Notice to Creditors Estate of Florence R Austin
Administratrix Olive P Dawley invites creditors and all claimants against Florence R Austin deceased to present their claims with vouchers within four months after first publication. Claims must be shown at the law office of Street and Frazier Fleming building Phoenix Arizona in Maricopa County. Date November 23 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence R, Austin
Florence R Austin
Street & Frazier
Fleming
Phoenix
Arizona
Maricopa
Olive P. Dawley
Ariz
Probate Notice of Private Real Estate Sale in Mesa Arizona
Executors of Charles I Robson estate announce a private sale by order of Maricopa Probate Court. Sale set for December 28 1896 at 10 am at George Passey store room Mesa to highest bidder, cash, with parcels including city lots and 80 acres NW section 27. Sale may be continued daily until all property is sold.
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Maricopa
Territory of Arizona
Charles I. Robson
Charles I Robson
George Fassey
Mesa
Territory
Arizona
Mesa City
Maricopa County
Territory of
Whitelaw Reid Describes Arizona in The Tribune
The article depicts Arizona as largely orderly with many churches and schools, few police needs in Phoenix, and limited public disturbance. It notes friendly Pima and Maricopa Indians, scarce Apaches, and wealth from mines, agriculture, cattle, and growing orange groves promising for hardy men seeking health and opportunity.
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The
New York Tribune
Whitelaw Reed
Arizona
Southwest
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Phoenix
Broadway
Ghestnut Street
California
Canal construction resumes at Sonora Sinaloa Irrigation Co
Carlos Conant reports Guaymas based Sonora and Sinaloa Irrigation Co has resumed work on the big canal. Completion is expected in April next after 200000 metres of earth remain. A large force of workers will be engaged, with about 250 scrapers once corn harvest ends, enabling lands to be opened for settlement and colonization plans already forming in the east and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Conant
Sonora & Sinaloa Irrigation Co
Guaymas
Europe
Oasis
Replacement steamer to boost coastal freight capacity
Freight off San Francisco and the coast has grown so large that the steamship Orizaba cannot handle the volume. After its current voyage, it will be replaced by the George W Elder, a vessel with twice the capacity. The Elder’s draft is only a few inches deeper, allowing easy entry to all route harbors.
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San Francisco
George W. Elder
Elder
Rehabilitation of Fort Whipple a War Department priority
Reports on Generals Wheaton and Miles urging prompt action to rehabilitate old Fort Whipple near Prescott Arizona with railroad links. The location would serve as a key southwest distributing point for troops, as Arizona gains prospectors and needs protection for fledgling national wealth.
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Wheaton
Miles
Randsburg Emerges as Lively Mohave Mining Camp
The Yuma Sun notes Randsburg in the Mohave desert rapid to lead as a mining camp. Reports cite shooting scrapes and a funeral fusillade, with hats at breakfast a common scene. The Queen of the Desert shows promise as a future mining hub alongside Bodie and Tombstone fame.
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Yuma Sun
Randsburg
Mohave Desert
Queen of the Desert
Tombstone
Arizona mining wealth praised by Senator White
Senator White from the Committee on Territories extols Arizona as a top mining region with large silver and gold deposits and rich copper. He notes coal is scarce but found in the San Carlos Indian reservation and predicts current mine output will affirm the territory as a leading gold producer.
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Senator White
Committee On Territories
Arizona
United States
San Carlos
Boundary Commission Completes Rio Grande to Pacific Line
J. W. Barlow of the US Army Corps of Engineers submits the final report to Secretary Olney announcing completion of the international boundary project. The surveyed line from the Rio Grande to the Pacific features 258 monuments, stone and iron, averaging about two and a half miles apart and placed so they are in sight from end to end.
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J. W. Barlow
Corps of Engineers
United States Army
Olney
International Boundary Commission
Rio Grande
Pacific
Myths of Dueling Ages and City Labor Claim
The passage compares Alpine and Pyrenean tribes who age fast and die young due to lime water, notes Chinese preference for rain water for longevity, and claims Detroit labor is exceptionally well organized compared to other American cities.
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Alps
Pyranese
Detroit
America
Ruins of Casa Grande Described in Federal Report
From the Secretary of the Interior annual report for the year ending June 30 1896 the Casa Grande ruin near Florence Arizona is highlighted as a key prehistoric relic on 480 acres. It notes Padre Kino's 1694 sighting and calls for further repairs a protective roof enclosure and excavations of nearby mounds to learn the history of the people. It also mentions railroad interests connected to the Santa Fe system and Florence extension prospects.
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Secretary of the Interior
Casa Grande
Florence
Territory
Arizona
United States
Padre Kino
Isaac T. Whittmore
Bureau of American Ethnology
The Coming Railroad to Arizona
D B Robinson president of the St Louis and San Francisco railroad and friends are expected in Arizona about December first. They will be guests of FE Murphy president of the S F P P railroad during their Territory visit. Robinson is lauded as a staunch Arizona friend known for prior visits to Prescott and Salt River valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Robinson
St. Louis & San Francisco
Arizona
FE. M. Murphy
S. F. P. & P. Railroad
Territory
Mr. Robinson
A. & P. Railroad
Prescott
Salt River Valley
Old Ironsides Still in Service at Portsmouth Navy Yard
The United States frigate Constitution lies at the Portsmouth New Hampshire navy yard used as a receiving ship. Its gund classified as relics, interior remodeled, and a two story house built on its upper deck. Dances staged by naval officers and summer visitors replace battle drills.
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Portsmouth
N. H.) Navy Yard
United States
Constitution
Navy Yard
Philadelphia Press
Miners’ meetings shaped local law say ex president
Ex President Harrison notes that during mining camps the limits of a claim and water distribution were fixed and every man became a warrantor of others’ titles. He praises camp legislators for practical knowledge of the subjects they handled, likening their experience to Congress and other bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Congress
Battleship Texas costs and Buttes reservoir proposal
The Florence Tribune notes the battleship Texas proved a failure and cost the U S over four million dollars. It argues the Buttes reservoir plan would create homes for ten thousand people including Indians and whites and would not cost the government any amount in the end.
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Texas
United States
Gount
Buttes
Florence Tribune
Spelling Disputes Across Officials Over Authority
General Scott insisted his wagon spelling used his commander Winfield Scott as authority. Bureau officials defended spelling tranquility as in the Constitution, citing fidelity to the original document on silver certificates.
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Scott
Winfield Scott
United States of America
Bureau of Englaving and Printing
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Pomeroy Block
D. Morton
A. P.shewman
Morton & Shewman
Attorneys-at-Law
Wis
Rotary
Arlington Block City
JoyAlso Furniture
West
Washington Street
IR. M. Bond
J. W. Bailey
Esa
C J. Williams
Beefive Store
DE Ancil Martin
Webster Street
R Street & Frazier, Law‘o2yers
Flem- Bl
M. W. Brack
J. L. Patterson
A. T
George Passey
Elijah Pomeroy
JH. Barnett
Mesa, Arizona
City Shaving Parlor
V.V. Wright
Prop
Sing Ng
Whitelaw Reid
Murphy
Abinson
Prescott Joyal
OLD Ironsides
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