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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1883
Page
1
The St Louis Republican announces a shift in leadership with new management and editorial oversight. Details outline reorganized newsroom duties and intended direction under the fresh leadership team.
Reported return of the bodies of De Long and companions to the United States. Cochise county officers praised for success in a notable affair. Wiltgane, leader of the Northée Pacific railroad, resigns amid grief. His successor not named.
Tue Star reports M. W. May ward of the Citizen will not return to Tucson. The Cifien exhibits frequent changes like the Tomb-tone papers, but remains substantially Republican in tone and alignment.
The 23rd of this month marks the hundred year anniversary of General Washington resigning from command of the army, a long and well handled action. The day will be celebrated soon.
A California mineralogist’s Third Annual Report is acknowledged as a most interesting work. It expresses hope that Arizona follows with a similar publication soon. The text urges future legislation to establish a Board of Mineralogy and Mining.
Travelers view prospects of a home in our valley while evaluating surrounding mines and their investment potential. The message touts assurances and inducements, claiming rich wealth awaits discovery by enterprising buyers and settlers.
Mn Jakes Saewani, superintendent of Gilmer & Lauisbury, returns from Maricopa via the Quijotoas and notes a natural road bed to Maricopa that could be inexpensive to cost and quickly used. He urges Carvwalley to help clear a route from Muriespa, as the Quijutoas could become a key market when opened.
Tae Hexato is favored with a circular from event managers announcing Centennial Cotton Exposition in New Orleans about a year hence. The fair will run five to six months and honor the U S centennial of cotton exportation, featuring Agriculture Arts Haw and Manufactured Products Minerals Woods Furniture Textiles Clothing Accessories Industrial Arts Alimentary Produces and Education Works of Art and Pisciculture. No rent will be charged for foreign exhibitors while domestic exhibitors pay a entrance fee. Samuel Mullen named secretary for communications.
The Mohave Miner objects to the Resources of Arizona for Mohave County saying the work unfairly highlights mining failures and overlook farming interests and irrigation potential. It praises the compiler for avoiding sensationalism about mines and mills while noting Sandy irrigation prospects and Mr Hamilton’s broad territorial diligence.
A fragment from a coastal quarrel hints at a local claim about ownership of a pair of cay es and a quarrel over magnified praise. The text suggests a dispute where one party derides the other’s boast as a mere epitaph of limited impact.
A violent incident occurred Saturday morning involving Jay Bistoe and a man named Tappenter. Reports state Bistoe attacked bystander forces during a confrontation, with a child nearby and a woman distressed as police led away the assailant. Locals condemn the act and call for justice.
A long description outlines irrigation plans for central Arizona, detailing a main canal along foothills to deliver water from the river to arable land. The project aims to reach farmlands reaching up to about 299000 acres, expanding agricultural, grazing, and industrial potential of the Salt River Valley and surrounding Territory. The piece emphasizes diverse crops, livestock, and water power prospects, forecasting future regional growth.
Telegraphic dispatch from Lordsburg reports rising tension as the Kilngs of Clements and companion at Clifton proceed toward trial. Authorities move to arrest suspected Mexicans, while gunfights and threats loom amid inquest testimony and a clash between groups from the Gila and local deputies.
The page mixes a five night score with French and Chinese military reports and a murder capture. Gernier leads Daly 3000 to 2970 in a contested contest. Reports describe French reinforcements at Tougein and Chinese positions at Sontax, plus a murder arrest of a man named Bez foe on a southern Ute reservation.
A garbled collection of Russian proverbs and maxims on friendship, honesty, fate, wealth, fate, and virtue. Despite errors, themes include distrust of promises, value of old friends, caution against vanity, and humility before fortune and suffering.
A Post Office Inspector recounts a North Carolina case chasing a man who robbed U S mail. A seven by five juror panel hears a clamor as the foreman declares the verdict as Democratic and the jury departs. Separate notes describe Berlin sculpture plans, Boston termites, and a New Bedford voyage with a shark sighting at sea.
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