RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 1, 2006

KINSEARCHING

by

Marleta Childs
P. O. Box 6825
LUBBOCK, TX 79493-6825
[email protected]
 

     These selected items come from the 30 December 1899 (Volume 1, no. 16) issue of THE ARIZONA GRAPHIC, AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF LIFE IN ARIZONA. The magazine was published in Phoenix by Paul HULL, editor and publisher. D. F. HALL was the business manager.

     An article about the first winter carnival held in Phoenix during the first week in December in 1899 is on page 1. Accompanying the article is a photograph taken by HARTWELL & HAMAKER of the Carnival Queen and her attendants. Members of the Carnival court were

Miss Lillie SOLOMON, Solomonville (Maid of Honor)

Miss Laura PECK, Yuma (Maid of Honor)

Miss Maude MARSH, Prescott (Maid of Honor)

Miss Lena PURDY, Phoenix (Queen)

Miss Hazel GOLDBERG, Phoenix (Page)

Miss Ruth JESSOP, Phoenix (Page)

Miss Kate SHERMAN, Kingman (Maid of Honor)

Miss (no first name) KENYON, Globe (Maid of Honor)

and Miss Agnes TODD, Flagstaff (Maid of Honor).


     Selected advertisements from the Professional Directory appear on page 11:

Frank H. HEREFORD & Seth E. HAZARD, Tucson, lawyers, agents for land scrip

Walter J. N. McCURDY, Nogales, "attorney & counsellor-at-law," notary public

J. W. CRENSHAW, Babbitt Building, Flagstaff, attorney at law, land scrip, loans

Henry F. ASHURST, Williams, AZ, attorney at law

Dr. D. L. CONNER, Phoenix, osteopathist

T. F. CHILDS, M. D., (Editor's note: Place not stated but probably Phoenix),
"One of the best diagnosticians in the United States. Consultation free."

Employees of the Phoenix National Bank, Phoenix:

E. B. GAGE, president

C. J. HALL, vice president

E. B. KNOX, cashier

Directors:

Jas. F. FLEMING

G. B. RICHMOND

B. HEYMAN

D. M. PERRY

T. W. PEMBERTON

C. J. HALL

F. S. BELCHER

F. M. MURPHY

E. B. GAGE

Employees of the Sunset Route, Southern Pacific Co.:

E. O. McCORMICK, San Francisco, passenger traffic manager

T. H. GOODMAN, San Francisco, general passenger agent

E. RANDOLPH, Tucson, superintendent

M. O. BICKNELL, Phoenix, city passenger agent