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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1883
Page
4
Aug LPS reports a reform to replace road poll license and special taxes with assessments on persons and real property. The mayor and Common Council praise the city’s streets water supply and general cleanliness. A false telegram claim that General Grant dropped dead did not influence the telegraphers strike.
The Board of Supervisors refuse to lay a corner stone at the Court House citing cost. The writer suggests the forty dollars could be raised by local subscriptions at four bits per person, implying public willingness to contribute if the county is so poor.
The piece notes widespread strikes by workers in various sectors seeking higher pay or to press non-union workers out. It argues most strikes aim to return to former wages or achieve gains that may take years to offset losses from labor stoppages. It condemns nonproductive or food-related strikes as harmful and advocates that such actions should fail.
An election by law will take place tomorrow in the school house for Tecr territory. Citizens are urged to attend and vote to voice in the management of the school, with emphasis on turnout of women and all residents to support a candidate.
The article discusses Mr. Reavis confident in a favorable Land Office decision on his grant, while noting possible title challenges and public mistrust. It criticizes local coverage for bias and accuses rivals of attempting to sway voters with unfounded claims amid local election tensions.
Fragmentary text discusses duty and law, condemning citizens for misinterpreting obligations. It references following the law and suggests anger or conflict among people. No identifiable individuals, organizations, places, or concrete events are present.
The two Reavis men left for El Paso after stirring local debate over their land claim. They hope Congress relief and a government refund, while locals demand a US patent before recognizing the claim. They offer 5 million for the claim, warning of scenes around any patent fight.
A Cleveland robber, released on ticket of leave, alleges the Saint Charles Christ Society funded convicts to emigrate to America for gal conduct, with bribes of 36 dollars and free passage. He claims several others followed, seeking escape from surveillance and imprisonment. A Philadelphia man reportedly died of brain congestion from excessive exertion, his mother ill that morning.
A quirked list outlines newsroom conduct with absurd commandments. It lampoons editorial culture suggesting soft entry, careful handling, no conflicts, no smoking, and hands off the manuscript. It adds social quirks about boys keeping hands in pockets and ladies smiling while loafers are shunned.
First Lieutenant Frank de L. Car rigton of the First Infantry is ordered to travel to chalender A T and other points on the Atlantic and Pacific railroad and return under the Chief Commissary of Subsistence. Corporal William Valentine is promoted to Sergeant in the General service.
Territorial update with rumors of R. Brown buying a Phoenix paper and pursuing journalism in Arizona. Mentions Yavapai ore exhibit at Denver Exposition and potential county benefits. Reports on Mrs. C M Stanton’s Phoenix visit, Joan T. Smith visiting Tombstone, Copper Basin plans, Pumpkinville papers, and local political and mining figures in Prescott. Includes mining, railroad, and court anecdotes from early Arizona.
Fragmented account describes early settlers around Phoenix, land acquisitions, and the Swilling ditch effort. Includes names like Lum Gr van Hosen Greentow, J. Smith, McDowell, B. Montgomery, and Griffin. Details later ditch construction near Underwood, Crismon flouring mill, and the Griffin ditch progress with Swilling plotting water access.
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A San Francisco surgeon will operate next week on Judes A W. Sheido, who has suffered a long hip wound from a war twenty years past. He seeks relief and mentions two car tickets, while a citizen notes copper as the superior material for lightning rods and grass as agents.
Fragmentary notes describe Maricopa Lodida farming along the lower ditch to maintain water supply. Maddox and Van Armin were extracting a canal called the Waddox Dich just below Brendwry’s ranch, aiding irrigation for about 100 acres, with only farmer Chas Fox currently farming the site.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions bread and Leeds with stray quotes and numbers, providing no clear persons events or verifiable facts. The readable content is too limited to identify a proper news item or summarize a concrete event.
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