Trade and travel notes from far west and politics
Wednesday's Daily reports M S Thomas travels to Bakefield California and Charney Smith plans to go there next day. Mexico withdraws quarantine at New York. The Aransas Pass road comes under S P Co control. Drummer M Bestandig visits the Palace. W K Meade and wife register at Westminster Los Angeles. M E Collins buys land near Phenix for 15000 dollars. CJ Cheyney is in Tucon and a Cochise council candidate is hinted. A 12 inch rich ore strike is reported at Grand Army mine White Hills. Australian ballot law described as simple. Jack rabbits leaving westward. drovers move west. Trial of Limeel ends in hung jury. Muldoon offers to back Sullivan against any world champ. Allen Baglish returns from Phenix. waits on Supreme Court decisions. El Pacifico notes rising misery and migration to cities. L Bradford Prince commends private land court creation but cites faulty small-takings law. Rocky Mountain News praises Mark Smith as active delegate for Arizona. The Credit Fancier notes shipments to Menda front and scarce supplies in Sinaloa due to drought.
Abe Leyda Victim of Fresno Marriage Bureau Scam
In Los Angeles court Abe Leyda, longtime Tombstone worker, testifies about a banco game posing as a marriage bureau run by a man using the alias Wilson in Fresno. Leyda answered an ad promising a Spanish heiress and sent $240. He was told a 19 year old bride would marry him and travel to San Jose, but the promised wife never arrived.
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Tombstone
Abe Leyda
Banco
Wilson
Fresno
Abe
U.S. Court
Los Angeles
Herald
Bisbee
Aziz
A. V. Leyda
New York
ACME
Fremo
Cal
Ledya
Himsell
Bain
Thes
Dan Shankland
Supreme Court
Yuma
Health Advice From The Era On Bitters And Suffering
The piece extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia and related ailments. It claims relief from heartburn biliousness constipation and malaria rheumatism and nervous debility and warns of grave consequences from neglecting health. It notes grippe as well and praises the tonic’s purported mastery over these conditions.
Arizona Visit Highlights Streeter Pioneer Californian
A. G. Streeter of innon tours Arizona guest of Mesa City. The Free Press recalls his 1888 People’s party presidential nomination and 1890 bid for US Senate, narrowly defeated by General John M Palmer after a week of balloting. He crossed the plains three times beginning in 1849 and is described as genial and open-hearted.
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A. G. Streeter
Innon
Arizona
Mesa City
Free Press
Streeter
People’s Party
United States
Iilipoie
John M. Palmer
Plains
California
Cattle Transfer From Jas to Warne at Pleasant Vale
Jas Satheriana and P B Warne moved 60 head of cattle to Pleasant Valley. The transaction secured $250 for the herd.
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Jas
A. Satheriana
P. B. Warneros
Pleasant Val
Phenix Update and Western Traffic Notes From Daily
The Daily reports Bitly Freeze and family moving to Phenix, a postponed Labor Commissioner hearing to Oct 12, and local bank deposits returned after Florence bank wind up. It notes San Diego celebration bands, convict escape near Dallas, and a MissourI Pacific withdrawal from Western Traffic Association with Wabash and UP joining.
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Missiouri Pacific
Western Traffic Association
Wabash and
Union Pacific
Politicking in Willcox as People’s party eyed
A local critique details a flawed Democratic precinct primary in Willcox on Sept 27. It alleges manipulation by "sore-head" faction members and a scandalous ticket, with Judge Baker questioned and a constable who would not raid his own tenantry named. It calls for honest conservative forces, possibly the People’s party, to counter the corruption.
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People's Party
Sitle
Justiow
Board of Supervisors
Satie
Baker
Jooulst
Sdre-Heale
Abother
Bommer
Obituary Verse Origins From A Pet Cat Tale
A fragmentary item notes an amateur obituary verse for a deceased cat written by a would‑be scribe who abandoned the project when the animal recovered. The text hints at two verses saved at great expense, echoing a local mood and oddities in a periodical column. It also references political sentiment linked to the People’s Party platform on silver coinage and monetary policy.
