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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1883
Page
3
The Weekly Herald notes rising real estate values and urges the community to back a new hospital. It reports scarce carpenters, busy Hesaco on a large Spanish order, and ongoing railway bill debates. A widow of mining ventures, ore samples show 40 percent, and local society features a noted upper crust wedding.
In Phoenix on February 10 1883 a letter laments a pauper burial for William Wilkes buried by county funds after dying in the County Hospital. The writer urges decency and charity, recalling Wilkes’s honest days in California and asking regional papers to publish the notice.
Monday’s Dat reports fixing for a storm, more rooms and houses wanted, street improvements on time, inquiries about property frequent, a candy factory planned, opium bill passed, Yanberry the Albuquerque murderer hanged last Friday, and praise for St. Jacobs Oil from Capt. Malloy of the Kansas City police.
The next drawing occurs in Louisville Kentucky on Wednesday February 28 1883. Prizes total 112400 dollars across 1960 tickets with several large sums. Whole tickets cost 2 dollars, half tickets 1 dollar. 27 tickets bring 50 dollars, 55 tickets 100 dollars. Address for entry R M Boardman Louisville KY.
The piece suggests scrambling eggs from a country nest after snakes appear, claiming no clear directions in cookbooks yet. It urges readers to venture to the country to find a nest and cook the eggs when the snake shows itself.
The California Legislature is proposing to extend its session from sixty to eighty days, aiming to widen its time frame for debate and lawmaking. The plan suggests added opportunities for committee work, floor votes, and potential reforms.
A D Lemon proposes creating a county hospital by using 3000 from the general fund to buy ten acres near Phenix and build a suitable facility. He asks for public input on the appropriate funding level. The letter also notes a bill to repeal the poll tax and replace it with a hospital tax of one percent for residents ages 21 to 60.
A forenoon transfer sells the Stroude corner lot at Washington and Montezuma for 8000 dollars. Ellis & Jr plan two large business houses to cover the lot, replacing the current low wooden structures. The passage inserts old coinage tables and discusses lottery questions, listing notable American fortunes and their origins.
Captain Jos Kina responds to an erroneous death notice by J M Ellis about Judge Wilkes. He states Wilkes died February 9 1885 and was buried February 10 after a proper service, urges readers to visit the county hospital, and defends care given to inmates while denouncing misrepresentation.
In Paost February 9 1853 Ep Hesano reports Father Bloise calling Phoenix citizens to fund and invite the Sisters of Charity to staff a county hospital. He cites Tucson and Prescott examples where communities built hospitals under Sisters care and asks locals to begin the good work.
In Louisville, Miss Alcene Vandercept and a local suitor both held tickets in the Commonwealth Distribution Co draw. Both won 5000 dollars as their numbers matched a ten thousand dollar prize, leading to a rapid engagement and a wedding. The ad notes the next drawing on February 28 with 1960 prizes and a 30000 dollar capital prize. Also reported: James Johnson and Andrew Jenkins, brakemen, were killed near Sterpsburg Virginia in a construction train derailment last Saturday.
A late blast at the Berkeley powder works was reportedly heard 19 miles away. Cimbria investigation hints at sensational disclosures to come.
A scattered collection of old advertisements promotes posters and letter heads sold by Henan office, Damiana Bitters through Wm. B. Hooper & Co., Studebaker wagons via Goilman & Co., and various elixirs. Also noted are carpet services, patent tanks, vaccines, cleaning products, and health tonics like Parker's Ginger Tonic and Sozodont dental care.
An advertisement promises a free cure for youths errors and nervous weakness. It claims the remedy, discovered by a South American missionary, will restore manhood. Readers are told to send a self addressed envelope to the Rev Joseph T Inman Station D New York City.
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