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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1916
Page
5
The Tucson post office prepares for a holiday rush with two stamp windows and an information window. Employees warn that offices nationwide will be overloaded two weeks before Christmas and urge early mailing of parcels marked Do not open until Christmas. Officials say they are ready to assist patrons.
Active steps and formations for the National Congress of Mothers focus on child welfare, naval and industrial readiness, and parent education. The program emphasizes schooling for youths and wives to rear virtuous citizens, with calls to expand moral training and practical arithmetic and bookkeeping to support a stronger future generation.
Customs officers nabbed Pete amity of artreval Junction near Nogales while smuggling opium. He traveled from Nogales to Artivaca Jeneton on the streetcar with nineteen cane sacks. Officers pursued into a house, but he fled via the back door and escaped.
The boy is a university student charged after an October 15 assault. The woman did not appear in court but her written testimony was read by the county attorney. She says Boyes was intoxicated and struck her with a hammer, and she believes he intended to rob her. She refused a settlement offer and may pursue civil damages.
Edwin Putnam of Wendel Depot Massachusetts climbed into a loft for building material and injured himself. The next day he bought Sloan's Liniment, a common remedy sold in drug stores for 25 50 cents and one dollar, and resumed his active work.
Reports say volunteers pressure to supply relief halted by organized charity crews canvassing in the border area. Military authorities denied bandit activity nearby while rumors of Villa moving north lacked substantiation.
In Douglas Arizona an estimated two thousand spectators watched Jose Hernandez a Segud sergeant in Gen Manuel Soburzo force executed in a cemetery south of Agua Prieta for the murder of Sergeant Antonio Cervantes. Cervantes was stabbed after he struck a camp follower. The execution was postponed when General Sobarze arrived after a barbecue. Guards were arrested for liquor distribution and the female accessory to the crime was convicted.
A county court sentenced Jota 7 Grom and E J Tennines for destruction of property. The incident occurred in the city corner and caused damages estimated at 846 in local currency.
The report notes com mits for bootlegging and comfort near Ajo with transfers and dispensers cited. Mose Trademan, clerk of the federal court, travels to Nogales for private business. General So bars a plan to exclude camp followers from Agua Fria after a stabbing incident.
A long fragment extols simple nostrums of iron to restore vigor and strength. It claims a 50 year old man regained youthlike vitality, urges readers to test immediate endurance, and cites Dr Sauer endorsed forms marketed by local druggists.
An article describes a gorilla named Corilit enious taking control of a New Jeffery Si car this afternoon. The animal climbed into the driver’s seat and steered the vehicle as it moved along George street, displaying the car’s starting mechanics by pressing the starter and requiring no human assistance. Mr Bristow, Napateon’s owner, notes the ride was not dangerous but caused concern about the vehicle’s safety and the ape’s ability to manipulate the controls.
Marianna Magnes was taken to the police station on a charge of chicken stealing. He was found asleep in a chicken coop at 747 North Ninth Avenue by Oliver Gruber and will be examined today by Recorder Cowan.
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