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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1913
Page
2
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Pearce trustees receive a carload of seats as overcrowding prompts use of a vacant Main Street building for primary grades. Mining figures NE Hawke visits to assess properties while TF Carr and Jas Barrett sink a shaft. Rumors swirl of a new bank financed by locals to aid Pearce and nearby farmers.
Mrs T T Davidson of Tucson confronted a prowling burglar who turned out to be a real skunk. She bravely entered armed with sniffe and shot the intruder through the bed twice as he attempted to flee. The incident colors a series of Arizona notes from the state capital to Tucson headlines.
Phoenix man inventor ET Collings reported a patent office notice yesterday approving his patent for a cultivator tooth. He applied two years ago after a contested application and expects the invention to be important. The Collings tooth, used with Harrows, outperforms the old flat spring tooth in durability and cutting ability.
The Monday session filled with juries and sentences. Louis Nelson was sentenced to death for murder after a lengthy trial and a prior rape verdict for Eduardo Vaughn, both cases heard by Judge Lockwood. Probate business dominated morning by late afternoon.
A letter to B L Gravee from Mr and Mrs W E Kimesy says Vice President Thomas R Marehill will visit the Salt River valley for seven weeks ending in late November. The Kimesys, residents of Pleasant Lake Indiana, host the couple in Scottedale and plan to meet them in Chicago as the Senate adjourns.
The colonist season begins as thousands from the eastern and central states travel to Arizona and the sun belt. The railroad boost is said to be the largest yet and expectations rise for more than sixty thousand travelers this fall with many diverting to this state. Most continue via the Salt Lake route or pass through Chicago.
An El Pat o and Southern railroad notice states the Los Angeles to Douglas sleeper will end with the last departure from Douglas on October 1. The Tucson to Douglas sleeper will resume October 2, attaching to the 3:50 am Tucson train and be available at 8:30 pm. Changes shift service back to Tucson and reflect reduced summer coast travel from Arizona.
International Phyto Geographic excursion members returning from the Catalinas tell D. D. MacDougal, director of the Carnegie Desert Botanical laboratory, that Schvaro forests are more wonderful than the large trees of California.
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