Amusing incidents in Tucson police and court actions
A Tucson court morning hears a man guilty of assaulting his wife and fined six dollars, with a cheeky reply to raise the amount. In U S Court Jose Juan’s smuggling case a witness quips about mescal, provoking laughter. A bicycle swap mystery at the university leaves the owner without his wheel, replaced then recovered. Shirtwaist fashion stirs local talk as a hotel enforces coats in dining rooms and youths debate church attire. A Sunset Limited safety switch issue prompts rail safety discussion near Tucson yards due to a grade and distant Rillite station safety gap.
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Hawke
Jose Juan
United States
Berger
Blenman
Mr. Berger
Board of Regents
University
Congress Street
Tucson
Colorado
Yarads
Rillite
Broa
California Republicans Meet in Glubs Convention
The California league of Republican clubs held a meeting in Glubs, Cal. on April 15 delaying business until noon due to the resolutions committee. A proposed amendment endorsing a letter carrier pay bill passed after a clash, while the group endorsed Roosevelt and Governor Gage.
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O. A. Hale
Committee On Resolutions
Wolfe
San Francisco
Congress
Martin Kelly
Abe Ruef
Hale
Roosevelt
Gage
House For Consumptives Arranged at Havana
War Department reports Major W C Gorgas says plan for a public sanatorium for tuberculosis will succeed. It will have two sections one for incurables to be in Havana and the other five miles from Savana. Buildings for the Havana wing are under equipment.
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Washington
War Department
W. C. Gorgas
Havana
Maj. Gorgas
Savana
Metropolitan Street Railway Finances Restructured with 65 Million Mortgage
In New York on April 15 the Metropolitan Street Railway company mortgaged its entire rail system and assets to Morton Trust Company as trustee. The $65,000,000 obligation backs new 100 year 4 percent refunding gold bonds tied to the system's readjustment plan.
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New York
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Morton Trust Company
Register
Trust Company
Metropolitan
Police Chief Uncovers Clue in Peterson Children Murder
Des Moines April 15 The chief of police announced a tangible clue would lead to the arrest of the killer of two Peterson children slain Sunday night. John Hutchinson, held on bloodstains on his clothes, provided an alibi and was discharged.
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Des Moines. la
Peterson
John Hutchinson
Carth's Motion Demonstrated by Pendulum in Paris Church
A public demonstration of the earth's rotation is held every Sunday in the former Conservatoire church in Paris. A massive pendulum swings high and wide, with a sweep of about sixty feet, its plane of oscillation invariable in space, illustrating the earth's rotation with regular displacement and timing.
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Church of the Conservatoire
Paris
Vaese
Old Stagecoaches and the Atchison Placerville Line
A Kansas to California stage line from Atchison to Placerville operated 1860s with 153 stations over 1913 miles. Fare $225 round trip, meals extra, cargo and express carried. fastest trips four and a half days. Ben Holladay and coaches toured, one coach now in Smithsonian. line known for crowds and colorful incidents.
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Atchison
Placerville
Cal
Globe
Denver
Ben Holladay
Holladay
Atchison-Placerville
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Deadwood
Buffalo Bill
London
Prince of Wales
Europe
Concord
N. H
Atchison and Placerville
New York
San Francisco
St. Joseph
Tannnibal
Fort Keagney
The Costly Funeral Of Alexander The Great
The text notes the most expensive state funeral, possibly Alexander the Great, with about a million spent on his burial. The body lay in a gold coffin with costly aromatics and a diadem atop the head. A gold adorned funeral car required 84 extra mules and took over a year to move from Babylon to Syria.
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Alexander the Great
Alexander
Babylon
Syria
Hindu wedding visit omens and delays noted
The Hindoo wedding custom centers on omens influencing arrangements. If messengers encounter a cat, fox, or serpent they turn back to seek a better time. After the bride’s father receives an offer he delays reply until a house Nard bird chirps.
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Wiman
Weather note and ad at W. E. Felix’s store
Observer E L Wetmore reports a Tucson temperature of 18 with wind from the southwest and clouds. The item also advertises latest dress goods patterns at W E Felix's Department Store with a brief call to visit for new patterns.
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W. E. Felix
Don’t neglect coughs and colds in spring risks
Cited ads urge immediate use of One Minute Cough Cure to treat coughs and throat and lung troubles including croup and bronchitis. A Barrington postmaster endorses it as the best cough medicine, claiming it has saved many severe illnesses. Also an eye exam and glasses offer from Dr. A Schell optician with free examination and guaranteed satisfaction.
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C. O. Dawson
Barr
Lil
S. D. Bell & Son
A. Schell
Glass at low prices at El G Capo's Jeweler
Readable fragment notes fine glass pieces offered by El G Capo's Jeweler on West Genger street at low prices.
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EL G. Capo’s
the Jeweler, && West Genger
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