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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1883
Page
4
A new editor H Gordon Yempie joins the Welekly Herald. Reports discuss railroads in Alurka and depopulation in Sevrist Swiss Districts due to emigration. Old turquoise mines near Albuquerque are noted, while further Apache murders in Coc.ase county are referenced and New Mexicans compare state laws to Arizona.
The report notes apples are plentiful in Leavenworth Kansas and offered at twenty five cents per pound, with buyers urged to send them along.
The report asserts the Thorndile party was attacked by Indians rather than Mexicans as Sosona faced invasion and distress.
Bowlans and AlcGowax, previously reported missing after the assault on the Page and Thorndike party in Sonora, have been found dead. The discovery confirms fatalities from the incident, aligning with earlier fears and prompting official inquiries.
Widespread concern over the Tos Creek Indians and a growing war has led to calls for government measures to end the conflict. Critics complain the troop movement to Fort Hunchuen was slow, taking six hours to cover twelve miles, though the route through unknown country isn’t specified.
Brernes T Gacx and Judson M Carey, tasked to meet Horace Greeley in 1650, served as pallbearers at the funeral of noted driver Hank Bonk, honoring his memory at the service.
The passage of a Council of State act in France signals a move to adopt bimetal currency. This policy trend is expected to pass the lower house and spread across Europe, suggesting a continental shift away from single metal monetary standards.
A telephon work connected New York and Cleveland across zero miles, with aimed to link New York and Chicago soon. The improvement relies on a copper and steel wire offering reduced resistance, enabling longer distance communication.
The ramic plant or vegetable silk plant is rapidly increasing in Louisiana and the southern states. It is said to be nearly indistinguishable from silk in fabric and may soon rival the silkworm silk industry. Doubts remain about successful cultivation here in the valley near the JetHude of the north Seeeest tree of Pantefonn.
Reports say Thorndyke and a Mexican companion were killed after a narrow escape days earlier. Dibble, J. C. Bate and others also fell to the fighting with Apaches. Fifteen lives lost in six days as Cochise citizens arm themselves seeking peace. Indian agents warned to keep wards on reserves amid rising violence.
A fragmented note describes a tariff system likened to a passport scheme, imposing ad valorem duties on goods entering port. It mentions duties determined by value and a second charge if goods are destined for the United States rather than Mexico. The wording is garbled but centers on import duties.
The piece describes customs penalties for manifest errors and fines collected by officials, with half going to informers. It notes freights from New Orleans New York or San Francisco to Mexico at high markups, and claims European merchants oppose the U S reciprocity treaty, aiming to block its passage.
Our dispatches report murders in the southern Arizona territory linked to Indians possibly from toward Mexico. Eight killed, four buried at Charleston Cochise county. Calls for swift, decisive action by citizens or governor to suppress the threat and end the raids.
A letter warns leading journals that mass mailings of grand claims are dismissed for money. The writer mocks the lure of glory, saying in a blunt climate money and comfort matter more than titles. Eastern glamour is noted, but backwoods pragmatism prevails in chasing cash.
A Ster article discusses the rigors of journalism emphasizing suppression decisions and fearless public reporting. It argues editors must submerge personal feeling, present cold facts, and publish latest events at sunrise to serve the public interest.
A chaotic dispatch from Cuaruston Arizona details an Apache attack on Clark's coal ramp in the Huachuca mountains. Four men, two Americans and two Mexicans, are killed. a hunter named Childs saves others, and Charleston residents honor him with a rifle. Reports also describe further Apache killings at the Whetstone area and ongoing military responses at Fort Huachuca and nearby camps.
An advertisement extols Samaritan Nervine as a universal remedy for convulsions, hysteria, apoplexy, female weakness, uterine complaints, gravel, and insomnia. It also claims to curb drunkenness and opium eating by soothing nerves, restoring vigor, and eradicating disease germs from the system.
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