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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1909
Page
8
Holbrook residents discuss plans for a church, a goal of one thousand new followers within a year, and the town’s growth. Visitors from Phoenix, Pasadena, Winslow, Adamana, and Los Angeles are noted along with ongoing construction, auctions, and business ventures shaping the town.
Governor Hon R E Sloan Ter Sec G U Youhe Ter Treas E E Kirkland Ter And W W Foster Atty Gen E B Clark U S Dist Atty J B H Alexander listed as territorial officers in the official notice.
Navajo County officials listed include Sheriff J F Woods Recorder and Clerk of the Board A F McAllister Probate Judge R C Smith Treasurer L D Diverbess District Attorney W P Geary Supervisor A B Sutton James Scott and Chairman Q R Gardner.
A historical listing of Holbrook Arizona business figures including A C M I Co A and B Schuster H H Scarse B First Loui Ghuey Holbrook Drug Co and others such as W H Clark wholesale beer D C Brown M Thorwald Larson attorney Sidney Sapp postmaster M A Crause postmaster and local tradespeople and banks.
On the relief train at the railway wreck a reporter encountered a man with a sling and dusty clothing who answered questions but refused to identify himself noting he was the road’s claim agent. The exchange underscores the confusion after the incident and the agent’s official role.
Centreville's school board, led by two young unmarried members, vows no change of teachers in District Three. Elderly member questions if Miss Hobson is strict enough. Ed Porter and Henry Lane defend her heavy focus on discipline during a schoolroom visit.
A Russian manual describes a cheap reaping machine with a reel but no automatic rake. A man sits on the platform and rakes grain with a pitchfork. The machine is called lobogreika, from lobo meaning brow and greika meaning heater, implying brow sweater.
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