Official Directory and Zacatecas Lottery Notice
Official directory lists territorial and county officers including governor, secretary, auditor, attorney general, public instruction, district judges, sheriff, treasurer, recorder, and city officials. Also notes forthcoming Zacatecas Mexico state lottery with June 27 1890 draw, ticket pricing, prize structure, and agent opportunities across the United States and Canada.
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Territoria
Lewis Wolfley
N. O. Moet
Thomas Hucnes
Clare Churchill
Roral A. Johnson
G. W. Cueysey
Congress
M. A. Smith
Territorial
H. Bahan
Norning Star Consolidated Mining Company Assessment Notice
Notice of a two cent per share assessment levied by the board on April 30 1890 payable in gold to the secretary at room 23 23 Montgomery street San Francisco. Unpaid stock by June 28 1890 will be delinquent and sold at public auction on June 28 1890 to cover the assessment and sale costs.
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California
Norning Star Consolidated | Mining Company
San Francisco
Tombstone
Cochise County
Sincona
United States
Board of
Nuwlin
Montgomery S
Miro Td
Notice for Publication on Homestead Application 728
Land Office at TLC UX Arizona gives notice of intention to make final proof to establish a claim on the N4 of SEM of Section 26 in Township 20K. The claimant John J Huffiker of Tres Alamos will prove residence and cultivation before the Register and Receiver at the U S Land Office in Tus S08 Arizona on the 10th of June 1899. Present at the hearing are W Comins Skinner Jr John J Allen and T J White all of Tres Alamos Arizona. First publication April 19 1839.
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Lane Orrick
Tecson
Aviv
U. S. Land Office
Tucson
Arizona
Charles Loppnow
Tres Alamos
Cochise County
Arena
Thomas J. Whit
Wiliam H. Weeks
John J. Haffaker
John Temple
Yes Manas
Antona
Herbert Grown
Register
Homstead
Tlc UX
John J Huffiker
Secga
U.S Land Office
Roth of
Tone
W. Comins
A Skinner Jr
John J. Allen
T. J. White
Hersextt
Nature in Convulsion and a Patent Remedy Spotlight
Nature in convulsion is lauded as picturesque yet dangerous to imitate in medicine. The old purgatives fade as Hosteller's Stomach Bitters is praised for gentler, effective relief, improving bowel action and supporting liver and kidneys while tackling malaria and rheumatism. Also advertised is a No 6 Charter Oak stove with utensils, used two months, for sale at the office.
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Tl J
Wunst
Hostevrer
Proclamation of Reward for James Daly in Arizona
Governor Lewis Wolfley of Arizona offers a reward of five hundred dollars for the arrest and conviction of James Daly, wanted for the murder of Deputy Sheriff W. W. Lowther near Bisbee. Daly, described as about six feet tall with blue eyes and a Welsh accent, remains at large after the April 11 incident. The proclamation, dated May 24, 1890, is signed by Secretary N. O. Murray and bears the territorial seal.
Plats of Arizona townships to be filed May 19, 1890
Notice from the Surveyor-General Tucson lists approved plats for townships in the Gila Land District to be officially filed May 19 1890. After that date applicants may seek entry of lands in these townships. Also mentions Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a reliable treatment for throat and lung diseases available via H J Peto.
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Gila Land District
Territory
Arizona
Surveyor-General
Sas
Ranges
Tucson
Arzona Territory
Herbert Brown
Register
Cas. R. Drake
H.J Peto
Favorite Prescription Promises Cure for Female Ailments
Fragmentary ad copy touts Favorite Prescription as a cure for female disorders including uterine problems, weakness, and related symptoms. Claims health, beauty, and purity from Dr. Pioreo’s remedy, advertised with assertive language and dubious medical assurances. Branding references Buffalo and a Buffalo-manufactured preparation appear, though details are unclear.
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Pioreo
Abbie Burgess Brave Keeper At Machias Rock Light
Abbie Burgess kept Machias Rock Light shining during a brutal gale that stranded her family for weeks. With father away on salary, she fed and cared for five children and their ill mother while sustaining the beacon to guide passing ships. Later her husband became keeper at White Head Light.
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Madhinicus
Samuel
Abbie
Mr. Burgess
Lewiston Journal
White Head Light
Dr Pierges Pellets and Travel Aids Advertised
An array of old remedy ads and restaurant notices. Dr Pierge’s Pellets claim to cleanse the liver and stomach, with Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy praised by a California seller. Sear’s Syrup of Figs advertised for digestion and cleansing the body. Hostetter’s Bitters touted for travel ailments. Prospectus for Prof Loiselle’s Memory System offered. The Can Can and Maison Dore restaurant notes round out the page.
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California
Loiselle
Dream Influences On Sleep And Dreadful Visions
A study by Mr. Lewis challenges the view that dreams stem from worry or mental trouble. He demonstrates waves of thought across the brain cause many dreams, citing experiments where sudden noises or actions triggered swift awakenings and vivid dream sequences of danger and disaster. A sleeper may relive shipwrecks, funerals, or peril as a rapid, lucid drift, making the sleep state resemble a brief voyage through terror.
