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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1914
Page
3
Partial OCR lists multiple real estate actions. Names include Derrick et ux, Leahy, First of Douglas, Bergman, K Wren, L Kodgwey, E Manasek, B Jones, M Costello, B Riveras, C Vukasovich, H Dugan, Lillie Dogen, J Erickeon, P McCarrick, John, A Mc Copnell, Kora, M Benderach. Mentions deeds, mortgages, land transfers, and a mortgage satisfaction.
Agricultural Extension Service warns Hog Cholera has appeared at several Arizona points. Disease is highly contagious, mainly in hogs but can transfer to rabbits sheep and cattle. Symptoms include dullness rough dry skin staggering and fever. Transmission by contact or infection. Prevention via vaccination and quarantine. recovery possible in some cases. Also notes lingering snow cover after a recent fall.
A fragmentary 19th century item notes agitation over northern and southern railroad policy for the territory, a school course outline aimed at parents, and a hunting party return from Sonora with game including two deer a turkey and eighty ducks. A Boston inventor claims a method to make butter from coconut and a camel man jokes about stock watering.
Turbulent Tucson scene as Pima county voting majorities remain unclear while interstate commerce measures spar with Reno style pricing. Ed Gill faces libel charges in Phoenix over Zalick accusations. Arizona Republican stance unclear. Copper mining ventures and regional disturbances draw attention as Hank Willisuis pursues the Nigger Ben mine.
The Gazette reports the arrival of John W Cornwall, a well known Tombstone resident, to Phoenix. It notes a large railroad meeting held in Phoenix with Wetherday and mentions a civil dispute involving Copper Queen company in Tuc son. Three carloads of cattle shipped from Tucson to Los Angeles on Thanksgiving, averaging 950 pounds and at $175 per hundredweight.
A creaky OCR style note describes road improvements on Bouth Pass toward Drigton, a Thanksgiving prizes event at Silver City with two boys winning. It mentions legal matters in Harshaw, Allen English seeking Toccon for Davie’s murder case, and debates over a newspaper restraint bill. Slaughter returns to San Bernardino ranch to visit his father.
A Sunday accident on the Bisbee-Douglas road killed ten year old Solomon Garcia of Naco and injured several companions. A passenger car collided with a truck near a bridge, sending the vehicle down a steep embankment. Carmen Garcia suffered a badly wrenched arm. Zamora, Anderson, and others were hurt but alive.
Report states the Ene pate of the New water group of gold mines, owned by Robert Griffith, was sold cash for ten thousand dollars. WS Wilhelm purchased for Marieers Queen Oil Co of California, of which he is a member.
Monday notes reveal visits by Willcox attorney LH Hayes, Courtland figures from Leade Mining to Tombstone, and Courtland residents in the region. It records jurors excused to Wednesday, travel from California, Benson visitors, and readers urged to renew subscriptions as recipes reach subscribers.
Tuesday items report Deputy Sheriff Billy Brakefield visiting Lowell and business in Tombstone. Matt Flanik was examined and ordered committed to an asylum for treatment. Allye Wheeler sails for Fairbanks to serve as chancellor for Boquillas Land & Uatil company. Dorgine Gray, Chamber of Commerce president, bedridden with sciatic rheumatism. Early rain and a light shower affect Tombstone area. Father FX Brule leaves for Benson. JM Sparke from Douglas reports on Fort Huachuca building center. Masons plan a meeting at Martoneill Masonic Hall. Mrs Samuel Willite leaves for Bisbee to spend the month with relatives. Mrs John Giacoma returns to Bisbee after working in Tombstone. Smith Preston resumes duties at the local meat market after illness.
The ostrich trade collapses as fashionable feathers fade, cutting demand and leaving breeders unable to raise funds. In Arizona’s Salt River Valley, ranchers struggle to market birds and bring in capital. A New York broker offered 11,700 for a $3,000,000 shipment, with terms risky. Full-grown birds fetch about 3 dollars each, a drastic drop from former highs.
PRESCOTT December report on the Pioneers Home status shows I C Oxborn stating the Board of Control will leave the decision to the courts. He notes alms houses and deeds may revert to owners if unused and that county farms differ, as the board must not initiate action to dissolve the home under the pension law.
An old advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure treats catarrh as a constitutional condition. It claims the remedy works through the blood and mucous surfaces, promising relief after a single dose commitment and urging trust in the product.
In wisbee Mra Minne and MreJ A McPrerno visit Tombstone for a few days as guests of Mre TW Wallace. Jobo Ringburg of Globe, a former Tombstone resident, is in town and greeting friends while expressing faith in a revived local economy. Also in town are Livinston and Bisbee figures handling county matters, with Christmas gift promotions by Howe Jewelry of Bieber. The city council met, discussing economies as steps toward fiscal prudence ahead of next month’s session.
A Phoenix report describes a board meeting about an eleven man execution plan tied to December 19. Governor maintains resolve to implement the death sentences despite Warden Sims’s objection to triggering eleven executions in one day.
A Mexican laborer named Francisco Bilando was arrested in Douglas after an alleged dispute with his brother over a flat near the Agua Prieta river. He was detained by Constable C. Resse and is expected to be taken to Tombstone for a hearing today.
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