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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1894
Page
2
In Jacksonvintr Florida officials reiterate an ordinance allowing prize forgery in the city amid holiday concerns. A Japanese writer predicts Corea’s independence and a New Mexico statehood bill is anticipated to pass the Senate in January. The Rothschild fortune is put at 2 billion, with a quip about sleeping arrangements.
County board proceedings recorded with adjournments and interim sessions. Officials approved include C. E. Alvord and S. C. Perrin as justices of the peace precincts and Dayton Graham as constable. road district officer Willcox is accepted. Adjournment set for Dec 27, 1994. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters ad notes new almanac and immigrant naturalization trend mentioned.
The text notes that the average height of American women has grown by two inches in fifty years and that their mental attitude has risen even more quickly, implying broader social change alongside physical growth.
Canada’s public debt climbs by 21 million to a total of 321 million dollars. The nation faces broader borrowing pressures as government spending and economic needs push debt levels higher.
The report states starving women and children in Lima and Pera begged President Cace for relief. He ordered troops to disperse the crowds, described as a barbarous act. The piece compares Peru unfavorably to Turkey in responding to famine.
The Interstate Commerce Commission tallies 2797 railway deaths and 1728 injuries among 873002 employed in the past year. The figure is described as a ghostly record of hazards on U S rails.
A group leader leading a crowd of hazers was mercilessly thrashed by an exasperated hazing victim at a Pennsylvania seminary. The incident highlights a harsh reaction to the barbarous welcome of new students.
Russian engineers evaluate a canal to connect the White Sea with the Baltic. The length is about 176 miles with partial navigation already possible. A uniform depth of thirty feet could be achieved at an estimated cost of 6 million dollars.
The Harlem area near Chicago supports a 1900 population town with no village taxes. The racetrack pays $2000 yearly license, 51 saloons $4 each, and 12 cemeteries plus drummers and real estate agents contribute to a total income around $35,000, covering all expenses.
Tax president refused the pardon for Cha Noho alias Two Strike, an Indian convicted of murder in South Dakota. He and companions killed four cowboys during a hospitality visit. The execution followed, described with stark racial and frontier justice context.
In elite New York circles the 20 dal season introduces a novel practice. At private Four Hundred gatherings servants are not present and guests draw lots to choose who will act as waiter or waitress. The shift follows gossip about servant blackmail and recent sensational scandals linked to faithless staff.
A Bulletin style summary notes local notes from Tombstone and surroundings. The entries mention social events at the Armory Masonic hall and a forthcoming wedding in the fourth ward. It lists travel to Bisbee Tres Alamos and San Bernardino area business, railroad survey progress, cattle conditions, and naturalization filings.
Secnerany Cantisur's plan to run forty four banking systems in as many states, taxed to control them, drew comparisons to a southern plantation owner who proposed cotton picking by monkeys with an overseer for every seven monkeys. The idea collapsed after realizing seven overseers would be needed per monkey.
A new wave in New York favors reform in funerals with rapidly changing practices. The shift aims to ease the sorrow of mourners and lessen the burden of public cortege processions on the streets and daily life.
The Royal Arch Masons in the city plan a grand banquet this evening to celebrate the 46th anniversary of their founding, with officer installations and the initiation of John McTier into the third degree. Also notes on hospital history and local events include a mining claim exemptions list and a fire alarm incident.
The article surveys Australian struggles with rabbits foxes and sparrows and notes that European pests arrived with settlers. It also mentions forestry studies in Germany and France as well as extended overseas study trips and experiments in branding horses and sheep using electric systems. It reports rising cotton production in Turkestan and optimistic Russian cotton district potential.
A courier reports frontier disturbances in Oaxaca with farming abandonment as Guatemalan forces bolster along the border and natives pressed into service. In Yoxanoma Japanese forces suffer casualties fighting Chinese troops led by Sung. Corean government plans large yen-backed loans. Other items note a Roscoe train raid suspect, a Sing Sing sentence, and political conventions in St. Louis.
Reports describe a severe storm from dusk Thursday with up to 20 inches in the ground and widespread travel disruption from Pennsylvania Valley to western lines. Telecommunication wires prostrated, storms affect New York and Mississippi valley railways as sailors report heavy seas and high water.
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