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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1913
Page
2
The item notes a year reference with nine months mentioned and counts single copies for sale. It reads as a brief catalog line from a newspaper page, indicating pricing or distribution terms without additional context or named entities. This fragment suggests publication cadence and sale format rather than a full event.
Pearce’s primary school building nears completion and will soon be ready for occupancy. Pearce gains an excellent train service with a new schedule, praised by citizens. A bustle of local movements follows with residents traveling to the county seat for business and early reports on mill repairs and mine status.
Gleeson notes report Bartoglio stopping en route to county seat from Courtland to handle matters and return today. Saunders family visited Tombstone. Sheriff Wheeler and Deputy Bowden on official valley tour noting prosperity. Copper Belle Mine ore consigned to Clifton smelters. Tejon mine work ongoing with tunnel driving. A Taylor’s hall baile is expected to draw large crowds. County officials Gilmore and Gibson brief in Gleeson en route to Pearce for court matters. Pounds cleared of charges for mule theft. Ybarre fatally wounds Mexican. sheriff’s office expects arrest. Visitors from Fresno walk and ride with local residents. plans shift to autos changing travel.
Joe Olvera received a three month county jail sentence after pleading guilty to assault with a deadly weapon in a case involving Jove Rodrigues. He had been bound over to the superior court on the same charge. the victim survived a neck wound. The article also notes typhoid recovery in Welent Grove Prescott and other varied state news items.
The text argues that those involved in history making who fret about claims lack experience or rely on stock sales to bolster proportions. It states the leasor must make good the venture or incur losses in money and labor.
Amid cold rain and mud the McNeal fair drew a large crowd and was deemed a success. The demonstration by the Menes? and progressives impressed attendees despite discouraging forecasts and recent downpours, aided by the Southern Pacific and State University demonstration train.
A 19 year old Phoenix delivery rider, Frank Loper, was knocked unconscious by a blow to the head while delivering a package on West Moreland Street near Central Avenue at 9 PM. Discovered four hours later, he was hospitalized at home on Booth Sixth Avenue with potential brain injury. police note another similar assault in the past two weeks.
A Phoenix report says Ranchers Trust Company receiver likely to be discharged after a compromise among note signers and holders. All pending lawsuits to end and receivership to finish as notes are to be paid and returned. The company, organized in Phoenix, sold livestock loans via traveling salesmen, with loans offered at high rates and many signers later disappeared amid investigations.
The Forest Service tests a new turpentine method placing holds lower on trees and cutting narrow shallow strips. It promises higher gum yield and longer tree life, potentially 12 years of work before milling, withOperators gradually adopting the system as benefits become clear.
Eveter, about 30, was struck by a belt during a test of a motor at the C A Smelter's new sampling pilot. The belt broke as he attempted to throw out the crotch to stop the machine. He died instantly as the belt struck him in the head during the inquest testimony.
Prof J A Rockfellow returns home after a county seat visit. He owns a large ranch at Cochise Stronghold and notes county conditions improving. Lina Pepper, 9, dies after sand dump collapse near the mill while playing with two friends. Chase Renaud, noted merchant prince, visited the county seat on Friday on business for his branch store.
Wanted horses for sale with steady demand for a brown mare described as missing. Receiver offers compensation for information leading to recovery and invites owners to report or claim the animal with details from Hleasbers maston.
The land office faces a contest to decide rightful ownership of a tract on the south half of the southwest quarter of section 11, township 1, north range 4 east. Arnold Mandisod and P K Hickey filed Monday for different claimants, Frank Castigwood and Bishop Garrison, near Tempe on the Salt River north bank. The land was recently restored to entry.
Deer season closed yesterday ending licensed hunting for ten months. State game wardens report high deer counts prior to closure with observers noting fewer violations as hunting ends. Deer taken included animals across Sulphur Springs and northern and southern regions, though deer numbers remain high.
Ma Ruggles and her nine model children travel to Tombstone on December 23, 1913 for a drama at Schieffefin under the Congre gational church Baraca clubs. The production, funny and instructive, promises cheer and nostalgia with playful verse and community spirit.
An old advertisement offers Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming a cure for catarrh. It states F J. Cuexer & Co of Toledo sell the remedy at 75 cents per bottle with testimonials provided free.
Regular annual meeting of stockholders of the First National Bank of Tombstone Arizona for election of directors and other business will be held at the booking house in Tombstone on Tuesday January 13 1914 at 3 o clock pm. T B Brandt cashier.
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