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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1895
Page
2
A fragmentary page notes an epitaph published weekly, discusses electricity water definitions, navy draft contracts, and regional fortunes. It contrasts California gains, Mexican rail receiverships, Japan’s factory growth, and gold standard implications for wealth and money.
A wide, compiled slice of late 19th century notices reports maritime mishaps with the steamer Rosedale striking a fog bank four miles above Shawneetown. It notes cargo value and prior incidents involving the vessel’s owner Audante. Also includes criminal confessions in Nevada County, an $11,000 stolen money reveal tied to a train robbery near Swingle Station, and a questionable Minneapolis murder link facing Parker Pearson Valentine. In California, Theodore Durrant’s alibi faces fresh scrutiny as judge Groesinger doubts earlier corroboration.
Bisbee Sunbeams notes households and residents with arrivals leaving for Tombstone and local business activity. Mentions Joe Beebe rehabbing a Debacher block property into a dry goods store, an engineer improving his residence, and Con Sullivan adding a gas line work at his home. Reports on marriages, licenses, local trades, and legal matters including bail and a theft case.
The Cochise County board meets to approve minutes, issue warrants for indigent aid, and set a territorial tax levy totaling 72 cents per $100, allocating funds to general, asylum, university, reform, normal, and other territorial needs. The session also notes hospital vault work proposals and local court actions, with remarks on recent marriages and local travel.
Mr Win Harper and the prospectors in the Gobi district near Fasssbure and Pearerville report progress on a new well. A damaged section delayed work but crews expect completion in 10 to 12 days if power machines operate. Water is believed close, with tunneling and a larger drill easing the task. The projectors hope the undertaking yields promising results for the district. Simmons Liver Regulator is advertised and praised as a standard medicine in the same column.
A garbled prospecting summary touts Cachixe County as a vast frontier region in a U S territory border area between Mexico and the United States. It claims cool nights, extensive railroads, abundant water, three wide valleys, rich mineral belts, timbered mountains, and large coal fields with future railroad expansion. It promotes mining farming and stockraising with 10 000 families urged to settle and work under government lands for development.
Men’s white laundered dress shirts with muslin bosoms reinforced sold at 72 cents. Suspenders with wire buckles and reinforced drawers offered at a low price. Listed by WEINSTOCK, LUMIN 400 at Sacramento Cal, with postage details provided.
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