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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1899
Page
2
A fragmented reminiscence ties copper wealth in Arizona to mining and smelting cost advantages, then shifts to Dreyfus trial reports and a joke about editors profiting from notices and obituaries. The piece blends era curiosities with commentary on newspapers and journalism.
Mr. Harry B. Layton purchases a hall interest in the Border Vidette. Layton, a noted Arizona and Sonora correspondent formerly with the Los Angeles Herald, joins publishers who pledge zealous coverage for Nogales Santa Cruz county Arizona and Sonora. They aim to advance regional prosperity through responsible reporting.
August 20 1899 Bisbee notes report Edward Alexander leaving for Phoenix and W Mambaugh heading to Morenci for engineering work. Onas Clawson joins family at Huachuca. Mary Warner returns to Tombstone. Miss Goldsworthy Hanley and Critchley return from county seat visit. Alfred Tellam and wife attend funeral in Tombstone. Bisbee sympathy extended to bereaved family of Ben James. McPherson and Wood leave for Cananea mines to inspect ore hauling needs. Copper Queen General Office Base Ball Club challenges region teams for a series with stakes from 50 to 1000 dollars. Listed challengers include Fred R, In J, Williams Jr, Frank Graf, C F Niebel, C E Collins, L B S route, 2, C L Beck.
August 22 1699 Bisbee notes include M Helen Grant traveling on yesterday's commuted train and the Morenci baseball club departing. Visitors include M D Scribner from Tombstone and ex county recorder M J Brown with his wife. L A Liston of Butte Montana heads for Sonora to inspect Thompson and Washington Copper property. Miner Butler injured by slipping on timber. Jim nearly fell into an open shaft after horse spooked. Professors Crockard and Hearne brothers visit Wheeling West Virginia praising Black Diamond mines. Board lodging and office facilities completed aiding miners and investors.
A man captured in Arizona is identified as one of the robbers who held up the Colorado and Southern train near Fals July 14. He was wounded in a posse fight and thought dead. his partner Franke escaped. Posse pursues about 100 miles northwest toward the border. The pair allegedly came into southeastern New Mexico to steal horses from a ranch in March.
D Scribner and M J Brown with wives travel to Bisbee for business and absence. Miss Eva Wolcott returns from Tucson visits. Sheriff Scott White returns from Texas. Miss Helen Grant heads to Bisbee en route to Boston. Judge James Robinson and Mr. Robinson depart for Copper Camp. Mrs J B Miano returns from San Jose with son Jobo attending college there.
A Tucson banking fraud tale centers on Joseph Becker also known as Beck and Camp. He forged certified checks on Consolidated National of Tucson to purchase goods from merchants, planning to flee. Police race to locate Becker as victims face financial losses and creditors seek restitution.
Walpi preparations for the Moki Snake dance begin with Antelope and Snake orders in kivas collecting enskes for the festival. The public event will feature the eerie entike dance tomorrow with solemn ceremony. Shamaikoli dance was performed last Thursday, a rarity with no white men present.
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