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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1891
Page
3
A reflective piece arguing that women do not need suffrage to influence public life, praising domestic duties and maternal roles as more impactful. It asserts limited political desire among women, questions suffrage benefits, and suggests true influence lies in home and family rather than ballots.
Demorest's Magazine relays M Vooitzkow's account of crocodile nesting in Wituland. The animal clears a circular patch, digs multiple pits, and lays a batch of eggs in each pit, usually twenty to twenty-five per pit, with about eighty to ninety eggs total, then guards the nest until young emerge after about two months during the heavy rains.
A Boston steamer incident shows a passenger wrapping a life preserver around her body causing bruising from its pressure illustrating unsafe handling and the need for clear instructions. The piece mentions explosive talk and a local Fourth of July funding effort with Silver City Kingston and Deming contributing toward celebrations.
Local notes report a Tombstone ball game audience from Tombstone to Huachuca on the 28th. Auctions continue for liquor at Nar dini & Co. and a large Copper Queen mine exhibit to ship to the world fair. Judgment entered in district court against Taggart and Volkman. Rich honey production and an Arizona almond tree noted.
A long list of curious facts visits inventions from shoe-string making to a bird wing of diamonds. It notes a Philadelphia paper on wage-saving gadgets, a railroad pump for deaf travelers, and a German botanical book bound in tree bark. The piece cites a Texas penitentiary donation and previews Fielding Manor by Bijou Dramatic Co.
The Board of Supervisors will sell at the Tombstone court house starting September 10 1890 at 10 am parcels formerly taxed for 1888. Listings include Bales Bel ranc A and others in blocks 26 10, 15, and 49 plus mines such as Buena Vista and Richmond. Several Tombstone residents and companies appear with assessed amounts and lot or acreage details.
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