Enormous Copper Demand and Contempt Law Progress
The prospectus notes a surge in European copper demand with England Germany and France showing 175000 tons annualized consumption in early 1896. It reports Europe’s low copper stocks June 1896 and firmer prices, while also noting congressional action defining contempt of court and guaranteeing trials and counsel for the accused in such cases.
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Houton & Co
England
Germany
France
G.M. B
Europe
New York
Congress
United States
Wife Waits Up for Husband In Aired Anger Story
A narrator recalls a wife who stays awake to confront a supposedly late husband who never left. She nurses anger and plans a scolding but finds him asleep, having deceived her. The tale ends with a counterpoint about men and women’s reactions to lateness.
Grape Crop Expected Large This Season
The Thompson grape variety is ripening and should be ready for shipment in a few days, signaling a promising and abundant season for fruit growers. This note highlights early readiness and favorable harvest prospects for the Thompson variety.
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E.son
Peculiar Theory Links Women Drink to Foot Size
The piece mocks a theory claiming women who drink liquor grow larger feet, citing examples from England Germany and Holland as heavy beer drinkers and wine regions as having smaller feet. It notes temperance propaganda uses such ideas, while humorously describing changes in fashion and youth behavior affecting men and fathers.
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England
Germany
Holland
Spain
France
Italy
Remarkable water flow reported in Mejive desert discovery
Report from Bakers field notes a new water flow in the Mejive desert as workers sink a six by six foot shaft near Kane Springs. A well at twenty feet suddenly flooded, forcing rapid action to tile and avert a bad wetting while construction proceeds.
Russia Expands Silver Purchases and Rail Link to China
Reports indicate Russia is buying a large quantity of silver and shipping funds from France to Rao sit O. A. The move aims to sustain faith in Russia's monetary power while the Siberian railroad advances toward the Yellow Sea, enabling direct land trade with China and neighboring silver-using economies. Analysts see Russia seeking to control regional exchange.
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Russia
France
Raossit O
Siberian
Yellow Sea
Rasia
China
Risia
Bread Upon the Water Quote Inspires Cautious Charity
An exchange notes the difficulty of giving without certainty of return. It warns that many will not cast their bread unless they expect payoff, joking that instead they would receive a full grown sandwich with ham, butter and mustard days later.
Immigration Push to Arizona and New Mexico
The Los Angeles Express urges Arizona and New Mexico to attract eastern immigrants with capital and labor. It argues the regions offer favorable conditions, and that immediate advertising will draw 92 million or more, with misperceptions about the West corrected as development rises.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Los Angeles Express
Mexico
Wey
Bor
Southwest
Arizons
Deer Creek Coal Field Survey Reveals Wide Area Located
Cap Header and Whit Stantild report from Deer Creek coal fields that Hawk enyoes tax area spans about twenty five miles by eight to fifteen miles. Many locations lack winery evidence and some sites for coal were made by individuals, with legal limits permitting only one claim of up to 160 acres.
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Whit Stantild
Deer Creek
Hawkenyoes
Transcontinental route survey advances toward Florence
Major Vaughn conducts a preliminary survey of a new Santa Fe transcontinental route through Arizona. He travels up the Gila and is expected in Florence in a few days. Also included is a humorous Florence Tribune exchange about local climate and a brief racial anecdote from the era.
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Major Vaughn
Arizona
Gila
Florence
Tribune
Copper output in Arizona rises to nearly 100 million pounds
Report notes last year Arizona produced 60 million pounds of copper and estimates this year reaching about 100 million pounds. Analysts cite increased mining activity and higher ore grades as drivers of growth.
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Arizona
Reindeer Plan Promoted for Alaska Use
Commissioner Harris notes reindeer could provide year round food and clothing for Alaska natives and miners. He warns seal herd destruction would cut Alaska revenue and suggests Congress fund a large reindeer herd to replace seals as a transportation and subsistence option.
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Alaka
Alaska
Harris
New York Sun
Congress
Lapland
Alung Lapland
Capulry
Sunk Twalight steamer wreck found near Arthur Cry
Readable fragments describe the rediscovery of the sidewheel steamboat Twalight wrecked in Red River about twenty miles from Arthur Cry in August 1865. The ship was buried in sand and yielded 300 barrels of whiskey. Tax status and a possible missing purse contents are noted via rumor.
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Twalight
Red
Arthur Cry
Freaghe
Heney Grove
The Coming Power Revolution in Travel
The West Baden Journal envisions a future where electricity and compressed air replace horses and steam, eliminating heat, dirt, and smoke. Machinery will run everything, with people simply thinking and pressing a button while observing progress. Time and distance shrink as New York and San Francisco become nearer.
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New York
San Francisco
Chicago
West Baden Journal
Prison Labor Pact Sparks Yuma Press Feud
In Yuma a heated dispute over prison contract labor divides papers as editors spar in classic fashion. Some argue workers prefer prisoners idle while others insist whites refuse to work, even as irrigation canals and arable land remain idle awaiting projects.
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Bing
Yuma
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Phoenix
W.bmley
Kte Mesa
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Longmore
Mesa
JJ. EK
Drane
Ty Pomeroy Block
Clotting
Trunks
Groveres
Wodd
Farm Products
C J, Williams, E
Webster Street
CM. Frazier
Treets
Frazer
Fleming Block
Arzova
Ze Zuck
W. L. van Horn Manhorn
ZUCK
Attorneys & Counselors
Law
Oficdin Dienan
U . B'k Tsurs, A
W. D. Morton
A. P.shewman
Morton & Shewman
Attorneys-at-Law
Mesa City
V.v. Wright
W. A. Burton
Ariz
Charles Stevens
Sale Stable
Tararita
Tor
Pitroniz
Nancy Hanks
Darkey
Keppy
Fior Uce Tribune
Boomer
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