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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1884
Page
2
A garbled report references a February 14, 1884 reciprocity treaty with the United States over iron and lumber. It notes a Tucson judge appointment after a death, mentions F Campbell’s refusal, reports drownings and a village swept away, and comments on legislative gridlock and editorial criticism from Pararyp Hews.
The message extols George H Stevens as deserving credit for a blemish-free record. He served as sheriff for Graham County and in the legislature, consistently earning high marks. In 1875 he allegedly stood by a pledge to locate the capital at Phoenix amid political pressure from Pima County.
Attorney General Clark Churchill seeks action on a disputed land grant in Maricopa County Arizona. In District Court Clark Churchill files against Addison Reavis and Deputy Now comes the plaintiff alleges ownership of a certain tract of land and related rights in Maricopa Territory seeking to clear up the incubus of the claimed grant and push the matter to resolution.
A Tucson firm Leo euhdeachmidi's Furniture House is hailed as the largest in the Territory. The article notes vast showrooms with 60 by 14 foot floors, multiple price ranges, and forty styles per item. Highlighted is a mahogany cheval suite with Italian Renaissance detailing, French mirrors, and Tennessee marble tops. The store features numerous departments including cabinets, rugs, baby carriages, secretaries, and wardrobes, promising complete home furnishing via custom groups and wide stock.
Prospector duo Moesers Asa and Babcock report a large cave in the Superstition range with about 200 wooden prehistoric war clubs. The clubs are 15 to 20 inches long with carved grips and rounded ends, some painted and roughly carved, suggesting use by a now-vanished culture. They took several clubs to share with friends as samples of the discovery.
The document describes a legal action where the plaintiff seeks a judgment declaring ownership of described premises and that the defendant has no estate or claim. It asks for a decree confirming title in the plaintiff and forever enjoining the defendant from asserting any claim adverse to the plaintiff. The case cites official survey details and requests relief as appropriate in court.
Excavations above town reveal a sea shell about one by one and three quarters inches with dark cement inlaid turquoise pieces. Sixty oblong turquoise segments form a patterned pendant shell likely worn from the nostrils of ancient men, the cement gaps kept minimal to highlight the stones.
An Oregon citizen wrote to his congressman asking to be appointed census. Congress denied any such office exists in their gift. The applicant explained he wanted to be counted in the census, noting the last census included 15,000 women, and he would resign to take the role.
A fragmented note claims a poetess makes good jellies and poetry. It hints she should publish by sending her jellies an efile and her poems. The text disparages poetry as inside matter and references Norris in unclear context.
The excerpt praises local peach harvest prospects in Phoenix noting no uncertainty about the crop, no eastern pests like worms, and a scarcity of est and ticks. It mentions common pests as house flies and Indians, jokingly suggesting a stranger would think Phoenix was on a reservation, while science classes discuss scavenger and observation.
Capt Madden and C W Fawcett arrived from Maricopa by todays shige. Mr Leo Goldschmidt of Tucson came to bid on finishing the new court house and left this morning. J Addzon Reavis will be in the Clerk of the Court office at 9 o clock tomorrow for examination on the Attorney General Churchill case. Israel Miller the jeweler has moved to Woods Phoenix news depot opposite the port office to meet customers. Dolores Cordeva funeral procession passed Washington street toward the cemetery today at noon. He died yesterday after several months illness at about twenty six. Dr Price Vanilla flavor is extracted from the vanilla pod and free from strong taste. use for flavoring or Dr Price Special Flavoring Extracts.
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