Vulture Mine Robbery Tale Recalled From Arizona Past
A Phenix Press chronicle recalls a 19th century stage robbery near Wickenburg and the Vulture mine, where mail and bullion were seized by four marked men. Details trace the loot, hidden bars, pursuit, and eventual arrests, with the tale ending as a new company resumes mining.
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Phenix
Vulture
Wickenburg
Southern Pacific
Mericoa
Phoenix
Nice Phoenix
Robert Heale Keor
Cowboy
Cook Range
Prescott
Peeuiz
Ope Evans
Eva
Adibe Bouw
Adams Street
Second Avenue
Businesinge
Army drafts new pistol with rapid-fire mechanism
An Army ordinance report from Washington details a new revolver pattern pistol described as the most efficient thin fret found. It fires at 116 shots per minute, and American officers have demonstrated the weapon. An order for 1,900 units was placed for thorough testing before wider adoption.
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Washington
Douglass Items and Local Notices from Douglass
A brisk April 24, 1901 update from Douglas details arrivals and visits by Mr Brandt of Philadelphia and Jobo Slaughter, plus movement of horses and cattle through Nogales and Mexico. The note mentions train travel, Bisbee livery earnings from ten parsons, and local milling law provisions on fees for county recorders.
Seaport for Arizona II under way aims to unlock water route
The plan envisions a ship canal from the lower Colorado River to the Gulf, with Southern Pacific backing to connect Guaymas Yuma and western Mexico to expand western trade. Capital limits stalled progress, but a sea route could open vast northern Arizona territory to markets.
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Arison
William
Gulf of Cabi
Republican
Rado
Gulf
Unil
Inmense
Southern Pacific Company
Mexico
California
Meinland
Southern Pacific
Guaymas
Guaymac
Arizons
Lower
Jalifornis
Yuma
Pacife
Hanged suspect stays execution on probable cause stay
In the care of Thomas Hart, sen tenced to hang Mey Uzeh for the murder of bat, Du Vaur, Hart's attorney, Judge Davie, was obtained from Judge Sirnot a certificate of probable cause which operates as a stay of execution pending an appeal to the supreme part of the territory.
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Thomas Hart
Mey Uzeh
Bat
du Vaur
Hart
Davie
Sirnot
Yuma Benth
Euety
Smallpox Near Epidemic Spreads to Cochise and Pearce
A smallpox outbreak is reported in Cochise with five cases under quarantine after a stranger brought the disease. One case has appeared in Pearce and residents fear exposure. Meanwhile Maricopa County votes to allocate funds to aid the President's Phoenix reception.
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Cochise
Pearce
Maricopa
Arizona Invention by Beverly Herndon Described
A Scientific American notice details an Arizona invention by Beverly Herndon. It describes a device with an S-shaped arm ring and spring, designed to fit over a finger ring and extend laterally. The cutter attaches to the ring, enabling convenient use.
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Arizona
Beverly P. Herndon
Big real estate deal expands Greece holdings in Sonora
CGreece closes on a vast transfer near the Sonora line adding about 300000 acres to his holdings. The property, formerly part of California and Meziog Da, shifted in a ten day Mexico race with an implied $1,000,400 involved. The new land sits adjacent to Met on the ekleothe ae, with options secured on thousands of acres of range country, extending his domain into a broad empire of miles.
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W Cgreece
Sonora
California & Meziog da
MeGreene
Mexico
Met
Tombstone Western Mail Schedule and Local Notes
Thursday’s Daily John Simmerse reports on A&B E B R schedule changes affecting Tombstone mail arrival times, mining matters, and local traffic. Blasting helps grade for a new combination site with 12 to 15 workers. School ends earlier this term with a May Sed closing day exercise. A Phoenix Republican tale about a Prescott mother and chloroform is noted. An electric plant is planned on upper Salt River to transmit power to Globe. Local travel includes Mike Nagant and Brivy’s trading, with multiple visitors and stagecoaches. A missing word contest debuts, and Richard Clawson, once believed dying, shows slow recovery. Arch ie and baby arrive from New York as a jockey joins a hotel party.
Ancient Mowry mine ready for syndicate revival
A syndicate forms to reopen the ancient Mowry mine in the Santa Rita mountains near the US Mexico line. It is linked to early sixteenth century Grentobs run by Spaniards and said to have yielded bullion long ago. Spaniards smelters still stand, unused since the first century, with a rumored link to church takings in Spain. Vea gallon for sale at Aualio's.
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Santa Rita Mountains
Arizona and
Mexico Boundary
Spain
Executive Clemency In Murder Case At Prescott
Governor Murphs Amen granted executive clemency to Yona Garcia the Yavepsi county murderer who faced a death sentence and an planned hanging at Prescott. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment after an eventful week and purported meetings near Pedro Aguirre ranch involving Alvord and Bravo Juan. An informant requested travel under incognito identity, seeking no rest.
