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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1908
Page
2
A Cochise county column urges residents to consider a new $250,000 county courthouse. The piece warns of moving archives within sixty days and the fire flood burglary risks, arguing bonds, elections, and legal hurdles would delay progress by at least eighteen months.
A garbled OCR passage extols Dr. Pierces medicines as superior and safe. It claims universal benefit for various ailments from throat to stomach, promising cure of many conditions and claiming broad professional endorsement without verifiable evidence. The text references alcohol tinctures and “triplicate redant” and loudly praises the preparations.
The text warns that defeating bonds would scatter and ruin priceless county archives in Tombstone. It stresses twenty six years of solid citizen effort to protect the records and argues a defeat would expose the archives to vandalism, deterioration, and loss threatening county bankruptcy.
Tombstone will keep the county seat as Bisbee presses bids. The article argues Tombstone’s historic choice stands and Bisbee’s calls lack the weight to move the seat. Tombstone mobilizes with resolve while Bisbee’s financial reach is seen as insufficient to alter the outcome.
In Bisbee the long search for a court house site continues as residents discuss moving the Cochise County Court to Clawson Heights above Castle Rock. The piece notes the difficulty of reaching the site and hints at bold plans to tunnel from Tombstone if needed.
Fragmentary text describes raising to a site for a court house and installing an elevator in a tunnel shaft, then building the court house. The prose aside mocks boards of trade and a Hague convention, noting that a corporation cannot petition for county seat removal or vote on the final result, abandoning a prior scheme.
In a speculative note the piece suggests delaying the county seat move until aerial navigation is common. Jurors and witnesses arriving at Bisbee could then ride an airship from the depot to the courthouse, enabling public convenience and faster access.
Voters face a proposition to keep the county seat at its present site or move it. Critics warn a move could raise taxes and burden Cripples and aged residents who would struggle to access county records on a hilltop location.
The fragment notes Sombstone's climate as a point of pride while recalling Lisbee as a two year old, described by the line you arrive there and either way you start it is a climb.
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An octogenarian woman known as Grandia Freud reflects a life spanning England, Australia, and America. Born in England about 50 years earlier, she married early, lived in Virgious City during its budding days, and settled in Old Cochise at a Huse ranch in Miller Canyon. At 74 she tended cows, chickens, orchards, and gardens near Miller Peak, later moving to Tombstone where she owned residence property and ran a popular seasonal resort serving Tombstone, Bisbee, Douglas, and nearby locales. Her longevity and vigor are noted alongside the region’s climate and health lore.
Frank P. Sargent, commissioner of immigration for Arizona, died Sunday in Washington D C. He was well known in southern Arizona where he once warmed locomotive engineers for the Southern Pacific and lived in Tucson and Yuma. In Yuma he served as a mason of United Workmen. Although he left the territory ten years ago, he remained loyal to many friends who mourn his passing.
Chronology lists the general primary for delegates to county conventions on September 25 in Tombstone with further elections on September 28 and October 3. A Tombstone city consentinn is noted for October 16 and the general election occurs November 1909 with the inauguration of Wilkes Jennings as President of the United States.
Campaign dates in Cochise county outline October events. Ralph Cameron seeks delegate nomination while Democratic nominee Mark Smith schedules October meetings. Dates for late October gatherings are announced.
Willim T Morgan a retired Commissary Sergeant from Rural Route 1 Concord New Hampshire shares his wartime health experience. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for preventing lung disease after two years in Cuba and two in the Philippines. The medicine is praised as best for colds bronchial troubles and lung ailments and is guaranteed by druggists. The price is five or ten cents.
Wednesday note from Daily reports G Sharkey en route from Pearce to Los Angeles on extended trip. Mentions retirements and movements, local visits by Uncle Hea Goodrich, new Wolcott school addition fixtures due, and community loyalty with volunteer attorneys. Also school picnic, pear shipments from Salt River valley, legal verdicts, district court action, Colonel Greene’s health, and a Mark Smith club formation at Yuma.
The Phoenix Republican notes controversy over mescal buttons or peyote used by Indians in Arizona. Officials question whether the drug helps or harms, while supporters view it as a religious deity and a potent mood lifter. The piece compares long-standing peyote belief in Mexico and Texas to current government efforts to curb its influence.
Arizona supporters launch a campaign to bring Senator Foraker to the state for a series of speeches, with one event scheduled in Douglas. The effort stirs enthusiasm and aims to boost public engagement and momentum for his visit.
A mass meeting at the court planned a committee to oppose Tombstone county seat removal. Judge Gibson appointed Charles Byeman, J ly FON Walcott, William Maition to marshal efforts and rally support. The piece praises public works spending and Marcus A. Smith as a key advocate for Arizona’s development.
Ralph Cameron the Republican nominee for Delegate to Congress spent an evening in Tombstone and greeted locals before departing on the 10 4 p m train for Boston and plan to attend a meeting in Phoenix tomorrow. He will return to Cochise county next month for an orating tour with a planned October 3 speech. Meanwhile Florence prison progress continues with water from a new 1 1 2 inch pump and an 8 horsepower engine, and a temporary electric plant to power four arc lights and mill machinery. Ground grading is finished and sand is being hauled for concrete posts for the stockade as work advances and prisoners are brought from Yuma for construction.
A testimonial from Seitz of Detevit Michigan asserts improved appetite and digestion after using Stomach and HH. He reports relieved bloating and satisfactory bowel movement with a 25 cent price. Grand Avenue Los Angeles introduces its 1908 College paper on business training, available upon request from J W Lackey.
The governor proclaims an election to be held November 3, 1908 across the Arizona Territory. It names delegates to Congress and members for Legislative Council and House of Representatives in multiple counties, plus county officers and precincts, with a $50 reward for violations and a $1000 expenditure cap. The proclamation is dated August 17, 1908, at Phoenix.
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