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02 April 1907
PROBATE BUSINESS. In the probate court, yesterday C. W. Moore was appointed administrator of the estate of Phillip Brady, deceased … The administrator of the estate of Mrs. Sarah A. Stevens, deceased, was granted authority, to enter into a contract for the sale of the mining property belonging to the estate.
03 April 1907
LEAVES BEQUEST TO THE MERCY HOSPITAL –Yesterday in the probate court, the will of Edward Gillespie, deceased, was admitted to probate, and M. J. Hickey and Leopold Walloth were appointed executors of the estate.
Marriage License Issued – A marriage license was issued to James Lexington Walls, a native of Georgia and Minnie Wingfield, both residents of Verde Valley, the prospective bride being a native of the latter place.
04 April 1907
PROBATE BUSINESS – In the probate court, yesterday, Mrs. Emma M. Noyes was appointed administrator of the estate of Albert O. Noyes, deceased.
THINK UNKNOWN MAN’S NAME IS CONNORS – Through the medium of a check whish he cashed in the Bashford-Burmister establishment, the name of the unknown man who died at the doors of the county jail, Saturday came to light yesterday …
04 April 1907
TRUSTEES ELECTED – Additional reports of Saturday’s school election, which reached the office of Superintendent of Schools Jolly yesterday, show the following school trustees elected: John Koontz, Williamson Valley; J. O. Carter, Walnut Grove; William Gebb, Jerome; W. H. Waller, McCabe; W. Wilkins, Dewey; Moses Casner, Beaver Creek; Charles Harbeson, Camp Verde; O. L. Phippeny, Hillside; Frank A. Townsend, James Case and A. J. Dickerson, Crown King; Mrs. Joe Mayer and Mrs. L. A. Willard of Willard.
05 April 1907
SURGEON’S KNIFE FATAL TO MRS. P.B. JOLLY – Wednesday morning at 7 o’clock Mrs. P. B. Jolly died at her home in Jerome as the result of an operation performed on her at the United Verde hospital a few days before … Deceased was aged about 30 years, and a native of Germantown, Ky., where her remains will be shipped for interment.
PROBATE BUSINESS – In the probate court, yesterday, J. W. Holtam, guardian of the estate of Augusta Ann Holbrook, deceased, filed his final account, which was allowed, approved and settled.
07 April 1907
JEROME COUPLE MARRY –At 6:30 o’clock last evening the Baptist parsonage, in this city, was the scene of a quiet wedding, when Eugene Huyek Brockway and Miss Lavanda Catherine Jacobs were united in the bonds of matrimony, by Rev. E. B. Taft.
“Hello” Over Telephone Starts Cupid Working-- … when Mr. Avery was united in marriage with ‘the owner of the “hello” voice, Miss Lottie Swartz of this city.
Marriage License Issued – A marriage license was issued yesterday to Eugene Huyck Brockway, aged 27, and Lavanda Catherine Jacobs, aged 26.
10 April 1907
WILL SHIP REMAINS – All that is mortal of the late Eileen Mitchell Bedford, who suicided [sic] here Monday morning, in her apartments, over the Wellington, will be shipped this morning by express, to Los Angeles, Cal., for interment, in accordance with instructions received from her sorrowing mother.
11 Apr 1907
BONDS APPROVED – Yesterday B. H. Smith, chairman of the board of supervisors, approved the bonds of John Mason Ross and E. J. F. Horne as notaries public and Geo. Mahard as road overseer of District No. 32.
PROBATE BUSINESS – Yesterday, in the probate court, the estate of C. C. Bragg, deceased, was returned, filed and recorded. The inventory and appraisement of the estate, which consists of ranches in Peeples Valley and patented mines in the Walnut Grove district, is valued at a little over $3,000.
12 April 1907
MARRIED IN HOUSE WHERE SHE WAS BORN – Supervisor Wingfield’s Youngest Child Weds – At the residence of the bride’s father, on Clear Creek, near Camp Verde, a very pretty wedding took place April 7, when Miss Minnie Windfield, the youngest daughter of Supervisor “Uncle Bill” Wingfield was united in marriage, by Justice of Peace G. W. Hance, with James Levington Wall …
1? April 1907
Remains Shipped – Yesterday afternoon the remains of the late S. G. Hawkins were shipped to his former home in Chicago, for interment. His mother Mrs. Hawkins, was a passenger on the same train. She intends to make her future home in Chicago.
