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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1911
Page
3
Multiple property transfers and mortgage actions listed for Douglas and Bisbee areas, including Janet J. Overlook to Bank of Douglas and various furniture and business chattel liens. Documents show mortgages, deed transfers, satisfactions, and notices of intention to sell with names such as Albert Heffern, Manuel Lopes, and Mary Wright among others.
Brigadier General A C Hoyer of Arabiem California arrives in Phoenix to organize uniform rank companies of the Knights of Pythias in towns including Mesa Tempe Proctor Tucson Globe and possibly Bube and Douglas. He will install new companies in each location during the tour.
Legal debate centers on whether election day was a holiday with Attorney General Wright ruling it is not a holiday. Clerk Beroer notes that holidays apply only to general elections and the primary clears the way for proceeding. Despite late opinion from the solicitor general, offices and public places opened and the primary election proceeded without hindrance or harm from the legal tangle.
Tuesday’s Tombstone brief notes accompan ied by mother arriving from Chicago to reside here after routing Bowman residence on Safford street. Local church and social event notices, district court recess, grand jury to convene October 30, and various county residents voting and traveling for the primary election.
Readable fragments detail several Arizona summits with altitudes, naming peaks such as San Francisco 12 061 feet and Mt Graham 10 516. Other entries appear garbled with multiple misspellings and inconsistent figures, showing a partial mountain altitude tally.
Washington astronomers urge observers to track Venus over the next three days as the planet reaches its greatest brilliancy. Reports note the 9:10 am July 24 sighting and widespread public interest fueled by faulty rumors and superstition across the United States.
Robert W Parker notes seven miles from Pearce a patch of one sixth acre can produce five to seven thousand pounds of cabbage with irrigation via bore power. Frost touched tomato and sorghum across the valley while Francis Kerby praises the Gila Valley for fruit and farming exhibits edited by JR Bleck. A Business Men's Club dance drew forty attendees and a Franklin car axle break disrupted travel near Courtland. Basie Cabell and Mary Keies visit Cochise Stronghold as mining officials sample Martis Costello properties for patent work. A burglary near 8 W Parrots' house led to loss of $15 and trinkets with a suspect yet to be identified.
A report from Short, former Tucson deputy sheriff now La Gear manager near the Mexican line, describes two American cowboys in a border town spreading a warning of Magonistas. The supposed band caused panicked evacuations before it was revealed as a false alarm. both cowboys were jailed for incitement.
The big circus and menagerie drew large crowds for two performances, with a pleased audience praising the show as a real merit spectacle. The troupe announced more tents and a return visit to the city of Wil Jame, anticipating thousands awaiting their next appearance in Lomtatone on November 7th.
The clipping lists state and local officials and candidates from a Tombstone election segment including United States Senator Henry F Ashuret Eugene Ives and M Ling, various state judges and officers, and notes about voter selections. It notes high costs of battleships and remarks on aging leaders, plus a forecast of Arizona primary outcomes and a call to vote for the best man on your ticket.
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