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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1898
Page
4
Camp Wikon reports General Wheeler has arrived and assumed command. Unclear plans for the 6th Cavalry march to Long Island City, with possible moves to Huntsville or Guba. Wheeler predicts the camp may be abandoned by October first.
Rebellion erupts in southern Formosa with clashes near Tai Chu and Tai Hoku as Japanese troops quell tribes amid casualties. Also noted are deaths of Rev Dr Hall in Belfast, Spanish peace commissioners named in Madrid, and sailing plans for Odd Fellows in Boston. Additional dispatches cover U S troop movements to Manila, Spanish evacuations, Aguinaldo’s Manila statement, and labor meetings in New York.
The Prescott Arizona Republican Territorial Convention convened in orderly fashion with W. Barnes presiding. Temporary officers Tiffany and Chenoweth named, credentials and organization committees appointed. J. F H Carpenter named permanent chairman, C. M Funston secretary. Brodie of Rough Riders nominated and elected delegate to congress. Central committee chosen. next meeting to be held in Phoenix.
Buckeye Arizona Sept 19 1898 Mr J L Grant and wife came from Phoenix seeking fat cattle and pasture James S Day shipped new buying machinery from the Republican convention last week Day must replant hay after a preceding crop burned in a stack a month ago Brows landed 320 acres west of the Gila Bend road and plans to ship barbed wire from Kansas City W R Blackmer surveyed the road taxes. Famand I Spain plans to move his house from his father’s ranch to a new site west of the city Since the Oregon arrival a Free Methodist preacher teaches at Collins school house Locals favor Republican county ticket and expect many straight ballots in this precinct WRB.
Edwin Emerson Jr describes a trek through Puerto Rico's sierra and valleys from Que madres to Jaguas. He camps beside a spring, forages on cherries mangos and custard apples, notes parrots and bats, then returns to a trail while his horse drinks and the hunt for food continues. The piece blends travelogue with wartime reporting and local color.
Weather shows warmer days and cool nights with near continuous sunshine and trace rain in one locality. Frosts hit Apache Navajo and Yavapai counties while Mesa wind caused property damage. Crops vary by county with alfalfa in Coconino and fair conditions in Graham. Maricopa ready for fall planting. Navajo severe frost damage to peppers corn and cane. Pima and Yavapai similar yields except corn light. overall ranges good.
A hopeful note on a Mexican Day crowds remains orderly with no arrests or disturbances. A five year old boy injured after a fall from a porch sustains an elbow fracture. community sympathy voiced. Trustees consider adding classrooms to relieve crowding inBisbee schools while highlighting ongoing improvements and the need for more space. Advertises salves and medicines sold at local drugstores.
A. Nicholas of Willcox sends the delegates home after nominating Colonel Brodie. The judge claims Brodie will sway Cochise with a false majority.
A Phoenix pharmacy advertises Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption as a cure for a months long throat illness. The patient tried six bottles and reports immediate benefit, returning to full health and work. Free trial bottles offered at the store for 50 cents and one dollar.
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