Reminiscences of a Cleric and Figs and a Strike
Abbe Faure recalls his method of reaching condemned criminals at La Roquette by sharing tobacco and playing piquet. A Fresno fig grower explains ripening and processing figs for dried products. A twelve hour strike at Harris-Corliss engine works prompts a 12,000 strong workforce to return after wage reductions, leading to a company concession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faure
la Roquette
Harris-Corliss
Providence
Bears Swarm Mogollon Mountains Dense Bear Activity Reported
The Mogollon country is said to be swarming with bears travelers see three or four daily and one man counted fourteen on the east side in a single day. The Silver City Enterprise notes heavy bear presence in the region while detailing the first U. S. silver dollars minted on October 15, 1794 and critiquing the demonetization of silver in 1873.
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Silver City Enterprise
Mogollon Country
Mogollons
Mining & Scientific Press
U. S
Ower
Cotlibeeuta
Stockton
Toney & Horn
Mess
Textile strike ends as Pierce mill workers return
In New Bedford Massachusetts the Weavers Union issued an order for Pierce mill employees to resume work. Company officers agreed to restore the old wage scale and provided specified work guidelines demanded by the strikers. The move signals a broader restart of workloads across area cloth mills.
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New Bedford
Mass
Weavers’ Union
Pierce Mill
Globe smelters resume operations by November first
The Globe smelters will resume operations by the first of November. They are negotiating with the Gila Valley Globe and Northern railway to transport one to two million pounds of coke monthly and freight copper products starting November 1.
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Globe
Gila Valley, Globe & Northern Railway
Indian attack rumor reported by sheriff at Solomonville
Monday evening Sheriff Olney arrived in Solomonville with a rumor from the valley that Indians left the reservation and killed three Chiricahua men and a man and a woman at Warm Springs near Ash Creek. Bob Hughes Times.
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Olney
Solomonville
Chiricahua
Warm Springs
Ash Creek
Bob Hughes
West attacks free coinage policy in Kansas City speech
Senator West says free coinage will not flood the US with silver and warns against importing foreign silver at unfavorable ratios. He argues such a policy burdens laboring and debtor classes while enriching the rich. Mme Bernhardt discusses living in the moment and funding needs in a Paris interview, noting boot burning habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Kansas City
United States
Scouts Rebel At San Carlos Beset By Rations
Apache scouts at San Carlos mutinied over rations last week prompting a regulars detachment from Ft. Apache to restore order. The episode disrupted duty briefly before the recalcitrants were returned to service.
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San Carlos
Ft. Apache
Doughnut Hole and Curved Coin Prompt Aboard
A lunchroom proprietor accuses a customer of a damaged coin with a hole. The retort comes from Meandering Mike claiming the doughnut he bought also had a hole, then he walks out in a haughty manner.
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Mike
Royal favorites in flowers list by prominent ladies
The text catalogs preferred blooms of royal and aristocratic women and notable figures. Princess of Wales favors lily of the valley and Alexandria orchid, Duchess of York likes white rose, Adelina Patti carnation, Ellen Terry large rose, Sara Bernhardt rose, Mme de Stael violet, Lady Dudley tall white St Joseph lily, Lady Playfair red rose, Mrs Cleveland may flower.
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Princess of Wales
Alexandria
Duchess of York
Ellen Terry
Sara Bernhardt
Mme. de Stael
Queen Victoria
Lady Dudley
St. Joseph
Lady Playfair
Mrs. Cleveland
New Goods in Valley Offerings at Low Prices
Local merchants advertise the finest dress goods in the valley and the largest cloak department in the territory. The back-to-school stock includes dry goods clothing shoes hats and furnishings offered cheaper than any Phoenix house.
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Phoenix
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Fresno
California
Mme. Bernhardt
Paris
Victoria
Italy
Aixles Bains
Weisbaden
Anderson
Indiana
National Tin Plate Mills
Bowie
Santa Clara
Cal
Rudolph Spreckels
Claus Spreckels
Kimball House
The
Pioneer Hotel of
Mesa
WM. A. Kimball
Tal
Arizona
Irvine CO
East Washington St
Ariz
Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railway Company
Rock Bute
Cedar Gla
del Rio
Clear Spr
Jerome Jn
Granite
Ar _ Prescott
Prescott Rams Gate
Skull Valley
Ash Fork
A&prr
A & Prr
Stage Line
Stanton
Congress
Wickenburg
Vulture
Calderwood
G.W. Vaughn
V. P
R R Coleman
A Healy
Openshaw Bros
Fullers
Macdonald Avenue
Mesa City
Times
Joseph E. Johnson
Turman & Horn, Props
Cor
Center Sts
E. C. Allen & Box 420
Augusta
Maine
the Mutual Life Insurance
NEW Tek
Oldes Company
On Tonsure
Phoenix, Arizorna
Alhambra Hotel
E. J. Long
Prop
Stevens & Albright
Cor. Montezuma and Adams Sts
Sale Stable
Adelina Patti
Alkire D
Lothing Co
van der Weyde Pres
New York Electrical Society
U.S. Pat
P. O. Box
New York N. Y
ANN & CO
New York
Broadway
S. Johnson
Mesa Nursery CO
Geo. H. Keefer
Opera House Drug Store
Phenix
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