Pick and Drill Mill and Smelter Progress Report
Bisbee and surrounding mining regions show renewed activity with LaBuffa Antigua workings expanding to 500 feet depth and new shafts. Officials like Jon Foster and E Ferguson report promising prospects in Sonora and Bowie while Vulcan smelter tests near Los Angeles confirm ore carries copper around 15 percent with self fluxing ore. Broad Arizona mining revival cited by industry press.
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Santa Rosa
Elgo News
Jon. W
Foster
Defty
Mexico
E. Ferguson
Rl Gold Mining Company
Comy
Bowie
Mr. Ferguson
Bisbee Review
Bisbee Belle
Cochise County
Arizona
Vulcan
Los Angeles
Cake
Hughes
Los Angeles Mining Review
Don O'Keefe
California
Sonora
C. A. Overlock
Secretary of the Interior
Washington
Hitchcock
Martin O'Hare
Register of the Land Office
Tucson
Overlock
Sugar Proposition Spurs Beets Contracts on Phoenix’s South Side
Ranchers near the river in Phoenix sign contracts to grow beets amid sugar price talk. Arizona Orange Growers' president Br. W. Young reports favorable New York pricing for Arizona fruit with car lots fetching 2.75 to 6.60 per box and wall boxes 3.50 to 4.38, hinting at higher sheet shipment prices if fruit enlarges.
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Phoenix
Br. W. Young
Arizona Orange Growers’ Association
New York
Arizona
Thomas O'Keefe
Lordsburg
Deming
E' Paso Ol Company
Deming Oil Company
Douglas
Naco
Douglas Station
Forest Siding
Cananea Railway
el Paso & Southwestern
Don Luis
Bisbee Review
E. E. Powers
Los Angeles
Yuma
Dorsey
Tripster Liquid Air Company
Pierce Evans
Yuma County
Sentinel
Agua Caliente
H. A. McDonald
Agua Callenze
Knox Nomination to be Confirmed by Senate Judiciary
Washington December 16 The Senate Judiciary Committee considered new testimony from the Anti trust League on Attorney General Knox but upheld its original recommendation that the nomination will be confirmed.
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Washington, D.C
Senate Committees On Judiciary Today
Anti-trust League
Knox
Cold Weather Moderated Across the Midwest
The southwest wind has moderated recent extreme cold in the west and northwest. Official readings show Chicago at 3 degrees above zero, Kansas City at 20, St. Paul at 7, and Omaha at freezing.
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Carenno
Dee
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Paul
Omaha
Indian Killed by Angry Mexicans
Lorenzo Vargis a Pueblo Indian of Viennis Taos County was stabbed and stoned to death by Mexicans of Penasco over land and water rights. United States Attorney Pope is investigating. It is feared more bloodshed will follow. The Circus Girl at the opera house tonight. If Mrs Jones uses Schilling's Best baking powder and you don't, and she makes fine cake and you don't—don't blame your ability, blame your baking powder.
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Santa FE
N. M
Lorenzo Vargis
Viennis
Taos County
Penasco
United States
Pope
Ling
Bryan With Schley All Along the Line
William Jennings Bryan, in Chicago for a trustees meeting, comments on Admiral Dewey’s dissenting opinion. He says Schley was vindicated on cowardice and on who deserved credit for the Santiago victory, noting Dewey’s praise while others are silent. He asserts Schley’s friends have reason to be satisfied with the verdict.
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Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Illinois College of Jacksonville
Suath
Admiral Dewey
Bryan
Schley
Naval Board
Santiago
Dewey
Si Hiey
Dr Kings New Life Pills Promise Mental Clarity And Vitality
A dated advertisement claims the product improves brain function and ambition by stimulating the stomach and liver. Sold wholesale by L Zeckendorf & Co and retail at Geo. Martin drug store.
The Making of an Axe
The article explains rigid axemaking standards with tests for temper and brittleness. An ax undergoes multiple heatings before shaping, passes through about forty workers, then moves from testing to grinding and polishing on emery wheels.
Orphans at Dinner Prompt Child Rivalry
Cenning Herry depicts Harry aged five and Charlie age three seated at a nursery table. An orange remains single triggering Harry to cry claiming there is no orange for Charlie, drawing his mother's attention to the petty dispute.
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Cenning Herry
Harry
Charlie
Rumpled Exchange Sparks Family Misunderstanding
A muddled telephone conversation leads Mrs. Dillus to scold John for blunders and memory slips. Mr. Billus questions the meaning, while Maria protests the age remark and the sudden disclosure of being ten years older. The Chicago Tribune prints the snippet as a humorous domestic exchange.
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John
The Handicap of a Name Cartoon Dialogue
A witty panel from the Philadelphia Press features Poppers debating baby naming with his wife. He resists a fancy book name, arguing it would make the child homely and tough, a light quip on naming vanity.
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Poppers
Philadelphia Press
Willie's remark on Mr Henpeck's thinning form
Mrs Gabble notes Mr Henpeck's loss of bulk while Willie recalls his own bicycle tire trouble and jokes about wife inflating him regularly as you said. The Philadelphia Press presents a comic dialogue about weight and maintenance.
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Willie
Combination Diving Skills of Swedish Swimmers
Swedes perform combinathe diving featuring two divers clasping at the waist and executing synchronized somersaults from high boards. The handspring dive uses arm takeoffs and inverted turns, while the back dive turns away from the board. Double somersaults are done from 30 or 50 foot platforms, entering feet first.
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Deterson
Not the Same Wife
A visitor returns to his boyhood home and, at a hotel register, recalls his wife aging differently than him. The tavern keeper quips that she changes more, commenting on her thinner figure and altered appearance, while the old gentleman quietly notes she is not the same wife.
A Youtiful Promoter’s Hoofbeat Hustle
A horseman near the speedway hires a newsboy to hold his horse while making a call. A second boy asks for the horse, claiming the first boy sold it for 10 cents. The ruse yields a 12 cent take with a leftover cent, exposing a swindle to the rider.
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New York Times
How to Treat a Cook
A Chinese authority on cooking, Youn Mei, argues indifference toward cooks harms kitchen discipline. Proper treatment requires both praise and critique, with explanations of why a dish succeeds or fails to improve results.
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Youn Mei
A Retiary Gladiator Description
A retiary was a Roman gladiator armed with a trident and net wearing a short tunic. He fought a secutor who bore a helmet shield and sword. The retiary’s name is pronounced re shia ry with the accent on the first syllable.
Remorseful Letter Reveals Burial Request at Trial
A trial record includes a remorseful letter from a Mr. Bidwell urging the burial of a young woman. The letter expresses trouble and a plea for help and hints at harsh conditions and consequences. Names and places are faintly mentioned in the era’s exchange.
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Law
Mr. Bidwell
Lave
Rong
Joseen
Baby teeth spark sympathy at door
A Chicago Post item describes a scene where a mother announces to a man named John that their baby has cut a tooth. He responds with sympathetic concern, saying the child’s cut is likely painful. The brief vignette captures domestic emotion in a casual newspaper voice.
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Chicago Post
Shadow of the smallest hair on your appetite
A brief exchange notes that even the tiniest hair can cast a shadow over food and appetite, suggesting a small detail can affect desire or perception of eating.
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Judge Reiff
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Boot
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Jerome
Charles Hall
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Alex Dutler
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S. W. Clawson
Copper Queen Company
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Copper Queen
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Jove
London
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Old Point Comfort
Leslie's Weekly
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Pima County
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W. C. Davis
R. W. Graves
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H. RB. Tenney
Arizona National Bank OF Tucson
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