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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1884
Page
4
The Benson Herald reports a cold showery spell with local notes on Butter at Whepter’s and New potatoes at Geo F. Coxta airs. It notes the Garrick mine under new organization, a pending murder case in District Court, and arrests of Archie Mclatosi and J A Waecger for government ration issues.
Mr Alfred Burnett, famed comedian, sends everlasting good wishes and describes neuralgic head pains cured by Dr Jacob’s Oji. He notes the remedy’s popularity among friends and jokes about hiding his last bottle.
The latest attraction at Cattons News Depot features private residences and business houses in Phoenix depicted by artist C B Noe and collaborators Catrrox and Nox.
A summary of congressional actions outlines the May 3 debate on the Chinese immigration act, a commission inquiry into black progress since 1865, a proposed revival of General of the Army, and a division of the Sioux reservation. Other items include treasury note policy favoring silver certificates, a Missouri River bridge bill for Bibley Missouri, relief legislation for Myra Clark Gaines, repeal efforts of Preemption and Timber Culture laws, a prohibition state liquor tax bill, a ratified Sioux right of way agreement for the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line, and a bill targeting enclosure of more than 40 acres of land without titles.
A Vege Point Brewery proprietor notes employing many homes and barns buys Jacobs Owl for rheumatic pains and for horses ailments. He claims it is superior to all remedies and would not be without it.
Reports describe floods along the lower Mississippi causing unrest, a Dominican nun monastery opening in Newark, and expectations on the Washington monument. Includes notices of war, finance, immigration, and rail/telegraph developments, with figures on arrivals and notable events across the United States and Europe.
To the Citizens of the Territory an invitation is issued for a Phoenix meeting on May 10 at 2 pm to organize a Territorial Fair Association. The plan aims to hold annual fairs, promote agriculture horticulture viticulture and livestock, and attract exhibitors from across the territory and beyond. Committee members Frank Cor P KE Hiczry Tehant Minten invite public input and attendance to advance the valley’s resources and economy.
Across the Arizona Territory there exist hidden stone dwellings carved into cliffs. The Inter-Ocean describes a site near Magdalena in Sonora with a 4320 by 4320 foot base pyramid, 750 feet tall, a winding accessible road, and hundreds of rock chambers. Entrances open from the top, walls and ceilings show precise hewing, and hieroglyphic imagery covers surfaces. Builders are uncertain but may be ancient Aztecs Toltecs or Zuni ancestors.
The Los Angeles Herald argues the duty of citizens to stop Apache outrages and supports moving the Apaches to Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz islands near Santa Barbara. It claims island placement benefits Los Angeles by opening Apache lands for farming and mining revenues, while removing “savages” to prevent harm and boost national prosperity.
Telegraphic report from San Francisco dated April 28 describes a passenger train plunging into a river near Cyndadreal after a bridge support was found weakened by what is believed to be malicious work. Thirty-eight corpses recovered, fifty soldiers missing, with suspicion pointing to Republican sabotage. A second item notes a destructive cyclone in Darron area, killing one woman near Alexandria and destroying Jamestown, with multiple buildings demolished and several injured.
Deputy U S Internal Revenue Collector Butler reports Arizona’s Rio Salinas valley looking prosperous after an official Phoenix visit. Democratic Territorial Committee names delegates Samuel Purdy Pete Bolan W K Meade and A Baker with Baker likely chosen. G H Onary may be the second choice for national convention delegate in Chicago in August.
The post office in Phoenix Arizona lists unclaimed mail dated April 29 1884. Names include Burke Jerry Bulger John Binkley George Brown A M Brink John T Clark Philip Chester M T Cooke F W Clark Geo W Colman Miss E J Gordell H H Cousin James Davis Dempsey W B Elwood Chas Foster David gmbches Chas Handy M H Howell Henry Hill Frank R Landon R E LaMarr c T Lane J M Mullen F E Mansfield Harry Patterson Geo Price Wim Packard Annie Powwars M J Quinn Mike Reed Thomas Race G M Rector R O Rodden Phoebe Robberson a W Raymond Sarah Sauvage chas T Stanley. Call for Advertised Letters. Gro E Mowney Postmaster.
The text lists multiple Masonic lodges and their meeting times. Arizona Chapter No 1 and Arizona Lodge No 2 provide stated convocations, with officers H P Eaves and F A Suaw for the former, E Parton and W F McNulty for the latter. Phoenix Lodge No 2 meets Saturdays in Fellows Hall with N G Lixcotx and secretary J E Wanton, Garden Valley No 1 meets Monday evenings at the Presbyterian chapel with 6% L Pearson and G Al Fowter.
Arizona State Co. JAS. STEWART, Supt announces stage timetables from Phoenix. Stage to Prescott via Seymour and Wick enburg leaves at 10 a.m. Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays, returns later in the day. Daily stages to Prescott via Brick Canyon and Gillett run with return times noted. Stages to Maricopa depart Phoenix at 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., returning times listed as 9:20 a.m. and other morning times.
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