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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1891
Page
3
Publication notice from the Tombstone Prospector indicating broadcast details and subscription rates. Editor and proprietor C. Baggs or Buspar Excerter referenced. rate for one month and carriage delivery at six cents per week.
Citizens critique a bill and the act that tied up county funds. The piece notes Cochise’s $150 cost and $25,000 drawn from treasury in three days. It claims $16,000 in last year’s warrants were paid, saving interest, and $10,000 in bills to merchants were settled, urging that without bill 18 people would face higher costs and delayed court decisions.
The bill now enacted fixes grand juries at not less than 10 and not more than 22 members. County jail occupants await court to begin, not a supreme court decision.
Two 10 year old American mares and four of their colts, two yearlings and two two year olds, all sired by Walker's Cochise "Brokenleg" for $200 for all six. 10 percent discount if sold before April 20. Stock on range in algens Feteg Volles. J. & Rocngton, 33 White's Fresh Ranch Butter and Flour products advertised. Hoefler's receives Miel Per Bisbee in Bisbee Tombstone route. 1922.
Advertisement lists bearing trees three years old with umbrellas mulberry and locust varieties. Also offers ever blooming roses at one hundred dollars per dozen and flowering plants. Sale at the corner Puutem and Second streets Tomb Snpaabeasee.
A fragmentary column recounts curious incidents from diverse places. An alligator seven feet long hides in a hollow cypress near Astor Florida. A young couple’s chalked initials hint at teenage flirtations. A man rides a bicycle while the front wheel lifts, and a Texan with a fantastically long beard surpasses seven feet. A Fairfax County man preserves a ring inscribed with a Mexican coat of arms found in a cow hoof. A lawyer says policemen should help his missing son secure a job, while an omnibus driver rescues a tame piebald rat that grows close to his family and guards the dinner.
Progress notes claim sixteen miles of all road in New England this year, 228 miles built in North Carolina, and 15 001 miles of coast and South American railways. Elevators have billions added to urban real estate value, with $12.1 million owned by savers averaging under $490. Cities report housing starts and average costs across Philadelphia New York Chicago Boston Minneapolis and more, highlighting speculative growth.
District Court of the Territory of Arizona Cochise County issues a summons in a divorce action between Henry Henderson and Mollie Henderson. Plaintiffs seek dissolution of marriage, custody of minor children, and general relief. defendant must answer within thirty days if served elsewhere in district. Court seal dated March 30, 1890.
Readable segments describe a 160 acre tract in the Chickeaboa foothills fenced and fertile with permanent water and fruit crops. Terms and details appear incomplete but indicate a land sale or inquiry with an official office reference.
Notice is given by administrator A K Waddle of the estate of Henry Steineman deceased to creditors and claimants to exhibit their claims with vouchers within four months after first publication. Claims should be presented at the administrator's Bisbee Arizona business location. Dated Bisbee March 1891.
Notice lists witnesses to prove continuous residence for Martha A Lyall of Tombstone in a land patent proceeding. It names Herbert Brown as Register and mentions dates March 12 and April 1. The document refers to Homestead No. 18 percent and lists area details and involved attorneys or notaries.
A declaratory notice relates to a homestead application. The document names the Fatowius party and references a filing before the clerk. The action concerns a property claim and a timeline for making a pledge or proof before the clerk in connection with the estate docket.
Governor John N Irwin orders a Territory wide election on the second Tuesday in May 1891 to choose delegates to a constitutional convention. Delegates are apportioned by county with Apache two, Coconino one, Cochise three, Gila one, Graham four, Maricopa three, Pinal three, Pima three, Yuma one, Yavapai three. A $30 reward is offered for enforcing penal provisions.
Notice is given that the named settler filed intent to make final proof in support of his claim. The hearing will occur before the United Statesin Witten Weeks Benson Arizona for the N 32 township 15 east. Witnesses to prove continuous residence and cultivation include Thomas J White John Temple Leandro Drax and J Allen all of Beom sERBERT BROWN BagI.
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