Emaciated 110 Year Old Antonia Peres Seeks Aid
Arizona sheriff hears plea from Antonia Peres a former Tucson resident age estimated at 110 seeking a monthly county stipend of 85 dollars. She recounts witnessing the overthrow of Maximilian in Mexico and the Mexican American War while her son served as a captain. She has lived in Arizona for fifty years.
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Antonia Peres
Tucson
Maximilian
Mexico
United States
Vislas
Phoenix
Antonia
Arizona
Gazette
Smugglers Nabbed After Opium Crossing Near Bisbee
Two Bisbee men, Dean and Campbell, were jailed at Neco after a pursuit by Customs Inspector Smith. They are charged with smuggling opium across the border, having bought $7 worth of opium on the Mexican side and attempted to cross back.
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Bisbee
Dean
Campbell
Neco
Customs
Smith
Sunday services and youth events at local churches
The Congregational church plans Sunday school at 10 am, preaching at 11 am, Young People at 7 pm, and an evening address at 7 30 pm by Rev Benedict with a reading by Mrs Alice Kirke. The Methodist church features Epworth League at 7 pm and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 pm. Sacred Heart Catholic Masses at 8 am and 9 30 am with Sunday school at 10 30 am and Rosary Benediction at 7 30 pm.
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Congregational
Alice Kirke
NP Willie
Benedict
Methodist Church
Epworth League
Sacred Heart ‘Catholic Church
Monarchist Plot Aims to Crown Helen of New York in US
A London Daily Mail report details Louis A. Gourdain and a Secret Council of Seven claiming to seek a world royalist movement. They allege preparations for a great war to overthrow the American republic and crown “Helen of New York” as Queen, with agents in Europe and Chicago ties.
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United States of America
Helen of New York
Louis A. Gourvais
Savoy Hotel
London
L.A. Gourdain
Supreme Council
Chicago
Secret Council
Lusitania
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Madrd
Italy
Japan
Goardain
America
Helen of
New York
Mr. Gourdain
London England
Daily Mail
Centrifugal Separator Produces Gold Concentrate
The device uses centrifugal force similar to a milk cream separator. Screened material moves to a rapidly revolving cylinder and hollow tubes where sand exits with momentum while heavier gold travels farther from the rotation. The gold and heavier particles are gathered as concentrate and panned.
Hunting Hidden Gold in Chihuahua Villages
A Mexico feature reports Jesuit priests arriving in Sierra Madre towns of western Chihuahua. Locals believe the priests seek buried treasure from colonial and viceregal eras. In Uruachic a mining town, several priests have settled among eight to ten families, with rumors of hidden wealth and church building projects.
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Chihuahus
Mexico
Sierra Madre Mountains
Chihuahua
Uruachic
Sierra Madres
Churen
Cameron of Flag staff Named Delegate Candidate in Territorial Convention
The Republican territorial convention opened with Attorney General Clark as temporary chairman. Cochise county delegates named include Chas Bowman Tombstone Chas Overlock Douglas AH Gardner Tombstone and WP McNair Bisbee elected permanent chairman. McNair unanimously chosen. Cochise delegates named to territorial committee include Gardner Crowley Overlock Godfrey Kirke with Kirke as executive committee member. Later Ralph Cameron of Coconino was unanimously nominated as delegate to Congress.
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Puoesis
Aux
Clark
Cochise County
Chas. Bowman
Tombstone
Restations
Chas Overlock
Douglas
Ere- AH Gardner
Wilcor
Godfry
Lowell
R A Kirke
Bisbee
Kirke
Ralph Cameron
Coconino
Congress
Territorial Items Of Interest In Arizona News Briefs
A wall at the territorial fair grounds was blown down and the agricultural building damaged by lightning in Phoenix. Tempe votes to close city saloon on Sundays. Plans underway for a natatorium in Yuma with strong local backing. Globe enforces six miles per hour as auto speed limit. Phoenix bonds for a new union high school pass 95 to 39. Tucton adds a new fire engine costing 6090 with a successful test run.
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Phoenix
Maricopa County
W 3. Fox
Prescott
Tempe
Globe
Union High Echo
Tucton
Irrigation Congress Preparations Hit Cochise County
County boards of trade plan August 20 meeting at Bisbee to craft advertising for Cochise at the Irrigation Congress in Albuquerque on September 29. The supervisor board names a committee including G Muchner Warren John Merrill St David G J McCabe Palmerloe E F Williams and Immigration Commissioner J J Bowen Bisbee.
