Records of Cochise County Instruments Filed With the County Recorder
A compilation of recorded documents from Cochise County listing numerous conveyances and related actions including mortgage deeds, chattel mortgages, deeds, agreements, satisfactions, leases, bills of sale, mining deeds, and related instrument details. Names include Chase Keast, Standard Furniture Co, Louis Lombardi, Fannie D Young, John Dunmore, Lewis Lombardi, and many others. Property types span Douglas, Bisbee, Warren, and Tombstone areas with various parcel references and monetary figures noted. The catalog appears as a brief in abstract form, capturing the sequence of filings and their parties.
Fire Loss in Naco Estimated at Ten Thousand
Fire at Naco caused estimated damages near $10,000. About $1,000 falls on Jobovewell, proprietor of a saloon, with the remaining losses borne by Sarkie Jose le net, owner of a general store and its stock that were destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naco
Jobovewell
Sarkie Jose Lenet
Tucson Offering Depot Site Fight Backed by Citizens
A Bisbee conference between Walter Douglas of Phelps Dodge and Tucson leaders leads to a committee meeting to plan rights of way, depot and shop sites, and other inducements to tempt the El Paso and Southwestern railroad to extend the line from Ben Doom through Tucson, aiming for quick action before Douglas travels to New York for directors’ meetings in October.
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Bisbee
Walter Douglas
Phelps Dodge
Tucson
el Paso and Southwestern Railroad
Ben Oo
Douglas
New York
Local residents depart for studies and travel
Mire near Mire, SC Wilbur underwent surgery at Copper Quora hospital after being taken to Bie bee yesterday. Harry L Pickett returned from Lebannon Tean extended visit. Lenton Walcott leaves for Pomona College in Claremont. County Superintendent HE Stover returns from school inspections in Douglas and Bisbee. Colonel H L Pickett travels to Bisbee on professional business. H E Berner leaves Baton Rouge for family visit, plans to resume duties. Ivan Jonneon heads to Burbee then El Paso for the winter. C L Cummit travels to Tucson for brief business and circus plans. Sheriff White heads to Oklahoma City chasing a prisoner from Cochise county.
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HE Stover
Douglas and Bisbee
H L. Pickett
Bisbee
Ivan Jonneon
Burbee
el Paso
C. L.cummit
Tucson
Tombstone
Death Its Joy and Love Sermon At Methodist Church
In Tombstone on Sunday the Reverend M C Nevdtem preached an eloquent sermon on Death Its Joy and Love describing the soul leaving the body. The Sunday school at 10 a m drew a growing enrollment. Episcopal service was postponed due to rain. Christian Endeavor at the Congregational Church drew a good crowd with Requel Benedict leading on Home Missions. Ernest Ivey was elected secretary treasurer and Julia Rockfellow and Norman Abelchaire named prayer and lookout committee chairs.
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M C Nevdtem
Gibson
Episcopal Church
Congregational Church
Requel Benedict
Ernest Ivey
Julia Rockfellow
Norman Abelchaireman
Death of Little Tombstone Girl
Floyd Smith received news of his young daughter's death in Los Angeles after a hospital operation aimed at resolving her final trouble. She endured the procedure with courage but could not overcome the taxing weakness, and her funeral will be attended by her heartbroken father and mother.
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Floyd Smith
Los Angeles
Unclear text note on laxative cough syrup item
Fragmentary OCR note mentions laxative cough syrup and product phrases Se ey Alouens amp cope. Content appears garbled with unreadable names and several broken words, offering no clear event or identifiable entities to describe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alouens
Fort Bowie Auction Postponed Amid Logistics Hurdles
Fort Bowie historic site in Arizona will not be auctioned on October 1948 as officials postpone the sale. Receiver Arnold and Register Parker cite transport delays from Bowie station and the need for a strong guard. Land area totals 23 000 acres with 13 000 suitable for farming and grazing and the rest mineral land. Minimum price per acre ranges from 1 75 to 2 50 depending on quality. Forty acres is the maximum per party to prevent land grabbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Fort Bowie
Geronimo
Arnold
Register Parker
Phoenix Land Office
Fred Dennet
General Land Office
Land Department
Old Fort
Bowie
Fort Bowie Military Reservation
Prominent Speaker Here Friday October 7
Hon John G Woolley a leading prohibitionist will speak in Temtet on Friday October 7 under the Anti Saloon League auspices. Woolley was a Prohibition candidate for president in 1900. Meeting place to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G Woolley
United States
Temtet
Anti-Seloon League
Woolley Weem
He Knew What Some Will Never Learn
A Tombstone teachers exam report details one passer who showed wisdom by not guessing an algebra answer. He wrote a note to the board stating he could not return, then recovered and completed the remaining questions with credit. The anecdote cites James Jeffries as a humorous comparison to his candid admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tombstone
Territorislg Board of Examiners
Jamee J Jeffries
Sixteen Teachers Awarded First Grade Certificates
Sixteen teachers receive first grade certificates from the territorial board of examiners for Cochise County. Notable names include Mioniel Greshan Wilces with a Missouri state normal diploma Ethel Edwards Lowell with a Colorado state diploma Ansh Mouros Bishes with a Wisconsin state normal diploma Barbare Wohlgemuth Onagles with a New Mexico territorial normal school diploma The board also issued credentials and examinations for H C Ray Tombstone Baylor University Earl Buyder Bisbee University of Illinois.
