Early Arizona History Lecture by Col McClintock
Col James H McClintock spoke to the university history department on The Relation of the Press to the Development of Arizona. He drew on 30 years as an Arizona journalist to chart the state press from its origins to modern times and noted Arizona’s first printing press now in the Puos recron job room.
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Jas. H. McClintock
Univer of
Arigna
Col. McClintock
Arizona
Tie Puos Recron
New York
Horn
Guaymac
Mexico
Tubac
Applicants for District Court Clerkship
The county seeks a district court clerk with Judge Doon as appointing power. A. H. Gardner of Tombstone is named by Republicans as a strong candidate, though he declines to confirm. George B Wilcox currently seeks reappointment and expects a continued holdover if not chosen. The winner will be announced soon.
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Judge Doon
A. H. Gardner
Tombstone
Republican Central
Gardner
Repor
Cochise County
George B Wilcox
Phoenix to Host Aviation Meet and Daredevils
The article discusses Phoenix considering a aviation exhibition led by famed aviators such as Glenn Curtis and others, amid plans to attract Paulhan’s rival competitors. It notes a $12,009 guarantee to cover expenses and prizes, with fair grounds seen as an ideal venue and city officials likely to grant permission for the event within two weeks.
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Ariscus
Phoenix
Darious Green
Board of Trade
Paulhan
Glenn Curtis
Willard
Hamilton
Mors
Harmen
Phoenix Democrat Changes Hands
The Arizona Democrat changes ownership as W D Bell Frank De Soursang and P Wilton transfer their interest to the Arizona Democrat Publishing Co. John O Dunbar becomes managing editor. De Loure and Wikoo stay briefly while Bell enters job printing.
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Arizona Democrat
W D Bell
Frank de Soursang
Wilton
Arizona Democrat Publishing Co
John O Dunbar
Messrs. de Loure
Wikoo
The
Democrat
Afl Bell
Republican
Reviewal of Cochise Gambling Case
The Phoenix Republican reports on the Schmidt gambling case appeal from Cochise county. Schmidt, held on an anti-gambling charge, seeks to remove liability as proprietor or manager of a gambling house alleging the game itself was not illegal. The defense cites history of anti gambling laws replacing the Duty law and argues meetings for a game do not violate the statute.
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Phoenix Republican
Cochise County
Sehmidt
Schmidt
Schmitt
Neale
Death of Arizona Pioneer W H Kirkland at 73 in Winkleman
W H Kirkland died at his home near Winkleman after six weeks in the territory then known as Gaddens Purchase Born July 12 1832 in Petersburg Va he helped raise the first American flag in Tucson and was the territorys oldest married white man at his death His daughter Mrs Wayne Ritter was born in Phoenix August 15 1871 Kirkland to be buried at Tucson.
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W. H. Kirkland
Winkleman
Phoenix
Kirkland
Territory of
Arizona
Petersburg
Gadeden
Tueton
Bunkoed His Fellow Workers
Camilo Lucero, a Globe telephone office employee, appeared with a sorrowful tale of a burned baby needing money for a doctor. Fellow workers donated a tidy sum and later paid funeral costs after he claimed the child died. Investigation showed Lucero had no such deceased child and his stories were false.
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Camilo Lucero
Globe Telephone Office
Lucero
Halley's Comet Appears Brightly In Western Sky
Halley's comet has been visible to the naked eye for eight days, growing brighter as it nears Earth. Observers note the increasing duration of visibility after sunset, with the comet appearing near Venus in the western sky and expected to fade by June. Meanwhile Judge Ben Goodrich returned from Phoenix after attending a Supreme Court session, a district court session is planned next week to close civil cases, and local events include the final days of the local option campaign plus visits from Captain WH McKittrick to Gleeson and Willcox officials recommending Kasper Houser for postmaster.