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Boards of Trade
Bisbee
Cochise County
Irrigation Congress
Albuquerque
Board of Supervisors
Board of Trade
G. Muchner
Warren
John
Merrill St. David
G. J. McCabe
Palmerloe
E. F. Williams
J. J. Bowen
Bishoo
Arizona Prospector Invents Separator to Solve Dry Placer
Kevin Arizona prospector Stewart claims to have invented a dry separator or concentrator that may solve the challenge of working dry placer deposits. He describes the device as a practical solution to separate valuable minerals without water, suggesting potential widespread use in arid mining regions.
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Stewart
Kevin
Ariz
Old Kentuck Mine Rich Ore Assays Spark Expansion Plans
John Strohle and Robert Doll with Cochise County Sheriff Jack White report assays from a 50-foot shaft showing ore at 94 dollars per ton in gold near Cave Creek. The Phoenix Democrat notes a steady increase in richness with depth as a working force grows and machinery will be staged once ore justifies a mill. The shaft shows continuous good ore, suggesting a large vein and potential expansion.
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John Strohle
Robert Doll
Jack White
Cochise
Cave Creek
Java
Phoenix Democrat
Monte
Tombstone Bonds Bid Opened By School Trustees
The Tombstone Board of School Trustees opened bids for a $5,000 school bond issue this afternoon. Two bids arrived. First National Bank of Tombstone bid at par and Tro bedge & Niver Co. of Chicago bid $51 premium, which was accepted.
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Tombstone
Board of
First National Bank of Tombstone
Trobedge & Niver Co
Chicago
Hassayampa Banquet Honors Tombstone Delegation in Los Angeles
At the Hassayampa Club banquet in Los Angeles over 500 guests attended with strong Tombstone representation from Cochise County. J. L. B. Alexander served as toastmaster as Ben Goodrich, Col H. L. Pickett, Judge F. M. Dean, and Mark Smith delivered remarks praising Arizona statehood and women’s contributions. A decorative miniature Hassayampa river centerpiece flowed along the banquet table while all eyes followed the festivities and telegraph news from arena notables.
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Los Angeles
Cochise County
J. L. B. Alexander
Ben Goodrich
Tombstone
H. L. Pickett
Arizona
F.M. Dean
Mark Smith
Cive
Arena
Cochee County
John Noble
C. P. Stevenson
Cass
Strong, Bator
AH. Emanuel
SH. Bryant
F. M. Dean
H. Lo Pickett
J. P.shgler
Dos Cabezas
Oscar Roberts
San Simon
W. E. McPhaley
W. H. Smith
Pearce
Wes Ine
Bill Wikstrom injury report revised in Santa Rosa
Bill Wikstrom, once reported to have lost an arm and a leg in an explosion at Santa Rosa, is said to be recovering well. The initial report is corrected to state he lost only a foot. Wm Morrin and wife traveled through bisboe yesterday en route to Santa Rosa to be with the injured man, who is Morris’s stepson.
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Bill Wikstrom
Santa Rosa
Wikstrom
Morrin
Bisboe
Santa Ross
Morris
Wardwell Incident draws Los Angeles attention and critique
A controversial piece argues that the Wardwell case exposes sensationalist journalism and failed public care. It condemns local authorities for mishandling the ill woman and questions civilization and charity amid a brutal press cycle.
Weather Forecast for Arizona Rain Likely Desewn Aug 22
A weather bulletin notes rainfall chances across Arizona on August 22 with cool fronts, scattered showers, and possible localized thunderstorms. Temperatures remain mild with highs in the 70s and overnight lows in the 50s.
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Desewn
Arizona
Multiple Cochise County Sheriff and Official Candidacies Listed
A dense list of political announcements for Cochise county offices includes candidates for sheriff district attorney treasurer probate judge supervisor recorder and school superintendent. Names appear with hometowns Bisbee Tombstone Willcox Dos Cabezas and more, with each candidate noting allegiance to Democratic or Republican party conventions.
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Unfeels
Cochine County
William M. Risus
Dos Cabezas
Cochise County
L. V. McCourt
Willcox
Ariz
Our National Game and a Patent Cure Ad
A short advertorial praising baseball as a national pastime and endorsing Hostetter’s Bitters. The text extols its widespread popularity and claims it cures ailments from headaches to indigestion and malaria, urging readers to try a bottle with a money back guarantee.
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United States
Hostetter
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