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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
3
Advertising rates listed for Holbrook News include 15 cents per inch per issue and 30 cents per inch for two issues, with 6 cents per inch per month. Readers are charged 10 cents per issue for 10 point type. Communications should be addressed to receive prompt attention. NW advertising will run until ordered out.
John H Willis listed as state senator and Frank Mattox as representative for Snowflake Winslow in Navajo County. Population figures show 14,603 in 1910-14 for the county and 620 for Holbrook, county seat. Supervisors include JE Richarde chairman, E T Hatch, Barnett Stiles, M C Houck, with clerk Barn.
Regular jury term schedule pieces list Mondays in February January October and January February October in Coconino Navajo Jung Jung October. The fragment mentions MonHAVE 1st Monday in February 1st Tuesday in JANUARY May SEPTEMBER and 23rd Monday in February.
Postmaster EF J Smith lists daily mail close times for Holbrook including westbound train No 9 at 7 10 am eastbound No 2 at 8 00 am and No 3 at 5 45 pm. Snowflake Ft Apache and Springerville routes close by 9 00 10 00 am with deliveries due at 4 5 pm. Heber mails close 6 00 am Wednesdays. Lobby hours 8 am to 8 pm.
E F Dellett plans a quest to locate and marker the grave of Captain Bill Williams on Bill Williams mountain, claiming a promise to his dying grandmother and word from Washington that Williams is buried there. Fellow explorer Bobby Burns will guide the expedition as Dellett recalls the frontier scout’s life and fate. Also notes bid approval in Phoenix for a Canyon Padre bridge near Flagstaff designed by Lamar Cobb for Coconino county.
A compact poem urges withholding gossip about others to avoid causing harm. It prompts forgetting secrets and private misdeeds, praising discretion when a tale could hurt a leader, friend, or rival. The verse condemns spreading rumors and ridiculing concealed faults.
An ominous exchange questions a boy's irregular habits as he delays sending money home. A separate tale recounts Rev. James Hamilton's sea trout accident in Scotland and the slow adoption of lifeboats, tracing Lionel Lukin's 1785 design and the 1780 Adventure tragedy. A Beecher quotation reflects on personal memory and emotion.
A Missouri banker uses a simple screening trick by calling the local newspaper publisher. If the applicant is up to date on payments, the loan is approved. if not, the security must be gilt edge, implying a stricter guarantee.
A man describing a severe dysentery battle in July details weight loss from 145 to 125 pounds and two months of suffering. After using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, he reports permanent relief and recommends the product, with distribution through all dealers.
All professional cards in HOL BROOK NEws will be charged at a rate of 75 cents per month. The notice outlines monthly billing for services.
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