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Territorial Board of Examiners
Cochis County
Mioniel Greshan
Wilces
Missouri
Ethel Edwards
Lowell
Colorado
Ansh Mouros
Bishes
Wiesonsin
Barbare Wohlgemuth
Onagles
New Mexico
Board of
Benson Saloon Held Up at Benson Morning Robbery
Shend office reports the Benson saloon of Chas Curran was robbed at an early hour yesterday. The masked gunman demanded cash, taking $50 from the register before fleeing. Officers are pursuing several clues and expect a capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todvices
Shend
Chas Curran
Benson
Arizona Has Big Bank Resources
The latest statistics from WC Foster territorial auditor and bank controller show Arizona’s combined bank resources at 23 million plus. Phoenix National Bank leads with about 2 million in resources. territory banks total 50 institutions, excluding the recently closed Bank of Florence.
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Arizon
WC Foster
Phoenix National Bank
Arizona
Bank of Florence
Boy Scouts Organized in Prescott Under Captain Cole
A troop of Boy Scouts is to be organized in Prescott under Captain ET Cole of the 18th Infantry at Whipple Barracks. A meeting in the high school auditorium outlined the aims of scouting and attracted many would be members.
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Prescott
Captain ET Cole
18Th Infantry
Whipple Baracks
Lecture on The New Minister At Methodist Sunday School
Rev M H Needham will lecture next Sunday evening on The New Minister at the Methodist Sunday school to raise funds for new books. The talk will include humor and no admission fee is charged though a collection at the start will support purchasing new sung books.
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Methodist Sunday School
M. H. Needham
Needham
New Court Filings Show Divorces and School Desegregation Bids
District court entries include JS Burkes and Alexander Graves v Trustees School District No 27 seeking to stop a school discontinuance and require desegregated access for African race children. Chas DeBard v Jennie Deltaud requests a divorce. Additional filings involve Riordan v Arizpe Mining and others seeking injunctions and receivers, estate partition reports, appraisers, and final accounts for estates of Delehanty Erickson Darton Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JS Burkes
Alexander Graves
Trustees
12Th Street
Douglas
Chas DeBard
Jennie Deltaud
Riordan Ve
Arizpe Mining Company
Edward Quirk
August Fritcobe
Verner DeGuise
Homer Wine
James L Stuart
P J Delehanty
Mary Power
Walter Kanty
Nellie Erickson
A W Flickinger
Chas H Howe
John Doan
Geo W Darton
E M Masenheimer
John E Butler
Marina Butler
Iber
Wednesday's Tombstone Visitor Attends Official Business
Government figures in Tombstone on official business greet stern friends as a special examiner for The Tombstone contingent returns from the Piceson area after observing the elephant show. Deputy Sheriff A W Howe rests in Bowie to maintain order while Barnum & Bailey circus travels on. Lucy Wolcott’s piano solos at a Douglas social. Grow back from Atlantic City G A L R reunion and eastern excursions. Mrs John Rock returns from a month long pleasant sojourn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas Pardon
To Stern
A. W. Howe
Bowie
Barnum & Bailing
AL. Grow
Atlantic City
John Rock
Cost But 50 Cents To Be Elected In Arizona
Statement filed by WF Conner of the victorious Republicans in Pine County claims he spent 50 cents to carry his campaign. Cooper states 50 cents went to a Young Republican club fee in Tucson and he contributed nothing else. Other affidavits from candidates for delegate to the constitutional convention detail various contributions, including payments to county and local party committees and clubs in Cochin and adjacent counties.
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Arizona
United States
Pine County
Cooper
M. Republican Club
Tucson
Young
Ecandidates
Cochin
Milton Fairlee
Repubican
AF Parsons
KB Sins
EE Etlinwoml
Douglas Club
Bisbee Club
Cochise Clergymn Goes to Harvard
Rev Ernest Bolt longtime St John Episcopal Bisbos pastor resigns and departs for Cambridge Massachusetts to pursue a two year postgraduate program at Harvard University aimed at earning a Doctor of Philosophy degree. Bolt is a well known figure in Tombstone having filled the local pulpit for some time.
