Burial Rite of Maricopa Indians cremation observed
J J Elwell reported from Phoenix on the cremation of a Maricopa mother and her newborn in a tribal funeral pyre. The mother, an elder and convert to Christianity, requested cremation. Chiefs lit the flames while chant and dance accompanied the rite, with possessions and garments torn and cast into the fire by kin and tribe members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titimbie Postiile
J. J. Elwell
Maricopa Reservation
Arizona Democrat
Filipino Tribes Pass Through Arizona to Jamestown Exposition
Two carloads of Moro and Bugoloo people travel through Arizona en route to the Jamestown Exposition aboard the Southern Pacific. The group includes a feared chief with four enslaved persons and a child born recently in Manila. An El Paso dispatch notes a mysterious disease in Durango mining camps causing deaths, plus the deaths of two Torreon mine operators.
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Southern Pacific
Jamestown Exposition
San Francisco
Manila
Jamertown
el Paso
Akill
Durango
Mexico
Torreon
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Promoted as Alcohol Free
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a non alcoholic remedy for women's ailments. It claims universal medical endorsement and urges readers to order by mail or postal card from Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
A Sucker Born Every Minute
Ed Howe, editor of the Atchison Globe, notes in 1912 about 150 mining and oil firms advertising in newspapers offering dividends of 24 to 100 percent while few pay, and claims many are allied swindlers. He urges legislators to investigate why these dwindlers operate without authorities’ protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Howe
Atchison Globe
Atl Il
McHowe
Governor Hagerman Leaves for Mexico Amid Resignation Talk
Governor Hebert J. Hagerman of Mexico travels from St Louis toward Albuquerque after a three day stay, saying his resignation may come soon at Roosevelt’s request. He cites enmity over his anti corruption actions and promises to reveal exposures that could cause a sensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Hebert J. Hagerman
Mexico
Rowevelt
Hagerman
Roosevelt
Albuquerque
Teachers Chosen For Ensuing Term In Tombstone
Tombstone school board selects nine teachers for the upcoming term and requires first class certificates. Appointments listed include Superintendent P. D. L. Me Laurie and assistants Mary Willamson Elsie Cleverdon Helen Axtell Josie Critchley Helen Benedict and Margaret McElroy with further hires to be finalized next Friday after examinations.
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Board of School Trustees
Tombstone
Laurie
Mary Willamson
Elsie L. Cleverdon
Helen Axtell
Josie Critchley
Helen Benedict
Margaret McElroy
Japanese Veterans Mining in Mexico
About two weeks ago the Black Mountain Mining Company in So sere put 140 Japanese laborers to work at Cerro Prieto. Sixty five were Russo Japanese war veterans. Some were put underground and taught to drive drills. They prove apt and learn quickly to handle the bamillfully to the work of drilling.
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Black Mountain Mining Company
Sosere
Cerro Prieto
Importation of Mexican Fruit Strains Nogales Trade Route
The Nogales Oasis notes large quantities of tomatoes shipped daily from Guaymas. Express cars leave Nogales each evening half filled with boxes and crates of the fruit. Sourced from nearby ranches and the Yaqui river, shipments go to San Francisco and other California cities and to Kansas City and other eastern points.
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Nogales
Guaymis
Express Cor
Yaqui
San Francisco
California
Kansas City
Awakening in Ray Copper District Signals Mining Boom
The Ray and Ila Copper companies plan 40 hoisting engines on 2000 acres near Ray Arizona to launch a major mining era. They invite bids to build a seven mile standard gauge railroad Kelvin to Ray, aiming for rapid completion and turning Pinal County into a focal mining center.
