Tombstone Town Topics Tersely Told
Tombstone items note a busy evening program including The Moonshine’s Last Stand and Two Western Paths. Local social and business updates feature Grace Gallen’s visit, Mise Mildred Marre’s party, and new adding machine for county offices. Attendees include attorneys Cleary Sutter Dosn Stevenson, and officials from Bisbee and Douglas.
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Schieffelin
Jasfollowe
Hattie
Mise Grace Gallen
Bisbee
Mise Mildred Marre
Agent
Mui Cleary
Fred Sutter
Frank Dosn
Douglas
Stevenson
Interest in State Roads and Local Bonds Grows
Arizona news notes rising interest in state road progress and county bond plans after a successful county bond vote. Also reports local crime arrest, a vacancy decision for pound master, a horseback accident injuring Minnie Belle Martin, and upcoming concrete work for paving in Tucson.
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Arisnoe
Restle
Yema County
Benson Union High School Moves Into Former Reform School
The Benson Union High School plans to use buildings formerly housing the state reform school now abandoned. This marks a second state institution building repurposed for high school use, following the penitentiary at Yome. Tucson jeweler RJ Dele visited the city on business.
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Benson Union High School
Yome
Tucson
Promised Local Tong War Nipped By Complaint
Tom Yee filed a complaint before county attorney P W O'ullin Ching Chung faces attempted extortion and threats in a Chinatown money dispute. The case ties into earlier trials, including Yoong Chung's life sentence for alleged murderous assault and attempted robbery. The supreme court affirmed lower court rulings. Young Chung begins his term in the state penitentiary.
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Prescott
Tom Yee
P W O
Supreme Court
Young Chung
Looking Backward Twenty Six Years in Local Ledger
A fragmentary local note recalls a 26 year retrospect with cattle brand filings for Virginia and Frank McCon and Ells Green OKR. A disturbance on Alleo Street led to an arrest and a friend paying an eight dollar fine. Lizzie Mitchell, actress at the Elite Theatre, suffered morphine overdose symptoms needing aiding friends. Officer Bartholomew recovers. Captain Kelton away for official duty.
Trainmen Bound Over for Robbery Case
Charged with robbing freight cars in inter state commerce. A B Grote and Charles G Harrison former trainmen of the Southern Pacific were bound over to the federal grand jury in Tucson. E B Winkler released. Witness William Hines testified that goods were seized from a box car ends and carried toward the caboose. Bonds set at 1500 dollars each. Evidence placed with Deputy U S Marshal A W Fobes.
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A B Grote
Charles G Harrison
Southern Pacific
Federal Grand Jury
Tueson
United States
Jones
E B Winkler
William Hines
Earl
Guneyesche
Cabocee
Harrison
A W Fobes
Tucson Man Receives Plum
The senate passed a bill to extend irrigation project payments from 10 to 20 years. Senator Smith of Texas introduced a similar measure and is expected to pass. Geof White of Tucson was appointed transportation of farm products specialist in the agricultural department at a salary of 3760 per year.
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Washington
Senate
Smith
Texas
Geof White
Tucvos
Agricultural Department
Counterfeiter Coerced Into Confession Across Border
Secret Service agents located a counterfeit Carranza money plant in El Paso. A suspect, arrested after showing a few bills, agreed to reveal the operation and led officers to seize thousands of new bills and the plant. He then chose imprisonment in the United States over Mexico.
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Secret Service
U.S. Treasury Department
el Paso
Esid
Leavenaworth
United States
Mexico
Moving picture plays offer new profitable careers
An advertisement touts writing motion picture plots as a high demand, low effort home job. Producers pay 25 to 100 dollars per scenario accepted, with one worker claiming 3500 dollars in six months. No literary skill required, women encouraged, and free full particulars via postcard to Photo-Play Association, box 158 Wilkes-Barre PA.
Tobacco Shortage In Mexico Raises Cigar Prices
Report from Sonora notes tightened supplies of Vera Cruz wrappers and scarce high grade tobacco. Northern manufacturers depend on Mexican leaf, causing cigars to double in price and wrappers to become scarce. Sevore and Sol Mexico supply issues threaten common cigarette leaf as well.
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Sonora
Mexico
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