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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1899
Page
1
Friday issue highlights include social notices and arrivals in Tombstone with marriages planned, weddings discussed, and residents visiting from Pearce and Tombstone. Reports cover mine accidents, a fire at W. M. Fike residence, ball games, and upcoming entertainments at the Opera House to aid Master Leslie Chase.
The notice records the birth of a daughter to Mrs. Hare-Ioa Tombstone and Frank Ha on August 10, 1899.
The piece extols Arizona's climate from hot to cold and wide elevation ranges, praises forests, copper and silver mining promise, liberal laws, and educated bachelors. It highlights Grand Canyon as unparalleled and notes Santa Fe steamship line earnings rising by 500,054 for June and 2,101,52 for the year compared to prior periods.
Patterson, a sheep owner in western Socorro County, places a public reward offer for arrest and conviction of any who unlawfully handle his sheep. The notice criticizes thieves and mocks lazy locals while noting a spree of stray sheep purchases.
A Mexican cavalry regiment heads toward Yaqui country from Casas Grande to engage the Yaqui in the Luatipa and Bacatete mountains while threats of ambush arise. Reports mention two rival forces moving and communicating by couriers as heat exhaustion and sleep deprivation are noted as factors in sun exposure.
The Smelter Combine enacts higher smelting rates for all class sp ores, hitting low grade producers hardest and ending open market bids on special ore classes. High grade gold ore also priced above former rates, with charges now up $150 to $340 per ton. In Mohave Coc County growers fear losses as profits shrink. Arizona range industry looks promising due to general rains and improving pasturage boosting cattle prospects.
From C Guaymas Mexico reports say General Torroa nears encircling Bican Yaqui stronghold as artillery and machine guns join the push. Some bodies found mutilated after clashes with Remley and Miller said killed. Government force strength around 94 000 in the field with the uprising spreading to the Yaqui river corridor.
A $100 reward is offered by Eugene P. A. Lakere of Fawbank Arizona for anyone who provides evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of persons who entered the Conyer ranch house around July or August 1898 and stole a new harness, and again around July this year stealing provisions and bedding.
A joke exchanges a nonsensical premise about swapping Alaska’s panhandle for Jamaica and a French doctor who allegedly can grow hair thirty feet long. The absurd setup mocks impractical ideas and plays with the impossibility of such claims.
East report claims a man with eyes burned out by acid had them restored through Christian science. The informant says the teller did not break faith or retract the claim when detailing the event.
An El Paso Times clipping hints that actions from the west could end a war involving Filipinos. The piece suggests cowboys would act without bureaucratic red tape and would require clear orders to find the Filipinos, implying a direct mission rather than formal processes.
An exchange notes Phoenix leads in furnishing more recruits for the South regiment than any town. It adds that residents of Yona and Tuccoa may view Mania as a summer resort, and asserts the Philippines climate holds no terror for Arizonans.
The issue highlights New Mexico resources and opportunities for health ecoker, husbandman, pros pector, investor and capitalist. It aims to attract attention to the territory's latent wealth and reflect credit on its publishers enterprise and pride.
The report shows total internal revenue collections for the United States for the year ending June 30 1899. Illinois contributed the largest share to the fund, with New York and Pennsylvania following, as the year’s receipts exceeded those of 1898 by about 700000.
Politicians plan for the 1900 race amid war overshadowing issues. Many expect the 1896 contenders to run again, though a possible dark horse could emerge. The promo asserts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is a premier remedy for stomach liver and kidney issues and promises vitality from a bottle.
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