Tombstone Epitaph notes and colonial era tidbits
A jumble of column items from the Tombstone Epitaph era includes editor notes, a pay and service critique for War Department personnel, a claim about a flawless 34 carat coffee-brown diamond valued at 215000 to 350-04 dollars, and a British report on Jewish populations in colonies. It also cites a South African ordinance excluding Japanese and other Asians amid a multi-racial context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Montgomery
San Franco
Chas. M. Schwab
Transvaal
South Africa
Prince Haseba Warns Japan Wealth Risk
In Spokane, Prince Haseba of Japan cautions that prosperity threatens Japan by turning money into a god. She compares the impulse to maternal love that can drive harsh actions. A Spokane anecdote follows about a mother buying a new nurse for her crying baby and recalling a past nurse’s influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Haseba
Japan
Spokane
Washington
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Help For Digestive Ailments
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a non-alcoholic tonic that stimulates digestion and liver activity. It claims to cleanse poisons, improve stomach function, and relieve bilious symptoms by supporting digestion and nutrition with a proprietary herbal extract. The copy urges readers to avoid unknown substitutes and notes full ingredient disclosure on the bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Golden Medical
Nervous Neighbor Awakened by Midnight Shoe Noise
A man returning late to his hotel room kicked off one shoe, causing a clatter. He silently undressed and climbed into bed, only to be roused three hours later by his nervous light sleeper neighbor at the door demanding to know when the other shoe would be kicked off.
Emigrant Remittances Lift Sicilian Wages In Last Year
Last year 45,000 Sicilian emigrants left for the United States and many now send remittances home. The exodus pushed local labor wages up from 30 to 75 cents a day while highlighting the growing influence of the United States in world affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
United States
Public school principals seek living salaries
The speaker argues that school principals, like teachers, deserve salaries commensurate with ability, noting that many people share this view and that some school boards may resist the idea as new.
Early Rising Debate Echoes Classic Con Arguments
Scientists push for earlier rising while arguments for and against intensify. Dean Swift is cited as voicing strong opposition to waking early, claiming the world should be aired a bit first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Swift
Taft Sees Campaign Rivalry Over Party Candidates
In Columbus Mr. Taft links Mr. Ryan’s views to a belief they will be the two leading figures for the major parties in the next presidential race. The speech foreshadows a clash between Taft and the Nebraska man as standard bearers in for the coming campaign.
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Mr. Taft
Columbus
Ryan
Nebraska
Unclear excerpts show navy ranking and a grassyard riddle
A cryptic note mentions a Bluebook ranking the U S Navy second in fighting strength and Uncle Sam keeping the fleet in top shape. A dull man cuts grass with a hand sickle and a passer-by suggests using a scythe. He ponders aloud he has not twice as much to cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
United States
Sam
Meanest trick and wedding toast at old time tale
A Precott man tricks his wife by hiding coins while digging potatoes then naps. A wedding toast ends with the groom blurting out an awkward line as his bride looks on. Notes on 1898 immigrant arrivals and cabinet travel remarks add period color.
Hawaiian widows tattoo departed husbands' naves on tongues
In the Hawaiian Islands widows bear a cultural tattoo on their tongues to honor departed husbands by marking their naves, a practice reflecting mourning and memory in island communities.
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Hawaiian Islands
The Demented Track Walker in Southern Arizona
Charles E Drumgold known as Charley, a famed but deranged track walker along the Southern Pacific line from Colton to El Paso, traversed through Yusia last Friday night. Despite failing health and torn clothing, he continues to patrol the rails believing he is paid to watch for wrecks, accepting money from railroad workers as part of his supposed salary.
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Charles E. Drumgold
Tucson
Colton
el Paso
Enye
Ogilby
Desert
Atin
Bok
Henson
Deming
Gila Head
Lin
Oltva
Hin
Zarabia Kidnaping Report Reaches City of Mexico
Antonio Mara Mexican consul returns from Mexico City with a report on his role in the Zarabia kidnapping. Zarabia, linked to a revolutionary party in the United States, was arrested in July and then allegedly kidnapped across the line while confined in Douglas. Maza faces bond and grand jury action. Vice Consul Corona reports new transfer plans for Maza.
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Antonio Mara
Douglas
Mexico
Zarabia
Party of Revolutionise
United States
Conga Corona
Setig
Maza
Ruins Found In San Simon Valley By J P Sexton
J P Sexton spent ten days surveying near Apache and the E P rail line, noting numerous ancient settlements near mountains and canyon mouths. He found hundreds of building foundations, arrow heads, grinding stones, a large circular feature he suspects is a race track, and evidence of past cultivation in the San Simon valley.
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San Simon Yall
Apake J.P. Sexton
Thie Valley
Arizona
San Simon
Sutton
Apache Ation
Lead sources in U S refined lead production table
United States refined lead cannot be apportioned by ore source as smelters preserve source identity only to a limited extent. The table uses smelter figures for lead produced in the United States, noting Mississippi Valley lead as pix feed and lead from other known smelters. Canadian smelters report no net treatment of U S lead in 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mississippi Valley
Tombstone ex chief James Coyle noted in Tucsom story
The Tucsom Citizen recalls James Coyle former Tombstone police chief from the Earpe-Helian era. He arrived in Tucsom en route home from New Mexico where he did mining claims assessment work. Also noted is a planned fall visit by Portmaster General Hitchcock to Bisbee and copper prices holding above eighteen cents.
