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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1915
Page
2
A compact record of 1914 events compiled by E. W. Pickard detailing Archduke Francis Ferdinand's assassination and the cascading European wars. The timeline traces mobilizations, declarations of war, battles, sieges, naval actions, and key political shifts from June through December, naming nations, leaders, battles, and outcomes across Europe and beyond.
A garbled 1910s style chronicle lists events across nations including Gonaive Haiti burning in a battle between rebel factions on Feb 2, Peru’s Guillermo Bilinghtret captured and deportation ordered, China’s death penalty proclamation for opium smokers, Albania turmoil with leaders and revolts, and various monarchic or republican transitions such as Prince Faithan-Etdin’s call to be Athania’s ruler and other royal successions and uprisings.
The timeline notes Wilson lifting arms embargoes, Huerta clashing with Villa, Vera Cruz siege, and U.S. mediation efforts. It covers naval actions, Veracruz occupation, and the shift of Mexican leadership from Huerta to Villa and then to Carranza ally Blanquet, withKey dates from February through July. Authorities, battles, and casualties are listed alongside diplomatic moves and mediation attempts.
The record outlines a period of Mexican political turmoil with Carranza and Villa factions contending for power from August through December. Key events include provisional leadership changes, Villa’s advance to Mexico City with 25 000 troops, U S military involvement and the Narco region border clashes. Villains and generals such as Villa Carranza and Punston shape a volatile scene as Wilson dispatches troops to counter incursions.
A compact chronology notes key political actions from February to November including the House passage of a Panama canal tolls repeal, Senate approval of the Asia railroad bill, Wilko antitrust bills, and other executive appointments. It covers Wilson era moves such as ambassadors named to Russia Sweden and Argentina, James McReynolds to the Supreme Court, and the Bryan peace treaty signings, concluding with party results in the 63rd Congress and state-level dry status shifts.
Chronology lists key happenings from January to November including Wilson’s Canal Zone actions, Court of Appeals reversal, governor appointments, Prohibition orders, Bent on murder cases in New York, marriages of Eleanor Wilson and Charles Becker, Kermit Roosevelt’s marriage, Independence Day injuries, Panama Canal opening, Grand Army of the Republic leadership, press mogul Bennett’s Paris wedding, Taft family marriage, New Haven rail board indictments, Chicago stockyards closure, and the international safety at sea treaty ratification.
A fragmented sources recount a string of calamities from January through March across oceans and continents. It mentions ships sinking near Randy Hook and Plymouth, volcanic eruptions sinking villages in the Taal region, Belgian floods causing millions in damage, storms in northwest Bersia, heavy losses in southern Japan from Sakura-Sima, and maritime disasters including the Karluk crash and the Atila with eight aboard. It also notes a British submarine incident, a Dominion finer Monroe collision near Virginia, and fires and quakes in St Louis and Hondo.
A garbled list of maritime wrecks and disasters through the year includes the Empress of Ireland sinking after colliding with a Danish steamer, wide mine explosions in West Virginia and Chile, fires in Valparaiso and Salem, and earthquakes in Attica and the Grecian provinces. It notes numerous deaths, rescues, and wrecked ships, with scattered dates and places like Venice, Newfoundland, Joplin, and Toralton. The fragmentary OCR preserves many named ships, places, and figures among a grim tally of calamities.
A long archival necrology lists January through December memorials for physicians generals authors artists and statesmen. Names include Dr S Weir Mitchell Gen Simon Buckner Edgar Spitzke Count Tokyo To Marie Groves Picquart Lord Strathcona Alphonse Bertillon and others with death dates across 190 and 1910s era.
The fragment lists Joseph Smith as president of the reorganized church, Dee Major E. A. Bigelow with a Chicago background, Dee Eugene Zimmerman described as a Cincinnati millionaire, and Gen. Thomas Sherwin associated with Boston.
A series of 1914 financial and economic events are noted including J P Morgan Co withdrawing directors from many boards, Mercantile Bank of Memphis failing with president admitting cotton speculation, United States Express Co going out of business, and Germany’s Princes' Trust collapse. The year tracks Federal Reserve nominations and rulings, New Haven railroad dissolution, and war tax legislation amid broader currency and banking reforms.
The record covers a wave of labor strife from 1910 to 1911. It notes Torch Automobile company profit sharing, the United States circuit court of appeals upholding trial denials, and a string of clashes in Colorado with National Guard and federal troops. It cites killings, arrests, and suspensions, including mine attacks on Forbes camp, troop deployments from Fort D. A. Russell, and Supreme Court actions against labor leaders. It ends with the Colorado coal strike being called off in December 1910.
The list records multiple events and winners across 1900s era sports. Ralph De Palma wins Vanderst cup in Los Angeles speed trials, Elwin Pullen tops Santa Monica Grand Prix, Lawrence Jenkins triumphs British amateur golf, Rene Thomas breaks speed records in Indianapolis, Yale and Harvard boat and regatta feats, Harry Vardon claims British Open, and several other champions across polo, boxing, tennis, and collegiate competitions.
An ad extols Cascarets as a quick cure for sick headaches biliousness and sour stomach. It promises a 10 cent box cleanses the stomach removes undigested food and foul gases reduces bile and waste, with effects by morning. The piece shifts to a travelogue about Louvain noting convents priests and monks and a prewar glimpse of Belgium.
A jittery ad style note urges Jad Salts to flush kidneys when back hurts. It claims four ounces in water daily for several days activates kidneys, neutralizes urine acidity, and prevents bladder disorders. A second item reports a brick dust colored lizard or scorpion found near a streetcar station in Highfield Pa. The creature, eight inches long, was legged with a rubbery body and unknown origin.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura skin care for face scalp hair and hands, claiming it clears pimples blotches redness dandruff itching roughness and chapping. Readers can sample free by mail with 32p skin book and an address postcard to Cuticura Boston.
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