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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1895
Page
2
Fragmented clippings mention a Sunday paper from Tombstone Arizona and a women’s Bible study. It references a wedding cutter at Honioe West Virginia and a Pittsburg Dispatch concern about Glass workers convention and silver coinage debate.
A Prescott city ordinance prohibits riding on sidewalks or at speeds over a set limit and requires a headlight at night and a bell on bicycles. Violators face fines up to 25 dollars. The article also references Cochise County legal actions and a supreme court case regarding the regulation.
The Chicago Times-Herald outlines a political clash over silver and free coinage. It argues the alleged decline of the silver craze would surprise gold advocates and influence party motions, citing Nevada and Arizona interests and the broader impact on capital investment and territorial resources.
Local notes recount Bisbee figures, mine prospects, and campaign ideas. Mentions Colonel Wert arriving from New York and Mr Weir planning to remain before leaving for Nacosar. Reports on ore yields, property work near Presidio, and various individuals connected to mining and labor.
A fragmented OCR passage presents meditations on life and death, referencing the afterlife and the meaning of deeds. It includes archaic phrasing about time, memory, and moral conduct as well as a stray note on Cochise County governance in 1595, with motions and warrants recorded for local officials and clerks.
A garbled report from a June issue covers mining activity in Ghibe and Oro Hanes, with multiple names and places such as Benson University, Eureka mine, Tevis district, Bieber, and Bieber. It also mentions a large wheel race with sixty-five entries and a Paris to Domteaux race, plus scattered notes on storms, bills, and parole-like phrases.
The piece blends scattered items from Tombstone and Colorado, mentioning court cases, an old murder trial, a New Mexico probate exchange, mining profits, and local officials. It references Judge Bethune, the Joln Cheat case, and military supply contracts, with various prices, bids, and regional places like Prescott, Flagstaff, and Phoenix.
Lew Cooley and J A Veughn arrive from Sao Pedro to discuss county issues and laborary matters. They plan to publish works and have written numerous city novels while earning 99099 from various sources. James Warseosmn Bitsy will skip platform events for now and stay home in City gavel and Houder Ifo.
The fragment outlines a distant region offering vast mountain ranges, abundant water, pine and juniper timber, and extensive coal fields. It promises prosperity for wage workers and settlers, noting temperate climate, potential for farming, ranching, and stockraising, and future railroad and artesian water development. It invites readers to join and grow with the country, promising government lands for 10,000 families and promising resources and opportunities.
A fragment lists shirts and suspenders with prices and features. Items resemble men’s garments such as white laundry shirts and vented suspenders with wire buckles. Mentions include old stock terms and postage, but details are incomplete.
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