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Ney
Earth
Arizona News of Interest Highlights and Local Incidents
A swedish miner calling himself John Berquist was detained for examination on sanity amid bank dispute claims in Bubee. Tempe property values rose over 100 000 as Tempe tax base expands. Tempe pastors Creal and Maddox promote The Projectile temperance paper. Bandits impersonating officers robbed a Slavonian in Ash Fork, netting over 200 dollars and injuring him. Yuma beat El Centro twice at home as baseball winds. Robber Frank Carpenter, wounded in Harrah post office bank holdup, dies, known in Bieber. Tom Murphy launches temperance campaign in Yuma following Tucson effort. A Phoenix pool hall robber breaks register for 2 50 with a hatchet. Mrs Waterman, pioneer of Walnut Grove, dies there. Tucson council bans saloon licenses in red light district effective March 31. Twin Buttes Railway Co. sells 18 miles of track to Southern Pacific for 12 000. Holbrook residents protest land allotment to an Indian. Prescott Woman's Monday club plans a Washington's Birthday colonial ball for home fund. Fatal drunken encounter in Octave Yavapai County ends when killer Geo Ganita commits suicide. Frank Reynolds named by Acting Governor Young as penitentiary engineer.
Mining activity on the hill shows steady progress
Mining work on the hill advances at a pace close to last report with a delayed receiver for the T. C. M. Co. compressor delaying pumping to about 6,000,000 gallons daily. New shafts and ore shipments from multiple properties keep mills busy, with promising developments expected from Northwest group, Bunker Hill, Herstial, Hovebal, and Cochise operations as directors plan extensive future work.
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T. C.M. Co
Wight
Onner
Bunker Hill
Mecers
Uniform tax and incorporation ideas from governors
The New York American quotes Arizona Governor Sloan and others at a governors meeting on uniform laws. Topics include income tax power for Congress in emergencies, exemptions for state and municipal bonds, federal incorporation, a uniform divorce law, and progress for Taft with an Interstate Commerce Court.
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Sloan
Arizona
Congress
Hughes
Taft
Tim
Interstate Commerce Court
Interstate Commerc Court
Arizona lumber rate complaints reach interstate commission
A Chicago dispatch reports three Arizona lumber companies allege railroad charges to Arizona are three times justified. They claim to ship 120,000,000 feet of lumber annually, with the market entirely in Arizona. They have directed the charges to Interstate Commerce Commissioner Prouty.
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Chicago
Eage
Arizona
Commissioner Prouty
Interstate Commerce Commission
New
Bishop Kendrick to Visit Tombstone for Services
Bishop Kendrick of the Episcopal church plans to visit Tombstone tonight and will conduct services at the Episcopal church tomorrow. A pioneer of Arizona he has maintained annual visits to Tombstone for years and many friends here look forward to greeting him.
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Bishop Kendrick
Episcopal Church
Tombstone
Arizona
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Territory
Schieffelin
Schieffelin Motion Picture Co
Phoenix Democrat
Halley
Venus
Sabort
Ben Goodrich
Yee ‘Terday
Eupreme Court
District Court
WH McKittrick
Wes Enme
Gleeson
Bakersfield
Cal
Willcox
Cameron
Kasper Houser
Arizona News
Prospector
Bubee
John Berquist
Tempe
Creal
Maddox
Baptist Pastora
Meas
Bave
Feld
Projctile
Ash Fork
Yuma
el Centro
Frank Carpenter
Harrah
Oklo
Bieber
Tom Murphy
Francis Murphy
Yana
Tucson
Mra SM Waterman
Walnut Grove
Red Light District
Twin Buttes Railway Co
Twin Buttes
8. P. Co
Holbrook and Vicinity
Indian Office
Woman's Monday Club
Prescott
Washington
Yavepsi County
Frank Reynolds
Young
Territorial Penitentiary
Kendrick
Oriental Theatre
Tombstone’s Family Theatre
Cor
Allen and
Fifth Streets
the Oriental
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