Holbrook School Notes Highlights Student Programs
The Holbrook school hosted a midweek open house where teachers and many visitors attended. Primary, intermediate, and grammar pupils presented songs recitations and dialogues, with memory work and classroom displays from 7th grade projects. Next week will list students who were not absent or tardy in the third month.
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Allie Cross
Abow Ben Adhem
Willie B. Woods
Builders— Union
Mercy
Warren Brinkerhoff
Loraine Lopez
Concord
Helen Smith
When the Sun Sets and the Iceman Speaks
A boy sits on a block of ice as the iceman recalls his boyhood. The exchange reveals a wistful moment as the iceman admits shared memories of play and a father’s discipline. The scene blends humor and pathos in a single vignette.
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No. 87
Wes
Father Connolly
Winslow
Tucson
Education must be teaching a fellow to work-or it's no good
A brief opinion piece argues that true education equips a person to work. without practical instruction and work readiness, learning lacks value. The author emphasizes apprenticeship and real job skills as essential outcomes of schooling.
Great Future Awaits Arizona Land Commission Work
Mulford Winsor, chairman of the Arizona State Land Commission, says the state will receive land titles in perfect form and select land with strong future value. He notes the commission aims to avoid crowding settlers, seeks irrigation-viable tracts, and believes Arizona’s records are the best in the nation, promising millions in state wealth.
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Winsor
Arizona
The
Land Commission
Tombstone
Elocution and Oratory Instructor Seeks Pupils
Miss Van Laningham, graduate of Dillenbeck School of Elocution and Oratory, Kansas City, Missouri, visits Mrs. J. F. Woods home and will accept a limited number of pupils at reasonable rates. Terms by call or telephone. Special help for children who are backward in reading. Also Normal course for teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Laningham
Dillenbeck School of Elocution and Oratory
Kansas City
Missouri
J. F. Woods
Mrs Boney Duran Opens New Restaurant Next Door
Mrs Boney Duran runs a north side railroad eatery and has opened a competing restaurant next door by D Y Aron praised for fine food and service in the same area.
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Boney Duran
D. Y. Aron
Holbrook News Recaps Local Travel and Ventures
Holbrook and vicinity report frequent visits from residents and guests. Notable movements include Chas Moss returning from Kansas City, James Pearce from Snowflake visiting St Joe and Winslow, and Patsy Hooligan representing Lane & Co. of San Francisco in town. Community business ranges from harness stock changes to clinic and Elks events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Moss
Kansas City
James W. Pearce
St. Joe
Patsy
Lane & Co
San Francisco
H. Jordan
Winslow
The
Elks
John Pearce
Woodruff
Holbrook
Snowflake News Highlights Local Sports and Growth
The S. S. A. boys claim the Northern Arizona basketball championship after a 28 to 26 win in St Johns on November 28. The first team includes Fred Turley Riley Jenning Ernest Clamway Logan Brimhall and Silas Bushman. The second team lost 19 to 28. The girls team led by Dora Palmer Ione Rogers Annie Willis Marv Hatch Florence Bushman and Alice Smith won the season opener 12 to 19. Snowflake fruit is praised as among the best with apples described as 20 story ones. C T Youngblood plans a second barber shop and restaurant as the town nears incorporation.
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Northern Arizona
St. Johns
Fred Turley
Riley Jenning
Ernest Clamway
Logan Brimhall
Silas Bushman
Dora Palmer
Ione Rogers
Annie Willis
Marv Hatch
Florence Bushman
Alice Smith
Snowflake
Oregon
Washington
Missouri
Pike County
Ozark Mountains
Arkansas
C. T. Youngblood
Poor Man's Fine Wins Installment Plan
Kansas City judge sides with the poor in arraignments where the rich pay fines and the moneyless go to jail for debt. He cites constitutional support and allows the offender to pay in installments, noting a wage earner in jail is severely handicapped.
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Kansas City
L. A. Tribune
Counterfeit Man and Dollar Quote by Lincoln
A Lincoln quote notes that cooperation strengthens weak men and stronger men, while forging money is a crime and making a counterfeit man is ten times worse.
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Abraham Lincoln
Advertised Letters at Holbrook Post Office
Unclaimed letters include James A. George, D Harrington, Jim Soper, and Mexican residents Felipe Chacon, Tranquilino Girale, Juan B. Jaramillo, Emiliaro Lusero, Ruperto Peralta, with J E Smith as Postmaster indicating the listing.