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Ernest Bolt
St. John Episcopal Church
Bisbos
Cawbridge
Massachusetts
Harvard University
Bolt
Tombstone
Episcopal Church
Energetic Harvard-Bound Student Attracts Admiring Friends
An energetic young man draws many admiring friends at the jetty as he prepares for success and a move to Harvard, his ambition and cheerful outlook inspiring local supporters.
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Harvard
Railroads Offer Free Freight for Territorial Fair Exhibits
A statement from Southern Pacific general freight agent H 3 Stubbs explains railroads will not charge for transporting exhibits to Phoenix for the territorial fair. Exhibitors pay standard freight to Phoenix and can be refunded upon presenting a certificate from the territorial fair commission proving exhibition. This cooperative move encourages exhibitors to participate and bring products to the fair.
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Stubbs
Southern Pacific Tas
Plaeoix
Phoenix
Territorialate Commission
Kitty Wants a Sailor Husband Elopes Across States
Kitty Miles, 15, of Phoenix, under Matron Chambers at San Diego county jail, plans to wed sailor H Rey Moore, 24, wireless operator aboard the destroyer Perry. He aims to leave the navy and marry despite guardianship issues and local resistance, with Moore’s Oklahoma banker father aiding release.
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Kitty Miles
Phoenix
Chambers
San Diego
Los Angeles
Ak Schlater
H Rey Moore
U.S
Perry
Moore
Oklahoma
Navy
Probate Townsite Platted by Judge Goodbody at Pearce
Probate Judge Goodbody has designated 200 acres as a townsite for Pearce. J A Rockfellow’s survey and platting are complete and the map is approved by the board of supervisors. Notices will be posted soon with a ninety day viewing period. Attorney C hon handles the legal matters.
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Goodbody
Pearce
J. A. Rockfellow
Board of Supervisors
Chon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cochise County
Cmattel Mortgage
Chase Keast
Cy Art
JE Kenmy
Standard Furniture Co
Frent E Bellamy
Hef Brandtetux
Agen
Lowell Prop Oe
CE Norton Etux
Bank of Lowell
George Meyers
Jame Scow
JH Slaughter
John Dunmore
Ree
Fannie D Young
Prand Pala
Lewis Lombardi
FN Wolcott
John Haas
Sheriff's Certivicte OF Sale
Etc
BP Greenwod
Insee
Moe M H Bowe
Realty Mortuade
Louis Lombardi
Blian Lamber
Tomtatone
Jeane W Moore
Mary E Moore
Sherine
Arthuret Ux
Arizona & Mexico Realty Co
Fisher Et Ox
Jas Young
Crystal Icoe Co
Douglas Improvement Co
Douglas Prop
Geo M
John Kelly
Robert Hennessy
Soo Uo
Jobo
Mertili
Susie Erskine
Aurretaim Vree
Shanafelt
Jesse Yoskum
Warren
Chae Peverley
Rudolph Gahm
Reioa Hendrickson
Nora M & Claude Murphey
Cliff McDowell
Daniel Hagan
Chael McKean
E A Torrea
Quartland Prop
John
Chapman Et Ax
Verner
L& Delia Fletcher
Courtland Lumber Soto
Joseph Ewens
Lewis
John F White
Harrison C Bisbee
Bill Sale
Alex Kennedy
Eisard Wilson
Hedborg Phe Ees Es
Emil le Fabre
L A Brown
Tony Miboevie
Louis Vocotich
Jesse W Moore
Seo
Crystal Ice Co
Douglar Improvement Co
Boreee
Chattel Mortgage
E Ferguson
J Bowen
JM O'Connell
el Paso Barber’s Supply Co
Louis Lamarde
Etoxto L Blinn Lbr Co
Piasy, Ste
Geo I Sabin
Orto Henry
Busby
Charles Busby
John 8 Merrill, Jr
Abraham J Busby
Roxie Connors
John C Chapman
Delia Fletcher
Chas M McKean
E A Torres
Turquoise Dist
Tenes
Joho G Kerr
Arizona Marble
GK Hottenstein
E Rinehart
Daniel de Bisbee
Wildman
AL Dancan
Gey
Crueler
Carlisle
Werres
Chas M Roberts
Mascot Copper Co
Dos Cabezas
Bool
Montgades
Peter Jensen
Milton Feirlece
Maurice Dean
Mire, SC
Wilbur
Biebee
Copper Quora Hospital
Harry L Pickett
Lebannon, Tean and
Estern Ponte
Lenton Walcott
Claremont
Calif
Pomona College
the Schieffelin
H. E. Berner
Superview
Baton Rouge
Berner
White
Oklahoma City
Tombstone Girl
Boy Scouts
Promate Court
Piceson
Lucy Wolcott
Kitty
Levi Strauss & CO
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