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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
5
News from Flagstaff Tucson and Phoenix area reports a murder near Buckeye with ties to a former spouse, legal actions in district court, university staff reappointments, lodge activities, a hotel site excavation, labor strikes at a sewer gang, and a church ice cream festival moved to accommodate crowds.
Mrs. Thomas R. Soren leaves for Dragoon mountains after ten weeks of recovery from malignant fever. Florence’s Mrs. S. M. Bailey visits Tucson while J. A. Heap travels from Guaymas to the coast on No. 9. R. D. LaPine heads to Los Angeles on No. 9 to see his father.
The coroner's jury in Justice Wilson's court spent three hours hearing testimony on J A Bradley's death. A verdict found the death caused by a head wound with other factors present. initial suspicion of murder pointed to by testimony was not specified further.
John A. Bradley a New Jersey lawyer died after visiting the Pesquira camp near Arivaca. An autopsy found a pre death head wound and weak lungs. The wound’s origin remains unknown as sheriff and authorities pursue leads in the Mexican populated district.
Washington May 22. Many young women in the capital carry canes inspired by the president's daughter Miss Roosevelt. She rarely goes out without the cane and can twirl it deftly. Now girls along the avenues imitate her with two foot long, slender canes.
Weather report notes a clear west wind and low barometer in Tucson. Advertisements include optician Dr H A Schell offering free eye exams, Palace Meat Market promotions, jewelry by E G Capo, and Jackson and Stone shop details with contact information. Schell plans travel from June to October 15.
A newspaper exhortation urges readers to use Paine's Celery Compound as a life saving remedy. It claims past cures and warns medical missteps, urging action to save loved ones when physicians fail. It emphasizes remorse over neglect and presents the remedy as a miracle life saver.
Sophia S. Flanders of Tucson thanks New York Life Insurance Co for promptly paying a $1 600 policy on her late husband Fred K. Flanders a bartender who died in February 1902 after applying for a 2000 policy reducible to 1600. She praises agent T H Schuster and notes four children rely on the payout. Witness Charles Blenman. 5-22-31.
Pease Novelty Co offers slot machines card and trade machines of every description for sale on commission. Out of town orders receive prompt attention. Correspondence solicited from buyers. Office and salesroom at 344 South Meyer Tucson Arizona. Telephone 2281.
A Cincinnati traveler, John N Case Jr, credits Grape-Nuts Breakfast Food with reversing years of illness and weight loss. He describes severe stomach trouble, headaches, and a 70 pound loss before finding relief, gaining to 194 pounds by October 1901 and regaining vigor. He urges publication of his testimony as a true statement without frills.
Capitan New Mexico May 22 Demen cio Gregio a prisoner in the Lincoln jail committed death by his own action yesterday by drinking concentrated lye. Gregio was sentenced at the April term of the district court to one year in the penitentiary for horse stealing. He left a letter stating he was implicated in misdoings in the northern part of the Territory, to which death was preferable.
Thomas H Cahill files for divorce from his wife Marie Cahill and seeks custody of children Marie 5 Nellie 8. He claims his mother in law Mrs Thomas Casey forced him to live on mush and milk for the entire marriage while others in the family ate better. Mrs Cahill is staying with her parents.
At seven o clock yesterday morning James Brown a member of the Albuquerque Browns baseball team cut his sweetheart Cora's throat then turned the knife on himself. The woman is in critical condition with the windpipe severed and the carotid vein injured. Brown may recover. A clean shop with clean counters.
The great pacer with a 4.05 half mile record at Phoenix is valued at $100 with new buggy and harness. Chances range from 1 cent to 4.25 dollars. For details contact R. D. Woodell at Club Stables.
Alfred Heinze of Quincy Illinois endorses DeWitt’s Little Early Risers for constipation and torpid liver calling them effective. He expresses satisfaction with the pills and approves their use. S. D. Bell & Son advertise the product.
In Tucson near the railroad reservation buyers can secure lots with easy payments of two dollars or more monthly. Plans and prices available from Charles A Hoff at 124 Hoff street. Ground higher than University with fine soil twenty seven feet deep and good water. Street car line expected to extend to the area soon. Ideal for a home with flowers and clean air. Limited number of lots offered.
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