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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1915
Page
7
In a Confederate cemetery a young girl places a flag on a Yankee soldier’s grave sparking a change in mourners’ customs. The widow later brings a Stars and Stripes, and a shift toward honoring former foes reflects healing bitterness as veterans’ processions and memories endure.
Hilma, a young Swedish girl living in exile, spends Memorial Day seeking a distant, quiet grave to honor a lost love and her past. She endures crowded streets, a sleepless ride, and a closer look at her loneliness as she places a lilac sprig on a solitary grave, hoping for understanding from Mrs Winthrop.
A Civil War reminiscence recalls May 30 1862 the Union capture of Corinth Mississippi and Beauregard’s retreat. Halleck Sherman and scouts observed the thrusts and the Lookout Tree while the South faced Union control of the Mississippi valley and Memphis fall a week later. The piece notes northern rejoicing and southern gloom with the enduring confidence in Lee’s army defending Richmond.
Col. David J. Palmer, now commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, will head a review of old comrades during the G. A. R. national encampment in Washington next September. His Twenty-fifth Iowa regiment led a parade before President Johnson in 1865 on Pennsylvania Avenue. Palmer, who survived being left on the field after Shiloh, rode again amid the semicentennial events expected to be a highlight of the year.
An elegiac note honors old soldiers as they fade from public view. It lauds their inspirational service to a people who have long admired and depended on them, urging continued affection and remembrance for their sacrifices and lasting impact.
Memorial Day emerged from Union and Confederate graveside rites. Gen. Logan formalized the 1868 observance after Civil War ceremonies inspired by Southern practices. Early tributes began in 1863 with Confederate graves in Richmond and spread with women in Columbus Mississippi aiding cross remembrance.
In Prescott the Black Chief Copper Company opens ground with vigor as plans for ore reduction plants advance at Warret. The New Cornelia mine's railroad to connect to the outside world is planned amid 4,000,000 tons of ore sight. Huntetown placer work to cost 300,000 dollars, Elizabethtown planners target extensive placer operations, and a rich Animas placer strike yields two dollars per pan. Oil drilling resumes at Arteate, with 900 feet reached and producer potential. Denver financier Henry Ro Oliver backs Dayton oil land development near Eddy County. Chino Copper inspected by officials. Basin and Greybull fields grow, Torchlight Dome and Lamb anticlines noted. Isabella Mines prints heavy night shifts at Cripple Creek as April ore shipments rise 41 percent vs 1912. Atlas flotation advances with State Mine Commission. Rico Consolidated resumes shipments. Windleater leads Cripple Creek in daily value. Margand Leasing explores Mary McKinney ground. Creson ore ships to Golden Cycle. Isabella Mines reports first-quarter gains of over 111 thousand dollars. California dredging for gold may exceed prior years, boosting Colorado output.
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