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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1916
Page
6
A compact barn design targets maximum capacity with minimal ground space. The plan features a 26 by 46 foot floor, high headroom in the cow area, ventilated stalls, and a central durable concrete driveway. Light-filled windows, sturdy plank-frame construction, and open roof space optimize effort, cleanliness, and efficiency for both small and larger farms.
A fragment notes Doppel weds one of the Ded dersly sisters. Neighbors once joked the twins were indistinguishable, but the line hints at Bow distinguishing them.
Reports from the war reflect airship raids on Reval, French gains south of the Somme, Belgian troops in East Africa, and naval losses. Italian, German, and British actions are described along with muttered rumors of Torreon and Villa. US domestic crime and social notes mix with a USDA meat outlook noting supply lag and rising prices.
A long dispatch of international notes records the death of Prof. FM Metchnickoff in Paris, a Berlin telegram on Emperor William, Casement’s treason appeal dismissal, and quake damage near Fiume. It notes UK expenditures around £4.9 million daily, and political-military mentions from Vienna, Mexico City, and Stockholm. Also covered are boxing and cycling prospects, trap shooting plans, and war-time finance moves.
Reports in English papers say Gen Sir John French has not gazetted his proposed title Viscount French of Ypres and risks clash with Belgian nobility already holding Counts of Ypres. The London Sketch notes precedents like Lord Kitchener of Khartum and Lord Roberts of Kandahar show cities or places, not provinces, as peerage names. The piece adds a light aside about how love can distract a young man.
A dense late market list shows prices across cattle categories including steers, heifers, cows, veal calves, and hogs with terms like good to choice and hay fed. The document also details hay and grain prices in Colorado and Nebraska upland, straw, grain figures for wheat and rye, oats, corn, bran, flour, poultry, eggs, butter, fruit, and vegetables with regional price points.
Market prices for metals include Spelter at 5.30 in St Louis and copper casting at 23.12. Lead in New York 5.10 and tungsten in Boulder 20 to 25 per unit. Linseed for July at 1.92 bid, September 1.92 ask. Chicago hogs mixed around 9.20, cattle and sheep values listed. cotton futures in New York at 12.90 middling.
A dense Arizona summary notes events across multiple towns. Freight and ore shipments rise in Chloride and Jerome while mining and road projects advance elsewhere. Gasped by fires, drownings, suicides, and a deadly storm near Tombstone. Public notices include bond votes, elections, and a new club horse site at Copper Hill.
Customer letters praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills for restoring health and youthfulness after female troubles and nervousness. An Illinois reader urges others to seek help and writes that free advice is available from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. of Lynn, Massachusetts.
Selfist Henry Ford speaks in Detroit about war widows and recalls a sad tale of a girl who married a struggling man and bore four sons. The mother educated them, sent them to preparatory schools, and grew old fashioned and desolate before dying after a final exchange with her eldest son, a promising lawyer, who honored her as she passed.
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for babies with rashes eczema itching and irritated skin. It claims soothing cooling relief and offers a free sample by mail with a postcard to Cuticura Dept Ly Boston, noting availability everywhere.
A Federalsburg Maryland report notes a hen that had vanished but reappeared caring for 11 chicks and a tiny woodpecker. The woodpecker tolerates the mothering and receives worm scrapes from the hen, who now tends both brood and bird with equal attention. The explanation suggests a woodpecker laid an egg in the nest while the hen was away.
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