05 Jan 1883
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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1883
Page
1
Old newspaper item lists subscription rates for Daily and Weekly Heralds, then mentions advertising agents and city distribution. Includes rates for three, six, and twelve month subscriptions and notes agents in San Francisco New York and other cities. Dated January 6, 1883, with references to silver prices.
The Tip Top Mining Company shipped twelve bars of bullion valued at twenty thousand dollars. Dispatches from Maine and Nova Scotia report New Year festivities in those communities were disturbed by earthquake shocks.
Elections to select U S Senators across states promise lively contests with many fresh faces likely to appear as the new regime takes its seat in the Senate.
Over the last four months twove and many new houses have appeared, yet demand for rentals remains strong. Investors building three or four room dwellings to rent from 12 to 20 dollars should find it profitable, as there is virtually no vacant space and only one house currently unoccupied due to the owner being away.
Daily notes growing mining trade and a potential railroad through the Salt River Valley. Authors envision swift population and agricultural expansion once ingress and egress improve. Snow runoff promises ample irrigation water, sustaining crops. Tucson ends a tense election with C. M. Strauss winning as mayor.
Last Sunday night a mine relocation near Dos Cuberis caused loud disturbances destruction of whisky and shooting incidents but no injuries reported as no one was shot. Local authorities are handling the fallout and investigating the event.
The old Mormon temple in Kirtland Ohio will be repaired and reopened by the Mormon church after years of decay and silence, signaling renewed activity at a historic site.
The Benson smelter has recently begun operations and is now turning out fifty tons of lead bullion each day, rich in silver.
Snow blankets the mountains near Tucson expanding a white landscape. The fresh coverage decorates peaks and ridges, brightening the desert backdrop and signaling an unusual winter event for the city and surrounding communities.
Telegraph reports Lucky Baldwin was shot in the corridor of the Baldwin Hotel by a woman named Panoy Baldwin. The ball pierced his arm. Baldwin, claiming kinship to the millionaire, had been teaching on his ranch in Los Angeles. Details are scarce.
A collection of brief items from Friday locals notes travel to Prescott by boat and stage as storms grip mountains. Officials discuss a first Monday in April board meeting, real estate exchange plans, and upcoming court session in Tucson. Local clergy, legislatures, and townsfolk are mentioned with various movements and minor incidents.
Weather summary courtesy of Mr Jamison shows December figures with mean maximum 83.7, mean minimum 93.7, high 94.6 on December 18, low 23.5 on December 23, average 59.05, 19 paired days, 11 clear days, and 1 cloudy day.
Phoenix Common Council meets after adjournment. Present Mayor Shaw, Brown, Kales, Smith, Recorder Campbell, Henry Garfias Marshal. Bills approved for Campbell Patton Patton and others. Council orders 20 day sale notice for remaining city property January 27 1883. Act to authorize plaza subdivision and sale. City Calahouse to be built per Brown’s specs. Meeting adjourned.
The Board of Supervisors convened with M Wormser as chairman and N Herrick and A J Halbert as members. Frank Cox was elected clerk after a vote, and Joan L Gregg was appointed Justice of the Peace for Tempe precinct. The day saw bond approvals, tax settlements, and numerous bills approved, including jury and election expenses, with adjournment to follow.
A Detroit Prep Press tale recalls a woman’s long stroll through coal stoves and lectures about base burners in a hardware shop. She flits between inquiries, returns, and plans to buy, then shifts to coal oil stoves and a vanished stock. Also reported: two rustlers shot in La Noira, one dead as Fleming identified himself Bennet, Woodbury wounded and escaping.
In Tucson another jail-break frees two burglars as the jailor is attacked and knocked senseless. Southern Territory legislators travel by rail from Albuquerque to Prescott. Rumor claims the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe has acquired the California Southern line from San Diego to Colton, with further extension to San Bernardino linking to the main line at an unspecified point.
Advertisement notes a quick complete cure for kidney bladder and urinary diseases offered for $1 and available at druggists. The phrasing resembles a historic penny press medical pitch promising fast relief. Direct sales tone emphasizes affordability and widespread accessibility.
In the San Francisco Evening Bulletin Mr Rosenthal of Rosenthal and Roesch 536 California Street says they are perfectly amazed by the sudden relief St Jacobs Oil brings for rheumatism bruises and sprains. He notes widespread knowledge of St Jacobs 611 Artemin details.
The city enjoyed a pleasant Christmas with first rate dinners at local boarders’ houses and a lively dance at city hall. The Ladies Social Club gathered for their Christmas meeting, Mr Liggit kept the saloon busy, Mr Hanna returned to Hooper & Co, and W C Pimm planned to move to Phoenix. Residents report flu and throat ailments, the sick teamster improves, and the C A S club rooms near completion expanding reading facilities for troops passing from Phoenix to Prescott. Hooper & Co received many laborers, and goods trains arrived for the company.
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