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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1897
Page
2
A garbled 19th century digest mentions a California paper Moon, editors in rivalry, and Senator Quay. It covers Mississippi flood damage, California and Arizona papers, Ada Byrd elopement, Santa Fe Gulf sale impact on tobacco imports, Pacific Mail steamship plans, and F. A. Havemyer death from a Roman Catholic burial. It critiques Weyler’s war tactics in Cuba, hunger, and public indifference, ending with US tariff reform concerns.
The Bisbee Lyre column is lampooned for focusing on gambling notes and town rumors while praising legitimate items. It cites Herbert Drachman, Hughes, Al Watkins, and P J Murphy traveling to Tucson Tombstone and Flagstaff for visits and new positions, noting local reactions and calling for better journalism.
April reports from Birrie note Mrs A A Castenata visiting Benson while Sam High and T C Amsden depart for Morenci to manage the plant. Copper Queen Company plans a 200 ton matte shipment with monthly similar consignments for the next six months alongside regular bullion output.
A Tucson column denounces the Daily Lyre and its advertisers as a sham and favors local merchants. The writer condemns the paper for seizing front page space with ads and low quality notices by visiting drummers, arguing it harms local business and misleads readers. The piece accuses the Lyre of fabrications and insinuations while defending hometown commerce.
J A Dubbs, chairman of the board of a Pilesburg based company, moves to operate sulfur mines in lower California. General Manager E L Devore arrived Wednesday to plan work next week, then traveled to Ventura where mine operations lie. Culver to be quarried and shipped here then by train to Ventura. Devore to return to Yuma to set village headquarters.
The Eddy factory season closed with several thousand pounds of eea sown and 14 000 tons of beets harvested from about 1200 acres at $22 per acre. At $4.50 per ton, farmers earned roughly $63 000. The plant shipped 130 car loads of sugar, with a 200 ton daily capacity capable of supplying 70 000 people in Pecos New Mexico Valley News.
A rambling report discusses grub staking by prospectors near Prescott, questioning ethics and outcomes. It also covers the death of Joseph Ciscado in Hollister after an apparent curse and a murder case against Assoury. and notes on Whit Whipple era telegraph lines, local mining ventures, and a courthouse crowd reacting to a violent death.
The southern part of Arizona shows a mining boom with rich gold discoveries and new copper finds in Yuma, Pima, and Cochise counties. Monthly gold output surpassed one million dollars and copper output exceeds eleven million pounds, spurring widespread prospecting for copper.
Mike Cunningham visits Globe and plans to return to Lues tomorrow evening. MITTAL A. Pasgreria of Hermosillo will drive cattle to Kansas City. the cattle are contracted for. Mr Charles Temple and two children visit Bieber relatives. Mrs Temple travels to Deming to join her husband with the Southern Pacific. Worden will take charge at the Jepper Queen store tomorrow and many friends wish for a speedy return. The piece notes cattle yard scenes and critiques the Wild unmanageable stock as part of the mining camp chatter.
A quirky account describes ostrich development from egg to fledgling, noting maternal influence on hatching, yolk nourishment through the first days, and a shift to omnivorous feeding. It details gravel intake, alfalfa training, and a diploma awarded for dietary adaptation, estimating the year’s flock size around sixty birds.
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