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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1923
Page
4
Judge Cowen authorizes a shooting expedition in the city streets Friday afternoon to reduce pigeons and other pests. About 660 birds have been killed since the campaign began, with a close time on replacements and a plan to avoid harm to poultry. A fine up to 60 dollars may be imposed for violations within city limits.
Local brief lists Rev Al Beal and family taking a summer cabin at Summerhaven while 3 Mbean and family depart for Santa Parkera to settle. Many names travel for business or family reasons including Frank Townsend, J W Phillipowski, Prof C J Sarle, and others visiting or returning from cities such as Tulare Santa Parkera Nogales El Paso and Los Angeles.
A. B Nelson, a Dunbar School teacher, returns from Chicago after six weeks at Chicago University. A surprise party honors P. B. J. Cornelius on his forty first birthday as he speaks of being lifted off his feet. Regular services and SMAAC P meetings are announced with sermons at Mt Calvary Baptist and Prince Chapel AME and a program of songs, poems, declamations, solos, and talks scheduled for Mt Calvary on Tuesday night.
E. D. Gardner of the United States Bureau of Mines at the university heads to Salt Lake City for the International Fire Aid and Mines Rescue Meeting August 26 28. Eighty first aid teams from the United States and Canada compete for prizes and honors. He will also study mining methods at Southern California Edison Company Big Creek during the trip.
The Citizen’s 599 refund contest enters its third week with Christian church building fund leading and a close race for second place. George Jacob Shebaby trails by about 1,009 votes as Rev Comstock urges voters to back Comstock Hospitals. Cash checks accompany bicycle repairs and shop purchases for votes at local vendors and fountains.
A dense listing of property transfers, mortgages, releases, and related notices from Menlo Park to Americanville. Names include Frances Predict Mento Park church entities, Jeremiah Metsger, Theo Watry, and Harry F. Huston among others, with sums and lot details across multiple blocks and additions.
Stoke Pages parish seeks 27 600 to restore the village churchyard famed in Gray’s Elegy. The vicar appeals to readers for penny donations and any amount to save the iconic spire and surrounding graveyard from decay and modern development.
Agreement documents list multiple real estate transactions including names Marry F Bryant Jeremiah Mets ger, and parties GM Connelly with McArthur Brée. Tucson Mere Co. and Monte Mansfeld note sums 9994.92, 356. 1 Dodge tour and a Ford Se en referenced.
Fragmentary OCR lists many names with titles and relations such as Mr and Mrs, Miss, and Mrn, with references to Robbing and Parsons, Buse, Bey, and other initials. The text resembles a social column or notices page with scattered family mentions and relationships.
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