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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1914
Page
2
One year six months and single copies priced with numbers and publishers listed. Reads like ad text from a historic Tombstone Epitaph page noting Girard Brothers as publishers and subscription pricing.
The Pearce Gleeson column reports a busy period with the valley Sunday Schools convention at West Wells, funeral planning for Allen English Jr. in Douglas, and bids for a four room school building. It notes visits by Prof J A Rockfellow, cattleman WA Fiege, and several Gleeson residents to Tombstone for a Masonic event. The piece mentions ongoing mining and ranch activity, local travel to the county seat, and a local employment notice for standard medicines distribution.
News from Washington reports Omaha Structure Steel Works of Omaha Neb was awarded the contract for two bridges over the Gila River on the San Carlos reservation. The bid totals $35 000. The victory follows state level dispute over construction and funding.
A Tucson man, Skinner, a dishwasher at Barnes restaurant, was struck and rendered unconscious by Deputy Sheriff Charles Huse on telegraphic advice from Phoenix. He had recently arrived in Tucson and secured work before being charged with grand larceny.
A brief discussion outlines voter eligibility for women: citizenship, literacy in English, and marital status. It notes that a married citizen loses voting rights while married but regains them after divorce, while foreign women who marry a citizen become naturalized. The California court ruling is cited to explain citizenship changes on divorce.
Rev G L Horene of the Congregational church united J W Clark and Ethel May Evens in marriage today in the county seat. The couple, from Longmont, will reside in Douglas after a celebratory visit to the historic city. Best wishes are sent for a lifelong union.
Col Bill Hattich arrives in Tombstone from City Result Tacoon and is to call the city home. The piece teases a change in his bachelor reputation as he “gets spruced up” and hints at a city girl’s vigilance while joking about potential trouble with a Tucson link.
Porter McDonald, livestock inspector for the southern district, reports about 4200 head of cattle shipped from Hereford stations to the United States. Greene Cattle Company and Bequilias Land & Cattle Company split the stock with shipments to Peover and Bakerabeld Cai. Cattle praised as in excellent condition, yearlings fetching 20 to 37 dollars off the ships, marking a large movement expected to continue as cooler conditions persist.
At a creditors meeting in Tombstone the Consolidated Mires bankruptcy case moved toward selling its properties en masse under Referee McFarland. The Copper Queen Co. of Bieber and other firms may bid, aiming to reopen workings and revive local employment after years of idleness. The case history spans rulings from state to US Supreme Court, affirming the referee and paving a likely sale next month.
Court cases filed include numerous divorces and debts such as Happer v Happe Jobown v Joboun and others with judgments and dissolutions. Estates matters cover letters of administration notices final acts distribution estate guardianships administrators and creditors publication notices through multiple names including Flanigan Stafford Guzman Guerra and English with orders for guardianship and settlement.
The board of supervisors of Curbiee County will convene at 10 o'clock on June 1 to act as a board of equalization and will remain in session from then.
A fragmented old advertisement offers one hundred dollars to ward off a claim of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes a testimonial praising C. J. Cheney for 18 years and lists Wwarpine Kursam and Manvix as wholesale druggists in Toledo. It notes price per bottle and availability from all druggists.
Assessor EB A Hughes delivered the 1914 assessment rolls to Clerk Kerger of the board of supervisors. The rolls are open for inspection at the board’s office in the court house.
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