County Finances In Good Shape After Delinquent Tax Work
County Treasurer Hicks finished compiling the back tax roll for 1908 and plans to hand it to tax attorneys once ready. Total property listed is 616,568 dollars, with delinquent lists reduced from about 21,000 to a fraction of previous years. Delinquent taxpayers face extra penalties, and some mining company taxes tied to territorial equalization raises may be unpaid and not aggressively collected by county officials.
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Hicks
Territorial Board of Equalization
Territorial Board
County Board
Notice of accounts for collection at Tombstone bank
Special Notice all accounts due me left with The First National Bank of Tombstone for collection if not paid on or before October 17 1909 will be placed in the hands of an attorney to bring suit parties unable to pay in full the Bank is authorized to see their settlement for the PAUL B WARNERS Tombstone Ariz Sept 18 1909
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First National Bank of
Tombstone
Paul B. Warners
Tombstone, Ariz
Reform era wages and recruitment by CB Lack of capital
The text discusses wage levels and recruitment issues, noting capital shortages and training requirements. It mentions thousands affected, labor costs rising, and a push to boost salaries to attract trained workers, highlighting educational and workforce challenges.
Local church services and schedules listed
The notice lists Congregational and Methodist worship times for Sunday and weekday prayer meetings, then notes Catholic Mass at 8 30 am and Rosary and benediction at 7 30 pm with pastors named C W Mivens J A Crovert and J Bons inviting attendance.
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Congregational Sunday School
Christian Endeavor
C. W. Mivens
Carnonte
J. Bons
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Kidney Remedy Advertisement
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars for a catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites testimonials for F J Cheney and references Toledo businesses. The text also promotes kidney pills, claiming to purge poisons from the blood via the kidneys and urging purchase from local druggists.
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Hall
Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Barnes Greene Case
In Tucson, the jury unable to agree on the Barnes Greene trial discharged morning after failing to reach a verdict in the $4000 case. Judge Campbell granted their request to be excused and the case may be retried or compromised outside court. Colonel Greene and the late Judge Barnes drew wide interest in Tucson and beyond.
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Barnes Reraue Greene
Mr. Barnes
Campbell
Jobs
Tucson
Colonel Greene
Judge Barnes
Mrs Ivey Returns From Utah Visit With Sons
Mrs Ivey and her two youngest sons have returned from an extended visit to Salt Lake City and other Utah locations where she visited friends and saw new sights.
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Mra M Ivey
Salt Lake City
Utah
Soba Marden
San Francisco
California
Arizona champions return home after driving wins
Globe greets Lake Page and Jim Pickens as they return with a world drilling chart and big earnings. Following victories at Butte and Cobalt against top northwest drivers, the pair arrive amid cheers and claim several thousand dollars in winnings from bold self bets.
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Butte and
Cobslt
Northwest
Lake Page
Jim Pickens
Globe
Page
Cobalt
Metal Market Prices and Sold-Out Subscriptions Ad
New York quotations show bar silver copper and lead prices from various sources including El Paso and London markets. A late item advertises a tombstone subscription collector role for Success Magazine seeking a persistent applicant with strong questioning skills.
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el Paso Smelter
London
N.Y
Engineering & Mining Journal
Douglas Smelter
Famous Fee Disputes Decided in Court
Decisions in county fee cases before Judge Campbell found warrants issued for mileage in arrest without warrants illegal. The district attorney argued no mileage claims without a warrant. Possible appeals unknown. Local notices include travels of Sam Barrow to University of Arizona, Blue Lodge Masons meeting, Lee Woolery’s mountain camping trip, Jack Coy returning with wife after hospital operation, and various moves of Wells Fargo agent W F Siedel, Mrs Soba Marden, Tarbell, Mary Girigi, Ettay Saunders, and George Leonard the piano tuner. Champerlain's Cough Remedy is mentioned.
