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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1899
Page
1
Long column notes visitors returning from Sonora and California. Local resignations and new arrivals, factory and store updates, band performances, and a Memorial Day closure. Community events include a Fourth of July planning meeting, graduations, mining reports, health notes, and a large St David Tombstone dance crowd with regional travel.
Mrs P Holland has returned to Tombstone from here with her daughter Mrs Hazley wood. Miss Bessie Smith plans to open a private school in Tucson. Weather was cool and cloudy with light dust. Mr Lew Williams returns from California improved in health. Pearce Stables change hands to Mesera Robertson and Epper son. Commencement exercises at Tucson University attract many. Fourth of July plans set for Bisbee. Notable visitors include T Bonillas Nogales G de Fouriran Santa Barbara Felix Leavik Ambrose Chedal and family. Bisbee teachers visit Tombstone during exams. An elderly despondent woman attempted morphine suicide but was discovered in time.
John P. Lumphine intends to lecture across Arizona detailing reasons for his belief that Christ will come again before the day of resurrection. He is moving forward with his travel plans in this religious outreach.
The New York report notes layoff of about 75,000 drummers due to rapid industry reorganization into monopolistic combines and a decline in commercial travelers across the country. The piece treats it as a serious matter.
The report notes bright sun and scattered clouds with strong wind and chilly air resembling winter. It mentions a brief shower this afternoon and hints at the coming Arizona rains arriving in about 21 days on San Juan day.
J.M. Cox left the Four Bar ranch today with a load of supplies while the sheriff’s office subpoenas jurors and witnesses for the coming term. Yale students plan to search for buried cities in southern Arizona, Prescott approves an ordinance banning loitering by women, and E E Anderson of St Louis arrives to explore a copper group in the Devons with his son Frank. The Phenix baseball team returns from a Southern California tour with strong gate receipts after two losses in seven games. George E. Kohler, formerly of Tombstone, sells the Kubler block in Tucson for 17000 to Consolidated National Bank of Tucson. Capt Heatson and J I Campbell, mining men, return east. An early return visit was planned. Person unnamed arrives on the Dallas train, plus daily health notes and travel plans. The 5 P Co improves service and offers round trips via Mr Webster for 31.05, good 99 days. The writer signs off eager to reunite with Frank.
The eighth grade class from the public grammar school will graduate on Friday evening June 23 1899. Members include Fannie Armitage John Carter M Goldsworthy Phoebe Grenfel Addie Kindred Roy Marfoot Marcus Schwartz They will complete arithmetic grammar composition physical geography civil government spelling drawing and penmanship. Most students plan to take the teacher's exam next week in Tombstone to test their knowledge rather than seek certificates due to age limits.
An old advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a universal cure for stomach ills and related organ issues. It claims the tablets aid digestion by acid content and essential essences, recommending them to Br. Jernicon and listing price at 50 cents per package with free literature offered from F A Stuart Co Marshall Mich.
Governor Murphy of Arizona advocates statehood and arid land storage at the Trans-Mississippi Congress. Delegates from many states discuss regional interests as hotels fill and officials open private homes to visitors. He stresses water storage and lands after federal funding was refused.
Secretary Alger reports Prescott that work will start at once on rebuilding Fort Whipple. Troops left the barracks during the Spanish American War a year ago and the site has been unused except for volunteers briefly. An appropriation of 950,000 is available, with efforts to secure permanent development under strong pressure. Iron mine activity nearby continues with daily applicant piles and early shipments anticipated.
The street of letters remaining at Tombstone post office for the month ending June 1 1499 includes Francisco Bagoarne Harry Buttner Carlos Morales May Enos Arentara Yusunya Calter Wright Lavna G Crante P M The notice requests advertisement with the date of ad vent and is signed by Lavna G Crante P M.
Norick sues over three lien notes to J C Gamble totaling 180 00 due Nov 1899 and two notes 200 00 due Nov 1 1900 all dated April 11 1890s with a lien on 172 acres of land in Taylor County Texas Gamble took possession claiming about 42 acres of land. The case cites unclear dates and contested ownership following a failed consideration and possession claim.
An old remedy claims to ease teething in children, soothing gums and diarrhoea with a pleasant taste. The ad also promotes Barrow's one price store offering housewares and cheap goods, plus guaranteed tobacco habit cure and health claims from druggists.
The Arizona capital project advances with basement brickwork finished and granite placement underway. Granite sourced south of the river shows fine quality as the remaining stories and tufa work are prepared. Completion is projected by next fall with a handsome structure reflecting credit on the capital commission.
The readable fragments describe an odd scene with vague references to meals, atmosphere, and a cloud. Details are insufficient to identify people, places, or events.
The London Mining Journal notes Arizona will soon surpass Michigan and Montana in copper production. It states last year the territory produced 45 550 tons and will exceed this by several thousand tons.
Inde Street Governing Council ends new divorce grants on initial petitions citing lack of law to support referee handling and calls for open court hearings. The decision emphasizes the judge's expertise should be used in pivotal cases.
Nationwide cheers greet the anticipated Dewey visit as New York wires plan a huge display of 25 008 089 yards of boating along with decorative steel work for the occasion.
A fragmentary quote outlines practical tips labeled as advice for doctors and the public. It suggests eating better breathing more walking more living simply and avoiding waste while emphasizing self-improvement through continuous practice.
The Pride of the West group frames a moment of change as the Aucoma quill drivers near a restart under Fortune’s gaze. The longawaited turn at the wheel of fortune promises a new inning for these patient public servants.
A female bandit aided a male accomplice in a stagecoach robbery between Globe and Florence near a midway station. The pair wore masks. the woman wore men’s clothes, and both were linked to a prior sighting in Florence. A shotgun terrorized passengers as a posse pursues them.
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