Prescott House Session Pins Hope on Discrimination Bill
Telegraphic dispatch from Prescott details a house session with Speaker Robins in the chair. Several stock bills passed and council measures read. adjournments noted. strong talk on a discrimination bill and fines freight issue as a planned special order. Press banquet praised with heavy attendance including Gov. Tritle staff and regional officials.
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Correspondents’ Club
Prescott
Arizona
Tritlend
Howard
Phix
Tucson
Ter- Horry
Rollins
Nichols
Imus
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Franklin
Purdy
Ruggles
Weedin
Fish Commissioners
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Fighting Thirteenth in Arizona Legislature Sparks Satire
Prescott February 17 1885 The Arizona Circumlocution Office article catalogs a rowdy session in which the asylum bill faces opposition from Yavapai delegates and local interests. It notes Judge Porter’s handling of the bill, discusses the salary bill and a memorial to retain Gov Tritle, and reports on women’s suffrage debates led by General Wardwell and speakers like Sam Purdy General Rollins Judge Porter and Capt Watkins. It mentions church property taxation disputes and Maricopa county bond plans as well as travel proposals and a high bill volume with 140 measures introduced.
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Committee On Territorial Affairs
Nash
Tonto Basin
Porter
Maricopa
Salt River Valley
Prescott
Yavapai
Tritle
Risley
Pima
Ruggles
Pinal
Gen. Wardwell
Presscott
Eilen
Adam
Sam Purdy
Messare
General Rollins
Gen
Rolsins
Rollins
Capt. Watkins
Buncombe
Her Majesty
Washgton
Herald
Cleveland
Daniels
Lockwood
Lamount
Manning
Albany Argus
Busineas
Victoria Hotel
Grover Cleveland
Erie
Buffalo
Congress
Miss Brown
Cuba
Porto Rico
United States
Senate
Milter
Foreign Relations Committee
Sherman
Hermit in North Carolina Said to Be Ney in Disguise
An 87 year old Haywood recluse, living in a western North Carolina cabin, allegedly claimed to be the exiled Marshal Ney. A visiting Frenchman named Pierre Duval and others recalled a coup read in a newspaper and the trio spoke of France, then the hermit vanished any return signs and died without revealing his name.
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North Carolina
Pierre Duval
Bonaparte
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Lincoln County
Marshal Ney
Louis Napoleon
France
Ney
Haywood
Duval
Not a Fast Young Man Mills and the gods grind slowly
A Boston Times quip contrasts a shy suitor Arthur Mills with a witty remark about divine timing. The exchange frames Mills as the desirable, heaven-sent partner yet noted as a little slow, implying patience in love and fate.
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Arthur Mills
Boston Times
Health remedy and railway grading in wartime era note
The item lists symptoms such as night sweats headache fever and chills and mentions a cure with Wells Health Renewer. It also notes rails are laid on the Canadian Pacific railroad for 2 070 miles with the entire line graded except 260 miles.
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Canadian Pacific Railroad
El Paso to Abilene On the Texas Pacific Route
A reader's travel letter traces El Paso as a historic rail hub with the new Pierson hotel opening on February 5, the Texan frontier atmosphere, and the border to Mexico. It describes El Paso del Norte, the contrasted modern and old civilizations, cock fights, a 1754 bell, and a view from a church tower. The journey continues to Big Springs, Colorado City, and Abilene, noting hotels, population, and local character.
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Mardi Gras
Deming
el Paso
T. P
Rio Grande
Mexican Central Railroad
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el Paso del Norte
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Mexico
Plaza
Chicago
San Francisco
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John
Jesus Christ
Uncle Sam
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Lone Star State
Big Springs
Buckler
Eard
Aylesford
Expenses for Insane Asylum Bond Plan Details
The Miner presents corrected figures supporting Hon. DeForest Porter’s bill for a Territorial Insane Asylum in Phoenix. It analyzes past costs from 1877 to 1884, projects 1883 84 expenses, and argues for bonds of 100000 to cover building and care, with details on bond use, taxation implications, and county costs. It compares if bonds are issued versus taxed funding and notes a $29,000 reduction in costs for patients sent to Clark’s asylum.
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Miner
DeForest Porter
Maricopa
Phenix
Clark
Iasylum
Interesting Letters On Lafayette Residency Debate In Early America
A Cambridge Maryland cellar find reveals letters from 1796 to 1799 between W. W. Murray and leaders including George Washington and Alexander Hamilton. Washington publicly backed Lafayette’s American residence yet privately opposed it to limit Jefferson’s rise to the presidency and France’s troubles. The exchange shows Washington urging Murray to block the move despite public jubilation.
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Cambridge
W. W. Murray
Nethersands
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Lafayette
United States
Washington
Jefferson
France
Murray
Health ads warn of dubious cures and caution on gambling
Advertisement notices claim Well's Health Renewer restores health and cures various ailments for $1, and Quick complete cures for kidney bladder and urinary diseases, while reporting Canada will send troops to Egypt and noting gambling rising on Atlantic steamers.
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Canada
Egypt
England
Buch-Paiban
Druggista
Rough on Corns and Warts Cure Adclaims
An old advertisement claims a quick complete cure for hard and soft corns, warts, and bunions under the slogan Rough on stats. It promotes Well's Rough on Corns with aggressive language. The snippet suggests a topical remedy targeting common foot ailments.
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