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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1918
Page
4
A short, rambling plea extols thrift stamps and Baby Bonds as safe investments. It argues that money is just a certificate of indebtedness and urges citizens, including a hypothetical Johnnie, to purchase thrift stamps to secure future needs. The piece uses a declamatory, lecturing tone about financial prudence.
Government urges public to invest in War Savings Stamps with 4 percent annual interest, redeemable anytime with 3 percent less if cashed early, promising safe, easy returns and urging thrift to rebuild a nation after wartime destruction. The pitch extols no red tape and simple commitment to bolster national effort.
About a week ago an I W W was arrested at Cottonwood in Yavapai county for interfering with the Liberty Loan. The defender, attorney James Loy, told the court that the loan was merely individual opinion and unworthy of patronage. The Kingman Miner condemns Loy as unworthy of citizenship.
Washington May 20 Pres Wilson issues proclamation setting June 5 as new eligibles registration date under wartime act. All men 21 since June 4 1917 must register with local boards with exemptions for military service and certain students. Offices open 7 to 4 on June 5. Penalty includes misdemeanor and possible induction.
After three months of effort to name Tucson as a wheat terminal for Arizona farmers, J. H. Barnes of the Grain Corporation rejected the move. He argues it would disrupt the national price control plan. The article notes a Navy steam engineering department recruitment push for senior-level foremen and staff.
Report from Douglas dated May describes Yaqui forces about 150 braves ambushing and wiping out a detachment of 100 Mexican soldiers near Moyas, with Yaquis fleeing to the mountains. General Calles planned a campaign finish before summer heat, but progress stalled as heat hinders soldiers.
Eugene Shaw a former Pima county draft board clerk was arraigned before U S Commissioner E F Jones on charges of taking a false affidavit claiming dependency as the wife of registrant Henry Pacheco son of a former sheriff Shaw resigned his clerkship and became a notary to aid dependents in claims He was held on a $1000 bond for examination.
Dan Hanley 67, longtime pioneer and builder in the Arizona Southwest, died at 8:25 p.m. after several days illness at Calumet & Arizona hospital. Funeral Sunday with interment in Evergreen Cemetery. Survived by widow, three daughters, two sons, one in France, another in Los Angeles, others in Bisbee. He lived in Tombstone during boom days and later moved between Tombstone and Bisbee.
Deputy Sheriff Percy Bowden arrested J B Merk before ten in Douglas on a liquor transport charge. Merk, spotted near G Avenue between Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets, carried a sack of whiskey. Bowden pursued him inside a dark room where he grabbed Merk in an embrace and read him his rights.
May 22 1928 Reuters report notes copper price controls may extend 73 days from June 1 and that Arizona copper miners press Secretary Wilson for a $1 per day wage rise, arguing higher wages depend on adjusted copper prices. amid land office notices in Phoenix about school indemnity land selections and selections for Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges with protests possible during five weeks.
Geo F Staniford of the Pacific Coast Fire Association and Philadelphia Underwriters surveyed local risks in Tombstone with Fowler Brothers. He revisited 1882 events when a major blaze destroyed the business district and shared stories of early Tombstone, the Wright-Earp feud, Bird Cage, Crystal Palace ambling house, and mining camps. Flood warnings extend from Topock to Parker, Ariz, per government forecaster.
An old advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cures not helped by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites F J Cheney and Co and a Topeka location, with unclear, partially corrupted testimonial text asserting Cheney’s honorable business practices.
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