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Ray
Gila Copper Companies
New Ray Copper Company
Ila Copper Company
Arizona
Pinal County
Kelvin
Belce
Pinal
Ail
Arizona Blade
Ordinance Against Selling of Liquors in Taccon City
A city ordinance forces saloons to display liquor prohibitions on habitual drunkards and those under kinship warnings. Violators face heavy fines and possible license forfeiture. Two Yuma Indians were jailed for thirty days each after drunken incidents. one carried $24 and the other $17.50 at arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taccon Council
Yuma
Apportionment of School Funds and County Grants
The territorial board of education met at the capitol on Saturday. Lorenzo F. Vaughn received an educational diploma from Gatham county and John Allen Moore and Blanche Moore of Maricopa county earned first grade certificates. Arizona pupils at the California asylum for the dumb and blind were billed $45 for six students. The school money totaling $25,695.5 was apportioned among counties by the census, with Maricopa receiving $4,890.90, slightly more than Cochise.
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Territorial Board of Education
Capitol
Loren F. Vaughn
Gatham County
John Allen Moore
Blanche
Moore
Maricopa County
California Asylum For the Dumb and Blind
Arizona
Cnsus
Maricopa
Cochise County
Prophetic View of Tucson's Future
The Tucson Star forecasts the Gulf, Tucson and Denver railroad bringing three trans continental lines to Tucson. Proximity to tide water, shorter land haul to the Midwest, and local wealth resources will fuel large freight deals. It predicts Tucson’s population reaching 50,000 within ten to fifteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson Star
Gulf, Tucson & Denver
Middle West
Tucson
Civil Service Exams May 15 for Immigration Work
A Civil Service Examinations notice states that an interpreter exam will be held May 15 in Phoenix Prescott and Tucson to fill Immigration Service positions at 1200 dollars monthly. Languages include Arabic Armenian Assyrian Bulgarian Chinese Croatian Dutch Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hungarian Italian Japanese Russian Serbian Slovenian Swedish Turkish Yiddish and more. Applications should be filed with the local secretary of the Board of Civil Service Examiners.
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United States Civil Service
Cmmission
Harry Cahaher
Douglas
Guese
Rounanian
Ruther'hs
Phoenix
Board of Civil Servce
Cipal
Territorial Officials Visit Tombstone
Territorial officials led by Gov Kibbey visited Tombstone on a multi-city tour to inspect the district court, meet local officials, and review mining prosperity. The party spoke with Pres KB Gage of Tombstone Con Co and planned onward trips to Bisbee and Douglas.
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C. EL. Edmionson
Bisbee
D. A. Richardson
Douglas
District Court
Mtorces Hughes
Oklahoma City
Ter
John G.rowers
Lowell
Touchstone
Riobey
W.F. Nichols
Territorial Board For Control
J. J. Riggs
Ger*lemen
Sup't. Mahoney
Banner
Clifton
Morenci
Tombstone
Presint KB. Gage
Tombstone Con. Co
Gov Kibbey
Arizona
Arzona
Engineer Loses His Eyesight In Mine Lubricator Blast
Transvaal Mining Company engineer A T Obermiller, a stationary engineer from Sonora, was blinded when a lubricant blast at the Transvaal mine’s power house shattered glass into his right eye. He rode 80 miles on horseback to reach medical care in El Paso, arriving at the Hotel Diew for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.T. Obermiller
Transvaal Mining Company
Sonora
el Paso
Hotel Diew
Transvaal
Gila Monster Poses Poison Bite Risk At Gondolfo Hotel
An early 20th century report questions if the Gila monster can deliver a poisonous bite as a man dies in Los Angeles two weeks after a bite and another in Tucson suffers paralysis and seizures with medical aid failing.
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Gondolfo Hotel
Los Angeles
Tucson
Judge Decides Government Holds No Ownership Rights in School Lands
Judge Kent rules that the government holds no owner’s rights over school land. tenants may remove improvements including trees and buildings, leaving the landowner no redress. In the case John Bonner vs Joseph Silva near Phoenix, Silva cut trees Bonner claimed were protected. Bonner sought damages of 100 dollars, but the court found no action due to federal title.
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Kent
John Bonner
Josph Silva
Bonner
Phoenix
Silva
United States
Rao
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