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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1901
Page
2
A fragmentary account notes Balhalo appears cheapened inside after the expedition opened. It references many involved individuals and a rising email contact count, implying growing public attention and potential pushback.
Fragmentary OCR text shows an uncertain report about the Batre moving forces toward Cape Lf, with garbled phrasing indicating attempts to regain losses and possible inquiries about some form of retribution or punishment.
The country expresses sympathy as Secretary and Airs Hay mourn the Sec retary’s eldest son Adelbers amid a wave of Providence like mysterious events and death.
Great Britain plans to use 75000 yards of ribbon to fasten medals for soldiers in South Africa. The ribbon will be cut into many 10 yard lengths for quick handling if Boers attack.
A garbled excerpt discusses British captives and prisoner counts, then cites 1900 estimates of gold value at 2,725,000 dollars and silver at 1,704 dollars. It also notes an implied silver price per ounce around 61.41 cents for a period labeled 100. The text is unclear and disjointed.
An exchange notes forty Texas counties without lawyers and contrasts with forty lawyers in each Arizona county. It remarks that some communities seem near the millennium, reflecting curiosities in regional legal presence and progress.
Two London returned items report William Weller and William Warder sending funds for the Victoria Jubilee nurses fund. One note claims Astor has given 50 pounds while another mentions backers and a royal aliete ratio. The text reflects mixed and unclear phrasing from clipped OCR.
The men declaring they will not back Mr Bryan proceed with caution and delay. Bryan has not requested support from anyone nor indicated any intent to seek it, nor made statements that could be read as an invitation for backing.
The S P railroad requires eighty two locomotives to handle rising traffic between Yume and El Paso. Yard activity is strained with empty and loaded cars. Growth stems from Southwestern and Cananes railroad construction and Sonora industrial expansion. Also noted is a kerosene to skimmed milk product and pest control claim. Fortunes show higher earnings for forty four railroads this year, with most firms reporting gains over 1900.
Bisbee notes report Correnises new installations, fires, accidents, social events, and upcoming meetings. Mentions Ben Franks, Joe Mabeum, Annie O Brier, James Hileman, Mrs Edwards, Mrs Lang, and Dr Tartell. Rail raise shipments, baseball plans, and a jail reform debate with a call for improved conditions.
Lem Shattuck Pete Johnnson and Joe Malheim returned today from a prospecting trip in Scours W Greene arrived there Sunday and left yesterday for the Cananeas with several others There will be a game rocketer fight at Naco on the Fourth and a firemans benefit drew strong enthusiasm The Fireman’s Pioute en Sands entertainment failed due to typhoid fever claiming Mr Sandwell with Copper Queen ties. funeral well attended.
Greene Consolidated Copper board members traveled by private car from Fairbank to Navo to inspect La Cavones property and the Naco to La Osnanes railroad project. Directors include General TH Anderson and Joan A Thayer. meeting planned in La Cauanes to review company affairs after viewing operations and ore output.
The Daly report notes the board of supervisors meeting underway with Supervisors Reay and Delehanty on hand. mentions Grand Canyon railroad sale July 10 under Sloan order, July Fourth remarks by Gor Murphy in Congress, and a $1000 prize to pirate Mot. Hollenstein visited Tombstone. cattle interests sold to Greene Cattle Co and plans to move to California. Details include a Chicago elopement record, improvised urban health notes, and Tombstone elevation cited at 1554 feet with Huashues reservoir 300 feet higher.
A Bisbee Arizona note claims Copper Queen Company ships four to five car loads of bullion daily, about 260000 pounds of copper with some gold and silver. Total daily value nears 40000 dollars, implying annual gross around fourteen million, potentially matching United Verde and Montana’s Los Angeles Mining Review output.
John Misno has returned from San Jose California where he attended an event with his parents and friends. He will read his verse at the local venue, keeping in mind the occasion and presenting a recital focused on memory and tradition.
The report notes Melherson & Co. hauling timber for a large shaft while the Elisft reaches 140 feet. Small boys prepare to yank tail feathers from the great American bird on the Fourth, regardless of any chance from riders. Three shifts push work at peak pace amidst the heavy tasks.
A garbled report notes moves abolishing miner's inch in favor of a standard water inch across Arizona California and Missouri. It claims one hundred miner's inches equate to about two and one half cable feet per second and hints at plans to modify a plan related to material use in a Perrisurial Ho form school.
Vernia Deacon, sixteen, forged eighteen on a paper to marry in Jeffersonville, aided by a friend who swore she was of age, while in Prescott Lillie Koonts was acquitted by insanity in a baby death case after leaving her child near a rock last winter.
Attorneys Gibson and Good arrived today after a professional mission in Gerron. They report the new cops near camp appear lively and there is notable activity in the area.
A Phoenix dispatch reports a proposed Arizona railroad line to connect Benton to Yuma, via Florence and Salt River Valley, with $200,000 in stock subscribed. Promoters include W. T. Tiffany of New York and Baron d Fontemillar of Paris, aiming to link with Southern Pacific east of Yuma. Martin Costello retires from business to focus on real estate and mining holdings in Arizona.
Frank Miller and Wa. Fain were acquitted of complicity in the murder of Mrs. Burns near Yura after a Prescott trial moved on change of venue. The defense argued zero testimony tied Miller or Fain to the crime, and local readers recall the amicus terms of the case along with the period’s note about the old rein makers San Juan and San Pedro.
The article extols the Holland submarine boat allowing underwater travel to target ships without surfacing. It claims covert accuracy against fortified harbors and enemy vessels, then shifts to promoting Hosteter's Stomach Biters as a general tonic for Taywannach, liver, and blood disorders.
Martin Costello sells the Tombstone Billiard Parlour to A Wentworth who now runs the establishment. Wentworth is well known and popular as a genial host promising continued good fellowship and enjoyment for patrons. Tombstone Fourth of July events include a Huschucca versus Tombstone baseball game, a fire company base race, foot races, and a Brand dance by the Firemen.
A Kentuckian’s journey through Nebraska and Arizona to Texas is told with a joke about gradual change. The man’s transitions from state to state are described as so slow he never noticed the drift, ending in death and a humorous nod to Deeborge.
Venalin and church services were held at St Paul’s Church on Sunday morning and evening. The sermon urged living righteously and civic virtue, stressing conversion as the highest good. A future service is planned for Sunday July 14 at St Paul’s Church.
Beare or Bl Sac SURES Locas County Frank J. Cheyney swears he is senior partner of F. S. Cheyney & Co doing business in Toledo Ohio and that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Also notes the sale of tea garden dips and a San Francisco syrup. Includes an advertisement for books and agent opportunities with large commissions.
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