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Newspaper
Duncan Arizonian
Location
Duncan, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1913
Page
2
The notice records 2nd class mail matter status and weekly price, and notes advertising contracts are handled at the Duke Advertising Agency locations in Los Angeles and San Francisco, with addresses 427 South Main St and 12 Geary St.
The record lists government and judiciary figures including Congressman George W. P. Hunt Governor Sidney P. Osborn Secretary David Johnson Treasurer J. C. Callaghan Auditor and Attorney General Bullard along with Supreme Court Justices Alfred Franklin D. L. Cunningham Henry D. Ross and Prescott Historian Miss Sharlot Hall.
Robert Kenneth Maclea argues the Payne Aldrich tariff drives up prices and mislabels domestic textiles as imported to inflate costs. He cites cloth sample No 56 printed dimity as a common example and warns buyers unknowingly pay 50 to 100 percent more.
The text riffs on bluffing to rise, suggests Taft should have sought editing work, and notes that making noise attracts attention. It observes how finding fault is easier than offering a remedy, and comments that once men grow older neighbors brand them as fogy, reflecting satirical opinion.
In a coy vignette a woman frets over late nights as an ever-present concern. She muses that if not her husband or the hired girl, the cat may be causing anxiety through quiet nocturnal movements.
In New Jersey a band of criminals again vowed to kill Wilson, echoing earlier threats. The Bull Moosers intensified their plot and attempted actions, underscoring ongoing peril to the named individual.
A remark that if Madero misses the ten day deadline he could become an envoy to the Sultan of Turkey. The text also notes a curious image of a woman at ease in delicate footwear if she has a warm muff.
A determined suffragette travels on foot from New York City to Albany to press the legislature for voting rights. She endures long miles and sleepless nights as she campaigns to secure women's suffrage.
A Californian inventor receives a patent for an envelope with an inner asbestos lining coated by carbon paper to copy inscriptions written on an outer paper layer if the outer sheet is burned. The device aims to retain copies of writings despite fire.
The speaker notes Chinese women choosing skirts aligning with Carrie Chapman Catt’s advocacy for trousers in the United States, remarking that Orientals will not catch up with Occidental sisters.
Two Wansas farmers met at night carrying lanterns and asked each other why they lit their way. Each sought the man who promised tax cuts, but by the last report neither had found his man.
A tariff editor toured a department store in a New England city of 100000 residents. He found a counter piled with Irish dimity goods, placarded with price and tariff notices.
The report reveals no imported goods in the batch of Irish dimity. A Boston jobber supplied the fabric at 10 cents a yard, though made in a New England mill, with retailer profit at 90 percent. The tariff board notes American production cost of 7.13 cents per yard and minimal margins for manufacturers and jobbers.
J. G. Blaine Jr. the Plumed Knight the Silvery Tongued orator will tour the West next year giving lectures in Duncan in January or February on modern thought common sense and free speech.
The Atlantic Monthly notes writing is a lonely profession and urges treating authors as humans. After a writer shares, one should listen with tact and avoid garrulous questions or misnaming manuscripts.
The Daily Consular and Trade Reports notes black opals are scarce in Lightning Ridge New South Wales with over 5.5 million dollars of opals found in the state since 1890. Queensland contributes about 1.9 million. sapphires also rank high in value with major finds in New South Wales and Queensland.
Robert Louis Stevenson spent the winter of 1887 in a overheated Adirondack cottage with no ventilation while battling a long illness. Richard Mansfield visited him, appearing as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as Stevenson clung to warmth by the fire.
A Tennessee man invents a hammock support that requires no trees or porch. It uses two telescoping bars with A shaped pedestals and brace holes for adjustable slant. The unit folds compactly for storage and can be used indoors or outdoors with optional canopy for shade.
The Castle at Cowcross Street and Farringdon Street is a licensed pawnbroker with a three sphered symbol over its door. King George IV arranged a loan by pawning his watch and chain, dating the business to his time and noted by Dickens in Stray Stories.
Historic notes describe signs in Boston offering humor and practical notices. A moving picture show warns Young children must have parents, a barber shop shows patrons shaved in the back during alterations, Tremont street store proclaims Empty boxes suitable for Christmas gifts, and tailors and jewelers advertise with playful lines about dyeing and plating.
The notes describe a Paris map for airmen, seeds germinating in ice, pneumatic boxing gloves by a Philadelphian, portable sandpaper from powdered port wine and stout bottles, hair graying timelines, acetylene torches for fog, butterfly color linked to air temp, a collapsible boat by a French inventor, a historic Chinese goldfish raising industry, potatoes produced by Germany Russia and Austria, radium minerals in South Australia, ancient mosquito netting, and a Danish inventor measuring nocturnal meat radiation.
An elderly guest at a Nice hotel recounts being jolted from bed as the quake struck. She describes slipping into a fur cloak and a single black suede glove, then joining other guests in the hall claiming she was the best dressed woman present.
A terse dialogue unfolds with a taunting hiss and a dismissive sneer. The woman warns that the man will face his nemesis, while the man feigns fear and mocks the leap year as a pretext for pressing a different demand.
Department of the Interior notices Charles E. McKelvey of Sheldon Arizona intends to file Final Three Years Proof to establish a homestead claim for sections in Township 88 Range 31 E G and S R Meridian. He will present witnesses including H B Harris before the Superior Court Clerk in Clifton Arizona on December 23 1912.
Dock E Wilkins filed notice of intention to make final three year proof to establish his homestead claim on land described as N1-2 NE1-4 SE1-4 NE1-4 NE1-4 SE1-4 Section 5 Township 9 EB Range 32 E G S Meridian. The hearing is set before Ben M Crawford Clerk of the Superior Court Clifton Arizona on December 28 1912. Garnett Gilliland Owen G Qdell T J Nateans James F McGrath all of Franklin Arizona attend as witnesses. FRANK H PARKER Register.
A contract for the Sun Set Ditch is to be let by the Board of Directors. Bids due by December 20, 1912, addressed to Sunset Ditch Co., Box 42 Duncan Arizona. Contractors must furnish bonds, keep the ditch clean, maintain width, repair washouts promptly, and stockholders provide teams when crops are at risk. Directors reserve the right to accept or refuse bids.
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