Prospector notes on Southern Pacific stations and Perseus
The item lists Southern Pacific stations at Rit New Mexico and Arizona Rit with Perseus and GME Ranpotra referenced along with KR stations and DS. It reads as a mishmash of telegraphic phrases connecting locations, organizations, and project codes. The readable fragment hints at a transportation or tracking note involving rail stations and cosmic or mapping names.
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Gme
New Mexico
Arizona
Local Notes From Tombstone and Vicinity in 1897
Weather observer H M Gee reports the week ending August 14 1897 in Tombstone with highest average temperature 84 and lowest average 647 rainfall 263. Local items include Sheriff White's Tucson trip, Fairbank visitor Mise Consere, cattleman J R Coyle visiting Tombstone, county hospital patient Mo ill, two Bisbee prisoners, Tom Wang Chae custody, Wadleigh visiting from Minas Prictss, Seamsterss Sewing Machines at Bannons, speculation on W H Bullwell as U S Attorney, Prescott Labor Day invitation to Governor McCord, a peddler of patent medicines, and Territorial Board of Examiners session for teaching certificates.
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Tombstone
H. M. Gee
Klondike rush letters from Lon Cox report Alaska trek
A letter from Lon Cox of Phoenix, published in the Herald at Justar Alaska, describes preparations for the Klondike journey via Dyea and Skaguay. He notes provisioning, heavy loads, high costs to move gear, and the large number of travelers awaiting crossing opportunities as spring approaches.
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Lon Cox
Puoenix
Klondyke
The
Herald
Justar
Alaska
Reed
Phoenix
Eays
Serosa
Skaguay
New Railroad Corridor Aims to Open Birbee to Navosari
The Copper Queen company plans a branch railroad from Birbee to Navosari, with surveying and grading soon. A 110 mile line secured from Senora with tax exemptions, boosting Cochise County to second class and lifting Bisbee’s growth prospects. Local officials note salary changes and an assessor appointment set for January 1898. Indian trader Bell reports Tucson as a prime purchasing hub, selling 40,000 pounds of Pima and Maricopa wheat. A Washington dispatch notes New Mexico’s likely admission and Arizona’s renewed push via Ferguson and Mercysmith.
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Birbee
Navosari
Copper Queen
Rayker
Don Luis
Timates
Senora
Ister Republic
Bisbee
Cochise
Clas
Ferritorial Board
Cliss
Phospser Oe
Engtiea
M Bell
Baenton
Tucson
California
East
United States
Washington
New Mexico
Ferguson
Arizona
Mercysmith
Carver
Arizona Labor Day Proclaimed by Governor McCord
The 1897 Labor Day proclamation by Governor Myron H. McCord designates Monday September 6 as a legal holiday in Arizona. It urges suspension of nonessential business to honor labor across professions and to foster harmony between labor and capital in developing the territory.
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Tory
Arizona
Executive Derantaest
The
United Ites
Isbor
Congress
Myron H. McCord
Phoenix
Capital
A. D
Myxon H. McCorp
Phoenix Letters Stir Arizona Papers Showcases Lively Rumors
A frontier page compiles spoofed notices and column blurbs from Phoenix papers lampooning a local man’s quarrel over buttermilk and a mocked divorce claim. An Arizona Poultry Association dispute over egg pricing and a comic tale of a revived corpse at a funeral echo in a collage of sensational items and satire.
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Puosraorok
Phoenix
Gaztte
Phoenix Wall Street Liars’ Association
H.rad
Republican
E. Behr
Tombtone
Arizona
Disputed New York Scheme Propels Cat and Rat Farm
A moneyed New York firm buys land to stock 1,400 black cats and 5,000 rats. Cats are to multiply to 15,000 in a year or two, skins worth a dollar each, rats multiplying as fast. Carcasses are to be fed to the rats and skinned cats sold to glove manufacturers, creating a self supporting, potentially vast venture with profits tied to rapid animal multiplication.
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Seheor
New York
Mary
Chea Ink We Mean Trash Trade Ad Listing
A fragmented advertisement mentions Chea Ink and Schilling's Best tea claiming the cheapest price in the United States with a money back guarantee via grocer returns, emphasizing zero cost to the seller and referencing a company named Company Pract.
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Schilling
United States
Company Pract
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