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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
6
Gallup Residents Seek Road Alliance From Holbrook
A Holbrook Arizona correspondent reprints a letter urging a Santa Fe route road from the eastern line to Gallup and St Michaels to Albuquerque. The author cites New Mexico bond funds and proposes bypassing Rio Puerco by the old railway line and a highway from Pinto to St Michaels. He asks Holbrook to push the improvement and warns against losing the preferred corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Clark
Holbrook
Arizona
L. B. Root
Needles Good Roads Association
Needles
California
Santa Fe
Flagstaff
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Socorro
Magdalena
Springerville
McKinley County
Gallup
St. Michaels
Rio Puerco
St. Michael
Petrified Forest
Pinto
St.Michael
Holbrook News Promotes Social Stationery Services
Local publication advertises a full range of society invitations, calling card printing and related stationery services. It promises high quality, time and money savings, and reduced postage by handling all orders through the Holbrook News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pri
the Holbrook News
Railroads Prove Big Tax Payers in Navajo County
A Santa Fe line and its subsidiaries paid $68,457.29 in Navajo County taxes this year, plus $6,462.28 from the St. Louis and San Francisco, totaling $74,919.57. The note praises railroads as dependable tax payers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe Railway
Navajo County
Santa Fe Land and Improvement Co
Santa Fe Pacific
Navajo Ice and Cold Storage Co
Aztec Land and Cattle Co
Santa Fe
St. Louis
Ada Couple Welcome 13-Pound Baby This Week
Mrs. Frank Wallace of Ada mana gave birth this week to a 13-pound baby. The parents are overjoyed and the mother and child are reported to be getting along nicely. Dr. C L Hathaway of Winslow was the attending physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wallace
Adamana
C. L. Hathaway
Winslow
Turkey shoot winners and local social notes at Holbrook Gun Club
At Holbrook Gun Club last Sunday Chas Cooley won four turkeys, Will Scorse three, A Bloom one, S McCleve one, James Scorse one. A cool breeze affected scores. Local attendees included Judge Sapp and Dr Bazell plus the Bodys of Cox Brown and Sheriff Woods at the Elks ball in Winslow. Robert Burns opens fire insurance office in Wetzler building. Chas Cooley and W C Pfeifer to an old fashioned country schoolhouse dance in Chambers. Don McClanahan of Albuquerque guests Christmas with L F McClanahan and Josephine McClanahan. Editors recall fine Christmas eats from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holbrook
Chas, Cooley
Will Scorse
A. Bloom
S McCleve
James Scorse
Sapp
J. W. Bazell
Clarence H. Jordan
Cox
Brown
Sheriff Woods
Elks
Winslow
Robert Burns
R. S. Teeple
Wetzler
Chas. Cooley
W. C. Pfeifer
Chambers
Card board and paper supply notice
Local supplier advertises a variety of cardboard and flat writing paper in ruled and unruled formats. Encourages customers to visit when in need, framing the notice in a classic newspaper tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Holbroox News
Notice for Julius Wetzler barn and corrals rental
Parties desiring to rent use or buy the Julius Wetzler barn and corrals on the south side must apply to R. S. Teeple, Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Wetzler
Tme
R. S. Teeple
The Machinist's Story About Absolute Truth in Machinery
A historical anecdote from Machinery contrasts absolute truth with practical limits, recounting a maker who attempted to build a machine to grind absolutely true surfaces. The tale ends with a legal dispute over misunderstood wording and the limits of precision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Jack Tar Replies to Magistrate on Weaker Vessel
A sailor brought before a magistrate for beating his wife. When asked if he knew his wife was the weaker vessel the sailor quipped If she is she ought not to carry so much sail. London Tit-Bits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Tar
Jack
London
Doctor’s Balkan remedy spurs grim Pittsburgh plea
In a clipped exchange from the Pittsburgh Post a patient asks how to live longer. The doctor replies with a Balkan fermented buttermilk regimen as the key to a century, prompting a wry request to extend life just one more year in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkans
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Post
A Quaker’s Simple Chemistry Lesson
The story recounts Isaac T. Hopper offering a boy with soiled hands a home lesson in chemistry. He guides the boy to rub soap in water on his skin, promising a frothy lather and whiter skin as a lighthearted demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac T. Hopper
Friend Hopper
Suspicious Conduct At Home Stirring Wife's Doubt
In a fragmentary Life item a wife Agnes suspects Henry hides guilt as she notes his recent evenings at home reveal a troubled conscience. The New York Sun adds a sharp aside about a cook urging staying in, with onion laden meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Agnes
New York Sun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hi. Scorse
C. N. Corton
N. M
Marley
Don McClanshan
L. F. McClanahan
Josephine McClanahan
Charles Johnston
MacTavish
Goodby
Cleveland
J.L. Byrd
M. R. Smith
Holbrook Drug Store
Navajo-Apache Bank & Trust Co
Winslow, Holbrook, ST. Johns
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