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Newspaper
Florence Tribune
Location
Florence, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1899
Page
2
The Globe Silver Belt unveils an eight page issue with a bright new dress and claims to be among the territory’s handsomest papers. TheFlorence paper notes Canal Grande Valley Project handover and questions future management and canal capacity for irrigation needs.
Pinal County supervisors approve Riverside road repairs and outline improvements to Florence to Mammoth roads to boost trade. Copper demand fuels mining activity with properties bonded to Washington investors and new discoveries reported in Miseral Creek and nearby camps.
Mayor Ganz of Phoenix selects Governor Myron H. McCord as Arizona’s representative at the Irrigation Congress. The Prescott Pick and Drill lauds the appointment as a strong stand for the people against land sharks and land grabs, praising McCord as a champion of national irrigation and home-seeker rights.
The Los Angeles Times and territorial press unite to expose a land grabbing scheme. The Phoenix mayor honors his office while colonel Myron H. McCord faces pressure to prove his merit by confronting the alleged rotten land plot and rallying public opposition.
The piece, drawn from Dr. John A Wyeth's forthcoming biography, praises Nathan Bedford Forrest as a meticulous commander who checked every detail from ammunition to horse care. It recounts his insistence on personal oversight, accountability of officers, and the soldiers' trust in his vigilant leadership during marches and camped nights.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for incurable catarrh and claims testimonials from local druggists. Mentions internal use and blood mucous membrane action with price 75 cents per bottle and Ely Pills as best.
The article argues water should not be treated as a speculative commodity. It urges public or state built reservoirs with free landowner access at actual construction and operation costs, noting private storage profits are limited and public benefits justify government-led water supply. It also includes miscellaneous maxims and cautionary quips.
A dense 1899 Nevada and Arizona clippings bundle includes Sryan's patriotic sermon at Winnemucca urging army build up, a Prescott Courier irrigation stance urging reclamation by federal government, a Pisa County bonds shortage notice and county officials criticized for lax oversight, and assorted local items from Tucson Frontier, Globe (AZ), and Silver Belt. It also carries a restaurant for sale, political chatter on Ohio races, a birth notice, and an endorseable cure ad for diarrhea.
The list includes RDNee Walter Logan Clartes M Demon Marx B Harby Norton Chase and Fred C Hanford as figures mentioned in the archival material. Their roles or affiliations remain unspecified in the fragment.
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