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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1921
Page
4
A Tombstone edition questions whether New York belongs to Britain or America, noting British-leaning publications and a silver market dispute. It discusses government silver purchases, London's bullion dealers, and U.S. financial maneuvers impacting silver prices and Britain’s borrowing.
Editorials in the Times Express Chronicle and others condemn silver selling programs under the Pittman act. They claim the government and Wall Street push silver down while other commodities are protected. The piece argues Congress will oppose English financial influence and defend the U S silver market.
A tentative bill aims to levy a half percent sales tax on all manufacturers and merchants while repealing luxuries taxes and excess profits taxes. The measure targets $1.25 billion annual revenue and reduces the surtax to 32 percent, with a goal of simplifying collection and directing funds into regular channels.
American consul at Edinburgh Consul Sharp reports Britain’s 1920 liquor expenditure at 400 million dollars of the 1919 total. He notes the rise in per capita spending, cites a 2.287 billion dollar annual liquor outlay, and argues Britain owes the United States a wartime life debt with unpaid interest. He says economic woes persist as Britons spend vast sums on intoxicants.
A Massachusetts court faced a peculiar contention about whether Mrs. Eddy can remain an officer in the Christian Science church if alive. The argument warns that recognizing living status could let dead hands control estates and enterprises, miring wills with perpetual claims.
Former U.S. Forester and Pennsylvania State Forester Gifford Pinchot extols the Boy Scouts for their forest fire work in Pennsylvania. He has decorated sixty-nine scouts for notable service, including distributing fire prevention materials and fighting fires for long shifts, underscoring the role Scouts play in building character and public safety.
A rural reflection praises farm boy courtesy as a model of character. It contrasts city and farm manners, notes a 12 year old shows politeness by tying a horse and helping others, and argues kindness, love, friendship, and courtesy exceed money.
The piece notes a rise in railroad stock owners over the past six months as investors gamble on a future upswing. They buy at high prices with patience, betting on a recovery while earnings lag and dividends fall, viewing rail securities as a gamble on prosperity rather than a sure bet.
The speaker argues against nationwide equal rights protections in public venues arguing they would strip business owners of liberty and force social equality. He notes Southern and Northern positions differ and favors local decision making over broad federal mandates.
A June air and sea exercise at Langley Field Va will pit airplanes and bombers against battleship concepts to test theories about naval defense. The event echoes Monitor and Merrimac era evolution from wood to steel and questions if winged ships may soon carry world cargoes. The plan is a neutral, technologic trial with no belligerent posture, focusing on progress in air, sea, and land arms. A unrelated note recalls bandits posing as dry agents robbing a grocer, showing crime risk to merchants and customers alike.
A mastodon jawbone fragment and a second imperfect specimen were exhibited in Tucson at EV Avaya’s office. The jawbone from near Durazno in Sonora’s Altar district, four inches wide with three molars, is part of a tale among the Vapaxe that a cave-dwelling serpent haunted the area. Papago leaders celebrate the find, hoping the serpent’s threat is gone, while officials plan to send the fossils to Dr. von Kleinsmit and then to the University of Mexico museum for study.
Announcement of a large rabbit drive at Webb in Sulphur Springs Valley set for next weekend invites public participation. Led by valley farmer E E Fruits, the event will start from the north on Saturday and from the south on Sunday to curb rabbit damage to local gardens. Local officials plan to attend as the drive aims to protect crops and support county produce.
H C McCaghren of Wichita Falls Texas badly burned while handling a large gasoline can after an explosion near Chandler Arizona on a highway lunch stop. His child was slightly burned. The car was damaged. J D Hicks helped transport them to Chandler for care.
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