Minstrel plans and town notes from Bisbee 1901
Bisbee on November 6 1901 reports a new building at the corner of vad and Brewery gulch. News covers a failed bank heist, a hospital staff update, arrivals at Norton House, preparations for a minstrel show at the opera house November 8, and town chatter about social events and local misfortunes. A deputy shoots a robber named Will Cravens of Dog Springs, New Mexico, in a confrontation after the attempted hold up.
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Elie
Johnson
Hhis
Thomas Ryan
Tucton
Ceneiterabie Periecce
Chow
Neco
Deis
Everitf Els
Oner
Will Cravens
Dog Springs
New Mexico
Hudspeth
Tan
el Paso
Embr
Clogging Wheel of Industry Nipped Budding Business
George Salli tion agent at Flageaf caught in the act unloading a coal car. Townsfolk spread rumors as a shedbarrow was used to deliver the coal. The heatlees corporation intervened, arresting the pair amid indignant protests over a minor theft, sworn to halt a fledgling industry.
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George Sallition
Flageaf
Bebo
Walde Tres
Oeders
Heatlees Corporation
Washing Machines for Apache Indians
Colonel Rogers recounts Collins returning from court with four carloads of washing machines and several wagons delivered to the Navajo Indian community. He notes the scene of Indigenous people in breechcloths with blankets, their horses, and the donated washing machines as a sign of frontier times advancing, reflecting on white settlement and native life.
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Colonel Rogers
Preccott Courier
Isaac Hive Lexan
Tiswood
Oracy Collins
Narsjo
Endeas
Simon Waterees
Ctieo
Lees
Cache Sam
Jawhar
A Divine Talks On Mining Wealth From The Ground
A piece by Rov, Robert Melutyre, extols the miner as the pure wealth producer. It argues mining yields real world wealth without bloodshed or deceit, unlike stock speculation or corporate hype. The miner gains modestly yet contributes to global comforts, comparing him to the farmer as a direct wealth creator.
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Board of Trade
Tock Exchange
Nesuse
Botert Melutyre
Interesting Lems from the Railroad Town in Tombstone
Tharreays Mats CT Connell notes a bustling Tombstone area with cattle movements to Tombstone market, coke wagon shipments for Cananea Copper Co, new road work, arrivals from Nogales and Globe, and local delays due to weather. Clergy visits, mining notes, and social column edits accompany brief obituaries and departures in a busy Fairbank era corridor.
Tombstone Notes and Local Affairs in December Despatch
The corralled text reports on a December meeting for the Catholic church parish, nearby civic notes at Tombstone with endorsements and plans, a mining era overview, and local arrivals. It mentions the death of F. E. Flannigan in Teutschman, ongoing territorial developments, and staff changes at local papers including Col McVowan leaving the Tucson bureau.
Delayed Dividends Marvelous Result at Standard Oil
The Standard Oil company’s long record of high dividends is highlighted with a 1901 outlook near 40 percent declared by September and a projected total near 50 percent for the year. With $100 million capital and 9 percent watered stock, the note credits persistent leadership and prudent management for turning early discouragement into strong investor returns.
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Standard 64
Rcard
Standard Oil Company
Presingen
Everiasingly
Evecon
Inter
Fashionable skirts trend toward clover fit and arblike depth
The essay notes a fashion treatise on women’s attire, describing skirts shaped from the waist to the knee with arblike depth and heightened ornamentation. Mrs A L Gorman in the Diomover Delimenter comments on the evolving lines, illustrating how length and fullness affect appearance, with diagrams accompanying the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hounen
A L Gorman
Diomover Delimenter
Black Diamond Camp Mourns Death of Fred Krewe
Fred Krewe a well known blacksmith who worked many years in the Southern Arizona copper camps died at the Black Diamond on Sunday of pneumonia. This being the first year at the Black Diamond, funeral services were held with all the miners of the camp attending to honor their comrade buried at the Black Diamond camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Krewe
Ciigal
Arizona
Pneumonis
Black Diamond
Prosper US Community's Water Prosperity at St David Valley
A historical note describes agricultural growth around St David near the Pedre river where Latter Day Saints settled twenty years ago. Farmers bored wells, yielding abundant water to irrigate crops, with reservoirs storing surplus for droughts. Wells spread along the river belt, artesian flow steady, supporting cereals and fruits as land between Tombstone and Benson comes under cultivation.
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Tombstone
Sud Benson
Pedre
St David
Shere
Frivade
el Dorado
Ea Srea
Tomb Tose
Bensin
Elvald
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Charles Wedeke
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Ellen Hert
le Wyrile
Mr. Wallmen
Douglas
Pr'e Pote
Bill Quine
F. V. Pione
Lf, Harmer
E. F. Stone
C. Morgan
Bmallwood
P. Hart
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Bisher
Desling
Mallon Wictor
Pitore’ Supply Co
Lorrow
Congesss
W. E. Swan
Eiepxe
Diss
Matilda Peterson
Dougie
Frank J. Nichole
George Mitchill
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Cananes
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Buves
Nove
Vail
Julius Eons
Theistrict Court
Jnout Behmid
Lew Orobeck
L. C. Shattuck
Josaph Malhelm
Melbourne
Florence
Mir
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Cleopatri
Indian Bureau Methods
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Mats
Connell Haselerda
Ficbani
Tomba
Tringigine
Frask Jaeger
Tombatone
McPadrson & Co
Cananea Copper Co
King's Wegon
Tour
Brebes
Bauer
Globe
WM Bradird
Dewing
Engisoor McAvoy
J Vandevort
Nogales
Mr Vandevortie
Dunderate
Coeyney
Tur
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Territorial Cupreme
Copper Queen
Board of Equalisation of
Doebise Cousty
United Sister
J A Churen
TM. Dal
EP Smith
New York City
Osai Ashman
Hia
Polladslybia
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George Longton
Tonbetone
George
Ah Metropolitan Daly
Arivet
Seu Pedro River
Huachucaing
WM Kane
Uae
Worties
Tacon
Frank Flannagen
St Mary's Berital
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Yuma
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Jat
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Johan Brown
Tennersot
Nachville
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Davidson County
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Gleeson
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Dui v
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Tombstose
Renide
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Maison Daree
E Flannigan
Teutsten
Mary's Hospital
Arizone
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Vale of Printer
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SB McVowan
Rewbiican
Pooendix
Col McCowan
Tusson Sar
Paos Rectet
Pearce News
Star
Joerpatism
Boston
Nic
Thombed
Tucson
Jone
Citizen
Shannon
Rone
Los Angeles
ST. David's Artfsian Wells
Saims
Prosper
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