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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1909
Page
2
A dated fragment urges readers with odd phrasing to keep coins and cotton to prevent despair and avoid self harm. It references using some rhetorical profanity and plastered tuck as a safeguard, noting such directions have saved men from death by their own action.
In a quirky legislative move, Illinois legislators propose a distinctive title for married men to prevent unmarried women from being misled, reflecting a view of lawmakers as country’s humorists.
Governor Curry of New Mexico urges abolition of capital punishment arguing the death penalty punishes only the poor and friendless while the rich and influential escape. The speaker laments this travesty on human nature.
The Phoenix Republican reports that Nevada, long a refuge for gamblers and buttressed by decades of betting, is slipping as more states banish gambling. The piece notes how the national trend to curb gambling would enforce a shift as prior predictions about Arizona’s anti gambling laws seemed unlikely a decade ago.
Prof Lowell of the Flag staff observatory says a collision between our sun and a dark star will end the world. He asserts the event could be predicted thirteen years before it occurs, supposedly giving humanity time to dodge.
Campaigners announce the suffrage bill was killed but vow to reintroduce it at the next legislative session. They insist the setback will not deter continued effort toward women’s voting rights.
The legislature appears ready to revise its work with mature reflection in its last hours. The move should reduce future friction and litigation. Laws enacted this session are expected to operate for two years, as Bevridge remains hostile to fair young Arizona.
Dr H Schell and wife return to Torsastone from Mazatlan region praising the Yaqui and Mayo valleys as fertile vast agricultural prospects. The route now connects Culiscan to Mazatlan and plans reach Tipes capital and Guadalajara, opening a vast commercial and mineral frontier.
The American Mining Congress plans local officers and subsidiary groups in each mining center to address camp concerns. State branches will have dedicated officers and committees, with Colonel J. W. Powell named vice-president for Arizona and current president of the Arizona Sonora branch.
The Nogales Times reports a rare gold bearing vanadium ore discovery near Fort Huachuca. The mineral is valued for steel hardening and uses in inks, pottery decoration, and textile printing, with Arizona highlighted as one of the few regions hosting appreciable deposits.
A snowstorm blanketed Tombstone with seven inches of pristine snow while citizens from all walks of life shared in the unusual spectacle. Chief Brayn and Martin Costello were noted figures as the community embraced the rare winter sight with playful cheer and nostalgic reverie.
United States Attorney Alexander, visiting Tucson, denies resignation reports and says he will complete Elaterm as the government prosecutor in Arizona. He notes his term runs to December 12 and remains hopeful for Arizona statehood at the next Congress session. The Citizen case links to Magen, Villareal, and Rivera, charged with neutrality law violations to be tried in Tombstone in April.
Aley writes that Courtland, destined to prosper, hosts idle residents and a single store amid empty streets and odd gaps. He notes railroad grading by Mexico and Colorado and Col Epes road extending south, with Espee engineers present but no branch grading. Portrayed are multiple mining interests, high accommodations, and a large Benson canal project with heavy headbites, flames, and graders advancing.
A long and broad snow storm hits Tombstone with a metropolitan feel as street lights glow. The Woman's Club schedules a Friday meeting at Mrs. H. Kinsley’s home while local business figures and visitors such as H Newman and Ben Frank enburg arrive. A Black Patti company car arrival, Dr Schell’s glasses sales, and remarks from a traveling drummer punctuate the scene amid a flurry of local chatter and jokes about the season’s beauty.
Charles H. Bayless named postmaster at Redington replacing the late W R Bennett. Mark Smith says he will stay away until statehood prospects are clarified at the forthcoming special session of Congress. Statehood advocates here believe a chance to pass it may emerge at the extra session.
Tucson papers report preparations for the Grand Lodge of the Order of Odd Fellows to convene April 19. About 150 members expected, with discussion on a site of twenty acres for an orphans home amid a land title flaw near Safford and a cash bonus of about 10,909.
A Lawton dispatch reports that at Fort Sill more than half the Apache prisoners eligible to vote selected Asa Deklugiwo of the Nedai branch as chief to succeed the late Geronimo. A formal election will follow soon, but today signals the tribe's action.
Nogales reports Lewis Proto head of Proto Brothers, Cocospora ranch owners, was shot Sunday morning returning home. A land feud is suspected. George Aineworth filed a bounty claim for two mountain lion hides, one measuring nine feet two inches.
Tuesday's Daily reports three Mexicans brought in from Courtland on burglary charges. They are lodged at the Hotel de White and according to the register will remain until the grand jury convenes. Also noted are court visits by Judge Cabell and Sheriff, a Mexican charged with insanity from Douglas, and Miss Myrtle Beers returning from Safford after ten days with relatives.
The legislature introduced numerous bills and actions. Pharmacy, education, public health, and statehood topics appear with bills for a historian office, normal schools, penal code amendments, dairy inspection, and a northern Arizona normal school abolition. House items include Wickenburg county, city officers, free textbooks, public holidays, medical practice, and mine claims work. A substitute anti gambling bill passes committee and faces possible governor veto amid lobbying for and against gambling restrictions. Railroad commissioner appointments are delayed with Cochise candidates prominent.
Clarence Darrow will defend Ricardo Flores Magon Antonio Villareal Librado Rivera and Manuel Sarabia at their spring Tombstone trial. Darrow, special counsel for the Socialist party, was retained after his Meyer Haywood Pettibo defense fame. The announcement stirred Tombstone, highlighting his political profile.
Harriman tries to locate a cripple who asked for money for a meal at the Tucson depot last Thursday. He offered a coin and sent workers on a search over two days, instructing all trainmen and operators on the Tucson division to be alert for the stranger.
Some men who are described as old bachelors never experienced affection. they were never victors or sufferers of romantic attachments, existing without intimate ties.
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