29 Mar 1890
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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1890
Page
1
Publication notice for the Tombstone Epitaph every Saturday by Meek & Madero on Pourty Street between Frew and Allen. One year subscription and carrier delivery details appear, with a classified notice style and partial OCR garble.
A fragmented directory lists numerous officials and offices including Supreme Court Chief Justice James Wright and Justices, U S district and land office staff, customs officers for Tucson and Nogales, county supervisors, treasurer, recorder, and clerks. It contains notices for public land filings in Tucson Arizona with Homestead Applications and witness lists, dates in March 1890, and signatures of the Brown register.
Notice from Tucon Arizona March 8 1890 that Wilh ohws ryen of Beas p Arizona has filed for final proof for SW of Tp 17% Kaok with witnesses H Gerwein Justin N Gray G W Byim and Welam Callahan all of Benson Arizona. Proof to be made before the Register at Tucson April 24 1890. Also note publication from Lug On Arizona February 13 1890 by John Jtteffiker for Petin No 528 for the ipig SR with final proof set for July 2890 at Tres Alamos with witnesses W Colkins W Skinve Jr John Alen and T J White. Includes proposals by Transportation Department and other scattered notices.
Officials in Los Angeles California invite sealed proposals for fuel forage and provisions for military posts across multiple western stations. Bids due April 22 1880. Preference given to domestic production and Pacific Coast manufacture with price and quality considerations.
A heavily garbled 1890 lottery advertisement details a grand prize of 60,000 dollars with numerous prize tiers, ticket prices, and agent solicitations. It promotes safety of drawings, mentions the Juarez lotteries in Mexico, and lists contact points in Montana and Helena for ticket sales and remittances.
The Territory of Arizona issues a summons to Belle McLeod in Cochise County. The plaintiff John S. McLeod seeks a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony. Defendants must answer within ten days after service or twenty days if served outside the county, or judgment by default may be entered. The document bears the court seal and date March 1890.
Tombstone city announces a one hundred dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of anyone tampering with the water works mains. The notice frames the action as a matter of public safety under city authority amid a broader page filled with unrelated ad text and garbled medical product lines.
The April 12 1877 gale off Cape Fear wrecked ships including the Mary K Sprunt and the Uriah Timmons. Pilot crew of five perished on the Sprunt while Joe Arnold, a young deckhand, crawled along the bowsprit to cut the Timmons free from a ripping jibstay. His feat saved the ship and crew as night fell and the storm abated with dawn revealing a battered but afloat vessel.
An opaque, fragmented text reflecting on moments of choice that ruin lifelong virtue. Phrases suggest regret, urgency, and the danger of neglecting opportunities for good. The garbled lines evoke a poetical aside about heedless passion and lost chances.
A young New York couple, Celestine Orman and Ernest Vance, navigate class barriers as Orman’s bank fails. Celestine refuses a rich suitor for love, while Ernest vows to gain fortune in the West and return in five years. Years pass, debt mounts, then a dramatic reunion confirms enduring love and renewed hope. Celestine’s family endures poverty. Ernest returns to claim his pledge, inspiring a hopeful future before the couple must confront a new life together.
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