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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1911
Page
2
Brief notes list instruments filed with the Cochise County Recorder in 104 volumes. Records are summarized as terse entries, reflecting archival cataloging of property and legal filings. No narrative details beyond the cataloged records and date ranges are provided.
Nannie B Smith transfers land to Roy Locehart and to W Collins with horse and wagons noted. Manuel Guerrero conveys Douglas property to EL Pirtle Co. Jae A Fraser deeds land to Mre Birdie Binur with possession of ten unspecified units.
New York dispatch notes agitation over cold storage. eggs fetch high prices. Obits include Granville Wheat of Florence aged 9, Dec 11 1911. Interstae commerce rate case and Reno Spokane Arizona issues advance. Mexicans prisoner at Agua Prieta escapes, reaching Douglas. Arizona labor unions consider state federation. Gila County builds jail, warrants issued. Various real estate and mining transfers, debts, and business notices fill local records.
A garbled court docket lists suits and filings including mortgage satisfactions, mining deeds, and debt actions with amounts such as 116765 dollars. It mentions Edward Sutton, Fred Kenney, Warren MD, and Gilbert Kinsey among others, with notes on prize payouts at a Tucson fair and a near-fire incident involving Mary Thompson at a Douglas school.
Observations at Lovell indicate Mars south polar cap, thinning for months, has almost disappeared leaving a tiny droplet of ice. Several glittering points appear about ten degrees from former cap, visible into the Martian day as first signs of a new south polar snow cap forming.
Government pamphlet titled Western Yellow Pine in Arizona and New Mexico details pine timber across Arizona and New Mexico. Based on years of study and field experience, authored by Theodore S Woolsey Sr, a graduate student, highlighting forestry data for Pine timber in two territories.
Four paroles were granted by Governor Sloan at Avixona penitentiary on the recommendation of Superintendent Kynoing, Parole Clerk McCrary, and the parole board. The men, all serving long terms, must meet conditions and monthly reports to the parole clerk. Paroles reflect prison reform and merited mercy after careful study. John Edwards, Cochise county, life for murder. Cager Edwards, Gila county, five years for rape. Juan Valenzuella, Maricopa county, life for murder. James M Daley, Maricopa county, six years for children.
A Mobile woman describes long womanly troubles eased by Cardat after surgery and illness, noting improved appetite and sleep and a doctor’s approval, while urging others with similar pains to try Cardat as a decades proven remedy.
Senator-elect A A Worsley of Pima County proposes a measure to grant women the right to vote for their broader capabilities. He plans to introduce bills in the Senate including changing the recall from the Oregon plan to the Bwies plan and enabling industrial pursuits by the state.
Governor Sloan honors requisitions from Colorado and Pennsylvania for fugitives. Tom Kvitkoe, wanted in Pashia for warder, is jailed in Tombatone, while Jarmo Otteretetter, sought in Philadelphia for forgery, is held in Tucson.
Local notes report light installations at Congregational churches and fundraising nearing completion. Residents James Haganlise, Miva Ernestine Chowning, and Mary Costello visit Tombstone. several move between towns for holidays while merchants advertise sales and events.
The 1912 Democratic Convention city battle narrows to Phoenix as delegates from twelve states align behind a northwest west and southwest bloc. Michelson runs a long distance campaign shaping support in St Louis Chicago Baltimore Denver and Houston. National committee members will vote in January to select the convention site in Washington.
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Clerk HE Berver of the board of supervisors returns from a week in Phoe Biz and notes lively activity in the capitol city. Geo Speer of Douglas spent Christmas week in Tombstone.
During the week copper prices climbed to better than 14 cents for electrolytic copper. The Arizona produced kind elevates profits for old producing companies and encourages active development of prospects in the county.
In Eine Arizona and nearby counties cattlemen report better profits this fall as general prosperity rises. Prices vary but the improving market supports farmers through a season of strong demand and favorable returns.
The page mixed political talk praising Democratic leadership and roads with a quirky domestic anecdote. A fond father counsels letting a boy be free, while a mother resists, and a kitchen flour bin scene ends with a dog and a cat joke.
A nostalgic reflection urges spreading Christmas cheer and kindness beyond December. It questions why acts of tolerance and generosity should be limited to one day and encourages daily sunshine for children and loved ones.
The record lists thirty victims with five shot by mistake for deer twelve from accidental gun discharge fourteen from firing by companions or stray bullets two drowned and one died from exposure. The passage notes New Englanders hunted without protection and references Bush beaters and gun bearers in a skeptical tone.
The Winkleman I enters the newspaper scene with Joe Larrien appearing in the editorial masthead. The Herald receives praise for its neat, well edited pages and strong booster style, while messages of goodwill signal support for the new venture and local fraternal ties.
A quirky note from the stables as two sober minded steeds are chosen to lead a wedding procession. The liveryman jokes that these horses will not shy at rice showers and will calmly carry the happy couple.
An electric storm wrecked eight of one crew’s eight units at the home of the Titan in Atlantic City New Jersey leaving a 24 year old man named Adams injured and blinded soliciting support in Philadelphia. He was attending to a war office matter when a bolt shattered a window and a vivid flash knocked him unconscious. He later regained consciousness but had lost his sight and faced a grim prognosis.
Mr. Jones offers a quarter for fixing a sagging mattress. Elizabeth rips it open and fills it with a dozen upright tomato cans. The plan backfires when the father wakes to noises from his room.
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