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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1900
Page
2
The London Satur n reports that about 7,000,000 of 79,000,000 tickets have been sold as prices were cut from 75 to 40 centimes after the exhibition opened, despite initial promises of a rich return.
The passage notes Hanna's strength against Roosevelt forces in Philadelphia and implies split among Republicans over nominating Roosevelt. It states Hanna opposed Roosevelt, hints at support shifts, and criticizes Roosevelt's stance toward foreign policy and courage.
Dr A H Noon of Nogales attends a national convention of the peoples parte and writes an opera letter endorsing Bevan as the principl of demrerece. Nearly all the populists are following suit in support of his stance.
A garbled account claims Nikola Tesla, a famed ex pert, touts a device to halt illness without harm. The text suggests he risks be awarded a place among great inventors, yet notes his past credits have been lost or miscredited and emphasizes unfulfilled promises over verified results.
A newly announced official vows the Gem will be run neither on a pure moral plane nor a degraded one but will be conducted to any the undersigned, regardless of public or political opinion.
A reader notes an elf prophecy claiming all nations would wage war in 1900 and asks if current troubles with Chios and other nations fulfill it. They suggest that if not already, fulfillment may be near given today’s tensions and conflicts.
Amid irregular prose a health officer boards the vessel, the captain declares a clear bill and orders calm seas. The ship ferries more than a thousand passengers on its maiden trip to Boston, marking a notable maritime arrival with hopeful notes of safety.
A New York physician says four percent of enucleated mental illness cases could be cured by a drug called hit agending tanthecin and annopiiee. Arizona and New Menino report unlimited bas medicine supplies.
A garbled OCR note promotes a lager ser a tignert qustits candy from Pec.Ge ist S109 Co. at 77 719 Sansome street San Prancisco 13am. It mentions perfection in manufacturing and implies a brand tied to a San Francisco address.
Local Bisbee items report Joseph Curtis and Brad Banat visiting Huacaucas to inspect mining land. Assayer George Clark left for Nerons today. A northern Arizona prospect trip, and a Rough Rider background for George Mecamy. Local letters show several residents in town, including Mr and Mrs Herrick. A copper strike near Dubscher Canyon surprised a miner. Copper Queen operations, mining company news, social events, a gun club meeting, births, and accidents populate Bisbee society notes. The Copper Queen band picnic at Whites Springs drew about 50 attendees. A police chase occurred when a Mexican fugitive evaded pursuit. The Congress boarding house changed hands, and Court Bisbee No 5885 held a meeting. A fire damaged a frame house near Castle Rock. East Lyne at the Conley season closes with good patronage. Fr Langford of Madera Copper examined Copper Queen and Duglas roasters praising Bisbee as a top mining camp.
Dispatch from Jackson Mississippi reports a census official in Le Flore County or nearby locating a self styled regro man claiming age of 154 years. He says he married five times and has fifty one children ninety three grandchildren and sixty seven great grandchildren. He claims to have known Washington and La Fayette and to be from old Virginia. This age claim is met with skepticism.
Word from Nogales says the Mormon expedition led by a young professor was halted by Mexican customs. To pay a $1,500 tax, the outfit was partly sold and the party split. Fifteen members proceed to Utah while others stay. The group, all scientific men, had visited Mormon settlements near the Gila and San Pedro on a study trip from Utah toward Central America.
In Nogales court, a 1808 act creating a new county failed to credit Santa Cruz for courthouse and property retained by Pima. The district court ruled no ascertainable indebtedness amount existed, delaying proper proportional debt allocation between Pima and Santa Cruz counties.
A Graham county report claims a petitioned move to back a sheriff candidate who will hunt down the outlaw Chacon. It says an agreed plan would replace voters with a sworn pursuit before the election, appointing a deputy, and endorsing a civil service style exam for the winner. The text asserts Chacon and his gang have murdered many, with alleged failures to arrest him and claims of support from local factions.
Arizona outlines eight prospective oil districts along the Colorado River near Yuma and Winslow, in Jerome County area, Tempe near Maricopa, and St. David. No heavy drilling yet, artesian water work near St. David yielded some oil. Indications are plentiful and investments planned to bring petroleum into new Arizona industries. Cochise County joins as a key opportunity for capital.
Four more Cochise county cowboys join the US service as packers bound for China. They head to Benson before transport to San Francisco and ship on the US vessel to China by week’s end. Earlier, five others departed for duty, with Cochise County already supplying over 25 packers to China and more considering enlistment.
Chairman Jamson Jump of the national commercial travelers committee said many travelers have lost livelihoods as trusts multiply. He quoted figures suggesting up to 50,000 or more may be unemployed, with no compensation in sight amid the rapid growth of trusts since President McKinley.
A French adventurer once held by cannibals in Central Africa for forty years plans a forthcoming book. Readers are urged to try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for digestive woes and to insist on the genuine product with private revenue stamps on the neck.
Local notes report mining land parcels near Biavee and Jerom, a parade of civic events in Tombstone, a public reception for Rea and Eastman, and updates on federal parole for Anderson. Population counts, telegraph and telephone growth, railroad timetables, and land grant surveys expand the territory news with references to Burr, Tarbell, and Hearst interests.
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