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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1891
Page
2
The report notes fresh butter from White at Wotcott's Cash Store and wage cuts for S70 Tractans at Prescott. It also mentions Yuma copper mines closing after a long buildup, the superintendent replaced by a New York appointee, and census data on mortgage-encumbered owners versus rented or free homes.
The convention seeks government action to cede arid lands to the states and territories where they lie for reclamation and public use. It notes Arizona could improve its situation if it owned its vacant lands.
The piece urges Arizona representation at the upcoming irrigation convention in Sult Lake next month. It traces the Denver trans Mississippi congress origin and stresses uniting counties to push reclamation of desert lands via federal legislation. It urges broad statewide participation to present a united front before Congress next winter.
A Malden on Hudson New York resident Captain A G Pareis writes that he and his family have relied on August Flower for seven or eight years and keep it constantly in their home, praising its effects.
An automatic stamp machine stands twenty inches high and fifteen inches deep designed to dispense a penny stamp and a memorandum book. Patrons insert a penny or two shillings, operate a side handle, and retrieve both stamp and notebook, with critics calling it ingenious but awaiting public test.
The piece extols passy weed as a plentiful tasty plant with edible stems and leaves similar to spinach. It notes market gardens grow varieties for salad and cooking, recounts a Benjamin Le Fevre anecdote about passy overtaking his garden, and ends with the tale of weeding out beets in favor of the weed.
A satirical sketch contrasts the so called intellectual woman with domestic expectations, noting her relentless knowledge and sharp wit. An advertisement seeks a Warren woman or girl for general housework in a small family, with a residence contact for H G Howe. A drug store on the opposite of the Express office advertises a range of medicines perfumes and toilet articles.
Sheriff C B Kerton announces that licenses must be obtained before starting any business liable to a license and outlines penalties for noncompliance. Licenses are payable at the sheriff’s office in Tombstone with checks only from the Bank of Tombstone. Tombstone Arizona, June 30th 189.
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