Starvation in southern Sonora drives villagers to rail line
A well known American reports extreme famine in the southern Sahuaripa district of Sonora. Drought plus looting by Carranza and Villa forces left farms deserted, livestock gone, and people, especially women and children, severely malnourished. Food scarce. villagers rely on cactus fruit and herbs as flat currency circulates in Guaymas, Empalme, and Hermosillo.
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Douglas, S
Sahuaripa
Sonora
SP de M
Villa
Chihuahua
Carranza
Alto
Carranya
Guaymas
Empalme
Hermosillo
Delivering Election Supplies to Northern Precincts
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors A. C. Karger transported election materials this morning to the northern county precincts. He has spent the past week delivering supplies to rail-isolated precincts and will complete the task today, ensuring officers receive supplies before the legal deadline.
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Board of Supervisors
A.C. Karger
Trunk Stolen From Wing Lung Grocery Wednesday Night
A trunk was stolen from Wing Lung Grocery on Wednesday night, found in a gulch about a mile and a half below town. Chief Braviti believes a man and a boy may be suspects, with tracks matching the window through which the trunk was taken. Contents mostly intact except money and checks. A Mexican reported another robbery involving a 22 life and a cheap watch.
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Wing Lung
Pole Braviti
Leotard Mellgren
Acros
Chief Brain
State fair draws growing interest and big plans
Interest surges as Arizona fair officials mail premium lists and send out catalogs and entry blanks. Department superintendents collect exhibits while expect exhibition buildings to run near capacity. Dog lovers back the dog show at Fair Grounds November 14-17 with 80 prizes from sponsors. Poultry space doubles, and officials predict the show will be the biggest and best in the Southwest.
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Arizona
Lst
Shaughnessy
Sis
Warness Cveate
Arizona Kennel Club
Quarantine Declared for Mexican Railroad Workers
In Flagstaff on September 5 the health officials confirmed smallpox among several batches of Mexican workers for the Santa Fe railroad in Arizona. Dr R S Looney and Dr Tom Manning announced an 18 day quarantine for Mexicans crossing the border to work in the region.
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Flagstaff
Santa Fee
Arizona
Tite
RS. Looney
Tom Manning
Coconino County
Arizona Eastern to Build WeW Stations at Safford
Arizona Eastern railroad will construct new passenger and freight depots at Safford. The passenger station will use El Paso brick or concrete with a roof and will be 27 feet in size and equipped with a heating plant.
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Arizona Eastern
WEW
Safford
Arizona Eastern Railroad
el Paso
Douglas child kidnapped found in El Paso return
A Douglas, Arizona area child, 1 year old Lotte Whitson, was reported kidnapped from her home. A woman identified as Billie Patterson was detained in El Paso with the child in her possession. Police, led by Officer Claude Smith, located the suspect and child, who had been placed in a rescue bone. The mother, a waitress from a hotel in Lowell, Arizona, had been sent to Douglas to live with relatives when she met Patterson and entrusted the child.
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EL Paso
Tex
Ak Wired
Lotte Whitson
Douglas Av
Billie Patterson
Claude Smith
Douglas
Charles Pollock
Lowel
Arizbout
Ie Patterson
Arizona Congressman Defeats Copper Tax
Washington sept The house adopted the conference report removing the copper tax from the revenue bill as Hayden of Arizona originally urged in the house. Judge Fred Sutter, seeking the democratic nomination for state senator, was a welcome visitor in Tombstone and enjoys strong local support for the primary next Tuesday. He is regarded as one of the state’s ablest attorneys and is the sole candidate from the county for a state legislature seat, promising notable service if elected.
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Washington
House
Rl Hayden
Arizona
Fred Sutter
Tombstone
Sutter
Bisbee Man Joe Waters Visits Tombstone Today
Joe Waters of Bisbee was a business visitor in Tombstone today.
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Joe Waters
Bisbee
Busi& Visitor
Tombstone
Campaign finish for Cochise County recorder Jos A Wey Ivey
Jos A Ivey seeks the Democratic nomination for Cochise County recorder. He has four years as deputy and promises economical, faithful service if elected. He notes past support from former employers and invites voter cooperation while aiming to maintain accurate, satisfactory county records.
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Jos A
Arthur) Ivey
Cochise County
Tothers
Ivey
Board of Supervisors
Murphy
County Recorder
Iveyhaw
Douglas men may get Carnegie medal for bravery
Private Michael McDonough of the Fourteenth Infantry and Frank Larison a Douglas chauffeur risked their lives to save workers from a sewer in a rear residence yard. McDonough remains in hospital after entering the cesspool and being overcome. Larison pulled him out and helped the fire department recover three Mexican laborers. Officers push for a congressional certificate of merit and civil authorities discuss presenting the bravery to the Carnegie commission for medals and possible pensions.
