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Newspaper

Tombstone Epitaph

Location

Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1919

Page

3

Eleventh Texas Crude well hits Burkburnett lease

The Texas Crude Oil company’s eleventh producing well was brought in this morning on its Burkburnett lease. Output is estimated at 300 to 600 barrels but awaiting accurate gauging. 2800 feet of pipe line connected to storage tanks and equipment is on site to achieve steady operation within days. Additional drilling planned in Burkburnett townsite and other sites across Ranger, Goose Creek, Humble, West Columbia. nine producers now active, one gassing.

Texas Crude Oil Fort Worth Texas Texas Crude Oil Company Loehoefner and Schwager Burkburnett Ranger Mitchell County Goose Creek Humble West Columbia Coyde Peyton Blan Hood County Calhoun Norwood

Arizona's Own Troops Return to Homeland New York

April 16 report details the steamship Ohioan bringing 1595 troops from Bordeaux, including the 401 division with detachments from California, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. Also aboard the Calamares are 2037 Army personnel from the Stat division and multiple unit detachments, plus military police, engineers, and support staff destined for camps in Devens, Dix, Dodge, and Punster.

New York Bordeaux 401 Division National Guards of California Utah Nevada Colorado Arizona New Mexico 168Th Infantry 25Th Sanitary Trai Kearny Grant Gordon Shelby Dodge Funston Sherman Meade Pike Jackson Dix Devens Stat Division Geo Wiliams H. Johnson St. Nazaire Calamares Washington Oregon Idaho Montana Wyoming Amazon Pratat Joe Kearses Lewis Punston 210Th Engineers Campe Devens Dodge Pension Lewis and Kearney Military Police

PLAN VICTORY CELEBRATION IN PHOENIX FOR RETURNING SOLDIERS

Anz a prime ar rangements are nearing completion for a victory celebration and reception in Phoenix to honor returning soldiers sailors and marines from the great war. The exact date will be announced when Arizona’s 168th infantry arrival day is known. The event will include a military parade field sports music barbecue speeches by prominent men and evening entertainment with possible additional features.

Phoemia, Anz Phoenix Arizona 168Th Infantry 158Th

Relief for Stockmen Through Arizona Vaccination Program

Arizona stockmen gain access to state supplied Black Leg vaccine and Hog Cholera serum under legislative action. State Veterinarian RJ Hight secured germ free vaccines. Black Leg dose costs about 17 cents per bottle, varying with bottle size. Hog Cholera serum costs vary by dose and hog size. The program aims to cut losses from Black Leg and Cholera, with emphasis on prompt treatment and local administration.

Arizona State Live Stock Sanitary Board RJ. Hight Hochotera Auth Tles Lothia Phoenix

Ten year old boy fatally struck by car near Tempo road

Francisco Cruz, ten year old son of Jesus Cruz, a blacksmith on Tempo road, was run down and killed by an automobile in front of his father's shop. Coroner Wheelys announced an inquest for tomorrow afternoon as the boy died at 3 oclock this morning from concussion of the brain after being taken to a Phoenix hospital.

Nunual Auto Phoenix Ariz Francisco Cruz Jesus Cruz Wheelys Wo & Hospital

Hints For Housewives Protect Books From Meld

Household tips advise placing drops of lavender oil in a closed bookcase to prevent mold in damp weather when the home is empty for summer. An ingenious towel rack uses two coal hooks bent into loops and a broom handle with nails to grip and support books, creating a simple literature storage aid.

Albrars

Rambling Rambler Bag Ritual and Hidden Key Tale

In a humorous exchange Shirley Mason and Mrs. Housewife debate finding a lost key. Shirley mocks seeking a ribbon on the clasp while recounting a makeshift method of placing a lad der upright in a hole, filling it with earth and tying plant tendrils for support, a rustic home scene with gardening imagery.

Shirley

Finishing Braid Comparison and Cost Fact Sheet

The Battenberg braid is noted as superior to other finishing braids and usable anywhere a finishing braid is needed. It costs about one fifth as much, with a typical bolt priced at 35 cents for thirty six yards. It wears well, looks good, and stitches easily with a guiding open edge.

Hammock Comfort Tips From Historic Summer Notes

Advice for shade and rest in a hot season advising to hang a hammock under a weed and place a second old hammock above three to four feet, sew on upper berth mosquito netting, and secure tails with pins to create a ground-safe screen against flies and mosquitoes.

Frame For Crimson Rambler Climbs On A Lattice

A lone author describes building a frame or lattice for a crimson rambler to climb. He recalls neighbors busy with work, cites fashioning the structure himself, using a weather beacon lad and an old angle tree, and notes pride in the result despite rough work and mixed tools.

Hubby Owas

Globe News Boy Arrives in Clifton for Eye Operation

Alec Zivde, eight year old Globe News boy, arrived unaccompanied at Clifton Hotel with a card to Dr Ho W Swigert. The doctor learned his Armenia family finances only cover part of an eye operation and will take him to Denver for treatment at his own expense, aiming to save the boy’s sight.

Ameton Ariz Alec Zivde Aremulan News Lobe Arizona Clifton Hotel Ho O W. Swigert Globe

Emergency Napkin Rings From A Forgotten Genius

Fragmentary text describes a design for napkin rings made from pasted paper to mark napkins. It mentions making nine paper fingers per napkin and shaping an envelope with cuts, yielding a decorative yet impractical device. The passage reads like a misplaced notebook idea rather than a completed article.

