Reform bid to cut city revenue and salaries gains support
A weekly edition reports Mayor Carr and the city council pushing a broad reform of municipal finances. They seek to salarize offices, abolish or merge license fees into the treasury, and cut about 16 000 dollars yearly in revenue, aiming for a total municipal intake near 40 000 dollars. The piece notes opposition from public-treasury appointees and praises the drive as relief for taxpayers.
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Dember
Wid Council
Mexican News on Tombstone Stage Line Fast Travel
CW Pinkham, proprietor of the Tombstone and Sonora stage line, arrived yesterday and plans an extra conveyance Thursday as travel to Sonora increases. Geor ge Berry was seen en route to Arizpe. Heavy rain along the Sonora river raised stream levels. Blair has gone to Hermosillo. Fredericks and Marks work a mine reported to look well, while El Garchi ore body is fine and Basochucu smelter awaits belting. Nearby vicinities show development.
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Chinapa
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Blair
Hermosillo
Fredericks
el Garchi
Basochucu
Kirk
Washington House Debates 325 Member Bill and Porter’s Return Talk
In Washington the house sees a 325-member constitutional amendment bill. Gen. Fitz-John Porter met the president to push a bid to restore his rank. Dispatches note other political maneuvers, diplomat dispatches, and ongoing overseas commissions with detailed instructions and advances.
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Pope
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Florence Enterprise highlights and mining notes
Postmaster Guild ships Pima wheat to Wisconsin for seeding. Johnny Sowers takes charge of Silver King and Florence telegraph line construction on twelve miles remaining. G. H. Oury's wife and daughter visit Washington then Texas and St Louis. An old Papago claims sun of 120 summers. others confirm. Telegraph stock demand rises though none sold at $10 par, $13.50 offered. Florence to Butte road nearly done. lumber haul from Casa Grande to Butte underway. Apache-Yuma Indians seen buying ponies with coats as a temporary windfall. G. G. Brines buys 4,000 acres of Fresno lands for raisin vineyard plans in Kern California. Admonition to patent claims promptly to avoid adverse filings. Sunday church attendance strong. Peabody preached on worldly pleasures and rewards of temperance. Times prospecting work by Wizgins et al. continues with shaft down 60 feet amid debris.
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St. Louis
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Moses
Casa Grande
Butte
Pinal Consolidated Company
Pima
Valentine Themed Dream Poem For Demorest’s Monthly
A garbled verse piece imagines St Valentine waking in a modern shop in a dreamlike Demorest’s Monthly setting. Cupid wanders among stern shopfaces, longing for true love as the world’s hearts mock the holiday yet endure, and Valentine finds a lasting, if ironic, purpose beyond fashion.
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Demorest’s
Rumors of Hearst and two Americans killed by Indians proved false
A Phoenix town rumor claimed George Hearst and two other Americans were killed near Basochuca on the Sonora river. Reports traced to Basochuca, Chinapa, Arigoe, and San Pedro proved inconsistent. no massacre was confirmed. Soldiers continue pursuit from the Sierra Madres as cautious officials await verifiable news.
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Star
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Geo. Hearst
Basochuca
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West End Corral
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Stamp mill contracts and mining activity in Sonora updates
Maurer Linp Eco lands 460 stamp mill project in Sonora while J E Durkee buys ten ore teams and wagons from Cerro Gordo. Girard mill assay office nears completion. Bradshaw mill readied for transfer to the contractor group Malter Lind Co. numerous travel, crime, and local business notes color the scene.
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Linp Eco
Sonora
J. E. Durkee
Cerro Gordo
Girard Mill
Hearing on writ of habeas corpus for Wyatt and Morgan Earp
Judge Lucas presided as defense counsel sought a writ of return for examination. The court ruled the warrant valid, denied the writ, and remanded Wyatt and Morgan Earp to custody, noting jurisdiction limits. The case involved questions over the appointment of a justice of the peace and conflicting statutes with board appointments.
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End
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Herring
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