Town Briefs Report Land Openings and Local News
Town notes announce land entries for townships 18 and 24 South on January 27 1902 between Douglas and the Southern Railroad rest station. News items cover arrests vagrants deaths hospitalities thefts recoveries and public events in Prescott and nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton R. Moore
George B. Wilcox
Unitedates
Bisbee
South Range
Douglas
Southern Railroad
Arizona
Frantisco Dominges
Jose Hernandez
Rebecca Helen Lowenstein
Germany
Rail Traffic and Route Talks Dominate Western Rails
Southern Pacific runs regular Houston to New Orleans trains in three sections for holiday traffic. Beaumont ships 1300 cars of oil this month. double that if supply were available. Alpine depot to be rebuilt after fire at a higher-cost structure. Phoenix and Eastern railroad surveys Mesa area with multiple routes. Mesa urged to help secure right of way. Sunset route fence cost flagged at about 290 per mile totaling 22000 for the stretch. Rock Island and Southern Pacific ease El Paso tie as traffic is shared. Cable states no El Paso to Pacific coast expansion in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
Houston
New Orlents
Phoenix and Eastern Railroad
Mesa
Phoenix Republican
van Vieck
New Orleans
Houston Post
Chicago
Rock Island
el Paso
Cable
Pacific Coast
Personal Interest Items From the Day’s News
A digest of names and brief movements across Arizona towns. Roge Hottinger and sister Lissephine arrive for Christmas in Nogales. Williams visits San Jose, others travel to Tombstone and Yuma for business and court. Local figures including Mosses, Del Lewis, John Dessart, Miguel Satz and Charles Shannon appear on short trips or return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roge Hottinger
Sempe Novo School
Lissephine Hottinger
Kirkpatrick
Morntain
Cilistor
Noted Arizona Ranger Thirs for Revenge
Ed Scarborough, an Arizona Ranger, arrived from Deming New Mexico. He is son of George Scarborough, known for the Black River fight with Bill Smith's outlaw gang and later killed by ambush. He vows to pursue the Smith outlaws and avenge his father with determined marksmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Scarborough
Deming
New Mexico
Mr. Scarborough
George Scarborough
Local Weather Report Confused by Garbled Text
Observation by E L Wetmore reports a 52 degree mean temperature with wind from the northwest and barometer falling. The rest of the text is garbled including references to Tucson and an Opera House production titled The Daughter of the Regiment for Christmas night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
E. L. Wetmore
Opera House
Bath device of Mme. du Barry echoes Danae legend
A historical note describes Mme. du Barry at peak power having a bath fed by a reservoir of gold louis coins mingling with scented water, a device said to symbolize the Danae myth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. du Barry
Louis
Danae
Almanac with daily holes guides winter hunting times
Indians in Canada use a flat wooden almanac with a hole per day to track time. Sundays are marked as aid holidays and fast days are indicated with a rude Osh. The owner moves a peg daily to follow the dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Jumping at conclusions story and London recreation grounds
A tale warns that it is dangerous to jump at conclusions after a cat misidentifies a tail as a rat and is bitten by a shike. The piece notes London and nearby areas contain 160 public recreation grounds ranging from Wanstead flats to small plots, some used for burial grounds, with sizes from a few yards to 5 000 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wanstead
Pasture for Sale Near Town in Arizona
Horse pasture firet close alfalfa offered at 3 dollars per month located two miles south of town. Horses called for and returned. Address W. W. Allie P. O. Box 171 Tucson Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Allie
P. O. Box
Tucson
Ariz
Soldiers Like Children In Mass Army Hospitals
The article compares soldiers to children, noting that medical issues mirror those of children. It describes army hospitals filled with measles scarlet fever diphtheria mumps and even whooping cough, highlighting similarities between soldiers and civilian pediatric patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Hospital
Woman Rejects Harold Billmore in Chicago Tribune Style
A sharp exchange between a strong minded woman and a skeptical girl centers on Harold Billmore. The man clings to a single plan while the woman asserts independence and refuses a marriage proposal even if he were the last option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Billmore
Chicago Tribune
Dialogue of temperance and odd world quirks in London
A Victorian street scene shows Cardinal Manning meeting a drunken Irishman with a wry temperance remark. A jumble of odd cultural notes follows, mentioning Chinese dining habits, a comment on China’s social system, and a playful pun about marriage. The fragment ends with an advertisement line about an art shop Brown's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal Manning
London
Patrick
Temperance Society
Wanted and For Sale Classified Snippet
Multiple short notices including WANTED and FOR SALE items. Furnished rooms and furniture for sale, inquiries at Citizen office. Employment of teams for coke and supplies from Tucson to Horseshoe Camp. Copper mines with ore values and water power noted. Parker's Photo Gallery advertises holiday trees and flowers. bicycles at Russell & Sheldon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizen Office
Tucson
Horseshoe Camp
Emeiter
Calabagsas Copper Co., Ltd
Art
Parker
Sixth Avenue
Congress Street
Metal and Honey Market Brief
New York metals and currency snapshot shows Bar Silver at 55, Mexican Dollars 43.5, Copper weak with brokers at 13 and exchange at 13, Leap-ball checkout price 2.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Seats go on sale for Too Rich to Marry at box office
Seats will be placed on sale for Too Rich to Marry. A maximum of ten seats per person will be sold. Buyers will receive numbers upon arrival at the box office on the morning of the opening sale.
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Nd Kranager
Hlif
San Xavier Hotel
F. Laeger
California
J. Johnson
Mexico
Los Angeles
Johnson
H. & Trost
Lailey
Mr. Trost
Trost and
Rust
Mr. Rust
Territorial Teachers Institute
Prescott
Tinue
Adams
University of Arizona
Marshal Taylor
Richard Sylvester
Washington, D. C
Samuel Franklin Murphy
J. Thornton
J. B. Hamilton
James L. Douglass
East
Georgia
Murphy
Washington
Century Hall
Nonstadt
Miss Woods
Pomroy
Miss Barrett
W. J. Corbett
C. R. Drake
C. T. Connell
Seventeenth Street
Seventh Avenue
J. N. Gooding
Notary Public
Epes Randall
J. B. Cavaney
Judge Lovell
Plantiff
Arizona Commandery No. 1
Knights Templar
Ren
Sngines
Beaumont
Southern Pacific Company
Alpine
Texas
K. D. Williams
San Jose
Tiwon
Herbert Tenne
The
Consolidated National Bank
S. E Hazzard
Tombstone
Abe Goldbaun
al. Benard
Naco
Mra M. C. Moss
Rosa Moss
Oracle
Sheff del Lewis
Cochise County
Territorial
Yuma
William A. Moody
John4y. Lacy
Solomonville
E. F B. Survie
Chihuahua
H. D. Wright
J. Fiesher
Cowboy and the
Lady
the Windsor
John Dessart of
Nogales
Burro
Don O'Keefe
Miguel Satz
Magdalena
Miguel Gandara
H. N. Seigfried
Electric Light Company
Phoenix
Charles M. Shannon
Clift R
Shannon
Coast
Local Weather Report
Kimball & Francis
Life
Prang
Gibson
Pat
China
Gildtree
Brown
Citizen
Care Citizen
Russell & Sheldon's
Cucson
Metal and Honey Market
Russell & Sheldon’'s
Geo. Martin
Parker's
Miss
N. Stone Ave
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