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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1907
Page
3
Minutes show expenditures and adjustments for Cochise County Arizona including Benson jail repairs, Lowell cut damages claims, interpreters bills, inquest and coroner fees, and disallowed demands. Entries list individuals such as Hugh Brophy Ernest Garcia and J O Maldonado, with various charges pending correction or refund requests and tax rebates.
Historical county board notes from Naco to Tombstone detailing tax refunds, lease approvals, school land leases, bond sales to Martin Costello for district 23 at $5163, and adjournment to November 19 1907 with bids and municipal actions across Bisbee Douglas Dragoon and Tombstone jurisdictions.
President JM Ormady of the Arizona Bankers association in Tucson directed Secretary Morris Goldwater of Prescott to notify members that the annual convention scheduled for Bieber on November 23 is postponed indefinitely due to bankers inability to leave their business. The event likely will be held later at Bieber once cash conditions improve.
Charles Bane Starr and John Jones, miners from this city, launch a winter journey downstream from El Pato to the river mouth in three ten foot boats built at Burton Lingo yard. Each boat carries 200 pounds, draws six inches, and aims to traverse shallow channels and rapids with ample provisions.
About eighty U S soldiers and a band of renegade Navajo Indians from New Mexico and Arizona clashed in southern Utah several days ago. Three Indians were killed and one wounded. The troops involved were from Fort Wingate.
Notice for the Phoenix and Eastern Railroad Company annual stockholders meeting in Prescott Arizona to elect a board of directors for the coming year and to handle other business. Stock transfer books close November 5 and reopen December 5. Dated October 2 1907 at Prescott Arizona secretary Chas E Walker.
The article recounts Geneve Mayfield a Kentucky girl who married Joe Mayfield in 1905 and soon faded into hardship. It describes her decline into morphine addiction and life among dissipation in the Tombstone area, with Judge Daniel McFarland presiding over a sorrowful inquest. Her death left grieving Kentucky parents and siblings, a cautionary tale of ruin from a troubled union.
Globe reports Gov. Kibbey and state board of control say funds are ready to begin construction of a new territorial penitentiary immediately after the holidays. Repair work on the old river bridge at Florence, previously funded at 19000, will also proceed at once.
An advertisement claims deafness from catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It explains deafness results from inflammation and blockage of the Eustachian tube, worsened by catarrh, and offers $100 for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure, with a free circular upon request.
Local notices from Tombstone recount arrivals such as Mesore and Bowden for the Territorial Fair, Rev Addis Albro and bride’s move to Tombstone, and various visits including M.D. Scribner and E. J. Bathken. Reports cover smelter rumors, social events at Gage Hall, a Lowell assault on Justice Grier, and Bisbee mining layoffs.
Reports say the Groene Cananes mines at Cananea will shut briefly as a first step in reorganizing the company to lower copper production costs. Directors met in New York. the stoppage is not expected to last long and plans for the future are under discussion.
Wantel offers guidance to either woman or man on earning money during spare time without renting out your home. For details send a mail to Arexs Box 2157 Biebeo Ariz w013-3.
Reliable assay advertisement from Denver Colorado offers to buy placer gold retorte and rich ores by mail. Lists pricing for gold 49 cents silver 1.00 lead 75 cents and gold silver copper at 1.50. Provides free mailing envelopes and price list with address 1538 Court Place Denver.
Bisbee Elks Lodge No 671 will hold its annual Memorial Service at the new Orpheum Theater on the first Sunday in December. The program includes previous Elks memories, a solo by Jack Coy, and an oration by a renowned speaker. Open to outsiders, with a special rail fare of one and a half for round trip.
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