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Douglas
Michael McDonough
Fourteenth Infantry
Frank Larieon
Waters McDonough
Vase Hospital
Harry J. Jones
JF. Niebuls
Larison
Fire Department
Crabtree
McDonough
Douxing
Larsson
Carnegie Commission
Locke Completes Map of Old Spanish Trails Route
El Paso Texas September Harry Locke finished logging the Old Spanish Trail from Florida to San Diego forming a Borderland route west of El Paso. The road runs via Dallas Fort Worth and towns along the Texas and Pacific line to Midland Fort Stockton Alpine Marfa and Sierra Blanca to El Paso. Locke plans to map the Borderland west of El Paso upon return. Mrs C A Morris travels to Tucson for the winter with the Morris children attending school there.
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EL Paso
Texas
Harry Locke
Florida
San Diego
Paso
Can
Ocean
Dallas
Fort Worth
Texas and Pacific
Midland
Fort Stockton
Alpine
Marfa
Sierra Mlanea
Locke
Here
County to Put Silver Creek Road in First Glass Shape
Douglas reports state funds totaling about 410,000 will be used by Cochise County to elevate and shield the Silver Creek section of the orderland highway. The project will place the road on the mountain side, enabling safe travel at all times. Funds will later widen eastward into a state highway as work continues toward the New Mexico border, with operations starting around October. County board chairman J. M. Sparks announced after a Totecstone meeting. He then traveled to the western end, Stenson, St. David, and nearby points while seeking renomination on the Democratic ticket at the upcoming primary.
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Douglas
Cochise County
Silver Creek
Orderland
Allmes
Board of Supervisors
J. M. Sparks
Ouglaw
New Mexico
Jetober
Sparks
Stenson
St. David
Leket
Judge Puke’s Campaign Car Stolen in Douglas Joy Ride
Willcox judge and Democratic candidate J C Puke was touring the county in a Saxon Six when in Douglas a colored employee Jones H Floyd reports the car was stolen from a local garage. Floyd claims the vehicle was used for a joy ride with women and children aboard and collided with another auto near Jersey Car.
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J.C. Puke
Willcox
Ieam
Dwen
Douglas
Jones H. Floyd
Floyd
Jersey Carp
Three Pairs of Trousers Get Mexican in Bad
Ygnacio Padilla, a Mexican, faced a Justice of the Peace in Maday for concealing three pairs of trousers belonging to J. B. Hahn. Padilla had two pairs hidden under his coat during a store visit with a companion, who fled. Padilla is sentenced to 60 days of county labor in Tombstone.
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Douglas
Ygnacio Padilla
Justice of the Peace KS
Maday
Yenacio
Tombstone
Hahn
Padilla
Wheeler hunts six holdups on Golden State Limited
Sheriff Wheeler continues pursuit in the Chiricahua mountains for six robbers who stopped the Golden State Limited. Constable Sam Halhurst, who began the chase, returned to Douglas claim ing it nearly impossible to follow the track after rain. Sheriff Keeler remains in the hills, vowing to press the pursuit to a finish as Deputy Welch and friends stay hopeful for his safety.
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Optien
Wheeler
Chireahuag
Golden State Limited
Lord
Douglas
Sam Halhurst
Keeler
Welch
New Buildings Nearing Completion in Tombstone
Harry Rows is finalizing two remaining store buildings on Ale Len street slated for occupancy on completion. Three Mexican casas rise in the settlement, while three tradesmen work in town. A. E. Davis builds a bungalow west of town with a large living area, kitchen, bath, and sleeping porches, plus a covered roofed screen porch designed for comfort and cooling.
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Harry Rows
Alelen Street
A. E. Davia
Blackleg Epidemic Strikes Prescott District Cattle
An epidemic of blackleg has broken out on the ranges in this vicinity and several head of cattle have already died. Cattlemen plan to vaccinate their animals to halt the disease which appears not confined to a single locality.
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Prescott
Carpenter Kills Six Foot Rattler Near Tombstone
Charles Warrham, a popular local carpenter, claims to have killed a six foot rattler near Tombstone in Cochise County after traveling to Elgin in Santa Cruz County. Warrham sighted the snake near Tombstone and reports it was the largest reptile found in months.
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Charles Warrham
Cochise County
Warrham
Elgin
Santa Cruz County
Tombstone
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