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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1921
Page
2
An entry in Tombstone Post Office records lists Matt Matter as the second class clerk or mail handler. The note indicates an official filing or station assignment within the postal facility. Further details are not provided in the readable fragment.
A long fragment recounts a 19th century exchange about Santa Claus in The Sun. Virginia O’Hanlon asks if there is a Santa Claus and the editor delivers a faith-filled reply praising belief, imagination, and the enduring joy of childhood, asserting Santa’s truth beyond proof.
The Daily Prospector mocks the government ban on forty one free periodicals and sells a waste basket as a joke. The piece argues this saves money and spares readers from endless government prints, while imagining large newspapers also freed from needless publications.
The paper reiterates daily boosterism for Liberty Bonds urging readers to buy until it hurts, citing safety and national indebtedness. It notes two issues trading above par last Friday and explains a Washington plan to fund war bonds into a single 1947 issue with five percent interest, predicting rapid rise above par. Uncle Sam is pitched as the safest bet and best long-term investment.
Tombstone reports a rifle match between the University of Illinois and the University of Arizona on February 4. Ten teams compete, each firing four rounds from four positions including standing and kneeling. Cadets of the university show rapid progress under Capt. Williams. Norman Abell, once with Tombstone, is noted as a top shooter likely to contend for trophies.
Denver reports a heavy snowfall and plunging temperatures across the Rocky Mountain region. A strong storm spanned southwestern Utah into California and western Colorado, with mixing snow in southern Wyoming and Arizona.
A weathered report lists road conditions across the southern state from Phoenix to Nogales, detailing segments from Florence to Tucson, Oracle to Mammoth, and Bisbee to Rodeo. Many routes are fair or good, with notable exceptions including very poor to rough desert roads around Sentinel and Stolval to Ajo, and ongoing construction between Ajo and Tucson. Local roads near Yuma are fair to good with some passable segments toward Holtente and Niland.
In Tucson two personal injury suits against Phelps Dodge Copper Queen were dismissed on motion of the plaintiff's attorneys. J A Williams claimed hip injury from the Lowell mine last January seeking 10000 dollars. Carlos Carrigan, hurt as a carpenter's helper on a new concentrator, sought 15000 dollars for a 25 foot fall. both suits were dismissed on motion of counsel. The article also notes a turkey price claim and Judge Cunningham's holiday visit to Tombstone.
Alma Smith, awaiting murder charges in the Henry Lawrence Christensen case, was reported improving at the county hospital. She fatally shot an automobile sealer and attempted suicide, with doctors stating she is out of immediate danger and no new developments emerged yesterday.
Phoenix article states Tee K Lewis former president of a central bank in Wickenburg and ex vice president of the Central Bank of Phoenix was indicted by county grand jury on four counts. He was released under a $10,000 surety bond and appeared with counsel for arraignment. He was granted on December 27 to enter his plea Tuesday.
Pee Dee 22 G N Page of Page and Misenheimer is in the city after sending four cars of calves and one car of old bulls to Los Angeles. Bulls and calves were bought from Will Glenn of the Chirvahuas and J J Benton near Bernardino station. Benton notes this is his first cattle sale this year. Calves fetched 7 cents per pound.
A Sonoran liquor tax plan is described as similarly restrictive to prohibition. First class towns face federal and state taxes on rum plus a 25 percent federal levy, plus monthly state duties. Spirits above sixteen percent alcohol would be stored in government bonded warehouses with quotas and added per quart charges for saloons under a yearly 290 peso scheme.
Cochise County State Bank TOES prisoners in Florence will rec robes and four life termers will get commutations to 35 years each as Christmas prevents. The state board of pardons and paroles announced the action after a meeting in Prescott. Recipients have not been notified and will learn of their fortune only on Christmas Day.
Phoenix police report two teenage boys aged 14 charged in a theft ring spanning Cananea, Ellene and Goodyear areas. Authorities say they recovered $177 stolen from a local shop and found $5850 in a Rabbit Dave store raid, with money traced to multiple nearby ranches. The district notes arrests involve both men and youth. further details incomplete.
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