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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1897
Page
4
The county anticipates strong prosperity this year with excellent mining prospects and active ore smelting. Interest shifts to new fields as ore smelting gains success and more mines come online. Gold mining gains, stock ranges improve, and ranchers report good prices for cattle.
A vintage ad promotes Mire Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a long trusted remedy used for over fifty years to ease teething pain, colic, and diarrhoea in children. It is described as pleasant tasting and sold by druggists worldwide at twenty five cents a bottle. The note urges buyers to ask for Mrs Winslow's product.
A wreck on the N. M. and A. near Benson disrupts eastern and western mail delivery. The engine and one car derailed after a collision with another train, no injuries reported, but a 12 to 15 hour delay expected. The Nogales wreck crew and delayed train are en route, Tombstone mail delayed until late tonight.
Copper Glance residents condemn a Bisbee Orb report as false criminal libel. Donnelly defends honored settlers, vows to pursue investigation and not drop the matter. Also notes rheumatism case urged by readers and local church announcements with services and Sunday school.
A Papago policeman named Grover Cleeland warns Agent Berger that Mexican troop cross border into Sonora could force Papago retreat to avoid trouble, else they will fight to defend homes if permission to recapture Papagors is not granted. Local letters praise Grover Cleveland as patriotic.
The prison labor contract between the territory and the Arizona Improvement Company faces court scrutiny after the board of council approved it during the Hughes administration. The territorial governor refused to enforce its terms, moving convicts to the enterprise site, raising questions over legality and authority as factions dispute the arrangement amid a pending change in territorial governance.
Silver is quoted at 65 per ounce. Barrow post office applicants for the tembetone office are increasing. Chisholm and aferrill from the river report goods. The west bound Southern Pacific line is behind time. mail did not arrive as scheduled. First Bale drug arrives. Tombstone subscribers will receive delivery. Si Bryant works Tom Scott mine in the Turquois district. Mr Murray passed teaching exam. Denver miner O J M Doraldon visits to inspect local clams in Winchester district.
The court holds that each partner remains liable for firm debts after dissolution and that a public notice does not release others. Retiring members face exposure. the ruling unsettles expectations of limited liability among partners. Also noted are notices about medicines and local legislative happenings, including suffrage progress and Arizona capital plans.
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