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Newspaper

Tombstone Epitaph

Location

Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Jul 05, 1890

Page

2

Central Committee Actions and Proxies in Territorial Debate

At the Republican county central committee meeting on June 28, vacancies in Second ward filled by Geo F Meek Fourth ward by John Prindiville and Bisbee by K P Stevens. A July 26 meeting will appoint delegates to the Territorial convention with proxy allowances discussed. Proposals favor larger attendance and preventing proxy manipulation. debate over proxies in county convention deferred to that meeting. News columns critique Florence Enterprise and Phenix Herald for political stance, and discuss Republican nominee prospects including Geo W Cheyney. Census complaints and racial tensions noted, with commentary on irrigation politics involving the Florence Canal Company and Indian affairs.

Republican County Central Committee Geo. F. Meek John Prindiville Bisbee K. P. Stevens Florence Enterprise Phenix Herald Borrari Central Committee Morford Messrs. Brown Cuse Phenix Epirara Arizona Congress Cochise County Geo. W. Cheyney Cheyney Smith Florence W. Crouse Sacaton Indian Bureau Buttes Florence Canal Irrigation Works Gila Valley Florence Canal Company Crouse

Territorial Mines Big and Busy in Arizona Districts

The Republic reports a flurry of mining activity across Arizona. Hillside mine developers Join Lawler and B. T. Riggs arrived to haul ore while Parker, Copper Basin, and other sites push toward full operation with new shafts, leaching plants, and mills. Local prospects include the Hermosa, McCracken, and Duquesne areas as capitalists eye purchases, with Copper Basin expecting 290 to 300 workers within months and a 10-stamp mill planned near Camp Senator.

Yavaral Rowe Bros Turkey Creek Lawler B. T. Riggs Hillside Congress Arizona J. W. O'Brien Ber Ruben Bratshaw California Parkerine Green Creek George Burton Hophey J.W Clay Isaac Goodman Signal Prescott McCrackin Burra Capitaists Kansas City Mining Company Silver King Senator Chicago Copper Basin Mining Company Copper Basin New York Times Onyx Oberstein Germany Puebla Mexico Veracruz Sheriff O'Neill Pat Slaven San Diego Nogales

A Dangerous Bug from Arizona and Mexico

A striking description of a fearsome insect called Campamocha, native to Arizona and Mexico, that harms horses by causing sudden agitation and collapse. Antidotes include melted lard poured down the throat, though not always effective.

Arizona Mexico Arizona Republican

Crude Verse and Local News From Arizona Papers

A miscellany of comic verse from Nogales Herald on school maams and boys, a obituary note from St Johns Herald describing a long illness and painful death, Yuma Sentinel on harvests and grape vines, Phoenix area milling plant plans near falls of the Arizona canal, and Republican praise for a proposed mill to spur mining districts including Williamson and Cave Creek.

A Wink and a Smile poem by Florence E Pratt

A fragmentary verse recounts a wink and a smile amid armies and warlike imagery. It uses archaic phrasing to evoke Napoleonic bravado and Indian council intrigue, ending with the author’s signature Florence E Pratt.

Raisins From Arizona Poised for Future Market

A sample of Arizona raisins reviewed by Arizona Fruit Growers' Association Secretary W F R Patrick and F N Scofield shows dark imperfect curing but notable size and flavor. The report notes no sugar candying, good preservation, and rising Muscat vineyard plantings up to eighty acres per block with about a thousand acres newly planted.

Wf. R. Patrick Arizona Fruit Growers Phenix FN. Scofield Arizona Patrick California

Summer health and rattlesnake tale in Yuma

The piece urges Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as summer protection, notes a local Indian handling a live rattlesnake safely, and cites a Yuma Times remark on foolhardiness. It also endorses Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative and diuretic in a stylized ad voice.

H. J. Peto Chamterlain Tts

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