Arizona News Views and Gossip
Bisbee cooks and waiters organize a union. Tombstone telephony work began last Wednesday. Congress is expected to do nothing on Maricopa water store issue. Judge Sloan finds 7 cent land tax for Santa Fe lands unconstitutional. Henry B. Clifford to resume Great Belcher mine near Prescott. O'Brien mine workers strike for higher wages near Wickenburg. Old Dominion mine copper output May 850000 pounds vs April 805000. small profit. Mexico remains top silver producer. many sections unprospected. McMillan cattle kings Siegrist and Brogden sold 2500 two year olds at good prices. Phoenix Gazette backs Auditor Nichols for Delegate. Phoenix forms company to develop ismuth claims. bismuth sample average 12 percent. Morenci bowlers chase local record. Phoenix Gun Club sets July 4 shoot with live bird and blue-rock. Safford raises 12900 for county seat move.
Woman's Cure Claim With Dr Pierce's Medicines
Miss Ella Sapp of Jamestown Guilford County North Carolina describes years of monthly pain and fainting then recovery after using Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery. She reports hunger sleep improved and full recovery in two months with two bottles of Favorite Prescription one of Golden Medical Discovery and mild laxative pellets.
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Ella Sapp
Jamestown, Guilford Co
N.C
Dr. Pierce
Bisbee s Fourth Of July Drill Show Promises Western Record
Champion drillers from all sections will compete at the Bisbee contest on July Fourth for an event billed as the greatest exhibition of its kind in the West. Prescott is constructing a handsome new opera house nearby.
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Prescott
Kansas Tragedy Woman Fatally Shot In Reform School
Topeka reports a matron at the Reform School is fatally wounded with two bullets in the abdomen. Her husband J C Lowe is jailed on the charge, with a slight head wound. The motive remains a mystery.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Lowe
Reform School
J. C. Lowe
Operation on a broken neck at Noblesville
D R Ballentine, who months after breaking his neck was paralyzed from the shoulders down, underwent surgery to straighten the spinal cord and realign two fractured vertebrae at the base of the neck. The operation was performed as the only possible means to save his life.
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Noblesville
Ind
D. R. Ballentine
Mballentine
Beeen
Remark on Virginia judge's baldness draws rural humor
A well known Virginia circuit judge is playfully teased by a rural acquaintance who jokes he will soon need a string to measure distance to wash his face, recalling baldness humor from Harper's Magazine.
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Virginia
Inventor’s Struggle Frames Orange-Tinted Advice
A blunt friend telling a struggling inventor that modern success comes from investors rather than personal grit, implying the market buys stock rather than the inventor’s persistence. The line reflects skepticism about individual invention amid financial interests.
A Life in Brief from Birth to Quiet Departure
A concise bio outlines a person’s early welcome and care, growth and study, exams and graduation, love and marriage, conflicts and reconciliation, suffering and mourning, ending with being forgotten. The arc traces intimate human experiences across a lifetime without embellishment.
Powdered faces spark playful jab in playful dialogue
In a light exchange, Harriet questions Julia's use of face powder. Jenny quips the powder is a plasterers’ tool, joking about vanity and craft.
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Harriet
Julia
Jenny
The
Plasterers’ Union
Noticingless Moment at Mrs Chie's Reception
In Brooklyn Life a playful exchange shows Marice Katharine seeking importance while the host Mrs Chie goes unnoticed. Clarence asks how it worked and Clarice notes she did not notice that she was not noticed.
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Marice
Katharine
Dr. Fowler's Wild Strawberry Extract Promoted
An advertisement touts Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry as a remedy to prevent and treat cholera infantum dysentery diarrhea and summer complaint, urging households to keep it on hand in the medicine closet.
Cured Cancer Claim With Electric Bitters and Salve
Druggist G. W. Roberts of Elizabeth West Virginia reports an old man with cancer deemed hopeless by doctors was cured after using Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Amica Salve. The advertisement asserts Bitters expel poisons and salve treats blood diseases ulcers and skin conditions with prices 50 cents and 25 cents respectively.
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G. W. Roberts
Elizabeth
W. Va
Bucklen
Courtship to Spain and the flower crowned wedding
A description from Woman's Home Companion outlines Spanish courtship rituals starting with a water request to reach the beloved, followed by later visits with musicians and torches. A gift of a pumpkin may end the pursuit, and suitors must three times seek consent before a magistrate can intervene, sometimes allowing the bride to be carried off.