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Tucson
Campbell
Jashes of the Peace
Territorial News and Local Updates Across Arizona Territory
Territorial Engineer 1 B Girand plans a field inspection for routes of the territorial highway. Rath Anderton named deputy material for Phoenix by US Marshal Overlock Karr. Contractors begin grading at Twin Baffer rail yard from Tucson with 50 teams. Yaqui Indians perform the Pancola war dance in Phoenix for Mexican independence. Jerome High School enrollment hits 22. Land entries open December 22 at Phoenix land office for 8731 acres in Gila and Graham counties. Irrigation district improvements near completion. LV Mockridge arrested at Skull Valley en route from ANG encampment at Prescott for desertion. Brow, pioneer of Yavapai County, dies in Prescott after months of illness. Turon area reports bold cryptte activity. Deputy Sheriff Lake Short shoots intruder. City Pound Master Lorenza McCormice threatens to resign unless raise to $30 monthly. Old remedies for cough or cold advised. use gentle bowel movement with syrup. Todian reservation project to begin soon.
Court Dates for This District in October Term
Judge Dean returns to Honglas via Sui phur Spring valley and Four Bar ranch with fast roadsters. Nogales forwards grand jury for October 4 report and trial jury for October 7. Regular October term opens October 25 with sessions starting October 27 for one week, eight mining cases set for trial and several default divorce actions expected.
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Dean
Honglas
Suiphur Spring Valley
Four Bar Ranch
Bel Lind
Nogales
Santa Cruz County
Arizona Man Accepts Challenge in Pedestrian Race
The Arizona challenger Paul Pieros faces Dr Lawrence of Los Angeles in a 100 yard dash next week as part of a temperance themed contest. Lawrence, famed as the Fourth of July race champion, will race on Sawtelle with Pieros hoping to debate the dry versus wet lines. County officers and locals subscribed for a Great Southwest Magazine but have yet to receive issues.
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Paul Pieros
Dr Lawrence
Los Angeles
Lawrence
Sycamore Grove
Arizons
Pierce
Doc Lawrence
Sawtelle
Lim
Great Southwest
Denver
Court House
Plunk
Building Closet for Exhibits in West Jury Room
Carpenters are constructing a large closet in the west jury room to store incoming exhibits for criminal cases awaiting grand jury action. Previously exhibits piled in the clerk’s office resembled a junk shop. The new storage will be locked with the clerk keeping the key, and each exhibit will be marked with the corresponding case number.
Traced From France to Courtland
A white slave girl named Lester, traced from Paris to New York then to San Francisco and Arizona, reached Courtland. Arizona and Douglas immigration officials arrested her in a mining camp lodging house and she was delivered to Tucson detention awaiting deportation to France.
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Courtland
Lester
Paris
New York
United States
San Francisco
Arizona
Douglas Immigration
Tucson
France
Notice for Pasturage at Reasonable Rates
Good pasturage may be had for horses or cows, at reasonable rates, by applying to James Lamb, Tombstone.
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James Lamb
Advertised Letters For General Delivery At Tombstone Postoffice
The following class of letters remain in general delivery for the week ending August 28 1909 at the Tombstone Postoffice. Astman Max M D Fimbres Francisco Dior M Ruiz de Paz Petra When calling for shore letters say sivertined giving date of adver Francis D.
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Tombstone
Astman
Max MD Fimbres
Francisco Dior
M Ruiz de Paz
Petra
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Murphy
Aber Salory
Boas
Coe Soar
Soren
Methodist
Mi. Epworth
Yaple
St. Louis Quo
Success Magazine
R. C. Peacock
Room
York
Sam Barrow
University of Arizona
Biue Lodge Masons
Masonic Hall
Lee Woolery
Chiricahua Mountains
Jack Coy
Bisbee
Back & Tombetone
Per Qiven Hospital
W F Siedel
Welle Fargo
Tarbell
Mary Girigi
Ettay Saunders
Fe Onde
Geof Lenand
Douglas
Lenard
Flach
Champerlain
Territorial
Arizonas
Prospector
Girand
Isw
Rath Anderton
Phoenix
Marshal Overlock
Karr & Koster
Tost
Mexico
the Jerome High School
Phoenix Land Office
Gila
Greham
Mockridge
Skull Valley
AN. G
Pressett
Dearters
I Wvert Brow
Yavapsi County
Prescott
Turron
Sheri
Lake
Lorenza McCormice
Anlee Hie Essary
Arizonan
Hassayampan
King’s
Frank Yaple
Francis D
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