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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1897
Page
3
The Alkire Co advertises a limited time free gift program starting Saturday October 30 for 30 days. With each $2.50 purchase customers may select from glassware and graniteware gifts, described as procured in favorable circumstances and given without money or charge.
Mr Frank L Conkey of the Minnesota and Arizona Construction Co visits Safford to discuss Verde canal work expected to start after Nov 15 and the large scale preliminaries and cash outlay. James Cluff notes a mountain lumber project near Mt Graham to feed a reservoir, with completion in three months. The Needles cantilever bridge is highlighted as a major American feat and other region items include tie contracts, county lawsuits, a survey to the Grand Canyon, gas lighting for a Globe store, weather storms and snow, mine improvements at Lost Gulch, and fish distribution in Navajo County.
An advertisement urges readers to start using Schilling's Best tea and baking powder to improve cake quality and seize a chance at winning a $2000 prize, promoting enjoyment in baking and eating.
A.J. Patera W J Kingsbury and Frank Austin traveled to Phoenix on the morning train. Roy Frankenburg will begin service in the Furial delivery department at the Tempe Post Office the first. Dr H O Longmore of Meza died after a brief illness. A social gathering at the Schoreman residence and visits by W S Williams and others mark a bustling week. Football finger injury to Ben Hicks and a court case against Nicolas Olives and Esperion Garcia are noted. Municipal affairs progress slowly with the anticipated clearance of indebtedness. The Arizona Antiquarian Association locates 1500 relics at the Normal school valued around 2500. Obituaries and local society notes fill the week with transfers, incursions, elections and public notices.
A Sun correspondent warns the attorney general that Dawson City lies within U S borders and may be declared off limits for winter operations, as communications with the outside world suspend the town's status.
Boston furniture magnate Charles E Osgood famed for vast New England sales writes Sept 22 1897 praising Paine's celery compound. He credits it for rebuilding his strength after stress and fatigue and endorses it for insomnia nervous exhaustion and general debility. It highlights blood purification and nerve nourishment claims.
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