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Spain
Greetings Across Cultures Echo in Everyday Farewells
The piece reflects on common phrases and their deep roots in languages and faiths. It notes how English farewells condense wishes for safety, prosperity, and divine blessing, while European and Middle Eastern phrases reveal shared human warmth. It contrasts Polish, German, Italian, Irish, Hebrew, and other greetings with heartfelt meanings.
Garden Row Prompts Tempered Advice From Gardener
A titled lady warns her new gardener that her husband’s habit of disparaging greenhouse plants and reckless orders could ruin them financially. The gardener responds with a wry plan to water the offender, suggesting a warm trickle down the neck as a cooling alternative.
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London
Saluting a Cat as a Fort Gate Legend
A fifty year old tale from a fortress near Brahmaniac orthodoxy recalls a high English official dying there and, as news reached the gate, a black cat leapt out. The sepoy guard saluted the cat, a practice that persisted for years despite exhortations to stop.
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Peither
Boombay
Brandy as Cholera Preventive Prompts Tippling
A Lancet correspondent notes rapid tippling growth in unsuspecting subjects. Two elderly ladies were surprised by a visitor drinking neat brandy and explained they started with water, then without, and now drink it like water as a cholera preventive.
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Lancet
Streetcar Crowding Sparks Harsh Exchange on Car
A plain man on a crowded streetcar asks why the car is full. A street railway magnate agrees and proposes disciplining the conductor after noting 165 riders and wanting twenty more passengers aboard.
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Baltimore American
Man questioned in Washington on consulship fitness
An Town man examined in Washington for a possible consulship was asked how many Hessians George II I liked to bring to fight Americans during the Revolution. After a long pause he replied, I don t know, but it was a darn sight more than went back.
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Washington
Meat and Marital Discord Link Noted in humor
A humorous quip from New York Weekly notes that meat, especially when burned, can cause bad temper in couples. The line features Mrs. De Jarr and a doctor discussing trouble with a husband as a “scientific fact.”
Made and Making Up
Dialogue snippet shows Mr Spinks Well asking Willie if his sister will attend a concert. Willie confirms she has decided and is preparing herself, expected to arrive shortly.
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Mr. Spinks
Willie
First Voyage of Walk-in-the-Water Steamboat 1818
The Walk-in-the-Water, the first steamboat on Lake Erie, began its maiden trip from Flat Hook to Detroit in August 1818. It departed on a Sunday and reached Detroit on a Thursday.
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Lake Erie
Flat Hook
Detroit
Relic Mascots of Great Houses Include Boots Hat Cape
Royal houses guard relics as mascots. Bonapartes keep Napoleon I boots and hat. Hohenzollerns preserve gray breeches of Frederick William. Sans Souci holds Frederick the Great’s Rosbach cape. Romanoffs keep Peter the Great’s carpenter tools. Habsburgs cherish the horse shoe tied to Rudolph’s election.
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Tatrope
House of
Bonaparte
Napoleon I
Hohenzollerns
Frederic
Margraviate
Brandenburg
Sans Souci
Frederick the Great
Rosbach
Romanoffs
Peter the Great
Rudolph
Reichstag
Soanpauds Prove Useful as Garden Manure
Soanpauds are highly effective when used as manure for vines fruit trees and roses. They impart vigor and rapid growth surprising to observers. Anyone with a garden should use this valuable manure. Preserve a tub for soapy suds and dirty water to apply to the garden when needed.
Turquoise as Indicator and Folly in Legend
The passage notes turquoise seen as a health indicator, its color reflecting wearer health, yet offering no real remedial or protective powers. It also recounts a superstition that a wearer could fall from a height without breaking a statue, echoed by the Marquis of Vilena's fool who twists the belief to a near truth.
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Vilena
Grant’s Canada remark echoes shared view of destiny
Lord Dufferin recalled visiting Washington when Ulysses S. Grant led the United States and asked if the president had been in Canada. Grant replied he had never set foot on Canadian soil but had seen grass growing in Canadian towns from a nearby steamer. The anecdote reflects common misgivings about Canada’s resources and future.
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Lord Dufferin
Canada
Washington
General Grant
London News
I asked your daughter to marry me
Dialogue shows Mr. Binks proposing to Susie’s father. the father accepts and suggests a wedding date, the 20th of the month. The exchange highlights a dutiful daughter, and a late‑life marriage plan as narrated in the New York Press.
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Weeds
Mr. Binks
Susie
Quote on honesty and contradiction by Holmes
The remark notes that people who aim to be truthful rarely contradict themselves compared with those who seek consistency. It presents a reflection on honesty and self-consistency attributed to Holmes.
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Holmes
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