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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1901
Page
2
The text notes stalemate in the present legislature and predicts slow progress. It cites state production totals for Montana Colorado and Arizona alongside California. It mentions W D Strong & Co of New York and a creditors committee recommending forty cents on the dollar.
The report notes corruption in the Dead Letter section near Washington tied to a government lottery scandal, with clerks dismissed and calls to abolish the lottery. It also covers the launch of Matte and Bullion, a new Phoenix mining journal by Frederick Webb and George Cox, and expectations for legislative action on the Arizona code. Additionally, cattle rustling threats in southern New Mexico prompt a Texas-like range law proposal to shield the industry.
An old and garbled notice from J Chayney & Co of Toledo offers a $100 reward for any Catarrh case cured only by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. It includes a sworn statement by Frank J. Cheyney and a notary acknowledgment, with internal ingestion claims and company branding.
Abt SED LETTER shows remaining names including J Meyer Rev J 8 McCoy WG McCreary Mre Lalu McLeod Menuel Morrivia Joe SAbectend. Message notes calling for above letters with date of advertisement. signed LG Crane P.M. Liberal reward for missing Bay Horse and dress.
Bisbee notes a flood of local items from January including arrivals like T A Arthur of Los Angeles taking charge of Puaching construction in the new W Foun e auditor of the Copper Queen, and talk of water supply from Lenia Springs by pipeline. Reports mention rain, a small hill fire, staff moves at Copper Queen and Greene Consolidated, a pneumonia case for BJ O Reilly, road conditions and upcoming railroad oversight by M N Wambaugh with El Paso link, plus personnel shifts to Cananea and Mexico.
Mrs James D Blair recovers from grippe while W Moon’s son improves. two Mexicans and one white man with smallpox isolated at Robinson Tookey grading camp. Louisville men Richards and Shanks join Byath Western railroad. South Western railroad to reach Douglas tomorrow. officers to attend last spike ceremony. Bisbee touted as future hub of mining, irrigation and growth in Sulphur Springs valley. local clergy and enterprise praised for community progress.
Joint committees study proposed amendments to school funding reducing compulsory attendance minimum to six. House bills seek prison funding via a new levy and adjustments to sheriff mileage and grand jury size. A resolution allocates 450 for printing auditor reports. Poll tax repeal bill advances under suspension of rules.
Fr Huacuvea notes 937 head of Barbacomari cattle shipped to California aboard the Bad. Names include Mesere Kane Fenter Roath and others. Anthony O'Donnell departed for San Francisco on the 23rd and E F Williams, Fort Haschues beet contractor, has suffered grippe. Lieutenant Powers started East on the 23rd. F B Moveo, the San Pedro cow-man, heads to New York City.
Jace Mixan disputes a published plan for a Nogales to Washington Camp railroad. He notes the West mining company and Duquesne Mining & Reduction Company of Pittsburgh as leading actors, with evidence of ore development at Bonanza and Pride of the West. He warns readers not to rush to conclusions and lists local figures hoping for riches amid the camp’s copper prospects.
The Silver Tongued Orator of the Sierras, Thomas Fitch, once Nevada’s congress delegate, resurfaces as a Utah US Senate candidate. A former Prescott and Tombstone lawyer, he aided the Omnibus divorce bill era, now drawing revived public attention and old acquaintances.
A jumble of notes mentions Tombstone and Phoenix officials, cattle water needs, a prisoner transfer, shooting records, oil burners for trains, lectures by Mondes C Breen, and newspaper hosts. Also references Catholics, a large tank, and European astronomers photographing the sky with thousands of plates.
A brief ode to turning from the nineteenth to the twentieth century praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a leading health remedy for dyspepsia indigestion and related ailments. The piece notes physicians endorsing it and urges buyers to ensure they obtain the genuine bottle with the private revenue stamp.
A Redlands grocer shows a cast black apple. Morenci Southern reaches within two miles of Morenci with ties and iron laid. Santa Teresa, formerly Clifton resident, travels through St. Louis toward Paris. Old DemInies furneos blast two weeks, larger than former. A worldly clergyman praised at a derbist wedding, paid $5000 Mayor Emanuel test today for Fle uix. readings circulate in the eastern city. If citizens could take money with them, they’d buy nothing after death. Marriage in Yuma county: 30 marriages, 3 divorces. climate blamed for good form. The Terpsichorean Club shifts Feb 24 0 to a grand dance, necktie and festura replaced. Eng lands king noted in public impression. Don McGowan locates two alk into rare alkolite mines. value $75 per pound. Prospectors near Cacho Canyon, 75 miles from Gallup, uncover buried city, Phoenix to build a copper ore smelter. first vein from Captain P P Parker’s high grade ore.
A fragment notes 62 original shares with 35 adventucure and 96 King's shares, the former priced higher. A share recently sold for 625000 dollars per Scientifis American. Dockstader comments on corset fashion and its staying power despite money behind it, noting it often nears bust but noting one positive aspect.
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