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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1893
Page
2
A capital projects push includes a planned bank in Prescott with council meetings set for next Thursday. Other items note hospital transfers, Arbor Day plans for February 1, a Tucson shoe factory prospect, and various local business movements.
Letter carriers for Phonix take duties at once. A haunted Tomb house sees a ghost clouting the wall at 4 in the morning. Arrangements aim to catch and exhibit the specter. Lopes, a Mexican, jailed in Bisbee, to be sent back to Mexico after a fatal shooting. Mining news notes rival camps, ore grades, and a 10 stamp mill being built by Davie and McKay near Teviot. Copper Basin claims tied to Bisbee interests. Prospectors eye unmapped lands seven to eight miles north of Pantano amid rich copper outcrops and gold potential.
The Tombstone case involving George Brayin and Frank Ryan on appeal to the territorial supreme court was decided in favor of the City of Tombstone. The ruling saves taxpayers thousands of dollars and enables city leadership to proceed with economic governance of public barns, with praise for Attorney General Wm. Herring and the court’s confidence in the plaintiff’s supporters.
The Supreme Court at Pheniz on Saturday decided appeals from Cochise County. Judgments were affirmed in Ty. of Ariz. vs. Philip Hefly and Thomas Jones, George Bravings et al. v Tombstone mayor and council, Frank Ryan. Chief of Police, and City of Tombstone v James Reilly, with Justice Kibbey and Justice Wells delivering opinions.
A fragmentary OCR list mentions cocainn Palace A F Baileon Cheese M J and San Francisco J K Wood RC Montgomery Los Angeles wax ue HJ Holley Cor WM Hinck St Louis FJ Baummel San Francisco John M Elias and family Mexico Fred Herold Turquois AL damith BL Louis.
Fred Friedewell and E Montgomery camped near Bilver Creek in the Chiricahuas. After dark a gunshot extinguished their light and they were forced to fire in self defense with Winchesters. Two roving Lieut Wallace detachment soldiers appeared, mistaken for threats, then halted and were guided north by the frightened pair.
An advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for liver and stomach ailments, claiming it cleanses without harsh purges and adds tonic benefits. The item also reports on mining activity in Mexico and Arizona, including new mines at Montezuma and Red Rock, with ore shipments and plant capacities.
From Tweaday's Daily several town items are noted including Geo W Cheyney returning from Tucson Pe'er Moore visiting from Swisshrlm mountains Chas Holiz and family set for California Chief Pugh escorting seven tramps a Phoenix bound carload of bay from Phoenix for P B Warnekros a San Francisco capitalist to build an electric street railway in Yu ma D D Ross leaves for Phenix Joe Godilan passes through Benson toward Australia Martin O'Hare arrives from Tombstone and Bisbee Two Indians killed near San Carlos a traveling troupe touring Tombstone C W Harwood located in Phenix W W Whitney in Kansas for wintering prospects Wm Constable and family in Oakland Workers at a new St David dam and other frontier notes.
Washington notes recall in the church ceremony with President and cabinet members among mourners. Messages of condolence pour in from both parties as telegraph boxes shuttle between office and home. Judges, senators, and ambassadors attend, while the procession moves to Oak Hill for interment.
A fragmentary montage discusses practical life lessons. It mentions the value of proper chores, stable comfort for horses, and the idea that property improvement yields profit. It also reflects on convict mortality and questions whether confinement or prior life causes longer life.
An advertisement-like notice asserts a speedy and permanent cure for consumption bronchitis catarrh and throat and lung ailments. It promises rapid relief and overall restoration of health through a proprietary remedy.
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