The Atlantic & Pacific Railway Promotion
The Atlantic & Pacific line advertises west and east bound departures from Ash Fork with times listed and highlights the Grand Canyon route. It touts liberal management, superior facilities, scenic views, and accommodations, inviting trips to Flagstaff Williams Peach Springs and natural wonders like Montezuma Well La Laguna Petrified Forest and the Cave Dwellers ruins with a cantilever bridge across the Colorado.
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Ash Fork
Atlantic & Pacific
Geat
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Flagstaff
Williams
Peach Springs
Arizona
Montezuma
Laguna
Acoma
City of the Sky
Carrizo
San Francisco Mountains
America
Colorado River
Climate contrasts and curiosities across regions
Arizona climate described as arid with clear skies and hot days. notes diversity by geography yet common features include low humidity and strong sun. A Kansas girl wins a horseshoe turning contest on stage against two blacksmiths, while a London hotel note incident explores a clever money retrieval ruse by a rural visitor. Why do women form clubs before appearing in sensible clothes?
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Arizona
Professor Boggs
Kansas
Victor
The Value of Buttermilk in Health Remedies
A Greater Los Angeles correspondent extols butter milk as a cure for stimulant cravings and stomach issues. He claims regular buttermilk intake strengthens the stomach, relieves sour stomach, prevents heart valvular ossification, and alleviates fluttering sensations linked to dyspepsia and melancholy.
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Los Angeles
Old Indian Legend and Copper Prospects Near Prescott
Prof Forbes plans a morning outing to Baboquivari Peak for a preliminary survey of the famed rock, once considered insurmountable. Local legend says the Pagogo people killed their families to avoid Apache capture, sparking Apache fear for a century. In San Carlos, mining camps arise with copper ore and galena shows ancient workings. An abandoned mine near Mountain Springs, seven miles from Hillside and 50 miles west of Prescott, yielded gold rich ore red iron oxide. discovered by Macomey and Waters.
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Prof
Forbes
Baboquivari
Rock
Temple
Jerusalem
Titus
San Carlos Reservation
Mountain Springs
Hillside
Prescott
Macomey A.d Waters
Young Pharaohs Play Things
The article recalls ancient Egyptian children playing with a complete company of fifteen inch wooden soldiers in bodyguard uniforms armed with lances. It suggests these toys could have sparked imaginations of battles and royal futures, perhaps even ending with a prince’s grave alongside the army.
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Egypt
Moses
Red Sea
Money, Wind, and Eccentric Notions About Newspapers
A Kansas editor rails at the idea that newspapers require money to operate. He asserts it is an air dream, a charitable beggar, and a highway robbery. He mocks revenue needs and extols kind words and barter over cash, lampooning free publications and editor perks.
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Godfrey
Selah
Betsey
The Editor’s Parable on Money and Morality
A satirical piece critiques how a town newspaper stays afloat amid poverty by humor and economy. The narrator mocks relying on editors and readers’ generosity, claiming funds come from shared sacrifice and community folly as a minister’s tribute and cherubs in tombstones look on.
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Golden Gate
Hutch
Two Thieves Snared by Travelers in Mexican Inn
A traveler recounts aiding companions to trap two thieves in a small town near the City of Mexico. Using a lariat, they looped the thieves wrists as sentries peered through door lanes and the culprits dangled outside. The scene drew the town at dawn.
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Mexico
Venezuelan Singer Jailed Over Encore Refusal
A singer in Venezuela was jailed for declining to respond to an encore. The remark about an American equivalent being an insane asylum reflects a historical view on stage conduct.
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Venezuela
Kinzua Viaduct Near Alton Pa Finished Rapidly
The Kinzua viaduct near Alton Pennsylvania was designed and completed in eight and a half months without scaffolding or a ladder. It spans 2100 feet in length and rises 300 feet above the ground.
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Kinzua
Alton
Maine hunter tracks deer then discovers reversed path
A Maine man followed a deer track for two days and found the animal had been traveling the opposite direction. The report hints the hunter may not be an ex detective.
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Maine
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Eye and
Kir
Phwsnic
Webster ‘Street
C. M. Prazie
W. Bailey
Paul
Kte BA
C J. Williams
Womens
le Pee
Bee
Mesa
M. W. Brack
A. T
H Barnett
WM. Passey
Undertaker
WM Passey
Newporte Mesa City Bank
Santa Fe, Prewott & Phen
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Achison
Topeka
Santa Fe
Anta FE
Prescott Phoenix
Phoenix
Skull Valley
Jerome Junction
Congress Junction
Congress Gold Co RR
Congress
Herqua Hala Station
Yarnell
M & Prr
California
San Francisco
Geo. M.sargent
G.P
FM Murphy
E W Gillett
Avast
Phoenxi
Arizsuna
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Frien
Young Pharaoh
St. John
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