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Tom Monier
Great Lexpense
Thomas
Tuan
People’s Party
Friday's Daily Register Items and Local Notes
A mix of social notes and local updates from Friday's Daily. People in town include Ais, E. J. Roberta from the ranch, FE. M. Hathaway of Fremont Ohio at the Palace, and Mr. H. J. Peto hosting a reception for Miss Jones. John Brady returns after rheumation. Travel deals note a $16.10 round trip Kansas City to City of Mexico fare. Rubio Romero slated to resume duties as Mexican minister to the United States. Bisbee Wilcox baseball on Sunday, and tax and mining news from Nacosari and San Diego. The 49th Carrillo landing anniversary observed in San Diego with 15,000 visitors. bullion movements reported from Descanso. coal price shifts affecting western railroads. Local health and legal notes include a leg surgery for N. Nobile and horse and sheep theft arrests of three Mexicans. Further town chatter mentions J M Leary's northern Michigan visit and Col. Tway's rumor about a return with a companion.
Bisbee Notes and Local Changes in September
Local items report Ben Williams arriving from Sonora and Miss Annie Schmidt returning from Huachuca out ing. School Sabbath observed. J W Wright presided in Mr Pritchard's absence. Several residents travel or relocate including Shaefer to a Tucson ranch and Hicks to Los Angeles. Boundary Commission visits town. cattle market news from the Butchers Gazette in San Francisco notes steady demand and pricing.
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J. W. Wright
Mr. Pritchard
Butchers’ Gazette of
San Francisco
Ancient Cochise Letter Probes Ancestral Iron Hoes Mystery
An Arizona Enterprise reader from Pinery canyon near Fort Bowie reports finding old iron hoes, copper sheets, and slag in the Chiricahua area south of Apache Pass. He questions Aztec ironworking, suggests Mexican or Spanish origins, and notes local mining hints and a Tucson convention for a fall party ticket.
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Arizona Enterprise
Tom Chattman
Pinery Canyon
Fort Bowie
Chiricahua Mountains
Ewrekesist
Colorado
Salt and
Gils
Apache
Pass
J. H. Stafford
Bob Leatherwood
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M.S. Thomas
Bakefield
Charney Smith
Bakersfield
Mexico
Aransas Pass
S. P. Co
M. Bestandig
the Palace
W. K. Meade
Westminster Hotel
Phenix
M. E. Collins Haw
N.O. Murphy
San Diego
GW. Cheyney
Tucton
Cochise
White Hills
Grand Army
Fiurey
Limeel
Prescott
Muldoon
Acand
John L. Sullivan
James Corbett
Sullivan
Jobo L
Kilrain
Allen Baglish
el Pacifico
Mazatlan
L. Bradford Prince
New Mexico
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Ays
The
Rocky Mountain News
Mark Smith
O! Enterprise
Kan
Topolobimpo Colony
Menda
Sinaloa
Freano County
San Jose
H.C. Witsos
Paradise
Herring
Bitly Freeze
Labor
C. B. Tarbell
Huachuca Mountain
Pinal County Bank
Florence
21St Infantry Band
East
Eagle Ford
Texas
Dallas
Winstrel
Colorado River
Needles
the & P. Co
Chamber of Commerce
Cameron King
San Francisco County
van Howell
Atlanta Constitution
Cleveland
Hill
Bishes
Ve. Bain
Union Pacific Passenger Department
Ces
International Monetary Conternee
Jack Glian
Las Animas
Randt
South Africa
New River
Alamo Mocho
Gulf
Tadian Wella
Saltoo
Yume Times
Willcox
Pulaski
People’s Party of
Gila County
Seid
Ais
E. J. Roberta
FE. M. Hathaway
Fremont, Ohio
H. J. Peto
Miss Jones
John Brady
Kansas City
City of
Rubio Romero
Washington
Bisbee and Wilcox
Society of Jesus
Rome
Tammany
John Dart
Nacosari
Mr. Castanada
Virginia Hotel
Benson
Carrillo
Descanso
Reading
Pennsylvania
Albuquerque
J. M. Leary
South Second Street
Michigan
Col. Tway
Leary
N. Nobile
Kelion
Johnston
Allison Bros
Desert
Lower
Ben Williams
Sonora
Annie Schmidt
Lizzie Schmidt
Stockton
Willie Belden
W. HL. Shaefer
Tucson
Geo. Hicks
Sis
Hendy
McAndrews
Hugh Conlon
Boundary Commission
JP. McAllister
Jake
Remcinct
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