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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1896
Page
4
The text notes Egyptian court mourning lasting about a year and Pharaohs wearing beards in mourning. It also recalls Alexander the Great’s distinctive mole on the right neck as a marker of luck. The author urges temperance and steadiness in life, advocating gentler manners to ease hardship and improve daily fortune.
County Surveyor Samuel Logan led a crew to mark the line separating the Deer Creek Coal Fields from the San Carlos Indian Reservation. Delayed by late instructions, the work aims to finish in 40 days, potentially within a month. Claimants on coal gold and copper claims await the segregation to file or resume work. The district is seen as a future wealth center in Arizona.
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