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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1916
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR notes show tribal or county recorder references, names like Shanti, Jeni Yontir, and Gil Ventre, with phrases suggesting clerical or official records. The legible parts are insufficient to determine a coherent event, date, or outcome. This card preserves uncertain names and places for archival trace.
New cases filed in Superior Court include diverse matters such as quit claims, divorc e suits, and mortgage satisfactions. The document lists multiple parties including banks, individuals, and companies, with records of properties, land transfers, and water rights. Notable entities include Bank of Douglas, Coronation Mines Development Co, and Sante Fe Pacific. Dates referenced include March 18 hearing and various filing moments.
A bustling Tombstone notes steady growth with new real estate plans and local mines producing rich ore. Residents report improved streets, increased trade, and a push toward statehood while officials discuss city finances and upcoming court cases.
Douglas March 14 The C. A plant will add a two hundred ton capacity to handle sulphuric acid and other upgrades. The Calumet & Arizona company board approved spending about 1.2 million dollars to install two new reverberatories five twelve furnaces and a high tension power line to the mines. A fireproof store room will be built and new storage bins and sampling plants expanded.
Reports from Douglas claims of 500 armed Vistans near Tombstone caused alarm. Prospector confirms via Constable Jenkins that Johnson camp is quiet. most Mexicans are Carranza sympathizers. Draper and Dragoon camps report calm. sheriff Wheeler traces rumors, finds no abnormal activity.
A fragmentary account describes Villa’s altercation with a Mexican miner in Cura Grande county trenches. Villa killed the tired worker with a pistol after a dispute over resuming work. The Mexican fled to the United States as troops approached near the border, seeking asylum and labor in mines.
The article notes Mee Wey Show recovering after surgery at the local hospital and mentions plans for building improvements. It references the replacement of the old till heard structure at Seturtietin Hall and a new concrete walk linking to defender Alexander Murry, a noted attorney from Richer, who was in town for matters before the court.
Wednesday items cover Bisbee visits and business, ranch plans near town, and a murder case lineup in Cochise County court. Officials report county finances, with treasury balance, warrants, and department earnings. sheriff investigations into northern county conditions and governor’s border safety coordination amid no current disturbances.
March 14 Tucson report states Catholic priests and clergy of all denominations may ship wine for sacramental use without prosecution after a U S district court official declined to prosecute Thomas Connolly who brought wine into Arizona. Attorney General Wiley Jones said he never threatened to prosecute sacral wine importers.
Advertisement warns against catarrh remedies containing mercury and promotes a nostrum sold by Cheney & Co in Ohio. It claims internal use cures mucous ailments, promising blood purification and system-wide benefits, with price listed per bottle.
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