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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1915
Page
6
W Pickard surveys 1914 in Europe and beyond noting the first world war era upheavals. The piece blends disaster reports, sports notes, and financial industrial events with reflections on Pope Pius and Earl Roberts among notable figures who died.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife were killed in Sarajevo by a student as Austria-Hungary seeks punishment for accomplices and suppresses rebels. The crisis sparks mobilizations across Europe, with alliances forming and nations declaring war or preparing to do so. Germany plans a broad offensive through Belgium, while Britain, France, Russia, and Italy react with mobilization and diplomatic moves.
A chaotic week of battles and political upheaval unfolds across Europe and the Middle East. Belgrade changes hands after Peres battle. British coast towns Scarborough Hartlepool and Whitby suffer heavy bombardment with about 150 killed. Britain proclaims protectorate over Bayt Allien as warships assist. Rulings include Austrian general defeated by Berin, and Egypt’s ex-Rhedive Hussein Kamem named sultan. Denmark Norway Sweden vow neutrality while mine-sweepers deploy. News notes cover Warsaw front, Chinese opium death penalty, Caillaux murder trial, Albania revolt, and pope Benedict XV’s selection in Bologna.
A chaotic chronology outlines Villa's advances and Huerta's fall as U.S. policy swings from embargo to armed intervention. Key events include Vera Cruz capture, naval blockades, mediation talks at Niagara Falls, and eventual Mexican provisional moves led by Carbajal and Carranza, with Villa and Huerta figures shaping the crisis.
A chronology tracking Senate ratification of general arbitration treaties with Britain, Japan, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Portugal and Switzerland. It notes Wilson urging repeal of Panama Canal toll exemptions, Alaska railroad bill approvals, and multiple antitrust measures, with cabinet changes and treaty signings through late 1919 and the 63rd Congress ending its session.
A dated digest lists President Wisson appointing Col George W. Goethals as Canal Zone governor on April 1, the court reversing a death sentence in New York, and other scattered milestones from April to December. Highlights include alcohol restrictions, four executions in New York on April 12, Eleanor Mandl by McAdoo marriage in May, Roosevelt’s return to South America, Panama Canal opening to commerce, and major political and legal actions across the United States.
A chaotic bulletin lists maritime disasters and natural calamities. The Great Storm near Sandy Hook sank ships and claimed lives, while Arctic expeditions failed northeast of Siberia. Other events include volcanic eruptions in Japan and Indonesia, a collision off Virginia coast, a devastating fire in St Louis, and multiple earthquakes and drownings across global waters.
A dense, dated ledger lists March to December incidents across 1900s areas including Newfoundland fire and mine explosions in West Virginia and Alberta. Valparaiso fire, Empress of Ireland collision losses, notable drownings and rescues, and large historic earthquakes, with extensive casualty figures and places such as St. Augustine, Salem, Joplin, and the Oregon coast.
A long, names-filled necrology lists prominent figures from politics, science, and culture across years. It includes doctors, generals, inventors, writers, actors, and diplomats such as Gen Simon B. Puckner, Edwin Ginn, Marie George Picquart, Westinghouse, Senator Teller, Baroness von Suttner, Pope Pius, Woodrow Wilson’s wife, and Admiral Roberts, among others, with dates and places in varied global locales.
Fragmentary OCR lists Joseph Smith as president of the reorganized church, with Major EA Bleriow retired, and mentions Eugene Zimmerman a millionaire and Gen Thomas Sherwis in Boston. Details are unclear and names appear distorted in the damaged text.
A compact ledger of 1914 events lists J P Morgan and Co withdrawing directors from many firms, bank failures in London and U S, Wilson nominations and withdrawals to the Federal Reserve Board, dissolution moves for New Haven and International Harvester, and wartime tax and reserve actions. It marks notable corporate collapses, regulatory orders, and shifts in monetary policy shaping the period.
A chronology of the Colorado coal strike from January to December 1916 noting federal court actions, worker conspiracies, mine battles at Ludlow, National Guard deployments, federal troop interventions, court rulings on Gompers, and the eventual end of the strike with miners calling off the effort. Includes references to the United States circuit court of appeals and Supreme Court actions, the Forbe ramp incident, and clashes at Butte.
Chronology lists race wins, golf, polo, rowing, boxing, and tennis titles from 1900s to 1910s. Notable names include Francis Ouimet Rene Thomas Harry Vardon Walter Hagen Georges Carpentier and Willie Ritchie. Events span Vanderbilt Cup Grand Prix British Open Irish and American championships with dates in early summer and fall.
The ad touts a 10 cent box of Cascarets to relieve sick headaches biliousness and digestive distress by overnight action. It claims to cleanse the stomach digest undigested food and purge toxins from the liver and bowels while you sleep.
An ad advocates Jad Salts to flush kidneys and prevent bladder issues, promising quicker relief from backache, fatigue, and acid stomach by taking a tablespoonful in water daily. It also reports a curious eight inch brick dust colored scorpion captured near Highfield Pa station, described as legged with a rubbery body and unknown origin.
An ad promotes super creamy emollients for skin scalp hair and hands claiming clear skin from pimples blotches redness dandruff and chapping. Free samples mailed to Cutira Dept. Y Boston with a postcard address. Also a brief court line about a judge and a remark about a broken person.
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