19 April 1907
DEAD MEXICAN WAS STRUCK WITH GAS PIPE –Mariano Gabron Killed At Wood Spur by Antonio Aylla-- … Both murderer and victim are strangers here and have no known relatives or connections in the county.
PROBATE BUSINESS – Yesterday in the probate court, the administrator of the estate of Henry Stoddard, deceased, filed a petition asking for authority to enter into a contract for the sale of mining property belonging to the estate... In the matter of the estte of Archie E. Kinney, deceased, an order was made transferring the case, files and proceedings to the probate court of Maricopa county, where the case was originally entered … Clarence E. Jackson, administrator of the estate of Louise Jackson, deceased, filed his final account as administrator, with a petition praying for the distribution of the estate … Decrees were entered establishing notice to creditors in the estates of Sarah A. Stephens, Frank A. Stephens and James Roach, all deceased.
BIRTHDAY PARTY – Miss Kate Hickey, last evening at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. M.J. Hickey, on South Cortez street entertained a number of her friends, the occasion being the sixteenth anniversary of her birth.
20 April 1907
COLORED CITIZENS MAY SOON HAVE CHURCH – Rev. McKinney Here With That End In View –Rev. H. L. McKinney, B. D. of the A.M.E. Zion connection, and a member of the Oklahoma annual conference, is here in the interest of his church and is looking up the condition among the colored people of this city, with the view of building a church here in his denomination, as a place of worship for his people.
23 April 1907
PROBATE BUSINESS – In the probate court, yesterday, Mrs. Miranda Simmons filed a petition praying for letters of administration of the estate of M. A. Wilson, deceased, the hearing of which is set for May 3. Mrs Mary Ann Grabb of Chillieothe, Ohio, filed petition asking that letters of administration be granted John H. Robinson, in the estate of Andrew Grubb deceased.
28 April 1907
MEETS DEATH WHILE DRIVING TO THIS CITY –Louis Burns Stricken Down with Heart Disease –Body Is Found Lying Beside The Wagon -- … death that overtook Louis Burns, a driver for the Ruffner stables, whose dead body was found yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by Charles Atkins who had been sent in search of that man … Deceased was about 50 years old, and had resided in this section of the Territory for the past twenty-five years. He leaves no immediate relatives in Arizona, so far as known. George Ruffner will have charge of the funeral arrangement.s.
NOTICE – My wife, Ada C. Parker, having left my bed and board, this is to notify the public that I will not be responsible for any debts or obligations that may be contracted by her. W. S. Parker Prescott Ariz., April 24, 1907
GRANITE DELLS OPENING –Attention is directed to the interesting announcement, elsewhere in this issue, of the opening of the Granite Dells resort and tent city, which takes place Sunday May 5. In addition to the well known natural attractions to be found at the Granite Dells resort, a base ball game between the Diamond Jos and a Jerome team will be on of the features of the opening day.
30 April 1907
PROBATE COURT – Yesterday, in the probate court, a decree was made setting aside the real estate of the estate of Albert O. Noyes, deceased, as a homestead for the use of Emma O. Noyes, widow of the deceased, and an order was made discharging the administrator, there being no further estate to be administered.. The final account of Clarence E. Jackson, administrator of the estate of Mrs. Louise Jackson, deceased was allowed, approved and settled and the residue of the estate, consisting of lands in the Kirkland valley, distributed to Sol Jackson, he having received deeds to the property from the other heirs of the estate. An order was made discharging the administrator.
MARRIED IN ASH FORK – William C. Bostwick of Winslow and Mrs. Frances C. Freeman of Ash Fork were united in marriage Friday, in the latter place …
02 May 1907
NEW UNDERTAKING FIRM – F. R. Stewart, yesterday, disposed of his interest in the undertaking establishment of H. M. Maus & Co., to C. M. Shannon, late of Fresno Cal., who will be identified with tht firm in future. Mr. Shannon is an old, practical undertaker and embalmer, and has been engaged in the same line of business in Fresno for may years past. Himself and family have arrived in this city and will make their future home here. Mr. Stewart, who has been connected with the Maus establishment since its inception, some six years ago, retires to devot his attention to other pursuits.
03 May 1907
Will Meet Sister – Mr. and Mrs T. D. (should be B.) Carter arrived here yesterday from their home in Walnut Grove. Mr. Carter will leave today for Camp Verde, where he will meet his sister, who is traveling overland from Independence, Mo., accompanied by her son, who is in poor health and for whose benefit she has made this trip the entire distance by wagon.
