Arizona on the job as Columbus backs Arizona stance
The Columbus delegation decides to return to Arizona and insist the LW.W. menace be ignored. Arizona signals it will stand firm, urging that no one will tolerate disruption. Officials reject efforts to sell fear while the mining interest and political pressure test the community’s resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Columbus
Arizona
LW. W. Menace
United States
I. W
LW. W
Astonishment Over New United States Intelligence Claims
A deciphered report asserts startling U S observations about German espionage and secret agents in England and the United States. It suggests widespread German covert networks and the challenge to roots out spies, noting ongoing operations and governmental efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
Imperial
England
Nda
We are in to win and move toward Berlin
In a wartime message to Bill the speaker notes five hundred thousand German reservists in the U S and asserts the flower of our manhood is moving toward Berlin to victory and a world democracy. He warns about the war loan and questions where Bill will eat Christmas dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Gerard
Bill
Berlin
Draft exams prove health worth to young men
Thousands of Union men were turned down for unknown disabilities. Exams reveal health issues and allow treatment, improving future efficiency. The draft, once seen as a burden, is praised as a great benefit for young men, especially if all seven million eligible aged 21 to 31 undergo exams.
Tombstone Honors Drafted Boys With Red Cross Farewell Dance
A grand Red Cross Dance in Tombstone marked a festive sendoff for 10 local boys bound for Fort Riley on the 1th. The event at Gage Hall featured a full military band, a concert by the 17th Cavalry Rand, and a banquet at the National Restaurant hosted by Red Cross volunteers. Attendees from Bisbee, Douglas, Willcox, and surrounding Cochise County praised the organizers and the hospitality as they celebrated the second contingent heading to service.
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Tombstone
Red Cross
Gage Hall
Fort Riley
Bisbee
17Th Cavalry Rand
Sheflin
Douglas
Fer
Huachu
M. Gaines
Red Cross and Dance and Entertainment Committee
Public Land Notice for Samuel Pyeatt in Arizona
Department of the Interior lands office in Phoenix announces Samuel Thomas Pyeatt of Buena Arizona filed intent to prove up his homestead claim No 62108 for Lot 2 and 4 Section 18 Township 225 Range 228 G S R Meridian. Proof before U S Commissioner W A Fowler at Tombstone September 28 1917 with witnesses James Haverty Hattie Gleason Whitmore Harry B Barn Richard Haverty. First published August 26 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Phoenix
Arizona
Samuel Thomas Pyeatt
Buena
G&s. R
Meridian
W. A. Fowler
Tombstone
James Haverty
Garces
Ariz
Hattie Gleason Whitmore
Harry B. Barn
Richard K. Haverty
Notice of Land Claims and Indemnity Selections in Arizona
Notice announces Daisy Blakeslee Pyeatt of Buena seeks three year proof on Homestead Application No 1 NEY of the SW Sec 25 Tis 23 S Rng 20 E6. & 8 in Arizona. Names James Haverty Richard Haverty Harry Hoarnes Hattie Gleason Whitmore and others. First publication Aug 26, 1917. Also notice of selection under 2275 2276 of U.S. Revised Statutes for indemnity land in Sec 18 T 15 S R 25 E and Sec 4. Protests accepted during five weeks. office in Phoenix. Dated Aug 31, 1917.
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Arizona
United States Land Office
Phoenix
TIS
Lote
Rey
General Land Orice
Federal board to investigate Arizona mines
Washington Sept 18 the American Federation of Labor urged President Wilson to appoint a commission to probe labor conditions in Arizona copper mines. AFL leader Gompers warned that I W W agitators were encouraged by copper interests to discredit labor. Most departing miners from Bisbee were union members, not I W W men, a claim known to company officials.
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Federal
Arizona
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Wilson
Gompers
Labor Federation
Bisbee
Federation of Labor
Opportunity for Fish Ponds on Farms in St David District
Deputy warden M P Cosby surveyed reservoirs in the St David district at the request of State Game War den Joe V Prochaska. The aim is propagating fish as part of a food conservation effort. About one hundred artesian fed reservoirs exist, ranging from small ponds to lakes. Farmers with water may raise fish for personal use or commercial sale, as exemplified by E Gillette of Benson who sold black bass for 25 cents each.
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Joe V. Prochaska
M. P. Cosby
Benson
Cochise
Pina
Santa Cruz
St. David
St. Daevid
E. Gillette
Fon
Commonwealth to Resume Soon at Pearce
Douglas reports indicate a high grade silver discovery on the Commonwealth Mining Company property near Pearce. The find, paired with rising silver values, suggests a near term resumption of operations by the district’s parent company Central Butte. Middlemarch mine near Pearce employs forty men as Los Angeles interests ship ore, using automobile trucks to haul ore and supplies to and from the site.
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Douglas
Joe Bignen
Dragoon Mountains
Eet Tata
Htataress
Central Butte
Eicnom
Central Butte Mining
A. H. Strutt
Jers
Hignon
Middlemareh
Pearce
Los Angeles Company
Middle March
Slacker charge sparks cafe clash in Nogales
In Nogales on September 18, merchant J Lembke was charged with being a slacker as James D. Barry, a local exemption board member and leading lawyer, fought him in a fashionable restaurant. After the scuffle, both were arrested. Tension rose as reports circulated of plots by Mexican and German residents to push American born youths of Mexican descent to flee to Mexico. Sixty to seventy men were mobilized or ready for mobilization next Wednesday.
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Nogales
J. Lembke
James D. Barry
Mexico
Arizona Women Volunteer for War Food Campaign
The Arizona Council of Defense forms a women’s committee led by Cooperating with TA Riordan and Herbert Hoover’s national drive. The group aims to prevent waste and preserve food through statewide campaigns, coordinating with Red Cross and local clubs while training women in production conservation industry welfare education and maintaining social agencies.
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TA. Riordan
Arizona
Herbert
Woman's Committee
Arizona Council of Defense
Hoover
Red Cross Service
Red Cross
Riordan
Slayer is on Way to Justice in Arizona Case
Phoenix dispatch reports vaix-chief murderer Oldham Hayden is bound for Indianapolis to answer for the killing of Joe Martin in Indianapolis on October 1 last year. Detectives accompanied by partners presented a requisition to Governor Campbell. extradition was approved and Hayden, held in Tombstone, is to be sent East. The incident began over a 75 cent claim. Hayden shot Martin when he could not pay, killing him instantly. The report adds Hayden had recently hidden in Cochise County after the Arizona escape. Separately, Riordan urges women’s support for wartime drives in Arizona.
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Phoenix
Vaix
Oldham Hayden
Indianapolis
Joe Martin
D. T. Houlihan
Herman Radamacher
Campbeln
J. P. Goodrich
Indiana
Pattners
Hayden
Arizona
Cochise County
Tombstone
Martin
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