Few Divorces In Canada Vastly From Global Norms
An editorial brief notes that Canada granted only 16 divorces last year and 136 in 32 years, contrast with Arizona’s Cochise County wit. It mocks success stereotypes, tax and public spending, and calls for local civic boosts, urging Phoenix and Arizona to unite with Governor Sloan’s invitation and bolster the territorial fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion of Canada
Cochise County
Sloan
Phoenix
Tutt
Arizona
Col Bryan visits Tombstone amid early morning crowds
Col W J Bryan arrived in Tombstone with Mayor Wentworth and others after an all night auto trip from Bisbee. He spoke at the YMC A before continuing to Tucson while locals hoped for a longer reception. The party faced route delays but pressed on after breakfast at the Can Can. The Arizona visit followed enthusiasm in Bisbee and Douglas with praise for statehood and local citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tombstone
Wm J Bryan
Colonel Bryan
Mayor Wentworth
Dr. Stewart
Frank Radovich
Chaseur Davis
Bisbeevy Automobile
Fairbank
Col. Bryan
Dr Stewart
Bisbee
Douglas
Bryan
Arizona
Southern California Seeks Union With Arizona Plan
A Los Angeles dispatch reports activists favor merging 14 Southern California counties with the Arizona Territory to form a new state capital region. After a taxpayers meeting, drastic resolutions condemned the plan, yet advocates push to present the merger to Arizonans and Congress for broader statehood leverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Fea
State Equalization Board
Sta Ehood
Arzona
California
Arizona
Congress
Attempted death by own action at County Hospital
Amymarin an inmate of the county hospital addicted to morphine broke into the operating room and took an overdose of choral hydrate about 8:30 this morning. Her condition improved by evening. Hospital staff report many morphine addicts and note her recent transfer from Dougin Jail after a 40 day term. It is believed a despondent impulse led to the act. Very little is known of her here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amymarin
Dougin
Case Against Lawhorn Dismissed
The case of Territory exsinet James W Lawhorn charged with assault with a deadly weapon was dismissed for want of prosecution after the complainant failed to appear. A warrant had been issued when Sullivan reported the alleged assault, but Lawhorn was released on own recognizance until the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W Lawhorn
J McFarland
J Sullivan
Sullivan
Heriff
Lawhorn
Sheriff's Office
Railways urged to restore chair cars for winter travel
The Territorial Railway Commission should act as Cochise county commercial bodies protest Southern Pacific and Tookstead routes pulling chair cars from the Golden State Limited in winter. Travelers from Phoenix and Tucson must pay $200 extra to ride in Pullmans to connect with early morning trains at Benson, or face delays and missed connections with EP & W. A united Cochise effort seeks reinstatement of day cash or chair cars for the traveling public.
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Territrial Railway Commission
Cochise County
Southern Pacific
Tookstead
Golden State Limited
Phoenix
Tucson
Cochee County
Benson
Higbee
Dougisa Tumbmone
Cansnea
Coshise County
Story of Tombstone Told by Young Rock N Y Reader
Norman Abell, 11, narrates a vivid Tale of Tombstone Arizona birth, Edward Schieffelin, his prospector trek, Indian attack, the discovery of mines, and the town's origins. The piece describes mines named Cuse and Toughnut, a $3,000,000 dividend era, Schieffelin’s death in Oregon, and a granite monument in a public park funded by congress via Mark Smith.
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Post Express
Rock N. Y
Tombstone
Norman Abell
Pennsylvania
Edward Schieffelin
Rockier
Ticton
Dragoons
Tucson
San Pedro
Schieffelio
Schietfelin
Schiedelin
Tie Group
Oregon
Ihs Locator
Edward Schieffelie
Congress
Mark Smith
J Chapman Killed by Old Schoolmate in NYC
Willis J Chapman, once a Phoenix resident, was shot and killed in New York City by BH Wilson, an old schoolmate. A longstanding enmity rooted in a prior property dispute led to the fatal ambush as Mrs Chapman watched. Chapman had left Phoenix on July 9, married Betsie Williams, and attended a social gathering when the shooting occurred.
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Willis J Chapman
Phoenix
New York City
BH Wilson
Chapman
Betsie Williams
Wilson
Fred
Epee
Heffeen Company Plans Water Impoundment in Sulphur Springs
The Heffeen company led by Albert Heffren seeks to dam a gap in the Swiesholn mountains forming a seven mile water basin. A breast wall would impound water for irrigation in the Sulphur Springs valley, promising major benefits to Cochise county railroads and regional farming prospects.
