Bisbee Jottings: Local News and Weddings
A Bisbee column reports on residents and events including Frank Graf’s Castle Garden trip, Johnny Teomes heading to San Francisco, Vidal Barila’s assault sentence in Tombstone court, cattle shipments to Parker, and Tombstone lawyer Allen Ro English handling Celumit and Hecla mining matters. It notes a quiet wedding at Brewery Avenue with Devine and Lucy and details of the couple’s plans for San Francisco and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vidal Barila
Tombstone
Williams
Kucundo Loper
Allen Ro English
Iin Bisbee
Iegal
Celumut and
Hecla Mining Company
Devisx
Hannie
Harrison Brewery Avenue
Devine
Lucy
Emma
Mra
Wor
Harry
Hee Beer
See Sires
Copper Queen Company
Ker Pritchard
San Pranciero
California
Pushing Ahead At Gleeson Smelter and Mines
Wm Cowen, Sulphur Springs restaurant owner, reports Gleeson camp is advancing. A new smelter for the Gleeson property will be blown in soon. Coke supply on site and ore flow hauled to the mine. Furnace capacity twenty tons daily. Company payroll over a hundred workers now, with plans to grow as smelter runs. Ryan Bros. employ about fifty on their property and opened a rich body of carbonate ore last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm Cowen
Gleeson
Ryan Bro
Tabulated Statement of County Expenses for First Quarter
A historical county report lists expenses for the first quarter of 1900s. It details salaries for Supervisors and Clerk, and costs by offices such as Assessor, District Court, Sheriff, District Attorney, Probate Court, Justices Courts, and miscellaneous items. It also includes legal fees, road and bridge costs, hospital repairs, treasurer and recorder offices, and schools. The document shows numerous line items with specific dollar amounts and individual fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oftain
Bishee
OK Williams
Dosle
Geo B Wilcox
Amile Kane
Ramon Dorado
Tarragon
Nick Angus
N Thomas
Ataile Reso
Biebee
Recorder's
Dust Costly Metal A Few of the Rare Metals
A brief note highlights a few rare metals showing high value due to scarcity. Industry analysts discuss potential applications and market demand for these metals, noting limited production and rising prices.
Metals Valuations Highlight Extreme Market Prices
A 19th century copperplate style note lists metal values with gold at 3408 pounds and silver at 13 dollars per pound, while numerous other metals like chromium tellurian coat, asnium, rirk ep, and niobium fetch hundreds to thousands per pound. It cites rare metals such as radium at 11,200 pounds and vanadium at 15,000, concluding with a 1845 discovery metal valued at 75,000 per pound, vastly exceeding gold or silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greta
Shorstiam
Didyman
Are You a Buffalo New Order Recruits From All Classes
A chaotic excerpt describes the “Buffalo” order recruitment and initiation rites, humorously detailing social tests, handshakes, and penalties. It notes a penny and dollar interaction, then mocks secrecy and social drinking rules. It mentions garlic usage in the United States and a Willcox business deal where Col Mike Uhl sold his interests to Koewler and Johnson for about thirteen thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Buffaloes
Socia Converer
Bofalo
Buffalo
Willcox
Mike Uhl
Koewler & Johnson
Niwa
Remarkable Number Combinations Noted by Prof Hall
Professor Asaph Hall highlights sequences of digits that produce words when mapped to letters. Examples include 139 in 2 equals 11 and 12829 in 4 equals 11, with many lines forming names like HALL and LILIELL. The patterns mix arithmetic with alphanumeric letter mappings.
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Asaph Hall
Iatiention
Hall
Knight of many orders introduces himself in New York
A stranger in Broadway meets a well-dressed man who declares his title knightly orders. The exchange includes a dramatic assertion of identity as Sir Franc Duffy and the retort that his name is Michael Murphy, with Chicago Inter O24 noted.
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Broadway
New
Isa
Moor
Franc Duffy
Michael Murphy
Chicago
Inter O24
Town News and Trade Notes From a Pueblo Ledger
Thursday editions report Payapo fodians selling ware in town and local cargo travel. Gossip on newspaper influence, town trees along the roadway, and editors inspecting Tucson ties. Nogales residents journeying east amid freight to Troy, with a large belt advertisement found and to be returned for a fee.
Withold Condemnation In Arizona Mines Disprove Theory
A fragmented historical note discusses Arizona mining prospects and their changing values with depth. It cites the Great Congress, Fortune, King, Croward King, and Pearce mines, illustrating how depth affected worth and signaling broader claims about mineral potential in Arizona.
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Arizone
Congress
Arizona
King of Arizona
Croward King
Pearce
Cnn
Costs of beverages per capita in the United States
The text notes that Americans spend about 44 per person daily on beverages, with $1,228,671,935 total spend. About 86 percent goes to alcoholic stimulants, including beer at 50 percent, whiskey 20 percent, and wine 4 percent. When tea and coffee use is reduced, coffee would still exceed other drinks in gallons consumed, at 1,257,886,296 gallons, while beer leads at 1,221,500,160 gallons as its main competitor.
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United States
Wwe
Arizona's Chances for Great Mineral Investment Rise
The pact weeks ago opened the way for millions in investment as mining strikes in Arkons and sales of the territory's leading producers signal further expansion. East coast buyers and corporate reps seek to install thousands of dollars in machinery, promising a substantial rise in Arizona's mineral output next year.
