Mines and town life mix in Tombstone district report
Two more bars of bullion came up from Oso Negro during the week. Col Herring and Allen R English returned from Tucson Thursday. Several disciples of Black Stone are in Tucson court. The wife and child of Emil Sydow visit relatives east. Plans advance to start W K Meade mines work Bisbee lively and growing. Silver hits a multi year high near 100 dollars. City council notes and local events fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oso Negro
Emil Sydow
W. K. Meade
Bisbee Copper Camp Life From Rain to Smelters
A vivid tour of Bisbee Arizona detailing the copper mine camp along the San Pedro route. It notes the climb into the cafton town, bustling streets, three active smelters, loud furnaces, molten metal, and vivid night scenes. It mentions Ben and Lewis Williams enforcing order, three fraternal lodges, and Sheriff Slaughter’s Daly manhunt continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Sam Hill
Essiow
Eafon
Bisbee
Pacific Slope
Ben Williams
Lewis Williams
Knights of Pythias
Patriotic Order Sons of America
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Arivaipa Mines described as vast Arizona wealth prospects
Good authority details the Arivaipa mines in the Santa Theresa foothills near Willcox with access roads to a planned smelter site. It notes abundant argentiferous lead and copper ores, nearby coal fields, favorable geology, and preparations by Arivaipa Mining Company of New York to build roads, houses, and a camp for about 50 workers with a furnace planned by September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arivaipa
Santa Theresa Mountains
Graham
Galiuro
Graham County
Willcox
Globe
Eureka
Dunlap’s
Mt. Turnbull
Arizona
Deer Creek
White Mountain
San Carlos
Grant
Thomas
Hooker
Carlsbad
Bohemia
Alex. Trippel
Arivaipa Mining Company
New York
Shaw Easton
Globe Silver Belt
Knights of Pythias Lodge Instituted in Bisbee
A Tombstone delegation led by W D Monmonier established Rathbone Lodge No. 10 in Bisbee. Twenty charter members received the three degrees after long sessions, with G A Phelps and John G Pritchard among officers, followed by a banquet at Can Can restaurant. The Bisbee lodge is expected to grow strong with local citizens backing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. McPherson
Thos. McCafferty
Tombstone
Jas. McPherson
A. Ashman
Gees Nen Ale Cochise Bh. & T. Co SA
Clek
Daly
Copper Queen Company
P.O. S.of A
Bisbee
Sonora
Andy Oak
Rathbone
Knights of Pythias
W. D. Monmonier
Geo. J. Meyers
T. A. Atchison
Chas. Tribolet
J. B. Friedman
George W. Swain
William Barron
Geo. F. Meek
C. C
John Rees
V. C
Robert LeRoy
R A. Holmes
Koof Ro
T. W. Stack
Robert Rowland
J. Pennepacker
E. V. Allen
J. G
Swan
Rathbone Lodge
No. 10
Tombstone Boys
Tombstone tops St Davids by 25 to 1 in hard clash
Baseball notes recount Tombstone defeating St Davids 25 to 1 after a rough first inning. St Davids played short handed and listless while Tombstone plans training for future matchups. Local clubs tease a Tucson trip offer and a mining incident earns jail time for Thomas Forgette. An accident injures Franz Bauer. gold value calculations end with a cubic yard price and a massive final cube.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Davids
Tombstone
Tombone
Tucson
Grand Lodge K. of P
Fort Lowell
Penitent Jottings on superstition and military fraud
The writer rails against pervasive superstition led by a California promoter Schweinfurth and parades disbelief in omens and lucky numbers. He notes investigations in army and navy exposing court martial misconduct, pay fraud, and duplicitous accounting, lamenting that punishment is rarely carried out and private life is harsher than prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Ilinois
Schweinfurth
Oakland Cranks
Illneis Hog
United States
Army
Navy
Kieh
Tsay
Inventor of Auto Card Shuffler Garners WorldPraise
A spoofed apologia extols an Englishman as the new genius behind an automatic card shuffler and a portable powderless battlefield hole. The piece mocks military needs and American inventors, praising rapidity of action and technological marvels for poker rooms and warfare alike with satirical zeal.
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Elisonac
Morse
Ike Partington
United States
United States Army
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Fairbank
L. B. Wai O Burt
Methodist Church
Times
Times Building
Col. Herring and
Allen R English
Blackstone
Aerate
I C.C. F
Wier
City Recorder
Professor Wood
Schieffelin Hall
E. Storm
Santa Fe
L. D. Manstio
Episcopal Church
Fort Huachuca
Thoms
Mammoth Thureday
Mr. Thomas
Mammoth
Uruay
Torquois
Fisher
Stanner
Lippert
Prindiville
B- Mors
Lipper
A. Durward
Lowther
Lowher
Lowter
Bishep Ledger
OS of A
R W. Wood
Cheyney
Fred Castle
Hudson's Ranch
Wes. Fuller
Protection Hose Company
Mining Exchange Hall
Wood
L. D. Mansfield
St. Paul's Church
Hawke
Slaughter
Harris
K. OF P. AT
Thomas Forgette
Easton
Tomas
Paquale Nigro
Franz Bauer
A. Bauer
Bauer
America
Ndersakers
Pioneer Establishment
Ritter
Allem Street
O. K. Corral
Frary & Co
O. K
Ailen Walker
Andersen
K W Alexander
John G Amalog
James L Alger
J W Bingham
James Little
E Johnson
P S
ROYAL
Royal Baking Powder CO
Wail St
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