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Main Floor tickets 25 cents Gallery 15 cents Children 15 cents Box Office opens 7 45 Curtain at 8 30. Released for Tuesday Scherreuin show with admission details and curtain time.
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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1908
Page
1
Main Floor tickets 25 cents Gallery 15 cents Children 15 cents Box Office opens 7 45 Curtain at 8 30. Released for Tuesday Scherreuin show with admission details and curtain time.
A local insurance firm urges residents to keep premiums and savings within the Territory. It claims about two million dollars yearly leaves the Territories in life insurance premiums and notes that one hundred ten dollars is available as a real estate loan, with more to follow as business grows.
The ad proclaims life insurance at the lowest rate compatible with safety, urging careful economy in operations and large dividends. It promises standard policies on a legal reserve basis with modern features, plus loans not only on policies but on other securities as well.
Undereheriff Hopkins auctioned the Copper Belle mine ten claims in Gleeson district to the highest bidder Nathan L Amster of New York at 59 340 25. The bid by General Manager Bennie for the Iion Copper Co will satisfy Martin Costello's judgment of about 21 000 with another similar claim pending in court.
The notice lists Sunday and weekday services for Congregational, Methodist, and Sacred Heart Catholic churches. It mentions Sunday school times, youth meetings, evening services, and a united evening service. Clergy include Rev Benedict and Rev J T Bors, inviting all to attend.
A vintage insurance of Hall's Catarrh Cure promises one hundred dollars for unrecoverable catarrh treatment. endorsements from Warnina Kisxay Maxvrs and Dor Accem advertise internals and prices. Prominent warnings caution against counterfeit Cascarets and fake substitutes sold by druggists.
Jamies J. Riley and Uncle James Brown lead a hunting expedition aided by private advice from the El Paso and Southwestern and the Santa Fe, with a Roosevelt signed pass. They expect to depart in two weeks, pursuing prairie dogs and quail amid frontier bravado, amid mentions of unnamed associates and a show in Tombstone.
Juan Mendes a Phoenix Mexican was arrested for selling liquor to Indians. M O Bicknell of the Southern Pacific urged no freight-rate cuts due to dull business. Jennings Ryan spoke to Pima Democrats via phonograph. Helvetia smelter expected to blow in by August 1. Lukin's cash store in Tempe victimized by a bad check for 13.40. Two granite quarry workers near Tempe were overcome by heat. Salt River receding from danger line. Tempe council enacted dog licensing: $2 for dogs and $5 for bitches. A 13 inch diameter cantaloupe was reported. The last car of this season’s Mesa grape crop shipped yesterday, eleven cars total. A 00 foot movement targeted locating an asparagus cannery near Yuma. Los Angeles letter says Arizona Hassayamps club opened HQ at Hollenbeck hotel. exec committee preparing for festivities starting August 20.
The Arizona copper industry returns to normal production but remains about eight million pounds monthly below the capacity of ten smelters including the El Paso plant of ASARCO. The Boston News Bureau notes estimated Arizona copper production for the first six months of 1908 by companies.
Jim Walker returns from the Draigoons to mine east of Tombstone and forecasts a strong outlook that will feed Tombstone. A program at the Schieffel is planned for tomorrow. Judge Dean attends Phoenix supreme court. Judge Campbell back in Tucson. Teachers Miss McElroy and Miss Chownin return from Los Angeles. John Rock aims for a ranch near Huachuca Siding amid upcoming business turmoil. For sale twenty head dairy cows and equipment. inquire at offices J21-8.
Promoters urge a large Tombstone turnout for a grand show promising three times what prior pictures offered. They claim low admission, heavy guarantees to performers, and a top quality Southwest spectacle. Advertisements promise details on page four. Mre Fletcher M Doan traveled to Douglas to visit her son Frank Dean. James Howell returned to Naco to manage the Turkey Track cattle company’s Sonora range.
Notices announce a Territorial Republican convention in Phoenix on Saturday August 22 1908 to nominate a delegate to Congress and address other business. Local Masonic grand bodies meet in Prescott in November. Arizona Bankers Association names November 20 21 for annual bankers convention in Bisbee.
The Mexican federal authorities transfer the Yaqui warfare task to Sonora state government after nearly three years of pursuit and mass deportations to Yucatan. Acting Governor Cubillas and advisers outline plans to proceed against the remaining warriors with the goal of restoring peace in Sonora within a few months.
A desperate clash between Mexican troops and Papago Indians at Imaculsda ranch near Cerro Colorado in the Altar district today caused major loss of life. Thirteen Indians were killed and several wounded, while two soldiers died and five were wounded, three fatally.
In a late July weather note from Arizona a large mining outfit with burro packs travels toward the Dragoons, showing faith in virgin desert conditions. Tombstone suburbs appear pleasant, while residents joke about a rusty veteran peering over fences and dreaming of rain and past prospects near Jim Marr's property.
The week ending July 18 lists advertised letters for Tombstone general delivery including Alvertson JC, Simon Senobia, Arnold Geo Owen, Bratis, Biancho Myan, AH iGray, Arthur Webster Hoopes. A Washington dispatch notes the 25 percent of gross proceeds from national forest resources go to states and territories via a new agricultural appropriation bill, ensuring school and road funds through conservative forest management.
Twenty thousand mill hands rioted in Bombay as a strike sparked clashes with Europeans. Troops were deployed and casualties reported. W. J. Bryan spoke for ten minutes from a baggage truck in Chicago. Al Kaufman defeated Battling Johnson at the Pacific Athletic Club in seven rounds. Gov. Hughes signaled possible reelection bid in New York. An American won the marathon while an Italian collapsed near the finish. The merger of the Rocksm an lines creates a 16000 mile system in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. John G Shortall, founder of the American Humane Association, died in Chicago at 70.
New York quotations show bar silver at 53 grams, copper at 124 1s, desilverized lead at HASES4 50, and smelter rates from St. Louis. Copper wire bars and copper cathode quoted per pound, with weekly quotes from the Engineering and Mining Journal and Douglas Smelter quotations.
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