Bisbee Jottings Mosaic of Local Happenings and Accidents
Bisbee notes crowds, business upgrades, and social items. Packing from California shipments, new machinery at Queen Laundry, post office inspector visits, and local births. Bicycle track talk, tennis club plans, and winter ball teams feature among community updates. A fatal shooting in Brewery Gulch, stage service adjustments, and upcoming freight engine arrivals highlight a mix of everyday life and notable incidents. A Bisbee resident reflects on Mexican growth and American influence in industry and commerce.
The End of the World 1914 Forecast
A noted scientist predicts the world ends in 1944 based on Bible revelations. In the meantime, readers are urged to enjoy life via good health and digestion aided by Hostetter’s Bitters, touted as a cure for dyspepsia constipation fever malaria and insomnia with fifty years of trusted use.
Ter and Manuel Cabilla jury notes and rulings
A historical column item lists multiple cases and rulings. Jurors in Ter. v Manuel Cabilla divided opinions, some verdicts returned with guilty assault with intent to commit rape in Ter’s case. Other cases mention continuances, dismissed judgments, and appeals. Affected names include W E Hersing, Gee Thompson, J W Shepperd, and H Trappman.
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Ter
E Hersing
Gee Thompson
J W
Shepperd
Andy Larson
Morris , McCoy
Dave Thorman
H Trappman
Gee Frank Lamoniel
J Mitchell Jacob McCarty
Bat Holland
Herring
Yura
Southerland
Norton & Cove McCaw
Cook
Carr
Bowman
Reilly
Adm
Carroll
Court session closes with record jail dispositions
Concluding business for this term. The court finishes for the day as a record shows prisoners in the county jail greatly reduced. All prisoners are cleared except Mexican inmate Cebillo held for murder, whose fate rests with a jury.
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Isil Hee Beeos
Oas
Cebillo
Tragic attempt and mental examination at Tombstone
A man who tried to die by stepping before a streetcar at Rowse is saved by the brake beam and brought to Tombstone for sanity evaluation. He hallucinates a lost daughter and believes she appears in space, prompting delusional acts as rescuers restrain him.
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Pacstrcion
Rowse
Tombstone
Glimpes
Tie Daughter
Tie Besd
Bowie
Johan Maher
Bradley
Railroad Rumbles Reach El Paso to California Route
The El Paso Herald reports that Rock Island plans a route into El Paso via White Oaks road and onward to San Diego via Bisbee. Chicago Rock Island and Texas road general attorney N E Lassiter, in Austin, says the line will extend from El Paso to the coast through Mexico, Arizona and California.
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el Paso
Herad
Rock Island
White Oaks
San Diego
California
Bisbee
Arizona
N E Lassiter
Chicago
Rock Island and Texas
Austin
Mexico
The Mexican Way and Other Oddities in Print
A garbled column recounts a Mexico City burglary with duplicate key notes and afield of security, a Georgia tale of a bald bride scare, Gile county scalp bounty payments exceeding three thousand dollars, prairie dog and bear hunting to meet revenue, and a Deming Headlight flourish about Annie Williams of Philadelphia on a silver dollar.
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Mexico
Bis
Annie Williams
Philadelphia
Boerne physicist claims anti phymia cures consumption
Odd notices mix science claim from Boerne Texas with mining prompts and local ad chatter. It reports a physicist allegedly finding a cure concept called anti phymia, the Southern Pacific set to open a sanitar ium for treatment, and CW Nicklis with 8 C Bagg visiting Los Angeles to pursue mining near Sheeptral mines with large veins and valuable ore. The Fairfax Forum editor quotes W Hembaugh offering waitable marriages and legal notices alongside printing services and subscriptions in ragtime style.
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Boerne
Texas
Southern Pacific
CW Nicklis
8 C Bagg
Los Angeles
Bagg Bee
Sheeptral
Kingman Miner
Fairfax Forum
W H. Hembaugh
Mining center notes and local happenings in Tombstone
Thursday notices from Tucson discuss hay prices at 22 per ton and a supervisor-elect Thos York visiting Tombstone. Reports cover weather in the north and Arizona spring, court calendars, mining sector notes, boundary surveys, and local events like Christmas preparations and a marriage license. The Enterprise mentions a health quack ad and Salvation Army robbery cases, with irrigation progress near Yuma and San Carlos projects.
Tombstone Public School Holiday Begins With Gifts
The Tombstone public school begins a two week holiday today with students presenting teachers Christmas tokens. Prof Willard receives a fancy ink tool Mise Hattich a dresser set and Mrs Careon a medal. Teachers express appreciation and mode of remembrance is noted.
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Stone
Willard
Surrender Talk in Philippines Sparks Arizona Statehood Debate
A disputed remark suggests surrender could backfire in the Philippines, while a critic mocks the idea that free silver blocks Arizona statehood. The piece notes President McKinley’s stance and dismisses the argument as unwise, urging focus on substantial policy rather than slogans.
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Aricona
McKinley
Arizona
Census hints rising US marriage age trend
The passage suggests the census indicates the average marriage age in the United States has risen at about a fortnightly year rate for several years. If this continues, only octogenarians will reach marriageable age.
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United States
Amar's tragic act over unrequited love in West Tennessee
A man named Amar killed himself after a girl he loved refused him. The report notes the world holds beauty and love, but folly drives men to extreme acts when rejected. It emphasizes that love makes fools of many.
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Amar
West Tennessee
Himeelf
Bien
Public Eye People and Pronunciation Plea
A bemused note suggests persuading Hoer general DaWet to exit his name or risk ongoing notoriety. The piece humorously links public figures with punning names to easing public pressure and calamities, implying humorous consequences for mispronunciations.
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DaWet
Sobiams
House votes on amendment taxing express receipts bill
The House passed an amendment to the administration revenue reduction bill by 123 to 106. It requires express companies to pay tax on receipts and bars rate increases to cover expenses. Express firms must pay one cent per package, per the readable text.
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House of Representatives
Administration
Tragedy Averted at Bowie Train Station
A young man in the Bowie area attempted to throw himself under a moving passenger train. The attacker leapt from the trees and aimed at the last car but was struck by the brake beam, tossed aside, and the train narrowly passed by. He then fled, leaving observers stunned. The man’s identity was unknown, but rumors linked him to a returning Philippines veteran.
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Bowie
The
Times
United States
Limeel
Suicile
Philippines
Editor scolds paper for phonetic spelling in old subscriber note
A Republican recounts a message from a long-time subscriber who mocks the paper’s phonetic spelling. The card reads the joke about seven years of reading the paper yet failing to spell correctly, urging the editor to stop if spelling doesn’t improve.
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Parkhuret
Ruth
the Republican
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