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Holbrook Post Office
James A. George
D. Harrington
Jim Soper
Felipe Chacon
Tranquilino Girale
Juan B. Jaramillo
Emiliaro Lusero
Ruperto Peralta
J. E. Smith
One is a feast and the other a funeral
A paradoxical pair contrasts a celebratory gathering with a somber ceremony. The phrase hints at two divergent events within the same context, illustrating how appearances mask deeper outcomes. No further details are provided in the text.
Notice of bounty not paid for several animals
The Board of Supervisors through Clerk C. M. C. Houck states no bounty will be paid for coyotes raccoons lynx and wild cats.
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Board of Supervisors
C. M. C. Houck
Cabinet picks by Phoenix Democrat for President Wilson
A prominent local Democrat names a tentative cabinet for President Wilson. Selections include Bryan of Nebraska as Secretary of State Rog ers of Oklahoma as Interior and Atwood or Folk of Missouri as War. Bacon of Georgia as Navy Crane of Illinois as Treasury Lawson of Massachusetts as Commerce and Labor Coburn of Kansas as Agriculture Brandeis of Kansas as Attorney General Budleson of Texas as Postmaster General.
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Wilson
Bryan
Nebraska
Rogers
Oklahoma
War
Atwood Or
Folk of Missouri
Coburn
Kansas
Brandeis
Budleson
Texas
Arizona
They Landed Like Iryy Pair in a Hammock
A fragment describes two figures landing in a hammock and attempting a kiss. The wording is distorted and appears as a typographic error or scrambled phrase. No clear names, dates, or places are present.
Praise for 2000 letter heads and envelopes
Patron letter to The Hotstock News commends the 2000 letter heads and envelopes as perfectly satisfactory. The note says the work is well done and visually pleasing, striking the eyes of all readers.
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Hotstock News
New Arrival at Divilbess Home A Baby Girl Born
A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Divilbess on Wednesday. The weight is not reported and the announcement notes a cheerful welcome. Fresh oysters advertised at Holbrook Meat Market. Assistance offered by line in the News.
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John Dewitt
Woodruff
R. S. Teeple
Los Angeles
Holbrook
L. D. Divilbess
Dan
Orphans Notes From Thanksgiving Turkey Shoot
J H Johnson of the White Help Restaurant hosted a river bottom turkey shoot for local boys on Thanksgiving afternoon. Prizes included two turkeys won by Chas P Cooley and Will Walker, plus single turkeys for Bill Scorse Jim Scorse Alphonse Bloom and Barney Robertos. Henry Scorse hosted a Thanks Turkey Feast at Mrs Crouse's later that night with attendees led by C P Perkins in prayer.
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Mesdames R. D. Greer
W. B. Cross
John Flanigan
C. H. Jordan
M. M. Jordan
J. H. Scorse
Wallace Newman
L. Barber
E. C. Parks
R. C. Smith
Thorvald Larson
Warren Smith
Daisy Myers
Daisy Divilness
Raymond Parks
Jennie Newman
Teresa Anzures
Arsenia Ortega
Mariana Garcia
Nellie Lopez
Mary Lial
Anna Daniels
Wesley Newman
Lou Divilbess
Fay Flanigan
Georgia Sharpe
Harold Divilbess
Launcelot Barber
J.H. Johnson
White Help Restaurant
Chas. P. Cooley
Will Walker
Bill Scorse
Jim Scorse
Alphonse Bloom
Barney Robertos
Henry Scorse
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Holbrook School
Iceman
News of
Holbrook and Vicinity
John C. Ramsey
Mr. Ramsey
Sidney Sapp
Lloyd C. Henning
Seridas
Osburn
the Elks
Chas. Cooley
C. A. Daniels
Geo. W. Henne- Sey
J. W. Bazell
J. B. Blevins
Houston Monger
Heber
Mr. Blevins
Jesse Sharp
S. D. Smith
Jesse
el Paso
Charles Perkins
Messrs. Hill and Clark
Navajo Southern Railway
Black Canyon
L. F. McClanahan
Central Hotel
McC
J. E. Crosby
Joe
J. Adams
Charles E. Perkins
Hotel
Perkins
New Methodist Church
F. A. Hyde
Santa Fe
Colliers
Needles
Fred Moss
Fred
Thomas Ortega
Will Wooster
Mr. Ortega
Phoenix Man
Bacon
Georgia
the Treasury
Crane
Illinois
Commerce and Labor
Lawson
Massachusetts
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