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Alvord
Bravo Juan
Pedro Aguirree Ranch
Keown
Rich Strike at Benson Delivers Water to Irrigate Vast Lands
A rich strike near Benson sends water flowing at 60 gpm from a three inch pipe at 729 feet depth. The Press notes that a newly tapped arterial stream below the San Pedro valley could irrigate thousands of acres, boosting Benson’s agricultural lands and transforming the region into a premier farming area in Arizona.
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Henry Etz
Besson
Benson
Mesers
Eis & Co
San Pedre
Bonsam
Arizona
San Pedro
Narrow Escape as Cattle Stop Slow Train Near San Elizario
Southern Pacific traveler Haye witnessed a train at sixty mph plow through a herd of cattle near San Elizario. Twelve cattle were killed, owner unknown. Engineer JC Siming and Brakeman Smith reported surviving the ordeal. A Kanvas paper described a separate raid where 200 gallons of whisky were seized from a saloon and townsfolk celebrated with snowballs.
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Haye
Southern Pacific
Francisco
San Elizario
el Paso Times
Smith
JC Siming Wan
Trofile
Phoenix Prepares for McKinley Reception May 7
Phoenix schedules pre event activities and secures railroad excursion rates for President McKinley’s visit. Round trip from Fairbank to Phoenix is 9 dollars 80 cents for May 6 through May 9. Bisbee round trip priced at 12 dollars 5 cents.
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Phoenix
McKinley
Fairbank
Bisbee
Cribbage and Card Game Mischief Mixed With Eye Surgery
A narrative blends a gentleman’s cheeky card play with a dramatic tale of a man named Mr. F B Austin who undergoes eye surgery by Dr. Bacon. The operation removes a growth from the tear duct, promising improved vision and relief from prior injury.
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F B. Austin
Bacon Thir Wees
Isis
Mr. Austin
School children prepare for public exercise at Pri dey eve
School children practice for a public exercise to be held at the relief house on Pri dey eve next. A good programme is promised.
Egg Story From Newcastle Prompts Mystery Chickens
Newcastle Pennsylvania residents report Constable Lineas Perkins riding a new chicken foal breed. The birds hatch oddly and cannot be boiled or fried. raw they seem fine. Hotels note the unusual flock as Perkins plans to ship samples to the Smithsonian in Washington for study of the mineral feed effects.
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Newcastle
Lineas Perkins
Henerg Ie
Accotos
Eldekens
Aebertos
Parkine
Geroas
Parkins
Smithson- 148 Institution
Washington, D. C
Grand jury indicts Ed Butts in jembezelement case
Phoenix grand jury returns indictment against Ed Butts for jembezelement and he faces trial soon. The young man bears a clean record and holds a position in the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias. A prior arc of courtistable over a thousand dollars complicates his situation.
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Puoenix
Grand Lodge
Pythias
Milner and War Crisis Amid Famine Fear
The article notes Sr Alfred Milner warns of grave danger as famine threatens the frontier states. It questions what severity Bir Alrot would deem truly grave, amid reports of Boer War distress and public alarm over starvation risks.
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Alfred Milner
Fragmentary note on cure and spread of disease
A garbled passage mentions cure efforts for a disease and its spread. It alludes to attempts to rid the state of the disease’s effects but lacks clear details, dates, names, or locations. The fragment implies public health concerns and remedies without coherent facts.
Edict Mila I the K Death mile edict by world
A garbled OCR note mentions a traveler near Sweton and a distance of 11 700 yards. It lacks clear names, dates, or a coherent event. no verifiable outcome or actionable detail is present beyond the strange mile measure.
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Sweton
Deskoping
Nia
Biefeenorance
Unclear text about a bachelor physician in New York and a scheme
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a New York physician, a ratification or status, a 2009 reference, and a questionable scheme with a monetary amount of five dollars. The source is garbled and difficult to parse into a coherent news item with clear entities or outcomes.
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New York
Iran
Man Declares Pleasure From Dancing On Wife's Grave
A man commenting on his wife’s divorce boasts he would enjoy dancing on her grave. The remark reflects his belief that men should avoid trusting a supposed partner in casual amusements amid the separation.
Will provision links marriage to increased bequest
An item from New York reports a will that increases a beneficiary's bequest by 15000 dollars annually if she marries a specific man. The measure appears to reflect the testator’s expected cost to support the future bridegroom.
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New York
Cochise County Bride Keeps Early Marriage Ledger
A Cochise County bride began an account book after marriage noting gifts and expenditures with entries such as Jan 2 received from George 35 dollars and Jan 7 spent it all. The text also includes scattered local notes about incidents, correspondents, and a humorous reader question about submitting articles to the paper.
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Cochise County
George
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