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Peter
Lewis
St. Louis Republic
Hard on the feet in Washington streets
A Washington Post report notes chiropodist Dr G A White warns visitors suffer foot trouble from asphalt and brick sidewalks. He cites legation shoe failures, mentions Grant Garfield and Ingerson as foot sufferers, and asks for larger footwear to ease pain amid growing fashionable walking and city strolls. A Baroness E- from Sveaborg is noted for a glove-wearing habit after a kiss from Alexander I, offering free rooms to students to play whist in return.
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Ington
Washington
G. A. White
Legation
Grant
Sadid Garfield
Colonel Ingersoll
Washington Post
Sveaborg
Alexander the First
Helsingfors
Finland
Baroness E
San Francisco
Mighty Hard Times in Washington Colonists Debacle
The Seattle Press recalls 1887 colonists to Port Angeles who spent over 100000 during spring and summer, funded by debt and lavish dances. Starvation followed as beef and butter vanished, meals consisted of potatoes bread and cottonseed, while colonists carried spades and buckets seeking clams. Philip Meather recalls lanterns on the beach and hunger among the once-proud settlers.
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Washington
Port Angeles
Seattle
Port Townsend
Philip Meather
The Square Thing and a Missouri Man's Unhurried Justice
A Weston to St Joe train tale recalls a 10 year old grave error. A New York Sun writer frames a town’s past vigilante hanging and mistaken horse thief accusation. The speaker reveals the man buried near a tree was an honest farmer, later honored with sympathy resolutions, returning the horses and marrying the widow in a neighboring car.
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Missouri
Weston
St. Joe
New York Sun
Kansas
Long Tom Fletcher and the Colt at a Missouri rally
Long Tom Fletcher, famed Missouri marksman and later first Republican governor, calmed a hostile crowd in 1851 by placing a Colt revolver on the table and declaring free speech while challenging rioters. The scene reportedly shifted as the weapon's mere presence persuaded opponents to switch to support.
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Long Tom Fletcher
Missouri
de Wah
Washington
Ow York Tribune
Missori
Fletcher
Pletcher
Cunell
Witness and Judge in Maine Courtroom Exchange
An amusing scene unfolds in a Maine country court where a trial justice berates a small, aged witness. The witness, cheeky and red faced, answers awkwardly as the magistrate vainly tries to extract facts, and the exchange ends with a ten dollar contempt fine.
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Maine
Lewiston
Justina
Squire
The New Operator Looking for Coal That Never Came
An old Minneapolis Journal anecdote recalls a Las Vegas telegraph office novelty. A supposed report man eagerly copied and sharpened a pencil while skimming the wire, then asked for water and left to seek the coal box, never to return, the coal that never came.
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Las Vegas
Minneapolis Journal
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Fourth Street
Fremont and
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Official Directory
James H. Walcer
Justees
H. Kinsey
SLOAN
District Court
First Judicial District
RE Sloan
Second Judicial District
J. H. Kinsey
Third Judicial District
H. WeiGur
United States Gepicers
W. K. Meaps
H R. Inffokds
Land OF the Register
Heusext Brown
C. KR. Uaake
Th. B. Hassleton
Toasstons
H. Caxrenter
County Officers
CoreMan
Oxs
Montgomery
White
H. Suavucnrea
Treafurer
Jas P. Mcatlister
W. F. Bravley
W. H. Stilwell
K. R. Mosk
A. H. Emanuen
H. G. Howe
N. A. Gillam
Charles N. Thomas
Poice
D. W. Gace
Juiver Pkevillian
City Auersey
G. W. Swais
Nat Hawke
J. C. Weiser
Darwoon
Cammell
Turd
Jos. Lipreer
Joan Peinceville
Society Notices
Ki G Silomin Lodge
Frank McEis
Masonic
Citas. Suu
W. M. A. L. Grow
Adolo4 Coun
H. P. F. L. Moore
Geo. J. Myers
C. C. Wd. Monmonter
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G. E. Koller
Biraside
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Masonic Hall
Campanil PC
AESTI
Phigal Union
J T. MaveRo
G.ards
Frank
Earle, Assay & Metallurgical Laboratory Oflice
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City
William Herring
Howard F. Herring
Herring & Herring
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Tambatona
Asia
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Tombine
A. T
Henry G. Howe
American Institute of Mining Engineers
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Zacatecas
Mexico
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Terve
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Tamaevent
Montreal
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Chicago
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Apartado
W. Lowther
Ficer
James Daly
Bisbee
James
Wolfley
Hunprep
Tory
Phoenix
N. O. Murray
of Territory
U. 8. Land Office
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Oie Sem
Ric Algie Burgess
Chamberlain
H. J. Peto
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