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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1883
Page
4
Official paper edition dated May 16 1883. Brief government notices, legal items, and local updates appear across this issue with standard notices and community information. No sensational events identified. focus remains on public notices and routine records.
Mr. J. M. Ellis visits Cov, a Miniaux singe carries passengers, Ruben’s store shows upgrades, and local tradesmen like Henshaw and McDowell are mentioned. Reports include ranch work, a new Wright’s Motel at Wickenburg, and various shops, services, and upcoming rail and light company talks across Phenix and surrounding towns.
A Mesa City guided exploration examines an ancient Aztec style ditch system known as the Mormon tehh. The ditch runs from Salt River above Jonesville, climbs the mesa to water arable lands, with five branches feeding cultivable soil over forty square inches. The authors discuss possible erosion or subterranean actions altering the river level and lament the lack of thorough exploration of the Salt River ruins.
Whipple yard opened bids for furnishing four items to the Department. Bids show varying quantities of pounds and prices from multiple bidders including Maxwell Norton Hayden Turman and others. No bids were received for Fort Thomas and Courier notes the outcome.
Greenman Croon is stirring matters among the Indians on the Mexico side and Hers on the southeastern border of the Territory warns of a central eruption of the sewages.
The boomerang, a hard wood weapon from Australia, is shaped like an arm bent at right angles and sharpened on one edge. Makers form rough outlines by foot positions, then shape the sides to fit a curved form. When hurled misdirects return, causing serious wounds or killing large animals with integral deceit and force.
The Pennsylvania railroad company adopts a blue print method that uses a chemical wash on paper to produce perfect white copies of drawings, grasses, leaves, or feathers within minutes. Frames hold the design, with exposure by sun or electric light, enabling rapid duplication for maps, plans, and architectural drawings.
The text details rules for continuing or discontinuing newspapers and penalties for nonpayment or theft. It mentions that non-subscribers who never notify may be deemed to wish to continue, publishers may combine issues if subscriptions are unpaid, and neglecting to take papers can be treated as fraud. Moving without informing the publisher and receiving papers elsewhere is addressed, as is the notion that refusing periodicals or discarding papers can evidence intentional fraud. Affected individuals may face criminal proceedings with penalties tied to subscription amounts.
A garbled notice urges voters to respond to subscription dues in Henan and plans to inform friends. The quirkily phrased plea complains about income and securing basic needs, promising a simple meal and a replacement shirt.
A visitor suggests renaming the town to Gem of the Desert praising its gardens and water features. The note compares several Arizona city names and endorses a flourish that highlights the area as a sparkling gem amid desert gravel.
The John Iowell Mining Milling and Smellips Company asserts the Prescott mining region is the richest in the west, portraying the area as a proven wealth source to the world.
Confidential telegraph reports from El Paso discuss General Crook’s encounter with a larger Apache force and possible danger. Additional items cover a San Francisco choral society concert, pooling shifts on railroad lines, a hotel owner’s health, a Perry Landing shooting, a Madison train collision report, and Southern business delegates arriving in Texas with eight cars from Georgia and Mississippi.
The article notes Mrs. Gov Trivle and children leaving for California via the AL& PB reed with the Governor accompanying them to Tub-on Horton's visit east. Tombstone offers twenty five cent baths. Geo Trestwelk of Photiix reports the Ari nota Central mine operating profitably though no reserves yet touched. A sun day slogging contest failed to appear. The valley and Tempe city faring well with rail link promised to Prescott and north, inviting exchange between Salt River and Tombstone residents.
A garbled 1883 letter list includes names such as Bush Chas HS Black J P Basser Joseph Conway Conley Colleins Funk Barry Burrell Toh P pergeage and many others with uncertain spellings. The fragment mentions "Spanish" Jenaia Alvares and various names like Michael Buesetin Luis Lara and Ramon Salazar in a chaotic roster.
Monday session with Mayor Bhaw and councilors Kayes and Smith, Marshal Gafins, and Reporter Camphe. Citizens petition to abolish Chinese laundries. marshal enforces ordinance. Gas franchise committee Reed? C. D. Poston and overs refused. Registered bills include Campbell fees $50, W. Gurtias $89, Porter & Milly $50. G. P. Wereriti petition for $35 monthly sprinkling aid. Sale of PS Pearcy lot and related payments discussed. Reender to finalize arrangements.
Aficionados describe Mir Patton’s plan to build a large fine dwelling on a fertile valley farm near Merro Novinger. The property spans 320 acres with a substantial two-story house and observatory offering distant views of Phavitz and surrounding fields. The piece notes thriving crops, strong farmer enterprise, and local praise for Brien’s Century notes and Zabuskies lecture.
A misformed promotional notice claims a free remedy for sins and youth errors. It directs readers to send an envelope to Reverend Joseph P. Inman at station D New York City to receive the advertised treatment.
The fragment describes notices from Gordon Brethers, Derupers And Wailors, San Francisco, about orders not to be executed, samples for self-measurement, and various local ad claims. It includes dated references to April 1882, prices for milk delivery, and multiple unaffiliated product ads such as Damiana Bitters and Phenix Cash Store promotions.
An OCR fragment lists Wm. G. Hooper & Co as agents for Daminas Bitters and promotes Boca Beer and Germaniy Beer Hall. It touts cures for kidney and urinary diseases, sexual impotence, and general health tonics, naming Dagiana elixirs and various products as available from drogrists. It includes references to theater proprietors, private boxes on Main Street, and a nightly performance schedule around 8 PM.
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