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Arkons
Arizons
Bejeaus style cowboy shoots in Hackberry town
Hackberry Arizona dispatch reports Bill Eppercon, a cowpuncher from the Bejeaus outfit, visited a young woman named Mica Daisy Racker. In a moment with a six-shooter, his gun fired, striking her in the side and wounding her. Eppercon’s own condition is described as serious.
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Ariz
Bill Eppercom
Iedy
Mica
Daisy Racker
Eppersen
Tombstone News Fragment Teems With Local Happenings
A pocked page reports Tombstone and Deming area events, including visitors from Bisbee, rail and mine news, a Pan American prep, a jail yard execution in Prescott, and school funding notes. Mentions McCabe Miners, Mining Exchange, Fairbank game challenge, and library progress as observers note community developments.
Orlwell Opera Incident and Douglas Shooting Fallout
A chaotic scene unfolds as a man fired on a crowd near Funkville, wounding a laborer who suffered severe injuries and is hospitalized. Witnesses report confusion and police say a crazed individual shot at a Douglas location then killed himself, leaving a chaotic aftermath.
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Douglas
Weiment
Laborers Brought From Nogales For Railroad Camp
About 200 Mexican laborers from Nogales arrived at Fairbank to work on the railroad camp along the new Southwestern Route to Macorar. They replace striking workers as the railroad contractor moves crews. Earlier, roughly 190 more Mexicans were transported via Bisbee, totaling about 390 brought from Sonora in the past week for the railroad grades along the line.
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Fairbank
Nogales
Southwestern
Macorar
Sonora
Bisbee
Minister Advises Against Overworking Yourself
A Kanone County minister cautions against overworking, suggesting fatigue behind delays in county editors and slow town governance. The statement hints at broader state pressures affecting productivity and public service pace.
Government Patent Citations Rise Amid Global Shifts
Government patent records show an uptick in citations as markets pivot. Analysts note stronger emphasis on American innovations while international rivals push rapid advances across sectors.
No clear article headline from fragmented text
Fragmentary OCR text discusses military discipline and potential court martial in a turbulent wartime setting. The passage mentions South Africa, arms, and a problematic warning, but lacks coherent details about people, dates, or organizations to establish a concrete event or outcome.
Bless Piers’ view on Ari cons strikes and prosperity
The Bless Piers notes Ari cons as gaining world wide repute with strikes that differ from Eastern States worries. An Arizonan strike is described as making a man prosperous and happy and increasing the world’s supply of riches.
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Piers
Remarkable survivor faces cancer risk and reckless global growth
A dramatic, if fragmented, recount describes a man who survived a horse kick, a shark attack, Malay pirates, a waterspout, and a three day starvation after a miner’s fall. The piece then shifts to claim the tongue as the sole defense against cancer, and ends with a plea for the world to stop growing.
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New York
Phoenix lawyer pays bill. clothes exchanged in alleged incident
A vacation attorney and his client in Phoenix last week were involved in a dispute over payment. Constable McDonald agreed to return the lawyer’s clothes in exchange for settling the bill. The account was reportedly settled promptly.
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Phoenix
McDonald
Bank of Clifton Seeks Charter Amid Turmoil
The Bank of Clifton faces a transfer of control as Clifton seeks a new national bank charter. A string of misread transcripts and odd quotes appears, with references to local towns and a sheriff's seizure of jewels and other wealth following a death.
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Bank of
Clifton
Landen National Bank of
el Pas
National Bank For
Train service details on Philadelphia and Rout ing lines
The fragment describes a train service on the Philadelphia and Rout ing company lines covering 554 miles between Atlantic City and Camden at a specified speed. It mentions nine trips in the United States with a rate of one hour per mile, though the text is garbled and uncertain.
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Toe Ewilter
United States
Philadelphia & Routing Company
Atlantic City
Camden
Lee
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Frank Graf
Castle
Booneing
Johnny Teomes
Capitol
Mondey
Sen Fraceieeo
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George Spindle
Sweet & Blodger
Pakerafield
Ah Franciecomm
Mms
Bate
Don Luis
Harkness
Biler
Graf C
Lopes Stillmen
Gib Johnston
Twomey Jocking
Moresa Howe
Ruppert Derse
Bledroe
Son District
Janes
New Order
To Ie
O Gibson m
Frank Betas
Victori Urs
Nozels
Arroys
Toros
Republicas
Hen E. Perkins
St. Joins
Herald
Tucson
Gisbee
Fred Herrera
Atlanturops
Egypt
Troy Company Bao
Grande
Troy
Withold Condemnation
Mohave County
Fritay
Deries
Jain
OL At Deming
Ing
Mexico
Ariz Ne
Manila
Jase Stilmen
McCabe Miners’ Uaiva
Ya County
Wester Frulsration of
Minera
Mining Exchange Hall
Ioe Lordebarg
Saya
HH Mears
Sanday
WH McKistring
Kansas
MN Anderson
Wein
Willcot
Johns
Beseun Pubsic School
Horton
Cara
Tanslit
Nizhte
Funkville
Orbello
Bellion War Office
South Africa
Enix
Rough Riders
Colorado Spring
Juzem
Ancona
Prescott
Mre
Kobi
Pooentz
Isil
Ins
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