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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
4
A study finds sight loss affects marriage trends. Most who lose sight before twenty avoid marriage, with single females higher than males. Yet many blind men who lost sight between ages fifteen and nineteen still marry, showing blindness does not entirely bar union.
A brief notice directs readers to contact Clemons for transportation services with the phone number 125 for inquiries and bookings.
E B Newman and family of Heber visit Holbrook. A H Hansen from Winslow stops in. E A Sawyer of Winslow conducts business here. Fred Baca heads to Heber country home. Wakefield & Tomkins of Taylor deal in Holbrook. C E Owens visits Ogden Utah. Neithammer buys Winslow steam laundry. Wetzler's sells garden tools and pumps. Leo Verkamp visits Holbrook. John Nelson travels from Heber. W F Parcell from St Johns closes sheep deal with Concho. Woods leases billiard hall. Winslow telephone sold to Rio Grande Trust Co.. W M Peterson from Pinetop visits. California trip for Captain Warren health update. county supervisors meet. bid openings for road bonds. Lemmon arrives with Stutz car. enlistment exams for Army Auto Corps. G B Smith and family visit en route to California. A Warren shows ladies’ suit samples. Hookway suffers heart attack. J E solicitor breaks drug store window. Morgan family traveling from Victorville. M Michelson visits. 1000 yearling steers to Wyatt Livestock Co.. Wilber family en route to Heber. see Wetzler for lighting. Boy Scouts return from Chevelon Canyon. Frank Campbell trades cattle in Holbrook. Robinson from Maddox visits. Hawes in El Paso prepping to move. Scouts hike to St Joseph dam. Masons plan meeting. Santa Fe ticket sales to Salt Lake City rise. Hibbard, Tuttle, and officials tour division. Red Cross speaker addresses court. Mickey reappointed livestock inspector. Crosby in town with Gallup project. Garcia visit to Albuquerque. Franklin adds electric sign at Pastime.
Judge Crosby of St Johns slipped into Lake Mary during a day of fishing with Mr and Mrs Charles A Clark. The note of the mishap appears in the Flagstaff lead and mentions a coat found by Holbrook readers. Also covered are Scouts selling Liberty bonds and cemetery cleanup, cattle shipments, and local visits with Mohave County farming and sheep herding figures.
A Richmond Kentucky reader, F B Tressey, writes that Chamberlains Tablets are a wonder and beat all others previously sold. The ad urges trying them for indigestion or constipation.
The News will be mailed regularly without charge to all persons who have enlisted in the army and navy from Navajo county. We believe the young men in service will be glad to get a paper from home and we shall send them the News each week. Parents and friends are urged to send names and addresses of their sons and friends for subscription.
Pioneer John Hunt died at his Snowflake home Friday night at age 84 and served over thirty years as bishop of the Snowflake ward. He earlier carried mail between Salt Lake and Los Angeles before railroads existed. He fathered sixteen children. Funeral services were held Monday in Snowflake.
Navajo Indians about 75 miles northeast of Flagstaff refuse to register on Tuesday and declare they will fight before being sent overseas to the Germans. Walter Runke Indian agent at Tuba City told Sheriff W G Dickinson he will report the refusal to the commissioner of Indian affairs in Washington and awaits instructions before any steps to compel registration are taken.
Real estate notice from W. H. Clark offering several pieces of residential property for sale on good terms. Prospective buyers advised to call and consult for details.
A local warning about cholera morbus notes its pain and danger, recounting deaths in many neighborhoods before medical help. It advocates having Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy at home and cites Mrs. Charles Enyeart of Huntington Indiana reporting immediate relief for two sick children in the summer of 1911.
Department of the Interior Land Office in Phoenix announces May E. McLain of Adamana Arizona filed for five year proof to establish homestead claim on land in Township 18 North Range 24 East G and S Wt B and Meridian. Witnesses listed include Les Newman Sidney Sapp of Holbrook and Robert Alton Oliver Martin of Adamana. sworn before Lloyd C. Henning on July 1 1917. June 8. J Lavin Register. Rating of Salespeople mentions Roy W. Kelly quote on selling success and methods.
A historical editorial argues that evil deeds outlive good, citing figures like Judas, Benedict Arnold, and Bazentae to illustrate how single actions define memory. It notes martyrdom, betrayal, and court hearings reshaping reputations, with long-term consequences on national pride and honor.
An automobile accident killed the driver and injured two passengers. The coroner heard witnesses, including a nearby farmer, who described the high speed and poor road repair. When asked about the incident, Mr Swiggert quipped he would write the epitaph noting he died trying to gain ten miles from a ten mile round.
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