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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1893
Page
4
A hunter near San Diego Texas shot wild turkeys that swallowed shining particles, yielding a gold prize from their crops. In South Africa, ostriches are used to locate gold deposits by feeding them and examining their ejecta for nuggets, then tracing the bird’s trail to diggings.
Silver now dominates many arts from plating to pure metal goods and photography. It appears in medicine as nitrate for epilepsy, in surgery as a bone substitute, and in glass making for silvered mirrors. Pliny notes mirrors were often silvered, contrasting earlier tin and copper alloys.
Martha E Collins of Tempe Maricopa County Arizona filed notice of intention to prove desert claim No 2046 for SE4 of Section 15 Township 1 South Range 5 East before the District Court clerk in Phoenix on January 11 1894. He lists Clay C Hockett George J Marts Frank Watkins and A J Chandler of Mesa Antons as witnesses for irrigation and reclamation.
Frank M. Hammon of Rio Bonito Nursery Co announces in Phoenix Arizona that he will supply fruit trees at 12 to 15 cents with No 1 guarantee. He warns against slander and says all trees come with inspector certificates and health guarantees. Send for catalogue and place orders for plum prune almond apricot apple pear cherry and more.
Acting Governor Charles M Bruce issues a thousand dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of the killer or killers of Frank W Oury of Tucson murdered at Arivaca in Pima County on September 19 1893. The proclamation is dated Phoenix September 21 1898 and bears the territorial seal.
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