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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1902
Page
3
A Tombstone visitor from Cripple Creek, Colorado, attends a dance at Walker's on St Patrick's Day preparations. Arrangements for the Affirs mine event are under way. Residents and drivers from the wet state share experiences since arriving in Arizona in 1876.
Henry Fravklin, a well known cattleman of Pina cowatt, owns a promising copper property in the Dragoone ppon. He expects development work to begin soon on the carbonate ore claim, with surveys and surveys likely to follow as a first step.
In New York the obesity specialist Louis Lalare notes that over one ton of fat equates to about 2.036 pounds per percent body fat, illustrating how fat accumulation is measured. The report discusses methods and the implications for weight assessment.
Supt Staunton, a leading western mining expert, is due tonight from Congress and may stay to oversee progress at the Tombelone district. He is highly familiar with the formation and minerals of Tombelone and is regarded as one of the most capable mining men in the west.
The sad news is that John Milwn Gray, formerly foreman for TM A&M Co, died in Prescott aged 10 years. He was a cheerful lad who looked to a brighter future. The Workmongers mourn with his brothers and heed the saying that God disposes, calling all to seek comfort.
Fragmentary notice describes a missing man named John Bowe Murphy from Bunmehor County Warrfort Ireland sought by minister William O Con nor Haneek Michigan. Last seen about 15 years ago near the Total Wreck Mine in Pima County Arizona with an address at Saint Marys College.
An old style advertisement claims a free tobacco habit cure with only a letter or postal card required. It promises many other cures and directs readers to send for a form at Wainwright's Tobacco Cure Company in San Simón, with unusual misspellings and unclear details.
In Cochise county a rich placer gold discovery is reported near the Chiricahua range with promising high grade gold and potential mining value. Colonel Wokokwitz leads 14 men to advance railroad survey work including connections and switches near Tombstone. A primitive line from Ank to College Peak is noted as feasible. work may begin soon. Sheriff Munds pursues Curtis, wanted for a Prescott stage robbery, now jailed in Mexico and awaiting extradition.
Chief Engineer Lyman Bridges reports a reconnaissance for a new branch of the American-Mexican Pacific railway from their line toward Calaveras near Conea gract about twenty miles south of Tucson through Box canyon in the Santa Rita, aiming to shorten the route to Tombstone and El Paso and tap rich mining districts while potentially conflicting with the Toren to Calabasas and Nogales project under contract.
Arizona is named for new beet sugar projects to be built, signaling expansion in processing capacity and agricultural utilization. The move highlights growth in the state’s agricultural industry and potential job creation.
Saylor, a principal agent in beet sugar investigations, reports total beet sugar production for 1901-02 reaching 185 000 tons. Nine plants are under construction for 1902 with Greeler Eston Port Collins Cot and Phoenix among sites, daily capacities from 500 to 421 020 tons. Aggregate capital investments by state include California 2 1500,000. Colorado 7 5 000 000. Idaho 1 500 000. Montana 1 500 000. Utah 3 19 520 000. Wyoming 2 1 400 000.
Frank J. Cheyney senior partner of F J Cheyney Co Toledo pledges one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Sworn before Notary A W GALL on December 6. The advertisement notes the cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood.
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