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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1912
Page
2
The Tombstone Epitaph advertises weekly publication with William Hnattich as editor and proprietor. Subscription rates are listed for one year six months and single copies, indicating pricing and availability.
Arizona has extensive railroad potential with planned extensions and a crossing transcontinental line. The piece laments legal costs and court bias, praises Tombstone's enduring pride in schools and civic life, notes finances and floods, and comments on mining law, politics, and regional progress driven by copper and silver prices in the Southwest.
List of letters remaining in general delivery at the Tombstone post office for the week ending 1912 includes Mariano R Davile Jerne Cortez Weeks Jobo Brown Vernon M Valenzuela Jose A Valdex Relies B Vege Miguel and others. Call for advertised letters with date of advertisement.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for a catarrh case that cannot be cured. It presents endorsements from F J Onexsr Co and Knexax Manvus of Toledo and claims the remedy works systemically. The copy asserts internal use targets the blood and mucous surfaces.
Ex Commandos Escaped Mexican authorities and eluded capture while Arizona train and civic projects proceed. Plants for 2060 acres of cantaloupes in Salt River Valley, a $150000 Gila River diversion dam, and a 30 mile canal distribution system are planned. Grand jury summoned in Maricopa, Phoenix Hayden line opened, and town news from Tucson to Wickenburg dated with local incidents and civic plans.
Hon Carl Hayden introduces a bill to divide Arizona into five districts with district courts to be held in Tucson Tombstone Phoenix Prescott and Globe on specified first Tuesdays in the year. The act sets county-based territorial divisions and court locations with procedural transfer rules if county seats move.
Etvach Geist from Munich and Liesoung frend from Guatemala arrived in Tombstone after a long continental trek on foot. He claims 14 500 miles walked and 1 000 miles by water while praising hospitality along the route. He plans to publish an adventure book after reaching the West.
Court records show Bell v Bell decree granted reducing alimony to zero. Evans v Boone verdict for defendant. Kline v Crowley notice of apport given. Boone v Boone decree for plaintiff. Losrod v Kinsley et al verdict for plaintiff.
The Arizona Medical Association will hold a serial meeting in Bisbee with sessions planned there and in Douglas. Provision has been made to transport visiting doctors by automobile between Bisbee and Douglas for the event.
Popular Tombstonites Joho Giacca and Miss Minnie Ciocheti were married today by Judge Hamel McFarlend in Tombstone. The groom, a young leasing contractor at TCM property, and the bride, well regarded by friends, began their journey west with a long bridal party and showers of rice as well wishers sent them off for a California honeymoon in three cars.
The El Paso and Southwestern railroad announced sweeping freight reductions for Arizona lines and from El Paso. The rate cuts apply to machinery and structural steel and range from five to fifty percent less than prior prices. The reductions cover deliveries to Courtland and Tombstone branches and other points on the system.
The board of supervisors will sue special meeting on April 24 to let a bid for a county use road. Mayor Frank Ramery of Douglas was in town on a price business visit. Weather remains unsettled with rain and hail in Tombstone and a brisk wind. Sheriff Wheeler returned from Douglas with Carl Arg and will guard them until after Lombetone trial where Moore witnesses. County Attorney Gilmore and Attorney Enaiish returned from visits. Bowden and Fourr ranchers noted. many local figures seen about Tombstone.
Court items show probate actions including will publication petitions and letters. Orders publish notices for Brown Estate and Costello lease of Tucson property. Death and distribution orders for Seas and Korpp, with sales and settlement hearings scheduled. Guardianship matters for Horrie and Newman approved.
Mrs Riley Laramore of Goodwater Me recalls years of severe indigestion and heartburn. She credits Thedford's Black Draught with curing distress after minor nightly doses, saying the dyspepsia has not returned. It is advertised as a gentle cleanse aiding digestion and liver function at 25 cents per package.
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