08 May 1907
Bumble Bee: The infant daughter of Mrs. Jackson (Indian) died, after living about two or three weeks.
12 May 1907
MURDER RESULT OF AN OLD FEUD - Meadows Dies And Also His Assailant, Who Fired Four Shots at the Rancher. Retaliatory Measures Are Now Expected on Part of Neighbors-- It developed yesterday that the shooting of A. T. Meadows at his goat ranch in the Walnut Grove country, on Friday morning at 9 o'clock, was the culmination of a feud of some months' standing between the Mexican sheep herders and the farmers and stockmen of the locality, and that in the fracas a Mexican lost his life to the unerring aim of Meadows after the latter was fatally shot in the groin...Meadows leave a wife and six children, in poor circumstances, surviving him and the incident has aroused the Walnut Grove and Placerita districts, and it is said that the end is not yet, as the farmers and stockmen declare that they will assert their rights and prevent further encroachments on their domain by the sheep owners, who are said to show no respect for the rights of the old settlers of the community...Justice of the Peasce C. H. McLane of this city left here yesterday morning for the scene of the shooting, by the way of Kirkland, and assisted by Deputy Sheriff Horace Bowdre, presided at an inquest over the remains of both dead men.
OLD PIONEER DIES A PEACEFUL DEATH - Jas. Dodson, Formerly of Prescott, Passes Away -- Was Once Chief of Police Of This City.
14 May 1907
GIVEN 20 YEARS FOR ASSAULT ON CHILD --...James Hall, convicted of the burglary of the Martin store in Humboldt, a few months ago, was sentenced to serve five years in the Territorial prison, Juan Alvarez, an ex-convict convicted of robbing the French house on South Granite street, was similarly sentenced and Ignacio Ramirez, found guilty of assaulting with a deadly weapon was given eighteen month in the pen. Marcellano Gonzales, convicted on the charge of criminally assaulting a 6- year-old girl named McIntosh in Humboldt, last December was sentenced to serve twenty years in the Territorial prison, and P. Tinijero, convicted of an unnatural crime, received a seven-year in the same institution. Ed Wiggins, colored and a miner, was sentenced to serve two years in the Territorial reform school at Benson, on the charge of larceny...At 9:30 o'clock this morning the case of H. V. Rosenberger, who is charged with the murder of P. P. Hochderffer at the Windmill ranch, in the Mogollon mountains, about two months ago, will be called.
15 May 1907
PROBATE BUSINESS -- In the probate court, yesterday, Samuel L. Pattee, administrator of the estate of Henry D. Stocker, deceased filed the final account of his administration, the hearing of which was set for May 24.
17 May 1907
QUIETLY WEDDED HERE -- Yesterday afternoon, at the St. Michael hotel was the scene of a quiet wedding, when J. B. Russell and Miss Mary Stinson were united in the bonds of matrimony.
17 May 1907
Stork's Midnight Visit. Wednesday, at midnight, the stork visted [sic] the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ferguson, on Willow street, leaving a ten-pound baby boy.
19 May 1907
MORTUARY Friday night, at 0 o'clock, George Curran died in the Mercy hospital, after a short illness. Deceased was aged 66 years and a native of Ireland. His death was due to a complication of diseases. He leave no immediate relatives surviving him in this section...The Funeral will take place Monday afternoon, from the Catholic church, under the direction of H. M. Maus Co., Interment will take place in the Citizen's cemetery.
24 May 1907
Stork visits – Monday morning at 1 o’clock, the stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Dee, at Fort Whipple, leaving a bouncing baby boy.
25 May 1907
Stork Visits – The stork visited the home of Mr. and Mis. W. H. Wells, in West Prescott, Thursday night, leaving a charming baby girl.
Born a Son – The stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Gwynee, on south Pleasant street, Thursday evening leaving a charming baby boy.
TUBEROULOSIS VICTIM DEAD – Yesterday morning, at 2 o’clock Fenton J. Maroney died, after an illness of several years, ude to the dread disease, consumption. Deceased was aged about 35 years and a native of Canada. He came here a few months ago in the hope that the climate of this city might bring relief to the disease which had been sapping out his strength for a number of years. He leaves no immediate relatives in this section. A brother in Washington, D.C., has been notified of his death, and his remains are being held by the Maus undertaking establishment awaiting instructions.
01 Jun 1907
TWO MEET DEATH IN CONGRESS FIRE –Charles Price, Blacksmith, and Unknown Mexican, the Victims –Congress Hall a Total Loss..
02 Jun 1907
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