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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1902
Page
1
Bisbee notes from August 1902 report local visits and society events. Steve Brycot and John Kelso attend Cananea affairs as Koonomo women prep an Oberity ball. Sheriff candidate J. Kelso and J. Christensen visit. Judge Brown and Tadge Brown court actions noted. rail accident near Copper Queen pharmacy briefly described.
A historical county record itemizes Cochisel County expenses for the first quarter of 1902 compiled by Clerk J. F. Duncan. Entries include Sheriff Office District Attorney Probate Judge and total sums for schools and miscellaneous costs totaling $30,621.01. The page also includes a poetry jab and editorial satire about an editor swearing under pressure.
From Wednesday's Daily scattered items report Bresayy Griston population figures for Morendi and Clifton, mentions of medical information access, currency bank data, a Tucson marriage announcement, and a Phoenix Eastern railway right of way filing with the Interior Department.
A report notes locals sampled burro meat in Arizona, an unusual regional delicacy that drew curiosity and enjoyment among tasters. The event highlighted cultural tastes and sparked discussion of frontier foods.
The Turon Star reports a week of odd visits by Ernest Adadie to the Sapori rench near Sante Cruz county live. Sven Elias served burro meat to guests amid ecercity, sparking talk of plans to rat of barre and a return trip to the Darizi base for a further tasting. The Durance, experts in sexir, paid for the Sapori article, though the exact outcome remains unclear.
Mining news from Arizona fronts details Cummings and Holmes at South Pass Keath Preston from Copper King undertaking development and vein work. Crews at Gold Camp, Black Diamond, and Copper Ballion mine push smelter, pipes, and shaft sinking. General Manager Clark travels to Los Angeles returning to lead large-scale operations. Copper mining and smelting company projects extensive drilling, storage, and transport preparations. Mohave county tax roll notes and Henrietta mill report a 21 pound gold brick from a second clean-up.
Fairbank reports J L Kane plans to move his headquarters to Kamery canyon for repair work on Ginis Wood street bridge. Local contractors pace El A barber death, saloon opening planned by Johns of Neco, and town winds hinder streets. News covers water scarcity, railroad rail movements, miners health law, and regional business, with notes on people visiting and local elections.
A tramload of rail tools and scraper equipment arrives for Tombstone Road grading project. Crews stockpile ties and materials, preparing for track and roadbed improvements in the area. The shipment signals advancing work and local infrastructure upgrades.
Fairbank correspondent reports about 80 workers and gear arriving at 1 p.m. to begin grading the Tombstone branch from El Paso. 10 000 ties unloaded for the line while rain drenched the town, turning streets into rivers. authorities expect the iron road to reach Tombstone in four to five months.
Forty two year old J H Merriman of Obion County Missouri found and claimed $2,000 in gold at his mining cabin site in Plumas County California. He reportedly hid the wealth decades ago near 1860 before leaving for San Francisco and later New York where he learned of and pursued the buried fortune, now recovered.
Sunderland of Raenix receives a $6,000 government contract to erect sow buildings at the Pims Indian agency. Congress considers a bill to standardize surface marking with square wiring claims, aiming to end vexatious suits over apex sod extralateral rights.
Friday's schedule shows service between Deming and Bisbee with a carpenter recently of Globe now in Tombstone. Coast travel declines as winter workers head home. Calumet and Arizona near Bisbee installs a large reduction plant with 150 carloads of machinery, while Tombstone branch camps between Fairbank and Tombstone push grading under supervisor F May at Watervale land toward town.
FE B Downing and colleagues will stay about a week in Tombstone to gather data for an illustrated work tested by the 5 P C. The Muses Bernice and Francs Cheyney arrive from Lucson to visit friends and former schoolmates in Tombstone. The El Paso and Southwestern merger unites all branches under one company name. On July 1 the Arizona and Southeastern lines merge with EP and SW. The Life of Christ by Jamis Tissot features in a city hall display Sunday night. Dialogue mentions his ten years of work and famous paintings.
Probate Judge Bostwick approves a marriage license for W C Ferguson, a noted Douglas real estate man, to wed Mies Minnie Bebbie, a social favorite of the city. The community, including Paosrgetox, offers early congratulations.
Mra PB Warnekros travels to Fort Thomas Hut Springs in Graham County to seek relief from rheumatic trouble with signs of renewed illness after earlier symptoms. Geo W Christian, recently invalided from the Philippines, returns from government Hot Springs in Arkansas after three months of malaria treatment and accepts a job at Can Can restaurant.
The Delamet and Pitteburg Development Company, based near Bisbee, met in Calumet Michigan and voted to recommend increasing capital stock from 200000 to 400000 dollars and to issue 33 percent of the increase immediately. Funds will buy De Oro and back a bond on the Ormond five claim group near the company property. The Brigge shattie now down more than nots.
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