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Heffeen Company
Wich
Albert Heffren
Swiesholn
Cochise County
Duplicate Assessment Rolls Completed for County Taxation
Mrs Luna games finished the duplicate assessment rolls for the county and handed them to County Treasurer Hicks. The six volumes detail real estate, improvements, personal property, mine production, and taxed property. Total valuations total 15,630,189. The levy at 2.30 funds county and territorial taxes, with additional territorial mine raises. School district valuations and proposed levies for high schools are listed, along with bond payments and district deficits, totaling 469,196.16 to be raised by taxation.
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Luna Games
Hicks
Territorial Board of Equalization
Hiabee
Douglas
Tomberine
Willox
Marcus
Naco
Bisbee
Tombstone
Wiltcor
Tugh
Willcox
Nace
Bubee
Thehool
The Territory Needs the Money
Territorial Auditor Foster asks County Treasurer Hicks to remit funds monthly to the territorial treasury to cover highway and prison expenses and other apportionments. Similar letters go to county treasurers. Tempe Normal attendance reaches 212 students from across the territory.
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Hicks
Territorial
Foster
Florence
Munson Visits Tombstone as Hopkins Daughter News
Munson arrived in Tombstone one day from Nogales to visit his daughter Mrs. A A Hopkins. Amy Martin, inmate at the County Hospital, attempted suicide yesterday with chiral hydrate but was saved by attendants. she expressed gratitude and improved today. Mrs Schell, wife of optician Dr HA Schell, was seriously injured in an automobile wreck near Tucson while returning from a San Xavier Mission party. she was pinned under the machine with others sustaining injuries. An agreement has been reached to move the Duey and Overlock embossement case trials to Pima County before Judge Campbell, with trial date around October 25. indictments stem from the late brokerage firm’s failure, amid defense concerns about impartiality due to James Gibbs’ influence.
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Amy Martin
Tucson
Mra
HA Schell
San Xavier Mission
Schell
Mra Sebili
Duey
Pima County
Campbell
Theesses Ariee
Duey & Overlock
Mexican Independence Day stabbing wounds man in critical condition
Rafino Munjos lies in critical condition at Octave after a near fatal slash to the jugular and abdomen. Aciano Lucero, the builder, is jailed at congress awaiting the outcome of the victim’s injuries. The incident occurred during Independence Day celebrations while Jon Hays Hammond surveys mining properties in the north and plans to join President Tale at Proscort.
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Hhis Theat
Rafino Munjos
Aciano Lucero
Congress
Jon Hays Hammond
Tale
Proscort
Disastrous Sunday Fire in Tombstone Damages Homes on Fremont Street
A Sunday blaze at the Cummings and Meade residence on Fremont Street Tombstone caused heavy damage to the building and furniture of Mrs Eisel and Miss Fellmeyer before three hoses contained the fire. The kitchen stove sparked the blaze prompting quick alarm and rapid response, with nearby homes briefly endangered.
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Tombstone
Cummings and Meade
Fremont Street
5Th
11Th
Mre Eisel
Misa Fellmeyer
Mra Bisell
Mre Thos York
Jobs Miller
Hoever
Anti-Saloon Petition Moves to Board Meeting
The Anti-Saloon League in Cochee county will present its completed petition to the board of supervisors on the first Monday in October. The petition bears just over 400 signatures, above the 350-name legal minimum for countywide elections. The league aims for a countywide election and previously sought to strike down segregation laws if a county vote turns dry.
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Anti-Saloon League
Cochee County
Board of Supervisors
Maricops
Mining Bond Notice for Arizona Claims to Humphrey
Public notice states that owners D. W. Brows and T. A. Brows bonded the Geronimo Lite de Jap Little Hope Homestake and Headlight mining claims in Turquoise district Cochise County Arizona to W. C. Humphrey of Douglas on June 10 1909. The bond releases the undersigned from any labor or supply expenses during the bond term and to W. C. Humphrey or assigns. Dated June 10 1909.
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W. C. Humphrey
Douglas
Arizona
Geronimo
Little Hope
Cochise County
Sid
D. W. Brows
T. A. Brows
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Polar
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Fort Leavenworth
St. Louis
el Paso Times
Colonel Pickett
Phoenix Democrat
Hitchcock
Post Office Department
Taft
Col. W. J. Bryan
Walker
Kirkland
Yavapai
Railway Commission
J. Chapman
Tempe
Ayer
JC Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
Munson
Tombstore
Nogales
Mr. A A Hopkins
Cardus
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