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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1907
Page
2
A jumble of satirical quips from the Chicago News, touching on women, politics, money, and navy. It riffs on hairstyles, finances, vacations, self-knowledge, and worry, interspersed with naval build plans and a note on Miss Mary FE Van Dyne aging into a freshman at Vassar.
With the souvenir postal card in general use and mail trains running regularly the public will not be seriously inconvenienced by the telegraphers strike.
A transcontinental railroad shows net earnings of 935000 for May, signaling a glimmer of improvement amid ongoing rate regulation pressures. The report notes that hints of a silver lining from regulation are common in current updates.
The record recounts Dr. B V Pierce suing the Ladies' Home Journal over a May issue article accusing his Favorite Prescription of containing harmful ingredients. Pierce sought damages, alleging malicious publication designed to injure his reputation and business.
Antonio Apache, claimed to be an Indian, faced denouncement by New York Campfire Club members who opposed his admission after discovering rumors of a mixed heritage. His public taunts and evasive denials undermined support as he rose briefly in fashionable society before fading from prominence.
New York dispatch reports Judge Amend orders special sessions of the supreme court to require ex Senator William A Clark to account for dealings of United Verde Copper. The verdict after eight years stems from a suit by minority stockholder George A Treadwell. Court says United Verde property sale was illegal and to revert to original stockholders. Treadwell claims Clark profits of 25 million a year from United Verde.
During June 24 to 27 representative sales totaled 10 884 with Arizona contributing 7 394. Buyers from New Mexico Utah Colorado and Texas shared the rest while Hauser Company Flagstaff Yeager Flagstaff and Schuster Winslow shipped Ari zona stock. Prices ranged from five to six dollars per head. The item notes The Dime Family Theater as the place to go.
List of Arizona residents with life insurance payouts including Phoenix Edwin Sunderland Prescott John C Herndon Nogales Bracey Curtis and Mees Charles A Hall with amounts around $10,000 to $11,088. Also includes an ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials from F J Cunver Co Toledo and others.
Attorney Flannigan visits from Bisbee on court business as mining interests and local wealth drive discussions. Shan-non Copper Co declares a 50 cent per share dividend effective July 1 amid a heat wave and drought. A derailed prospectors tale follows with a man jailed after a disturbance at the courthouse. Weather and business notes touch Tombstone’s stalled tax equalization, cattle moves, and a mining deal in the works for the region.
A Phoenix dispatch reports William Mitchell, affected by sun heat, was violent last night near Adams and First Street. Constable Murphy and Deputy Sheriff Adama assisted as he threatened to injure those nearby after seizing an instrument from a physician. Separately, the U.S. Civil Service Commission announces a July 23 and 24, 1907 examination for forest ranger eligibility in several Arizona locales, with age 21 to 40, requesting forms 1093 and related materials.
Wednesday's Daily records a tank teller stealing 89000 from the bank, the amount provoking talk of defalcation versus theft robbery or other crimes based on sums. The item enumerates witnesses and court figures from Bisbee and Tombstone as legal business proceeds, with local dignitaries and officials contributing to the courthouse buzz.
Dan Taylor, owner of the Carruthers and Taylor ranch, was away on the Fourth when a Mexican goat herder entrusted with the herd drove 1300 goats across the international line. Most goats were recovered but about 300 remain missing. Local authorities alerted and Mexican officials contacted. the herder reportedly still at large.
The Mesa Melon Growers Association shipped four carloads of cantaloupes Monday to H. Woods of Congo via Wells Fargo express. The fruit will reach eastern points where scarcity raises prices as 200 to 200 cars are expected to be shipped this season along with thousands of crates handled locally.
The following is a list of letters remaining in the general delivery at the Tombstone post office for the week ending June 2. Names include Cantua Benito Cortez Francaline, Devough Hubert Fuerros Fimoteo Gray, J G Slhoun, LG Gilmore, Turne 8 R Hinkle, Jiap Jason Rhoade, Delis Mckee, J H Powers, Granville Timstes Canots Wendling. The notice shows “advertised” with the date of advertisement.
A garbled note references a dispute over a Wii game and potential court action involving Pater and FSSC. The readable fragments imply a campaign or protest around a gaming issue and a regional cheer or regalia concern. Further context is unclear.
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