Arizona Weekly Industrial Review highlights road aid and industry

The report notes $500000 in federal road funds for Maricopa county this year and expected benefits from Arizona's water code. It lists resumed operations at Prescott Franco American Copper near Mayer, a $50000 bank form for farmers in Chandler, and a $1750.09 highway construction readiness for July. Other items mention school bond plans, new theater on Broad Street, and various regional industrial activities including copper works, mills, and water projects.

Phoenix Maricopa Arizona Prescott-Franco-American Copper Company Mayer Chandler

Russians Deny Bolshevik Tendencies in Glendale Colony

A Turkish daily report from Phoenix, Arizona, claims Russian farmers near Glendale are Bolshevik in tendency, a denial from the colony stating they seek to avoid politics. A dispute with Mike Papoff is noted, while W. W. Pope asserts he is no Bolshevist and came to America 15 years ago. The piece mentions Molokan elders guiding youth draft resistance and a later parade of six draft-evading Russians discharged from service.

Arizoma Russ Phoenix Ariz Glendale Mike Papoff Papoff W. W. Pope America Papom Prescott Fort Fort Handace Glen

Ft Grant School Report Details Rebuilding and Staffing Plans

Andrew Baumert Jr chair of the state institutions commission issued the Ft Grant industrial school report to Governor Campbell. The document recommends rebuilding the girls dormitory on the cottage plan, employing instructors with certificates, restricting arrivals to those committed to the institution, and medical exams for few arrivals after inspections at Ft Grant and Whittier California.

Phoenix Ariz Ft. Grant Campbell Andrew Baumert Ue Commission of State Baumert Arizona Cxitornia State School Whittier

Postmaster Examination Scheduled for Winkelman Arizona

The United States Civil Service Commission announces a competitive exam for Winkelman Arizona to fill the postmaster position. The salary is 1400 dollars annually. The exam will be held in Hayden Arizona on May 21 1919. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, reside within the delivery area, and have reached at least 21 but not 65 years old by exam day.

Phoenix Ariz Winkelman United States Civil Service Commission Hayden Arizona Ths Citifien United States

Cowboy makes fortune from new oil fields report

Distant gossip from Wichita Falls, Texas reaches Denson Arizona about Bod Johnson formerly with the Roqalitas Cattle Co striking it rich in new oil fields. Mrs Campbell of Phoenix is noted as loan chairwoman announced April 15 for the Macopa County Victory Levy committee.

Trial of Pain Set for Today in Federal Court

Phoenix April 16 The trial of Jesse C Pain formerly a special agent of the general land office based at Santa Fe is set for this afternoon in federal court. Pain is charged with misusing government funds entrusted to him. His case has been postponed through several sessions over the past year due to various circumstances.

Phoenix Ariz Jesse C. Pain General Land Office Santa Fe Pain

Clark Demands Salary From Deputy Land Commissioner

Ben R. Clark, deputy state land commissioner in Phoenix, seeks 2000 annual pay under Senate bill 98. State Auditor Boyce denies the claim, citing the old 2700 salary and asserting Senate bill 98 is not state law. Attorney General Wiley Jones’ opinion supports that Senate bill 98 is an amendment with pay provisions for certain officials.

Phoenix Ariz Ben R. Clark State Land Wiley Jones

Phoenix Seeks Next Good Roads Meeting

Phoenix, Ariz., April 14. Phoe aics today placed an early bid for the next national good roads convention opening Monday at Mineral Wells, Tex. Robert A. Kirk said he could not attend but wired Secretary Rountree urging Phoenix as the next meeting site. Several other cities in this and neighboring states were pursuing the event.

Phoenix Ariz Phoeaics Mineral We Tex Robert A. Kirk Kirk Rountree Association

Cook to be tried under Mann Act in Tucson

Reuben R. Cook, Tucson banker, arrested on a Mann Act charge, appeared before US Commissioner Henke and had hearing continued to April 24. He is free on bond while Maude Pearce, alleged brought from Los Angeles, is held as a material witness.

Phoenix Ariz Reuben RR. Cook Tucson United States Henke Ball Maude Pearce Cook Los Angeles

Better Roads for Southwest Are Objective

Southwest Texas seeks a strong turnout at the Mineral Wells congress from April 24 to 29 to push the national good roads program. The San Antonio Chamber urges delegates as Texas and neighboring states plan large delegations. Arizona officials expect 60 delegates and discuss a military highway route through key towns to coast.

San Antonio Texas Mineral Wella Chamber of Commerce Houston United States Good Roads Association Arizona Mineral Welle A. H. Gardner Tombstone Cochise Gardner Douglas Bisbee Teeson Phoenix Pacific Coast

Victory Loan Drive Meeting Called in Bisbee

Bisbee Arizona April 16 J N Gaines Cochise county Liberty Loan chairman calls a meeting of Warren district businessmen at the Commercial club to plan a vigorous launch of the Victory Liberty Loan campaign and determine the fastest means to raise Cochise county quota in the impending drive.

Bisbee Ariz Sith Liberty Joan J. N. Gaines Liberty Loan Committee Warren Cochise Commercial Club Gaines

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