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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1919
Page
8
A cluttered list of visitors and locals from Tombstone, Bisbee, and nearby towns includes former deputy sheriffs, ranchers, road boosters, and soldiers. Mentions of town meetings, road work, Cinco de Mayo celebrations, and upcoming moves or travels appear among names like Springer, Bowen, Abbott, Scheerer, and Morgan, with notes on a guard of the Tenth Cavalry en route.
Judge Alfred Lockwood bought a Dodge touring car from Tombstone Garage in town from Gleeson. Deputies and visitors including Billy Bennett of Benson and Tom Lannon were noted in Tombstone as growth in population and business continued. A young auto thief from Benson confessed to stealing an Overland from Tombstone and was being held for preliminary hearing in Bisbee.
Thursday notes bring Special Offeer Harry C Wheeler visiting from Douglas, jury duties for Wm Treay Jr, water-cut incidents at Hua chuca cemetery, funeral in Benson for Roy Fourr, band concert at Fort Huachuca, Young Adams returning from France, and a Tombstone marriage uniting John C Maragos of Douglas and Miss Tree Hanson of Alton Illinois.
Friday tally from Tombstone reports Mrs A Klaw visited Mona and city friends. Workers finished border blocks and Charleston road work. Mrs Williams from Bisbee arrives for several days, Phoenix home. Electric plant installed. wiring pending. A dilapidated Buchanan barn is torn down for town improvement. Minne Reasonover to open a first class restaurant soon. Clean up day set for May 13. Dr Hughart and councilmen survey sanitation. City will provide disposal at no charge. owners to clean all cesspools and outhouses.
Prom Saturday's Daily reports a three day stay in the Huachucas and a Cochise Dragoon road project kickoff. County Engineer Smythe returns with plans to mobilize crews, equipment, and funds once bond money is available, targeting July 1 for road construction across the county. Marriage licenses issued to residents of Douglas, Bisbee, and Lowell, listing multiple couples and their local origins.
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