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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1914
Page
2
The item appears as a faded newspaper fragment listing a weekly publication titled Tomb T One Epitaph with publisher names and subscription rates. It notes Sundays and a mysterious pricing line showing three numbers. No clear events or individuals emerge from the readable text.
Forest Ranger Jones visits Pearce on business as residents note heavy bean yields and good rains. Elections stir local politics with Lafe Gibson seeking re election and Constable rhetoric as candidates like Joseph H Gray and Vance Johnson tour Gleeson and nearby camps.
Reports from Phoenix Tucson Florence and Mohave County cover an assault case against Conductor Shelley in Phoenix. Also noted are a Clever Horse Thief capture in Maricopa County and an unknown Russian killed near James Station. Florence votes to close saloons on Sundays. A major cattle tax case tests compulsory compensation law in Mohave.
The last funeral of Ev Miller and Frank Bacon, killed near Ray by Mexicans, was held at 6 pm from Moore & Molelio parlors. Miller, a Knights of Pythias member, and Bacon, a Red Man, were joined by their lodge brothers and Pocahontas family members in a joint service.
Astronomer A F Beal at Tucson Observatory reports a morning moon eclipse of about 80 percent coverage, beginning near Sotolock and ending by day. Beal and family depart on the Gulden State Limited to Pittsburgh for special astronomical work. observers note only limited public interest.
The United States Forest Service estimates a National Forest timber base in Arizona of nineteen billion feet and in New Mexico of fifteen billion feet. Annual production could reach two hundred million feet if protected from fires, while current free use cuts total about eighty three million feet.
A Washington dispatch reports the Arizona Irish potato patch covers one thousand acres this year with an estimated 99 000 bushels produced. Crop condition stands at 94 percent of normal and prices run about 1.48 per bushel. The national output is projected at 360 614 000 bushels on 103 108 000 acres, with last year’s crop at 331 525 000 bushels on 3 068 000 acres sold for 227 993 000 dollars.
A report released today by the raters notes Arizona’s sole business college faces challenges in funding accreditation and curriculum updating. It outlines steps for improvement and stresses continuing oversight by state education authorities.
A large social event celebrated the tenth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Lee Woolery in Tombstone. About eighty five guests attended the lawn party with lighted grounds, tinware gifts, and a tinware luncheon. Music by Miss Emily Axtell accompanied readings by J E Russell. A coincidence noted was Saturday’s date matching Mr Woolery’s bureau of Education anniversary.
Transcript of judgment and back taxes cases listed including State vs Mre J Lake et al and others. Notion for divorce declared in Willie Caraco vs E Carson. Also references to Sulphur Spring Valley Hank ve McGlone and Nat Senders 839 and various back tax entries.
The Tombstone Stars beat the Bisbee Cubs 2 to 1 in a tight pitchers duel. Lombardi struck out 13 while Ligget matched him with 13. Sparke, Hill, and Jones stood out in fielding as fans praised the Stars’ discipline and potential to contend with county rivals.
Nevins a farmer in the San Rafael valley was drowned Saturday while digging a well for BN Keaton the San Rafael rancher and postmaster. A dynamite blast was used to clear the bottom and Nevins reportedly returned to work too soon and was overwhelmed by fumes. Keaton, working nearby, heard the fall into water but could not reach him due to deadly fumes and barely escaped himself.
Applicants for United States citizenship filed within two months include many residents from Bisbee Lowell Douglas and Don Laie with assorted surnames such as Kadovich Kadovich Pecchenic Kiting and Povalich. Names from Lowell Bisbee and Don Laie indicate a regional intake.
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