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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1914
Page
2
The Tombstone Epitaph announces weekly publication by Giragi Brothers with subscription rates of 34 dollars per year and 50 cents per issue. The Gumacs editor note indicates an expiration date February 23, 1926.
Pearce residents are noted for jury duty with names listed among the Pearcites. A Gleeson platoon guards the Mexican situation as war impacts camp populations. Forest Ranger Jones visits, affecting mining, milling labor. Local officials Hicks, Pearce, Pemberthy, Fuller, and Rockfellow are mentioned along with family travels and visits to Tombstone and Tucson.
Rafael Brito a Mexican musician fell from an upper story at Herron hall Courtland injuring himself. Willard Whitt reportedly critically injured in Bisbee automobile crash. Sheriff Wheeler and Deputy Bowden head to Johnson Camp amid reports of 200 armed Mexicans. Mrs Coles family visit Tombstone with daughter Mrs L M Brown. Taylor travels to the county seat and back. J E Pemberthy to Pearce for several days. Soldiers depart for Fort Huacheca en route to border patrol. Tom Cowen visits Rossen. Constable Lare Gibson visits county seat. Tom Lannon to Tombstone by Ford. John Gleeson in Tombstone on business. Assistant County Attorney Alexander Murry and officials proceed to Mrs W Olds preliminary hearing for husband’s death. Rodger Saunders and family drive to county seat in Buick.
Papago and Pima Todians may join a U S regiment of scouts and native soldiers to precede the army into Mexico. Tucson-area Indians are eager to enlist, will be formed into mounted units, and mobilized for service.
Advertisement offers $15 weekly expenses to begin selling, seeks men to take orders from cigarette dealers in New York NY. Prior sales experience preferred. commission and full details provided upon contact.
Three young men William Weisel J Grant and P Conover escaped injury when their buggy was struck by a trolley car near Tueves and overturned. Frank Allen a city dope fiend attempted chloroform poisoning after morphine pleas. Judge Cowan ordered release of Alles from jail amid concerns over potential danger to inmates.
Federal Judge Sawtelle approves the United States plan to build a 20 mile right of way along a levee south of Yuma for rip rap work and later a common carrier, with County landowners Althee and Elise Dafane disputing the eminent domain action. Assistant U S Attorney Wiley Jones leads the government case.
Local reports describe a dynamite scare at Gleeson as a hoax. John Gleeson from the camp explains the device was a burned-out fuse placed in a cap to provoke agitation between races. He suspects agitators and notes related comments about Bisbee figures.
Tombstone residents recall a five year old Federal Court trial involving Antonio Villa real a defendant in the famed case. He served about 18 months in Yume then returned to Mexico and later joined the forces of Madero becoming a governor in Nuevo Leon and is said to be in Monterey at this time.
A vintage testimonial advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for cures. Schone is vouched for as honest by Wario Konan Mannix, wholesale druggists in Toledo, with claims the remedy acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. Price listed as per bottle.
A list of April dates tied to U S conflicts includes the War of Independence April 19 1775 the Black Hawk War April 21 1831 the Mexican War April 24 1846 the Civil War April 13 1861 and the Spanish American War April 21 1898. A reference to the Huerta era mentions April 1914.
Yesterday afternoon a man found dead by his own hand in the engine ram of the Tribute shaft. A recently fired bullet lay near the body, which was discovered by Mexican boys who alerted officers. The victim, a stranger about ten days in the facility, had no identification but a Cripple Creek booklet and a grip with clothing. The body was buried in the city cemetery after officers sought information.
Fragmentary text mentions pigs, disposal, and various unread terms. The readable parts reference feeding or keeping animals and an unclear disposal action. No clear event, date, or identifiable entities emerge from the damaged excerpt.
State Senator Fred Weerrel of Yows County died this morning in Colton California at 1:89 from heart failure. Funeral will be held there Wednesday. Weerrel, born in Measiacippi, graduated from Placerville Academy and moved to Arizona in 1891 to engage in orange work. He married Mary A Pottijohn in 1895 and held many trusted offices in Yous county before his senate election.
Classified notice seeks a copper line or lead prospect from a buyer in New York or Los Angeles. The Duke Advertising Agency lists contact addresses at 4338 Mate &t. in Los Angeles and 12Geary 64 in Ben Francisco.
Court actions listed include suit numbers 715 M Barleie et al for damages to 29 dollars judgment. divorces for Beatrice Williams and Mary Rendall. judgments to quiet title. sanctions. damages actions against Copper Co. probate of Harris minor guardianship. real estate orders. notices to creditors. sale of personal property. guardianship settlements. probate of wills and guardians authorized to accept benefits.
county boards of supervisors may let road contracts under 1913 civil code powers. Attorney General GP Bollard opinion states boards may construct highways by either force account or contract and that road superintendents enforce laws. The ruling settles disputes about who controls highway construction and oversight.
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