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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1906
Page
2
A Phoenix to Maricopa passenger in the smoking car refused the conductor’s order to retire for the night. After a heated argument the conductor ejected him from the car at about 10 30 pm. The man, bound for Los Angeles, waited at Maricopa for the next section.
The fourteenth annual tournament of the Arizona Sportsmen's association will be held at Tucson September 21 22 and 23 1906 with three days of clay target shooting and 500 added money. J M Ronstadt of Tucson is secretary. Six medals or trophy events are for Arizona gun club members while the rest are open to all amateurs.
The article discusses claims about habit forming medicines and asserts Doctor Pierce of Buffalo published full ingredient lists. It praises his Golden Medical Discovery as alcohol free and chemically pure, listing forest-derived components like Golden Seal root and Black Cherry bark as key ingredients. It cites several medical authorities and endorses the product's curative claims in various respiratory ailments.
An Arigopa Mining Review column presents a persuasive frontier claim about vast ore deposits near Hassayampa. The speaker touts millions of tons of high grade ore and a potential mine partnership, asking for a down payment to start work while warning against Spanish myths.
The Phoenix Gazette reports proposed mining tax assessment boosts by the Territorial Board of Equalization. Cochise leads with about 3.18 million dollars and 409 percent rise, Gila near 1.15 million, Yavapai over 570 thousand, Mohave around 64 thousand, and Navajo and Apache unchanged. Total increases about 4.72 million, variable slightly from last year’s figures.
Thomas Blair, Bisbee team manager, was in the city yesterday and said Bisbee would like to come over for a game during the celebration if arranged. He added Bisbee and Douglas are set to play Sunday next at Bisbee.
A Labor Day celebration meeting at City Hall approved race rules for the hose contest with ten teams expected from Bisbee Douglas Lowell Benson Tucson Globe and Cananea. Prizes total 1000 dollars including a Cochise Cananea silver loving cup and cash awards to winning teams.
A fragmented 1905 outlook notes South Africa aims to top prior gold figures with $109 000 in end output. It claims widespread production beyond local counties and cites a medical advertisement for bitters touting stomach relief. The text references cures after other remedies and urges readers to try the bitters for poor appetite, headache, vomiting, cramps, and diarrhea.
Town notes labor day committees meet tonight and many attend the celebration. Reports say jail nears capacity as court crowds grow. baseball may feature big day with posters in printers’ hands for broad distribution. Local merchants hint at ad changes and nearby towns plan to visit Tombstone for the event.
The Phoenix Enterprise profiles Fred Bales of Yuma visiting his son Deputy Sheriff Joe Bales. Bales claims one of Arizona’s most remarkable records with nineteen children from four wives, thirteen still living. He arrived by train and visited the sheriff in his office.
Wm Goodwin owns three burros in Eastempe. A burro was found devouring a still fluttering chicken in the barnyard, suggesting the animal killed and ate missing birds. Local notes from Tombstone and Bisbee recount community events, weather, and politics amid regional interests in silver and labor parades.
The Arizona sentinel at Yuma reports mining work on Colonel Norton’s Red Crop mine in Mohawk mountains halted by a bellicose swarm of bees. The camp water supply was overwhelmed as millions of bees guarded canteens and water barrels, forcing workers to surrender and cease operations for safety.
From Wednesday's Daily report Sargent and wife are spending a few days in the city from Bisbee. Miss Lorraine Mepherson just returned from Bisbee where she visited her aunt Mrs LW Wallace. Marriage licenses issued include BP Pra ter wed Liltie Fletcher both of Bebee Allen wed Ida M Stumbes both of Bisbee Jose Herrera wed Marjacite Varela both of Combstone, with parental consent required for the latter. Senator Chas Smith of Michigan and daughter Ruth visited from Bisbee then to Sonora. A party including Wiehard Nieh Mrs Jennie Rich Miss Ida Stombs and Gt ten formed a Bisbee excursion returning after a wedding at Arlington. JA Martin of the Prescott Journal Miner and party arrived for mining business, with Howard and wife and Miss Upham from Salt Lake City.
Geo. W. Walker of Globe reports to Prospector representatives that Goby is on the boom with population doubling in the past year. Business blocks and residences rise as mining companies expand, while Frank Christy opens a gentlemen's furnishing store and J. N. McDonough starts a new Tombstone-linked venture thriving in Globe.
The Phoenix Gazette notes weighing of the first sack of sugar from beets grown in the valley at a local factory. The editorial says the event marks a valuable new industry, boosting farming land value, creating jobs, and increasing regional wealth while advertising Arizona as a productive, favored region.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as internal medicine with testimonials from Waxo ine Kiswax and Marvin Toledo wholesale druggists. It also notes a bond for a county deed to W C Greene tied to land given to the county, with steps planned once the bond is returned.
The Phoenix Republican published a denial of a Cananea mining colony rumor stating 300 Chinese workers were to be moved from Guaymas to Cananea. The piece asserts no Chinamen have worked in Cananea mines, only a quarry and grading tasks. It notes no anticipated uprising and mentions local security under Diaz era authorities.
Notice announces the annual stockholders meeting at Room 6, Huttoger Building, Tucson Arizona September 4 1906 to elect directors for the ensuing year and address other business. Secretary C. E. Wanker Ueson Arizona July 21 1906 first publication July 29 1906.
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