottage with restricted ventilation and smoking that darkened the air. Richard Mansfield visited him. Stevenson quipped about the “great washed” as visitors were discouraged. Mansfield performed a peculiar Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde impersonation beside the fire.
A Tennessee inventor markets a two telescoping bars hammock support with A shaped uprights and pedestals. The ends adjust apart or together, uprights tilt via braces, and the frame disassembles for storage or indoor use. A canopy shields sun exposure.
Antique paper bundles offered at this office for 25 cents each. Suitable for packing, insulation under carpets, kindling fires, and other utilitarian uses.
A London tavern known as the Castle at Cowcross Street and Farringdon Street holds a fully licensed pledge shop. A royal warrant long preserved the pawnbroker license dating to George IV after he sought temporary security on his watch and chain. The Castle is noted in Dickey’s Stray Stories.
In Classic Boston the Transcript records street placards and shop windows with quirky lines. A cinema banner warns young children need parents. barber shop says alterations will shave in back. stores advertise gifts, dyeing, better pants, and plated jewelry and seafood.
A survey notes diverse ideas from Paris airmen maps and French collapsible boats to Danish heat radiation instruments. It mentions acetylene torches for furs, aluminum polished glass or sandpaper from port wine and stout bottles, and the rise of goldfish farming in China, with references to butterfly color influence by air temperature and ancient mosquito netting origins.
An elderly guest recounts her quick wardrobe fix during an earthquake in Nice. She says she donned a dark cloak and a single long black suede glove, insisting she was the best dressed woman among the shaken guests as ceilings cracked and beds toppled.
A fragmentary exchange shows a tense confrontation as one character warns of looming nemesis while another taunts restraint and hints at manipulation tied to the leap year. The dialogue implies a calculated scheme and power play between two figures.
Department of the Interior notice from the U S Land Office Phoenix dated November 12 1912 states Charles E K McKelvey of Sheldon Arizona filed intent to make Final Three Years Proof to establish his homestead claim No 0373 for multiple sub parcels in Section 3 Township 8S Range 31 E G M. The proof is to be taken before Ben M Crawford Clerk of the Superior Court Clifton Arizona on December 23 1912. Witnesses listed include B K Harris Tim Chapman R L Herrell and S L Daniels all of Sheldon Arizona.
Dock Hawkins of Franklin Arizona filed notice of intention to make final three year proof to establish his homestead claim No 01513 for multiple subparts in Section 5 Township 98 Range 32 G and S Meridian. The proof is to be before Ken M Crawford Clerk of the Superior Court Clifton Arizona on December 23 1912.
Board of Directors outlines contract terms for contractors to furnish bonds and clean a ditch. Ditch width to remain uniform and banks kept mud free. Stockholders to supply teams during floods or crop danger. bids due by December 20, 1912 to Sunset Ditch Co Duncan Arkansas.
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