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Newspaper
Florence Tribune
Location
Florence, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1899
Page
2
The Florence Tribune column by Chas. D Heppy discusses subscription terms including one year six months and single copier rates. It mentions mailing at the post office and hints at a plan affecting readers if improvement occurs in the next week or two.
In spite of anti Semitic agitation in France the army includes about 800 Jewish officers among them brigadier generals and divisional generals. Southern Pacific Railway company provides 50000 for its Paris exposition display, an act noted as commendable amid the broader editorial quarrels in the press.
Copper prices rise as demand from arts and electricity grows, with Unit copper trading higher than August 1898 levels. Calumet and Hecla report $8 per share dividends for early this year, total $6,009,000, while 100 million pounds of expected output could yield about $120 per share if the market stays at 18 cents. The mining craze continues as investors seek the raw material for copper manufacture.
In the Tak Viomeer mining district about ten miles east of Florence copper shows shine after earlier WAb mining for a questionable ore waned. H. B. Allman and George J. Chittenden invest in claims near the canal headgate with high grade ore. Chittenden buys four adjacent claims for 5000 dollars. The copper belt crosses the river with strong surface finds on both sides. Florence eyes a flourishing mining camp. autos are discussed as a solution for desert transport and better roads are urged.
A Tucson report describes the murder of a one year old by Ethel Rowe and her suicide after. The tragedy occurred Sunday night and the bodies found after Mrs Rowe’s letter to Mr Donan revealed debts and possessions. Coroner’s inquest returned verdicts of death by murder for the child and death by own action for Mrs Rowe.
The Chicago Federation of Labor backs robust public land policy for the arid West. Proposals urge preserving public lands for settlers, leasing grazing lands to nearby smallholders, funding irrigation projects, and tying revenues to state reclamation efforts to create homes and steady work while easing wage earners' congestion in cities.
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