The Atlantic & Pacific Rail Road Promises Scenic West Route
The Atlantic & Pacific Railroad markets its great middle route across the continent with connections to the Fant Fe Route. It boasts liberal management superior facilities and picturesque scenery including access to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado via Flagstaff Williams or Peach Springs. Explore Laguna or Acoma the Petrified Forest near Carrizo and the San Francisco Mountains with notes on the Cave and Cliff Dwellers.
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Ash Fork
Atlantic & Pacific
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Flagstaff
Williams
Peach Springs
Arizona
Montezuma
Laguna
Acoma
City of the Sky
Carrizo
Canon Diablo
San Francisco
America
Colorado River
Tobacco, Temples, and the Az Legislature
The piece contrasts Arizona’s anti smoking resolution with New Amsterdam’s lax customs. It recounts Captain Smith discovering tobacco, Pocahontas’s guidance, and the weed's civilizing influence, noting Arizona’s council holds out against this tradition.
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Legislative Council of
Arizona
John
Powhatan
Supreme Court Rules Mexican Grants Taxable in Territory
The U S Supreme Court decided on December 26 that Mexican and Spanish land grants are taxable under territorial law in the Marsh & Driscoll case. Taxes back to the suit will exceed $30,000, and future taxes will apply to all grants, a major win for Pima county and Arizona with seven or eight grants involved.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Marsh& Driscoll
Pima County
Arizona
London investment firm aims to shift mining funds to the United States
Reports from New York indicate a London formed investment company plans to redirect investments from South African mining toward the United States. Agents are in the U S and London, assessing West mining districts. London bankers think South Africa mining stocks have been overbuilt by speculation.
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New York
London
United States
South Africa
Legislature amends Will to define a legal newspaper
The legislature moves to redefine a legal newspaper by adding that it must be wholly printed at the place of issuance. The change is welcomed by Arizona publishers, with The Argus forecasting broad endorsement from the press sector.
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Arizona
The
Argus
Illinois editor recites crude crow biting poem
An Illinois editor who backed the defeated side in the recent election received a dead crow by express. He vows to begin another drunken spree and recites a graphic rhyme celebrating eating the crow with vivid, gory imagery. The verse rails at opponents and mocks rival triumphs.
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Illinois
Express
Niles wager on Bryan ends with disputed score
Miss Sallie Mason of Niles wagered 1000 kisses with a young man on Bryan's election victory. She has paid the bet nightly for six weeks. A dispute over the count led to wiping the score and starting anew at the woman's suggestion.
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Niles
Michigan
Sallie Mason
Bryan
Babies Named After Presidents Stir Indiana Village Boundaries
In an Indiana village two boys born the week before the election were named Abraham Lincoln Ulysses Grant William McKinley and Thomas Jefferson James Monroe William J Bryan. The village contemplates extending its corporate limits before the boys grow old enough to influence local politics.
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Indiana
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses Grant
William McKinley
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
William J. Bryan
Black Kid Gloves Prompt Retail Debate
A humorous exchange at Babbitt's features a shopper asking for black kid gloves with tan stitching. The clerk explains vice versa as seven buttons in French, and the customer buys three pairs.
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Babbitt’s
Sun-Democrat
Flagstaff Wins Bond Authority for Water Works Project
Congress grants Flagstaff the authority to issue bonds totaling sixty five thousand dollars for water works construction. The Tucson Star applauds the city’s progress and anticipates Flagstaff becoming a premier resort west of the Mississippi as a result of the legislation.
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Congress
Flagstaff
Mississippi
The
Star
Tucson Star
Copper Queen Company Output Surpasses 1000 Tons Monthly
The Copper Queen Company reports production exceeding 1000 tons per month, according to the Orb. The figure signals stronger output and potential market impact for the firm and its stakeholders.
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Copper Queen Company
The
Orb
New Butter Packaging Promises No Cold Storage Needed
An Australian report describes a glass box wrapped in plaster that acts as a heat insulator, enabling butter to be shipped long distances without refrigeration. Tests show butter arriving in Melbourne from South Africa in the same condition, with packing costing under two cents per pound. Also noted are updates on Picacho mines with large ore quantities, modest grades, and a pending stamp mill project, plus a U.S. Senate bid to create a mining focused government bureau.
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Melboourne
South Africa
Steve Dorsey
England
Picacho
Sentinel
U.8
Perkins
California
United States
General Land “Office
Zoological Survey
Mining Bureau
Secretary of Mines
Mines
Secretary of the Interior
Electrolytic Refining Transforms Copper Industry
A quiet revolution in copper refining uses electroplating from a blister copper anode. Current and bath composition prevent copper deposition on the electrode, while impurities settle as mud. The Anaconda refinery in Montana yields 100–130 tons daily, the largest globally, with a Perth Amboy plant processing about 10 000 tons yearly.
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Anaconda Company
Montana
Perth Amboy
N. J
Mining and Scientific Press
Government Subsidizes Fifty-Two New York to Southampton Steamers
The American line operates fifty-two annual sailings between New York and Southampton funded by the United States government. Each steamer is subsidized at sixteen thousand dollars per trip as mail boats under government sponsorship.
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New York
Southamton
United States
Importations of Fruit and Nuts Reach $392,262 Ten Months
The ten months ending October 30 1896 saw total importations of fruit including nuts grossing 392 262 dollars.
Arctic riches teased from Greenland and Alaska mines
The piece notes coal and precious metals in the Arctic region with potential global impact. It cites Omalik on Fish River in Alaska as the northernmost mine, yielding lead and silver, mainly lead, with rich lodes but blocked by extreme cold. Operations stop each October and resume in spring.
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Greenland
Arctic Circle
Omalik
Fish River
Alaska
Suicide Debate Sparks Morbid Metaphor In Butte Miner
The Butte Montana Miner argues life is preferable to death by suicide in harsh terms. It contrasts breathing sulfur smoke with a grim afterlife, praising resilience over despair and warning of eternal punishment. The piece endorses enduring suffering to avoid atheistic fears and endless torment.
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Butte, Montana
Butte
Eternity
Dynamics of Explosives Compared for Safety
The article states dynamite is comparatively harmless if kept from exploding materials, while gunpowder is more dangerous to transport. It argues safety priorities lie in handling rather than intrinsic danger.
Miss Collins Declines Marriage Chauncey Depew Plans Play
Miss Collins states she will not marry Chauncey Depew prompting Depew to announce plans for a new play. The remark suggests potential personal motives behind the creative project.
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Miss Collins
Chauncey Depew
Depew
Honey Powers for Weak Digestion and Fatigue
For those with weakened digestion honey is said to be a very desirable food. If a person is very tired too exhausted to eat a few tastes of honey will act like magic.
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Abell & Wilbur
Hoeeen Martin
Phoenix
Webster Street
R Treet & Frazier
Flem- Brock
J. W. Bailey
Paral
FSA
J. Williame
Wis
Mesa
Hi. C. Longmoe
Miles
Wes
Daz M. W. Brack
J. L. Patterson
A. T
Mrane. An
Barnett
Main S.rect
Mesa City
B.murpoy
Tewman
Morton & Shewman
Attorneys-at-Law
Court of the Territor Evernment Land
Cuty
Rvice
Arlington Block City
P. Wets
Santa Fe
Prescott
Ratshison
Topeka & Santa Fe
Anta FE
Prescott & Phoenix
R.A
Skull Valley
Jerome
Geo. M.sargent
G.pa
Murphy
Wells
E W Gillett
Atlantic
Pacific
Dona. Sweet Gen
Albuquerque, N. M
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