Tombstone Epitaph Ad Rates By Giragi Brothers
An old Tombstone newspaper ad lists subscription rates for The Tombstone Daily Prospector in advance. The Weekly Edition pricing shows one year six months and single copies at specified rates. The notice notes the paper as the oldest in Cochise County and references Tombstone Post Office mail matter.
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Tombstone Epitaph
Giragi Brothers
Tombstone Daily Prospector
Cochise County
Tombstone
Wanted Carbon Copy Legislators in Arizona Politics
The Douglas Dispatch warns of a ring seeking carbon copy legislators to follow orders in the next Arizona legislature. It accuses a political bloc of pressuring Douglas and Cochise County, promising benefits to the county and city while warning of backroom manipulation and a repeat of past defeats.
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Douglas Dispatch
Arizona
Douglas
Cochise
Carbon Cou
Douglas merchants weigh an excursion day impact on Bisbee visitors
An editorial from the Bisbee Review discusses a Douglas excursion from Nacozari Sonora to Douglas and compares open stores, profits, and visitor reception. It questions the value to Bisbee and cites local merchants and outlets like J C Penny Levy Bros Bazaar Sea man Tossell Style Shop Leader Furniture and Household. It notes mixed store responses and criticizes some profits as excessive while praising frank warnings from the Douglas International.
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Douglas
J. C. Penny
Levy Bros
Phelps Dodge
Seaman & Tossell
Red Star Club
Style Shop
Ee Leader Furniture
Bisbee
Vacation on the Farm
Sociologists note a shift from agriculture to industry and warn of a farm labor shortage. States like Kansas and Michigan seek thousands of harvesters from outside, while Illinois explores a back to the farm movement to entice experienced workers back to rural work. The piece urges students to consider vacation farming as a practical option.
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Kansas
Michigan
Michigan Fanm Bureau
Thllinois Agricultural Association
Bette
Wilson Stands Firm Rejecting War End Resolution
The Arizona Gazette reports President Wilson vetoed a joint Republican resolution ending the war with Germany. The paper argues the cause for which America fought remains just and warns Congress against betraying veterans and democratic principles. It praises Wilson for refusing to sign a dishonorable measure.
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Arizona Gazette
Wilson
Ublicans
Germany
America
Conaress
Mr. Wilson
U. 46
France
Congress
Gazette
Profiteering concerns across cities and wage impacts
An editorial warns that sky law against profiteering would aid the public and urges national newspaper unity to fight high prices. It notes limited official support against profiteers in Denver and Los Angeles, where consigned overcoats sold high, risking a broader crisis for workers and business.
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Sky
Denver
Los Angeles
East
Pete United States
Shall We Unionize The Farm A Satirical Placard Notice
A Salt River Valley rancher proposes a public notice describing farm products with labor rules satire. Eggs, butter, oranges, cotton, alfalfa, lettuce and hogs appear as workers, labeled as scabs for lacking union cards. Exchange notes this as a critique of union policies.
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Salt River Valley
Farles
Two Military Motorcadess on Tour Across the Nation
Two military motor cadets will visit Tombstone this year. One motorcade departs Washington soon while the other has restarted from Detroit on May 5 proceeding through Ohio to Chicago Milwaukee and on to San Diego before returning south. Officers ride in cars, non coms by motorcycle, privates on motor bicycles with hotel stays or camping along the route.
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Tombstone
Washington
He ‘R. Smith
United
Western water projects stalled by jurisdiction dispute
Los Angeles chamber of commerce urges swift development of Colorado River and Missouri river systems to control flood risk, provide irrigation for arid lands, and generate electric power. War and Interior departments clash over control, delaying work that could support food production and employment amid a looming downturn.
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Los Angeles
Saltan
Colorado
War Department
Interior Department
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Get Under Your Own Roof
A defender of sustained home ownership urges a national drive for home owning and home building. The piece contrasts real estate mortgages as thrift with chattel mortgages on motor vehicles as unfit for national progress, targeting renters and apartment dwellers.
Egyptian cotton conquers Arizona fields and markets rise
Southwest growers, especially in Arizona, plan much larger Egyptian long staple cotton acreage this year after last season's 90 000 acres. Breeding by federal specialists yields superior quality rivaling Egyptian imports and fueling strong demand for American Egyptian cotton despite broader pest and weather challenges.
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Southwest
Arizona
Egypt
Sea Island
Bolleee
Meade
Boll Weevil Campaign Urges Arizona Growers to Report
Arizona cotton growers were urged to report destructive insects or disease to the state entomologist to help raid the Bol weevil infection campaign. J L E Lauterdale, cotton entomologist, spoke at a meeting in Phoenix on June 3 guiding growers to notify the office of findings.
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Phoenix
Jomologist
Arizona
J. L. E. Lauterdale
State Entomolesters Office
Phoenix Young Man Wins Two Medals
Lawrence Howe son of State Tax Commissioner Charles R Howe received the medal for best article on Good Citizenship from the national Society of Colonial Daughters. He also earned a certificate and was honored at a high school and university event for his oration The Mengee of Rocsneviam to America.
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Lawrence Howe
Charles R. Howe
National Society of Colonial Daughters
Young Howe
America
Cotton Outlook Good in Chandler District
June report defies claims of poor cotton stands. Growers led by Haggett report a generally strong stand, despite spotty areas. Warm weather in the last ten days has awakened thousands of dormant plants, with Huggett estimating a 99 percent stand in the Chandler area.
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Chandler
Wow
Haggest
Hugget
Supervisor Wales Transferred Between Forestry Offices
Ti Baal Wasee former superintendent of Cor onady forest for a year and 18 months at Tucson forest service office moves to Prescott files. HG Calkins replaces him from the Albuquerque district office.
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Tucson
Baal Wasee
Coronady Forest
Tucson Forest Service
Prescott Offiles
HG. Calkins
Albuquerque
Freight rate cut approved for ores from Ajo to western hub
The state corporation commission granted a June freight rate reduction for ores concentrates and sulphurets shipping from Ajo to Hayden Douglas Globe Miami and El Paso subject to Interstate Commerce Commission approval. The reduction sought was 50 percent or more in a filing by the Pacific Freight and Traffic Bureau.
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Phoenix
Ajo
Hayden
Douglas
Globe
Miami
el Paso
State Corporaten Commission
Interstate Conmerce Commission
Pacific Freight and Traffic Bureau
Republicans Leave Douglas for National Convention
Douglas June 4. Harry A. Clark James Logie and Albert Bames Jest left on the Drammers Special for El Paso to board the Golden State Limited to Chicago. They will reach Chicago in time to attend the opening of the Republican national convention and remain until it closes.
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Douglas
Harry A. Clark
James Logie
Albert
Bames
el Paso
Golden State Limited
Chicago
Illinois
Hold Police Chief Charged With Theft of Gold
June 4 Nogales report says Chief of Police Julio Herrero is arrested in connection with the disappearance of 141,600 United States gold from the federal excise office. Authorities say Miguel Cocoba claimed the cash belonged to a janitor at the office and both men are held in Ayapaninas.
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Sogales
Nogales
Sonora
Julio Herrero
United States
Federal Excise
Miguel Cocoba
Magdalena
Cocoba
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Douglas International
Nacozari
Rvidership
Aonet
Ocean OF
Moses
Organized Labor
Hoenix
Wales
Forestry Service
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