Tombstone Epitaph on Cession of Arid Lands
Gov Hooves asks for cession of arid lands to the territory while both major parties support the policy. The irrigation congress in Los Angeles urged the opposite stance, but the article argues the general government should take control to make the lands habitable and benefit the territory and nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hooves
Irrigation Congress
Los Angeles
Congress
Arizona
Bose
Commonwealths
Five want to be Prescott police chief in Arizona
The item notes five men seeking the position of chief of police in Prescott Arizona as part of a round of local government news. It references the region including Goldfield Tempe and Kyrene with several other short notices about people movements, mining, and commerce in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police
Prescott
Snow Creek
Cochise
Election drama at City Hall as Whiston leads vote parity
Reports describe a city election for chief of the Bre department with candidates Dan Hanley Frank Broad and Ben Whiston. Broad withdraws in favor of Whiston and crowds gather at City Hall as votes pour in with bets and cheers amid lively street activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebief
Bre
Dan Hanley
Protection Hose Co
Frank Broad
The
Engine Co
Ben Whiston
Curby
Whiston
Hanley
Tod Ollock
One large bay boing branded US on left shoulder
A fragmentary note describes a bay horse with a prominent US brand on the left shoulder and mentions mane irregularities. The text is unclear and references liberal, suggesting a political context or descriptor but lacks full details or names.
Multiple Disparate 19th Century News Items Gathered
Judges appoint receivers for Northern Pacific and Manitoba railways while war news, burials, and accidents fill the day. A Berlin burial with military honors for Gen. Kameke, a factory explosion in Servis killing six workers, and bids for three light-drawn boats top concurrent dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kameke
Berlin
Frederick Leopold
Prussia
Kraguyevetz
Servis
Jogodin
Navy Department
Wildest African Tribe Revealed By Selous Narrative
In a Britain address on Africa F C Selous described the Masbuku lumbwe area around the Zambezi with Matabeleland and Mayhouland. He recounted Lobengula the Metabele chief and Menze who memory Livingstone, noting the savage naked tribe and two foot high髙 hair, and told of a treacherous attack on his camp by Maneuga with twelve dead and five wounded. He praised the climate for Europeans and potential British possession prospects amid abundant resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Africa
F.C. Selous
Zambeai
Matableland
Mayhounland
Lobengula
Maneuga
Walt
Modified Whaleback Craft Draws English Attention
Ship builders in Sunderland England experiment with a novel whaleback modification. The hull remains keel to water line while the upper structure forms a turret, thick skin extends to the deck, engines placed aft, and crew accommodated behind the engine room under the captain and officers. Also notes theories on American Indian origins and shared ancient features with Chinese and Peruvian civilizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Sunderland
Eng
Printing Press Evolution and Newspaper Output Through History
The piece reviews newspaper delivery by bicycle in suburbs, compares New York city publication frequencies, and notes press speeds from early single-sided sheets to modern double-sided runs. It traces curved stereotype plates 1815 adoption, Hungary’s 1470 first imprint, and a U.S. medical firm printing 3,000,000 yearly with total U.S. annual output near 150,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Andy
Hungary
Age 78 Praises Hires Root Over Other Drinks
A brief, first person note says the writer fixed the O14 Gent, has kept and sold Hires' Root for years, drank it exclusively this summer, and feels like a boy. Mentions being 78, ahead of sarsaparilla, with scattered initials and place names.
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van Wacexas
M. D
Dartington
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Tombstone
Sremcatron
Te City
Phen
Heys Racker
Wood
Nogales
John Nobile
Tempe
Fieb
Wolcott's
Jor, Hoetter
Chicago
Mexico
Mrs. G. Baron
Goldfield
James 8. Patterson
Ed Wagner
Mre. Bauer
San Francisco
J.C. Black
Goldbeis
Kyrene
Blackwater District
Jack Eberly
Francisco Allamarano
Bisbee
D. R. Hancock
LC. Shattuck
Sp.co
Painted Rock
el Paso Herald
Arizona Copper Co
Press of
Senate
Sam Webb
Customs
del Lewis
Rodriguez Guayagas
Offhce
Phenix
California
Hatford
Germany
Recigae Heebeath
Frederick Munster
Salvation Army
Tuccon
Chepnen
Martin's World's Fair AlLam- Atlas
Tus Savis, Co
Phenix, Ariz
James A. Menaul
Albuquerque
N. M
Rescue Here Co
Messrs. Costello
Montgomery
Producion
Swayne
Onstm
Wayne & Son
Philadelphia
Troy
Kas
Monash
Chamberlain
Denggivte
Judge Dubue
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Co. of
New York
Northern Pacific and
Manitoba
Webster Flanagan
el Paso
United States Grand Jury
Edison Electric Co
St. Louis
Arc
Electric Light Companies
New York and Chicago Limited
Wellsville
Olu
Michigan
Big Four
North Manchester
Roscoe Conkling
Utica, N.Y
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Marseilles
Galveston
Palmas
Thomas
Oakdale
Stanislaus County
Exchange Telegraph Company
London
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
W. B. Worthea
Little Rock and
Fort Smith
Pulaski Chancery
Wall
Wm. Campbell & Co
West 4St Street
Boston
Protergesco
Quascantine Ad
Humboldt
Tartary
India
Thibet
the Press
E. E. Burlingame
Issa
Enon
Yplant Ferry
Tferry
Erry
Nnual
G. Gloger
Watertown
Wis
Boschee
Bec
Remaya
Nicolas
Bamber Lie
Saati
Cote Ten
Snexu
Cuticura
Garton
AA Roy
Eesti
Hood
Actica
Nome
San Jose
P.O. Box
de Sreerrefode
Tam
Anne
Gueen
Apie Sterne
H. €. Staver Manufacturing Co
West Lake Street
Chcagg, Ill
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