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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
6
Miss Jo McClanahan of Holbrook became betrothed to Mr. F R Goodman assistant to the state engineer. Mrs C H Jordan hosted a Japanese themed gathering with seventeen guests in Japanese costume. Parlor decor featured wis taria cherry blossoms lanterns and mats for dining with chopsticks as mementos.
Z Hayes and David Morgan pleaded guilty to assaulting Conductor Claffy on train No 21 at Holbrook station. Hayes fined 100 dollars and Morgan 50 dollars. fines paid. Governor Hunt approves lifting health certificate restrictions on cattle shipments to California after Navajo Apache Cattle Raisers' Association efforts.
Notice states eight lion hides and three wolf hides will be sold to the highest bidder at the Board of Supervisors office on July 3 1916 at 1 30 PM.
Mr and Mrs Lou Turbeyille of Pinto visit Holbrook relatives this week. Emmet Wallace of Adamana launches a new brand ad. Holbrook residents enjoyed a large picnic at Tamarack grove. Harry Jamison of Denver visited Holbrook to arrange cattle purchases. L H Mickey, state livestock inspector, surveyed a cattle shipment at Navajo. Mrs A M Boyer improves slowly under Dr Bazell. C H Wisdom sold White Help Restaurant to J F Johnson. Wisdom may open an ice cream and confectionery parlor and focus on City Hotel. Lew H Mickey bought a Dodge brother runabout for his business and traveled with W D Bradley to Navajo. upon return Mickey drove back and then purchased the car.
The secret is out as Tom Thumb selects Estella Bundy of Holbrook as bride with Peter Pan as best man. Rosebuds pages and attendants will attend the couple, with the Queen of Summer in attendance. The wedding is set for Monday night June 26 at 8 p.m.
The Hawaiian troubadours present A Night in Hawaii a musical novelty at the Pastime theater on Friday night June 30. The act aims to portray Hawaiian customs music and dances with selections from ragtime to grand opera and native dances in costume by a dancing girl.
A humorous remark from Uncle Eben notes that wealth changes little for some families except enabling gossip on a front porch rather than over the back fence. The quip highlights social pretensions and familiar family banter in a light, observational tone.
A four year old, Maggie, speaks softly about angels and families as she tends to a cradle with her baby brother. The vignette captures quiet domestic innocence and a tender family moment.
Engineers note some issues remain unsettled including screw driver length versus family, water wheels faster at night, steel hardening methods, belt pulley alignment, and the correct way to lace belts.
An English scientist argues each heartbeat carries individuality, suggesting rhythm patterns could identify a person when magnified. The claim parallels handwriting uniqueness and stirs speculation about biometric identification.
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