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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1918
Page
4
An editorial argues for creating legislative districts to allow voters to assess candidates by known qualities. It laments blind voting for unfamiliar candidates and notes the Borah era shift away from strong local nominees. The piece urges an intelligent electorate to embrace districting to improve candidate selection.
Arizona faces a September sugar allotment of 45 000 pounds amid population growth and seasonal canning needs. Washington bases allotments on census estimates, while county figures show higher current population, plus soldiers and border consumption count against Arizona's share. California gains 2.5 million pounds. officials urge no fruit waste and emphasize sugar will be available for legitimate needs.
The piece alleges Douglas uses greed and county aims to resist removal of aims, postponing streetcar lines, electric light, water mains, paving, and other public works during war. It cites a government capital issues committee letter to public utilities, noting plans to avoid franchise obligations and even halting theater and school build during the war.
The Daily International voices sympathy with Ian Yarnell in opposing Francis in the upcoming race. It commends Yarnell’s stance against the current administration’s alignment with President Wilson while criticizing Francis as ineffective and not wholly loyal to union labor.
A wartime pledge asserts support for liberty bonds and democracy. It emphasizes protecting innocent civilians, defending small nations, and opposing German domination. It reinforces that the US fights for justice and the rights of all peoples, with soldiers and sailors in France and at sea for a just cause.
Optimists and dreamers debate postwar food prices with claims of a farmer’s rising importance and the need for skilled labor. The Warren district praises road improvements by Vance Johnson and John Rock, noting Bisbee’s inadequate street paving and late enlistment consequences amid ongoing traffic.
A fragment notes a paved highway from Jolson tion to earharns in south Warren with praise for local overseers and merchants. It highlights daily traffic between depot and Shig Din Wilhart thes Wits, commending Johnsons for support and the new sidewalk entering Lewell Bishee Kesiew.
A polarized wartime meditation discusses conscription, American training, and German tactics while urging unity and resilience. It questions morale, praises new aircraft and universal military training, notes socialist tensions at home, and emphasizes books as moral armor amid ongoing battles in France and Europe.
The lone report lists two dead and eight wounded from yesterday’s fighting on the border. Names include Gaston Reidech and several others tied to the 7th Infantry and Tenth Cavalry, with next of kin and addresses across Illinois Ohio Missouri Michigan and more. A separate note from Williams Arizona reports protest against shipping new potatoes into the county before home crop exhaustion.
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