Arizona News and Notes From The Prospector Press
Local notices and wide ranging items from Cochise County and beyond report on presses and politics. A. Birt attacks rivals in Salt River journalism while national issues include Congress bills on territorial water control and a pensions record for a blind veteran. Eclipse timings and a brutal cold wave echo across the nation with Arizona observers noting diminished land prices and real estate enthusiasm.
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Phenix
East
California
Globe Silver Belt
Salt River Valley
Tortilita set for revival tied to Jesse Benton find
The Star of this city hypes Tortilita mines while Francis D Taylor of Boston questions the worth of the Jesse Benton claim. The Jesse Benton Mining Company once owned several mines and a mill but now Tortilita operates a five stamp mill only sporadically. Investors warned of false representations as the Star pushes a boom. A San Francisco Chronicle piece jokes about climate and death, recounting a Santa Barbara liver case ending in death.
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Wasson
Anzona
Chino Valley Champion
Sonora
Boston
New York
London
Santiago
J. M. Avisa
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Company
Guaymas
Tidewater
Panama
San Francisco
California
Avisa Brothers
Francis D. Taylor
Frank M. Taylor
Leadville
Jesse Benton
Taylor
Tortilita Company
Jesse Benton Mining Company
N. Y. Mining and Engineering Journal
San Francisco Chronicle
Santa Barbara
Toltec Civilizations Revealed by Hemenway Explorations
A Los Muertos report from the Hemenway expedition led by Frank Cushing details Toltec civilization in the Salt River valley. Ethnology suggests Toltecs, of probable Asiatic origin, built a vast irrigation system with levees and canals cutting through rock. The ruins date back thousands of years and imply advanced agriculture before Aztec times.
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Missouri Republican
Los Muertos
City of the Dead
Salt River Valley
Hemenway
Frank Cushing
Cushing
Plains
Pacific Coast
Asia
Tempe
Toltec Ditches and Canal System of Salt River Valley
The ancient ditches show a vast canal network with two parallel stone rows for ditch maintenance. Diorite chipping stones reveal long term upkeep and extensive labor. Toltec works covered about 300 miles of canals, irrigating 450000 acres, and would cost at least 2500000 today.
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Sisseacoo
Salt River Valley
Territorial News Sparks From Arizona Posts
Arizona items report J M Quiggle to bore artesian well for Arctic Ice Co in Tucson. Judge Porter heads to Washington. Phenix Herald praises people for wagon road to Prescott via Castle Creek. Southern Pacific surveys shift toward Casa Grande while Atlantic and Pacific suffers snow block. McNeil captured after jail escape. First Pulleyan vestibule admired at Tucson depot. Col W C Lamonte joins George H Tinker on Flagstaff Champion. Ellenwood wounded in San Carlos fight, jailed on bench warrant. Snow disrupts A and P line. traffic delays ensue. Man Face off over mail stamps. Broady Brookner cited. Prescott reading club forms Chautauqua Reading Club with Greece theme. Yuma judge ringswald imprisons Meedin Townsend Field for contempt. dispute over pay. San Xavier Mission race features six miles each way, betting and prize split.
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W. H. Porter
Supreme Court
Washington
Phenix
Phenix Herald
Prescott
Castle Creek
Southern Pacifie
Pantano
Casa Grande
Atlantic and Pacific
Southern Pacific
Southern Arizona
McNeil
Kellner
Duncan
Thomas
Florence
Tucson
W. C. Lamonte
Albuquerque Democrat
Gallup Gazette
George H. Tinker
Flagstaff
Joseph Ellenwood
Globe
San Carlos
Davis
Pleasant Valey
Yavapai
Williams
Ariz
A. and P
Wockide
Brother Hackney
The
Silver Belt
Baily
Brookner
Briley
W. G. Bates
Wellesley College
Mesdames L. Wollenberg
Sumner Howard
J. H. Wright
B. W. Otis
J. C. Herndon
C. P. Dake
D. Levy
Journal-Miner
Yuma
Justice of the Peace
G. A. Ringwald
Meedin
Townsend and Field
Ringwald
Star
San Xavier Mission
Uncalled Letters Listed at Abstone Post Office
Ten week ending January 1888 notices uncalled letters at Abstone Arizona include Allen, Pardent, Botino, Calkins, Dories, Fuller, Rufal Carates, Gonsales, Gordon, Parker, Rowland, Rudick, Walters, Librada Valencia Tendio and others. Recipients urged to call and say advertised with the date. Postmaster CLank directs.
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Allen
Harpy
Pardent
W J Botino
Dell Calkins
Chas Dories
Chas H Fuller
Abstone
Arizona
Gonsales
J Gertets
Tos Gordon
King CF Parker
Ed Rowland
A Rudick
Walters
Panish Librada
Valencia Lorenzo
Tendio
Clank
Deacon Burdette and a Night of Witty Talks
A collage of humorous vignettes from a late 19th century gathering featuring Deacon Burdette with banter about Mr Sophiomore, a professor remarking on microscopic thought, and playful quips about graduates and public manners. The piece blends anecdotes, mock theses, and editorial snatches to sketch a lively social scene.
The Weakest Link in a Ship and Health Risk
A melodramatic nautical scene warns that danger lies in a single weak link. It uses a storm at sea to illustrate how a weak vital organ can doom a life, urging readers to examine kidneys and liver for hidden trouble, with medical endorsements and local ads interspersed.
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Iharbor
Rio Lewis
Warner
Sam
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Joseph Hoefler
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