The West and the East Travel and Change in View
The essay argues travel widens perspective between regions. It asserts western visitors gain insight into eastern methods and finance, while easterners who travel west often become converted and more ambitious. A note adds that a tunnel project by Brick Pomeroy may be revived to access metals, with stockholders weighing the plan after expert reports.
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West
Mississippi River
Wes
Mississippi
Stockman
Pomeroy
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Legend of German Death Red River Tale
The article describes a popular legend that German death is dyed red by blood shed during Charlemagne’s campaigns to convert the German nation. It frames the tale as a national myth rather than a documented event.
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Charlemagne
Railroad to pay seven dollars per cattle killed by trains
The Santa Fe Prescott and Phoenix Railroad will pay seven dollars per head for cattle killed by trains but nothing for horses. The Times argues the policy ignores horses while noting range horses are worthless and owners should be charged to remove them.
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Santa Fe, Prescott and
Phoenix Railroad
Los Angeles Times
Cable rail to Popocatepetl summit eyed for sulphur trade
A survey determines a cable railway from the Tlamacus ranch to the base of Popocatepetl to connect with the interoceanic railroad. The project aims to ease sulphur shipping and attract tourists to ascend 18,000 feet to the summit and descend to the crater where sulphur is extracted.
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Popocatepetl
Mexico
Tlamacus
Pension Claims Decline Amid Retirements and Duplications
Since July 1, 1896 total pension claims fell by 56,546 leaving 495,664 awaiting action while 410,022 claimants actually exist. Duplications account for the gap and 176,585 claimants received no pension. Pension rolls drop to about 970,000 with an estimated 30,000 deaths in the just closed fiscal year.
Miracle in the Loaves and Fishes Sermon
A black preacher addressed his flock with zeal on the theme Miraclee noting the loaves and fishes story. He recalled a thousand loaves and two thousand fishes and the twelve apostles needed to share them all, yet they did not consume them all.
Fat Lady Prays for Disappointment to Lose Weight
A distressed Frenchwoman laments her weight saying she longs for a disappointment to slim her, but the moment it arrives the prospect of slimming brings joy and makes her fatter than before.
Humorous tales and sulfur prospects highlighted
A Forest and Stream anecdote reflects Southern humor through a coon hunting scene with a climber in a tree and a joke about turning the coon loose. In Texas, Eugene A Smith notes large commercial sulfur deposits near Pecos, with other potential sites to the west and north, though fuel and water are scarce.
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Bill
Sicily
Eugene A Smith
University of Alabama
Texas
Pecos
Tragic Shooting Miss Talley Dies After Doorway Mistake
At about 4 AM last Monday Phoena Talley 13 living with sister Mrs Kirkland stepped into the doorway to escort a friend past the Kirkland residence. Mr Kirkland awoke mistaking her for a burglar and fired hitting her mortally. she died three days later in Graham.
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Phoena Talley
Mrs. Kirkland
Mrs Kirkland
Miss Talley
Kirkland
Graham Guardian
Treasury to Increase Silver Dollar Coinage in August
The treasury states the silver dollar reserves are $10,050,152 and will decline further this month. To ensure enough stock to redeem notes, mints will raise silver dollar coinage from $1,500,000 to $3,000,000 monthly starting August 1. From November 14, 1891 to July 14, 1896, silver dollars redeemed and cancelled totaled $28,402,558.
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Treasury
Warlike praise and arts in ancient Athens and the United States
The text contrasts Greek praise of warlike virtue with a claim that the United States stands as a powerful yet peaceful nation. It notes the Athenians valued both arts and arms and urges the U S to claim exclusive historical glory for peaceful power.
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United States
Desperado Disrupts County Court in Mock Courthouse
A backwoods court scene described by the Cineiati Enquirer shows a desperado insult the court and claim no contempt since no courthouse exists. The squire draws a circle to stand for a courthouse and the man, outside the line, renews insults. A second defendant is found guilty of breach of peace and jailed with a mittimus ordering John Blevin held until further notice.
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Cineiati Enquirer
Sailor
Gerrard County
John Blevin
Cussin
Vast Ore Field Developed with High Value Gold Output
Reports from Congress mine indicate the property ranks among the world’s most valuable. For years workings reached 700 feet with ample ore, 100 tons daily mined and milled, yielding about $20 per ton in gold from refractory pyritic ore. A cyanide plant now processes 100 tons of tailings at solid profit.
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Congress Mine
If Everyone Were a County Office Candidate
An exchange extols the idea that every man should once in life be a county office candidate. It argues candidacy would enrich the heart with kindness and spur interest in the welfare of families and community progress, imagining elections as frequent as the moon’s phases.
Vast U S forage resources praised by official
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Dr. Chas W Debner states no country matches the United States in forage resources and plant variety. A botanist notes over 3 500 grass kinds exist worldwide with more than 700 in U S territory. Useful forage plants include clovers and alfalfa. The annual hay crop value exceeds 600 million dollars and grazing lands support over 14 million cattle.
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Chas. W. Debner
Goats and merry go rounds draw Florence crowds
Florence residents flock to Don Stevens' corral to see a five-horned goat and attend Pat Collins' merry go round which collects stray nickels as several ladies enjoy long rides. One woman even boots home an umbrella after a sudden shower.
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Florence
Don Stevens’ Corral
Pat Collins
Tribune
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Ancis Martin
Phoenix, A
Webster Street
Cc. M. Frazie
J. K. Drane
Pomeroy Block
Brack
J. L. Patterson
Mesa
A. T
J. W. Bailey
Arizona
J. Williams
Wien
Longmore
W. D. Morton
A. P.shewman
Morton & Shewman
Attorneys-at-Law
Mesa City
Arbreton Bleck
Farm Products
Alhambra
E.J. Long
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