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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1907
Page
2
A scattered fragment mentions subscription terms and period rates. It references peace conference ideas and law restraining evildoers. It notes Jesse R. Grant estimating four million Americans fit to be president and comments on Atlantic coast resorts. It ends with odd references to monster mud turtles and vagrant airships.
The horn of the dilemma appears overcome as soon as the fleet is announced fit to go around it. This update signals readiness and resolves pending concerns about the voyage plan and safety.
Uncle Sam orders two large battleships with greater armament than the Dreadnought and a three year completion timeline. Japan notes war talk strains national credit, paying five percent on loans while America borrows at two percent. Neighbors warn against quarrels over trifles and money waste.
The statement asserts that if any nation pursues larger battleships, the United States will respond by building ships of equal or greater size or capability, signaling a strong naval modernization stance.
An ad touts Golden Medical Discovery as a non patent medicine containing pure extract from Golden Seal Stane Queen's root and Mandrake roots. It claims to invigorate liver stomach nerves and bowels, relieve burning indigestion and various deb illnesses, and lists authorities praising its formula.
Socialists of Cincinnati have nominated a full slate for the upcoming municipal race. Their platform includes municipal ownership of utilities, the eight hour day, a municipal coal yard, ice plant and milk depot, free school books, bath houses, public defenders in courts, a labor temple, slum condemnation, and employment at union wages for the unemployed on demand.
In the past decade an era of manufacturing activity has grown across the South. Cotton mills using waterpower now invest over 40 million dollars in the Carolinas and Georgia, employing more than 60,000 people and supporting over 240,000 others through cotton production and related industries.
Engineer Lon Holiday of the Southern Pacific, injured after being struck near the eye while the Golden State Limited train passed Enid, travels with his wife and daughter to San Francisco for treatment by a renowned Pacific coast eye specialist. Doctors hope a delicate operation will restore full eyelid nerve function and eye use.
National and urban fires surge as crews battle a major blaze in the Chiricahuas requiring a forty foot wide cut along twelve miles. Dozens of workers sweep the line carrying out brush timber and fallen wood to protect pine timber with over 30000 acres burned.
The Arizona Gold Mines & Milling Co. held a Tombstone meeting electing officers for the coming year and outlining expansion plans. Frank Falke was re elected president Walter Lloyd became vice president and J J Wyatt was re elected secretary and manager. Board includes F D McPherton E M Baltes W E Langley and J W Swayzee Mrs Langley is noted as a rare female director. The firm operates Patagonia and Dragoon district mines with a 1000 foot shaft to be expanded and a fifteen stamp mill planned.
Government representative James B. Kitely arrives in Tombstone to compile district court divorce data since 1867. He cites Cochise leading in divorces, with Prescott Flagstaff Holbrook Tucson and others studied. figures remain undisclosed as the project proceeds.
Tombstone merchants report busy outing season with steady arrivals of goods. Mining camps in the Dragoon Huachuca and Whetstone regions trade here, drawn by lower prices and comprehensive stock for miners ranchers and stockmen. Trade is uninterrupted and expanding, signaling a bright future for Tombstone commerce.
The Gazette reports that Elder W. T. Bodwell, who died crossing the Gila near Solomonville on January 31, was found buried in sand a mile downstream last Tuesday. A watch valued at seventy five dollars and his money and papers were missing. A Globe dispatch notes McIlvers and Pickens set a drilling record of 48 18 16 inches, Page brothers 47 11 16, granite used for the drill hole, and money changed hands as the Globe team was favored.
Di My reports Kringle left for Hereford and joined granddaughters Misace Eva and Lacy Wolcott in a merry campout at Husehucas. Deputy District Clerk Philo Cox returned from Nogales. Heavy rain in Bisbee washed out houses and wagons but caused little damage. E P Draper spent Sunday in Tombstone and returned to Cananea.
From Bisbee today a prisoner named Thompson was brought to the county hospital. He is a confirmed morphine user and acting queerly. Officers fear he may become violent and plan to restrain him. If his condition fails to improve, a sanity examination and possible asylum commitment may follow.
A local column notes that public chatter is being curbed to celebrate an upcoming epoch. It praises Mr. Charles Krouder for handling the moment properly and hints at a forthcoming change without revealing specifics. The piece emphasizes discretion and anticipates future joy.
Construction of the Guaymas Sundelsjara extension of the Southern Pacific in Jalisco is underway. Work started July 10 near Santo Cruz arroyo two kilometers west of Orendian, with about 100 men on site and more to be added. The contracting firm is importing supplies from the United States. current stock was bought in Mexico City and Guadalajara. Dr Shine of Bisbee is a brief county seat visitor.
Wednesday's Daily reports flood waters cut a channel 40 feet deep and 200 feet wide below the Yuma bridge. The channel's southern extent is unknown. Nearby marriages listed include Glean W McLaughlin to Ethel Champion of Bisner and Jos Scott to Mary Fenn of Colina, Mexico.
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole constitutional remedy. It credits catarrh, inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube, as the typical cause and offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case not cured by the remedy. Toledo firm F J Ameney & Co. promotes distribution through druggists.
The S P Force in Arizona reports 430 workers in Tucson shops, up 50 percent in five years. Directing under chief master mechanic Thos O Leary, the Arizona and New Mexico division spans El Paso to Yuma, covering 570 miles.
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