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Newspaper
Duncan Arizonian
Location
Duncan, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
2
Publication details for the Duncan Arizona paper dated Wednesday June 19 1912. It notes subscription at 2.00 in advance with editor L F Vaughn and printing offices and advertising contracts in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
National. Corporation Commissioners A. W. Cole W. P. Geary F. A. Jones Duncan Precinct Jno. K. Bullard Duncan Justice of Peace R. S. Stewart Duncan Constable Territorial Institutions University Tucson Penitentiary the Florence Industrial Reform Benson
A brief line notes a shift in baseball culture emphasizing quick outs and rapid innings as the game moves toward shorter formats. The phrase signals a trend toward aggressive pitching and decisive at bats shaping modern play and fan experience.
The article playfully notes swimmers enjoying holy days, imagining boxing drills with a fly as a makeshift punching bag, inviting readers to improvise workouts if a punching bag is unavailable.
Release from the Atlanta penitentiary revives ex-banker Morse, lifting his prospects and energy. The report notes improved spirits and renewed purpose following the distant confinement.
The passage notes Taft warning of a national crisis wearing glass and showing teeth. It reports Senator Crane joining a migration from the Senate and foresees democracy as a June bride unlikely to be kept waiting at the church door.
Farmers are described as reluctant to engage in politics preferring to focus on farming. The piece notes a tendency to avoid political bandwagons that disrupt everyday farm work and hay gathering.
Democratic Senators and Representatives pledge stronger assurances to elect a President this fall and sweep the country. The Taft Roosevelt fight has grown bitter with no chance of reconciliation, creating deep tensions between the former rivals.
A Steel Trust backing roosevelt in the republican nomination is described as more powerful than Standard Oil. The banks and trusts pay roosevelt's bills and literature costs while shaping public demand through a vast corruption fund.
The text contends Roosevelt protected major trusts, enabling the Steel Trust to absorb its rival Tennessee Coal and Iron Co. It claims he pledged noninterference with consolidation, elevating the Steel Trust to unprecedented power in the nation.
The ARIZONIAN marks its fourth year with Vol. 4, No. 52 and looks to Vol. 5. Editors thank subscribers for loyalty and new names while promising continued hard work, a clean readable paper, and improvements based on patronage.
A compact collection of classified sale notices from Arizona including riding plow buggy and harness heating stove oil heater old papers sewing machine garden land near Clifton Morenci district with 20 acres and mining market notes, two three room dwellings and income property, a buggy horse and two adjacent lots offered by L F Vaughn and others.
Northampton Mass author John Spencer Bassett biographer of Andrew Jackson says the former president would sympathize with modern muckrakers and oppose political corruption. He notes Jackson would share concerns about monopolies money trusts and the tariff debate while praising his broad support among merchants farmers and workers.
Velma Jones a fourteen year old hid under quilts in a basement for seventeen days while guardians and police searched. She weighed 152 pounds before the ordeal and 125 pounds after, was dragged out by guardian W C Wilber of 3733 Brooklyn Avenue, and refused comfort. She had hidden after being scolded for staying out late to a moving picture show.
Kiowa Kansas prints a town club roster of eligible bachelors led by Charles A. Taylor a prosperous merchant and champion checker player and horse shoe pitcher. Several members boast commercial ratings up to 200000 as the group funds a purse for the first member to wed.
Milton North Dakota reports a curious medical case where Joseph Schneider of Wales claims to have expelled a live lizard about an inch and a half long after a year of stomach illness with flesh loss at a pound per day. The reptile likely entered his system last summer while drinking water from a slough during hunting.
A burglar used a phone request to gain access to Mrs. Helen Schaub’s Chicago home and robbed her of all cash and about 6100 in jewelry. Rose involved as alleged tool or method in the crime.
A man races to catch a trolley but misses as the car pulls away. He slips on ice, falls, and wrings his hands in frustration saying Mercy me and Good gracious while his hat is flattened by the mud.
In a humorous exchange Mr Fadoogus chides a large dinner expense while his wife defends using Bimso novelty dinner cards to clear stock. The punchline rests on his attempt to offload unused place cards from his purchases.
A theater manager dismisses a vaudeville singer by mocking mispronunciations. The aspiring performer exits the show in embarrassment, unsure if teaching is a real option, while debating how to pronounce words like saw and idea.
A humorous courtroom exchange features Hen Peck asking to sue for divorce while the lawyer presses if his wife has left him. Peck insists she has not left and the tension turns on the status of the marriage.
A light note on oysters praising a tasty morsel yet noting they cannot be trained like seals for vaudeville acts. The speaker loves the seafood but admits meals leave them hungry, adding whimsy to a dining scene.
Dialogue fragment shows Mr Border noting Soundnapp swallowed cotton batting at breakfast while Miss Tart-Humph remarks on his long habit of chewing the rag. The excerpt reads as a humorous exchange likely from a comedic column or sketch.
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