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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1901
Page
1
Local Bisbee items cover river flood damages and property losses in town, staff changes at the Copper Gaven store, storm impacts near Tombstone and Catalina, social events at the Silver Bell Club, and minor incidents including a purse snatching warning and a velocipede accident.
The Winslow Mail cites its authority that Arizona Territory was organized February 24 1808 at Navajo Springs. The governor and party questioned the boundary until reaching that point. Albert F Baca led the expedition from Albuquerque moving to the site of Whipples Barracks where the territorial seat was fixed.
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A Benson correspondent reports a man’s body found floating down the river near Benson. A wagon, buggy with harness, and parts were nearby. source unclear whether they belong to the man. The death is treated as a possible suicide by jumping from a railroad bridge at Fairbank the previous morning.
Arizona writer and poet Miss Briatlot Mall will go to California on the 29th to edit the Land of Sunshine during the editor's absence. She lives in Dewey fourteen miles from Prescott and has earned high praise for her ability and steady rise in magazines.
A swarm of ten million flying ants descended on the Phoenix courthouse last Saturday afternoon, piling along the east wall and covering the ground for thirty feet. The insects emitted a foul odor as they clustered on the tower and flagpole, remaining until nightfall before dispersing by Sunday morning.
A Globe Times item recounts a man who gave up drinking to save money buying two cent stamps. He saved for weeks until an official envelope filled with stamps drew attention. A government agent arrested him for stealing postage stamps and he awaits the next term of the United States District Court in Florence.
Miners and United Verde Company reach settlement at Jerome ending the strike. Most workers have left the camp but some stay to operate furnaces. Company says no concessions were made and workers can return under pre strike conditions, with six months closure if needed. Company plans eight hour shifts once other Arizona firms adopt them.
The item highlights Osborn and Go movers, Wolcott and Lewis families returning from California, and Constable Doyle with two prisoners. It notes mail and express at the San Paula bridge, ongoing water repairs, and University of Anicsua’s high expected enrollment. A reward of 500 dollars is offered for the recovery of a missing husband’s body from Oak Creek Camp, Yavapai County. Bencon Press reports six carloads of horace shipped east last week.
Sheriff's force captured a party of Mohave Apachs fidians north of Phorpix after slaughtering deer in the nounteine. The Todiane offered little resistance. the chief and six others were taken into custody. A mysterious note mentions a special artery but details remain unclear.
A water based loading method for blasting presents a substitute for tamping. After cleaning the hole the powder is dampened with water, sinks to the bottom, then the primer is inserted and the paper pushed through the water to seal it. The technique claims deeper, more compact loading with unchanged explosive power.
A meeting of several hundred Navajos at Fors Desacceston addressed a proposed ten year lease by George H. Hud of Pennsylvania. The agreement would grant rights to mineral lands within a one mile square area in the Carnes mountains for a five percent royalty on gross proceeds. After two or three days deliberation a lease was signed on these terms.
The lodge invites young people to join promoting temperance while offering social and educational activities. By by law, members must be twelve or older, with exceptions for children. A meeting is scheduled for tomorrow night at eight at the M E church.
Two more patients arrived today at the corn hospital. Lieber and Dr Bedford, in charge during De Bivona’s absence, keep busy treating patients and providing room in overcrowded wards for newcomers. The Glove Times laments theft and mocks a bizarre editorial line about mosquitoes and a fence.
Fragmentary report claims President Kruger notes Boers willing to trade money for peace as war drags on. The piece hints Britain will require funds, and speculation suggests Zugland may pursue a neutral stance if conflict endures.
The fragment hints Juana Walker, identified as Pima, departs with a sizable stake than half a million in debt or assets. The text mentions a future scene and a character named Dicks Tines, implying a tense pursuit or stake but offers few concrete facts.
Mr A F Stashle of Osiro returns east tomorrow after appointing Judge CS Clark as administrator of his brother WC Stachle’s estate. He expresses appreciation for the kindness and courtesies shown during his mission.
The report notes five prisoners employed on county work with Deputy Sheriff Moore bringing in a Mexican prisoner for the county. Mentions a Good Templar meeting at ME Churel, a Tombstone survey party, and Explorer Baliwia with 426 spamiun and 16quines on the north pileup. Rumor mentions Boer leaders banishment and Senator Hanna-backed political dynamics toward 1904 nomination.
War Department document cites 41,029 Filipinos captured or surrendered but only 1,212 rifles surrendered. The large gap suggests many rifles unaccounted or hidden. The note questions how such vast capture numbers align with rifle totals and implies possible concealment or miscount.
A garbled update notes a rich gold strike near Parco by a sister of Cesar Pen with coarse mineral shows. It mentions mining activity along the Syenimore pipe line washout and flood damage near Waleat Gulch, plus notes on Tempe pioneer Samos A Harteveld dying from hemorrhage after overexertion while chasing a chicken.
A Mexican woman, wife of Guadloupe, gave birth to two babies named Alla and Bearty. Parents reside a short distance east of the city in Me. The Me climate is praised as wonderful. Earlier, Mia Davis of Labi welcomed a teipten baby near Mesa.
Local chatter fades as the Holbrook community welcomes a new weekly newspaper, the Holbrook Argus. Reporters claim the paper will deliver daily-style stories in a compact weekly format, starting soon.
A Tennessee editor recalls a tragic scene on a porch at evening with vivid, archaic prose. The piece laments a young man’s fate as a stern father confronts him near a gate, revealing a cruel caprice of love and loss.
The piece argues longevity hinges on proper digestion and a healthy stomach. It promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a strength restorer and cure for indigestion belching insomnia nervousness biliousness and malaria type fevers. It urges readers to try the remedy and ensure they obtain the genuine product.
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