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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1883
Page
3
Readers are reminded of church services and town happenings surrounding Phoenix and nearby towns. Mentions include hotel prospects, mining ventures, school duties, and local business movements. The item also notes a transport transit and civic developments, with folded excerpts on theaters, signage, and a traveling circus nearby.
A garbled 19th century local page lists numerous ads for household and patent products. Damiana Bitters and Parker's Ginger Tonic are promoted for health, Studebaker wagons and wagons from Goldman & Co. are advertised, and multiple merchants offer services from carpets to piano sales. Also mentions a “Rough on Kare” rodent killer and various sale notes.
The same man B B Blackerby, earlier discharged on a robbery complaint by E T Van Hooser, appears before Jange Rich ards. Nearby shop staff spotted him watching ground and muttering, then slipping away. Local talk suggests he may be held for shortsight or further charges.
A long question laden column questions why Phoenix merchants would close shops on Sundays after February 1893. It ponders the impact on daily life and prices if many businesses restrict Sunday trade and asks whether lawmakers will support such reform. It notes the Glasgow bank stockholders’ liability after a $30 million failure as a contrast in fiscal justice.
A Tucson incident describes a street robbery involving local figures and onlookers. Police are investigating the event, seeking witnesses and reviewing nearby surveillance footage for leads.
An old advertisement touts Well's Health Renewer as a quick remedy restoring health and vigor curing dyspepsia impotence sexual debility for $1. It also promotes Buchupaide for kidney and urinary diseases with similar price and claims, distributed by druggists.
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