Arizona News Views and Gossip Briefs and Local Notes
Arizona news items report Andrew Griffien found not guilty in Tombstone murder case. Woods of Bonita in Tempe awaiting a few days. Smoot paroled from Williams jail with 2000 days still to serve. petition to pardon Richard Belk in Yuma for defrauding miners union mobilized by his destitute family. Sugar beet contract progress noted with 5000 acres to plant and meetings in Tempe and Cartwright.
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Andrew Griffien
Tombstone
Powell
Huachuca Mountains
R. Woods
Bonita
Arizona
Tempe
Mr. Woods
Fort Grant
Smoot
Williams
Flagstaff
Williams News
Vevome
Murphy
Richard Belk
Yuma
Verome Miners’ Union
California
Marshall Sampsell
Heet
Jury awards $500 in Hill vs City Prescott case
The jury delivered a sealed verdict in the Hill versus City of Prescott case, awarding T. C. Hill $500 after he injured an arm and damaged bones when he fell into a sidewalk excavation for a coal chute at the Bashford building site under construction. He spent about three months in the hospital. The panel previously disagreed at an earlier trial. The report also notes Phoenix charter defeat in a related note.
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T. C. Hill
Prescott
Hil
Bashford
Prescott Journal Miner
Palacio Hotel rises in Hermosillo with grand design
The Palacio, a brick hotel planned in Hermosillo, offers prime business location and striking architecture combining American German and Spanish influences with Moorish touches. Owned by Captain L W Mix, former Governor Corral, and another Hermosillo resident, the project costs upwards of 100000 dollars.
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Hermosillo
L. W. Mix
Corral
Nogales Border
Gossip of Washington a dinner for irrigation and wit
Washington reports a Wyoming congressman plans a dinner for senators and representatives amid irrigation talks. The column playfully notes Senator Mitchell of Oregon on salmon poetry, party alignments of Willy Nilly McLaurin, and an unusual re election event for Senator Allison of Iowa in Des Moines.
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Washington, D. C
Montell
Wyoming
Mitchell
Oregon
Columbia River
Willy Nilly
Senator McLaurin
Wellington
Maryland
Allison
Iowa
United States Senate
Des Moines
Dolliver
Alison
Senate
Senator Morgan
Koar
Tillman
MacDonald
Cyclops
Congressional Record
Hoar
Hale
Mr. Hoar
Massachusetts
Mad Dog on Rampage Bites Several People
A large shepherd dog belonging to Pid Detmeyer near Kenosha Wisconsin went mad and attacked livestock then six people in the Detmeyer household. Ethel Detmeyer twelve was bitten on the cheek and neck while her brother and sister along with cousin George Harbacher were also bitten. The boy recaptured the dog locking it in a corncrib before it died. Two children were sent to the Pasteur Institute in Chicago with grave fears for their recovery.
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Kenosha
Wis
Pid Detmeyer
Ethel Detmeyer
George Harbacher
Detmeyer
Pasteur Institute
Chicago
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters advertised as health booster
The advertisement promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a superior stomach strengthener and health builder for dyspepsia indigestion constipation flatulence sour stomach and headaches. It urges buyers to ensure the genuine bottle with a private die stamp and to obtain a free Hostetter's Almanac from the druggist.
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Hostetter
Flying fish and a half flying fish with beaklike jaws found
Naturalists describe exoc tus or flying fish common in tropical seas and a related halfbeak. A new specimen named Hemiexocetus candimaculatus, about an inch long, links flying fishes and halfbeaks, found off the western coast of Mexico in the Gulf of California.
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Academy of Natural Sciences
Ftehthyology
Hemlexoceetus
Mexico
Gulf of California
Philadelphia
French painters push zinc white to replace lead in paint
A hygiene council in France brands white lead deadly and a campaign against bianc de ceruse gains ground. The posts and telegraphs director bans its use in offices and Grenoble painters strike for zinc white despite higher cost. They seek medical support and fund subscriptions under hygiene principles.
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France
Superior Council of Hygiene of France
Posts and Telegraphs
Grenoble
Abigail Adams Letter From Puitapenputa Describes Winter, Politics
Abigail Adams writes from Puitapenputa on December 6 1797 about plans to modify an outhouse into a dairy room and store. she notes frozen rivers hinder cheese, Congress in session, the vice president arriving late, political reflections, a fasting day amid mixed church attendance, and sends regards to Mrs Tufts and friends.
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Puitapenputa
Congress
V. P
Washington
United States
N. England
British Tourist and Lost Mines Feature in Stray Stories
A British tourist jokes about American travel while a train reveals free fruit candy cigars and a small cash tip. In Stray, tales recount twenty lost gold mines from the Transvaal to California, where hopeful prospectors search histories’ edge for unclaimed riches.
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Flo
Jove
Transvaal
California
The Microbe Monster and Blood Purity Claims
A promotional piece extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier. It links microbes to disease and asserts blood cleanliness guards against illness, sharing testimonials from users in Iowa, Virginia and Texas and urging purchase of the medicine and related literature.
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Wm. Fleeter
Redoak
Montgomery Co
Iowa
Dr. Pierce
Vale
Pierce
Annie Wells
Gree Wharf
Isleight Co
Mr. Eliford
Raney, Hunt Co
Texas
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Phoenix
Phoenix Charter
Mad Dog
Miles
Nervine
J. Penner
Meridian Ave
Anderson, Ind
Dr. Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkbart, Ind
Doran Bros
John Adams
Abigail Adams
the British Tourist
Brown's
Stone Ave
Common Sense
R Coe
Buffalo
N. Y
The
Consolidated National Bank
Tucson
M. P. Freeman
W. C. Davis
BR. W. Graves
H. B. Tennay
Arizona National Bank
B. M. Jacobs
Frev Pueinman
L. M. Jacobs
J. M. Ommapy
Asst
Hotel Modesti
Altnee Modesti
Prop
Agua Caliente
Maricopa County
Wells Fargo and Telegraph
Sentinel
P.O
Daily Stages and Mail
Southern Pacific
R. R
Central Park Floral Co
Spring St
Los Angeles
Cal
Xmas
E.A. Jacobs
Assayer
Main
R. T. Millar
Aad Basalerr
Church Street
Tucson, Abizon
Parker
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