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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1911
Page
2
Recent rains favor dry farmers with 160 acres of winter wheat in Tombstone. Rich ore strikes in the Tombstone district promise a bright future. The Roosevelt bird visited Tombstone on March 16, signaling a notable local event.
A historic site at Tombe Stone draws attention for its enduring significance in a small town. Local historians note its preservation value and ties to regional heritage, highlighting ongoing community interest and potential interpretive efforts.
The piece notes lovers in Chicago awaiting May warmth for strolls in parks while Tombstone couples can walk any time of year.
Editor White of the Paradise Record suspends publication and relocates the plant 24 miles to the new Cochise oil metropolis. He plans to launch the San Simon Light, with White described as a capable writer and a sought figure in Cochise County.
The El Paso and Southwestern engineering corps chief K H Jones was summoned to New York to confer with company heads after surveying a Tucson line. The Benson Press notes an excellent route with a one percent grade, lighter than the Southern Pacific, and curves not exceeding three degrees. The line crosses the Southern Pacific lines twice, at mile posts near Meesesl and four miles west of Vail, with the second crossing about 60 feet above the tracks and not interrupting traffic.
A report sparked city interest over a Mexican soldier reportedly kidnapped after crossing the line. Rumors claimed he was dragged across and shot. In fact the soldier, drunk on this side, was taken to Mexico by friends and later found asleep there when Americans were invited to identify him.
A long list of Arizona notes reports land purchases by the Math brothers in Williamson valley for 16000 dollars, a Prescott insanity exam of Charles Bristow, Bowie water prospecting, film interest in Prescott, a Phoenix murder fatality at Grand Canyon, and multiple local incidents. Also notes deaths in Yuma and Douglas, a garrison order to Fort Sam Houston, railway and smelter plans, and various civic updates across Verde Valley, Yuma, and Phoenix.
Mise Grace Hill led a well attended Saturday event with new games and refreshments enjoyed by all. Notable locals include John McLean and Janet Sanders family, Court Reporter J W Walker heading to Tucson, Gus Baron en route to Hereford and Huschas Mines, and Aire George Giragi visiting from Douglas.
Sermons by Rev H A Deck on The Triumph of Earnestness and A Stormy Night drew large crowds. Christian Endeavor discussed The Use of Money with Miss Z Artell leading. Temperance lesson at Sunday school noted trading in valuables. Rev Trevor Urton preached, altar service deemed beneficial. Father Emile Barrett announced upcoming services.
A fragment notes that after Sunday morning, only one mate remains on the Viet at a specific clock time. Readable details are limited but indicate a lone survivor or partner in an event set for Sunday morning.
General Luis Torres held a long conference with Don O'Keefe on Nigales Thursday night. Torres received six telegrams and acknowledged insurgent forces now number about 2000 in arms nationwide. He said Mexican sympathy runs strongly in favor of the reformers.
In Phoenix on March 20 Colonel Roosevelt visits city hall Tempe Normal and Central boot in motor tours through Mesa Tempe and Glendale crowds cheer statehood calls Roosevelt greets thousands amid a packed schedule including a Ford hotel luncheon and a St. Luke's Home dedication before Roosevelt and party head to Los Angeles.
President FM Murphy of the T. C. M. Co. will travel from Chicago to Prescott for meetings on the 25th and arrive in Tombstone by Tuesday next for a directors session. Deliberations aim to reorganize and restart mine work to reveal the ore treasure beneath the watery barrier and protect local interests. H. S. Huse of the Development Company of America is also en route to Tombstone to join the meeting and inspect the station.
Information reached Railway Holding Company members that the Postal Telegraph plans to extend its line into Tucson establish offices there and operate in competition with Western Union Telegraph Company. The announcement signals potential expansion and rivalry in regional telegraph services.
In a fragmented note, the El Paso and Southwestern railroad anticipates extending to Lus a once the railhead is secured at Benson. The Postal Telegraph company aligns with the railroad project, signaling coordinated efforts to advance the line as a key town asset and growth catalyst.
Secretary Gaines of the Cochise County Taxpayer Association releases a cost sheet comparing Cochise and Maricopa counties. Excluding school costs, Cochise total is 291 4845 against Maricopa 216 09, with Cochise hospital cost 40 135 and Maricopa bridge cost 52 200.
A newspaper editor penned a romantic line about the belle of the ball but a compositor altered it to sound crude. The piece describes dainty feet in shore or ferry imagery, producing a humorous misprint about dirty feet and shoes.
A country editor died suddenly and his relatives asked for a wreath with a ribbon bearing the inscription Rest in Peace on Both Gnd if There is Room We Shall Meet in Heaven. The undertaker was away, and his new assistant delivered the striking floral piece.
A Douglas report notes a rising number of pneumonia cases this season. Physicians urge vigilance and careful self care when symptoms resemble a cold to prevent spread and complications.
A dispatch notes fourteen automobiles broke down along the Mesa to Roosevelt route. It reports that thirty or more distinguished people are explaining how it occurred and what followed.
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