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Tombstone
Tucsom
James Coyle
Gila Bend
New Mexico
Coyle
Arizona
Earpes
Fol|lowers
Jim Coyle
Hitchcock
Bisbee
Favorite Prescription Promises Health To Women In Need
A historic ad style piece extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for female health. It claims to restore appetite relieve nervous tension and aid bearing down pains while promising relief from fatigue and enfeebled health. The text emphasizes non addiction and freedom from opiates.
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Pierce
Fragmented note on a constant sufferer and cryptic warnings
The readable lines describe a perplexing, possibly poetic lament about a steady pain or burden. Names, places, and clear events are elusive, leaving a fragmentary impression of distress and introspection.
Ranchers Pursuing Horse Thieves
Cochisel County Press reports from Huachuca Siding dated August 30 that eight saddle horses belonging to Henry Pyeatt were driven off near his ranch. A 4-person posse pursued them across the mountains toward the Mexican line, with no word yet from the riders as they had about six hours start. The thieves’ identities and origin remain unknown.
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Cochisel County
Huachuca Siding
Hhe Ranch
Henry Pyeatt
Annual stockholders meeting of Arizona & Colorado Railroad Company
Notice is hereby given that the annual stockholders meeting of the Arizona & Colorado Railroad Company will be held at the corporation office in Tucson Arizona on Tuesday September 3 2007 for the purpose of electing a Board of Directors to serve for the ensuing year and for other business as may properly come before the meeting Dated at Tucson Arizona this 1st day of August 1807 Cuas Warken Secretary
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The
Arizona & Colorado Railroad Company
Tucson
Arizona
Electric Bitters touted as remedy for diverse ailments in India
An advertisement claims deadly serpent bites are common in India but Electric Bitters are a reliable remedy. It cites S. A. Brown of Demnetteville, SC, saying the tonic restored his wife to health after dyspepsia and liver issues. The ad lists fever, malaria, back and kidney problems, bladder disorders, and notes the product is sold widely by druggists.
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India
S.A. Brown
Demnetteville
3.C
All
Twentieth Century Medicine Poppycock Advertised
An old advertisement extols dubious medicine claiming ancient poison cures and electrical light analogies. It references a Genuine stamped pill marked C.C. Never sold in balk with Au unziste and numbers like 106, suggesting a quirky, era specific product claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balk
Tombstone News Briefs From Mining and Local Life
The report covers Tombstone activity with plant moves to Third Street near Allen Leet and a new station providing power to Fremont Street for The Dimer. It notes taxation figures in Navajo County, visits by John Harrisie and J B Ryan, and mentions Sorn of 9 to 2. A Tucson telegram declines graft case links.
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Elvetrie
Third Street
Allen Leet
Fremont Street
HMA
John Harrisie
Bisbee
J.B. Ryan
Wor Bennett
M. Jordan
Frank Graf Sr Dies In Los Angeles
Frank Graf Sr died in Los Angeles after a prolonged illness. A pioneer resident of Tombstone for many years, he later lived in Phoenix. His passing brings condolences from old farm friends and the Graf family.
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Frank Graf Sr
Los Angeles
Bistwe
Frank Graf Se
Graf Brothers
Low Angel Oy
Ide Graf
Tembletone
Phoenix
Deweased
Tombstone
Phosreerom
Vacancies in Arizona Ranger Force
The Arizona Rangers seek four new members with Captain Wheeler ready to fill vacancies immediately. He stresses that being a dead shot is not essential and prioritizes straight, reliable men who can learn the shooting aspects of Ranger duties quickly.
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Arizona Rangers
Wheeler
Warning Notice From Leadville Mining Co to Claim Owners
Notice to Gleeson Gray and assigns under an option from the Leadville Mining Co that the company will not be responsible for any work, injuries, or gains in mining claims named Leadville Gray Mule Copper Bog Western Belle Turquoise King Maid of Sunshine King Solomon Northern Light H light Winchester West Side York town Charleston Hallamore Wee Cosmopolitan Compro Wouder Miami More Cave Troy in Turquoise mining district Cochise Arizona Thine at Pearcy July 22 1907 First published July 25 1907.
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John Gleeson
Douglas Gray
Leadville Mining Company
Leadville
Gray Mule
Copper Bog
Western Belle
Turquoise King
Northern Light
H Light
Winchester
West Side
Yorktown
Charleston
Hallamore
Wee Cosmopolitan
Compro- Wouder
Miami
More
Cave
Troy
Turquoise
County of
Cochise
Arions
Leadsville Mining Company
Gleeson and Gray
Leadville Mining CO
Ry Ws
Houwrs
Pearcy
Arizona
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San Simon Valley
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Kentucky
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Coaversation
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San Francisco
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