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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1901
Page
2
A fragmentary opinion piece discusses merit versus social pull, President Schwab of the steel trust, and the role of sympathy in advancement. It cites Mrs Nation, estimates 267,900 in a national group, and critiques pacification in the Philippines amid calls to suppress anarchist threats and protect the chief magistrate.
Typhoid illness hits Jos Cullen from Toobey and Robinson. Bisbee Postmaster Pritchard visits his ranch. Ed Proper remains gravely ill. A derailment near the round house causes eight hour delay with no injuries. Supt Morgan and Master Mechanic Reid aid wrecking. Bisbee visitor Ushattuck and San Miguelito Mining Co represented by Charley Buite call on locals. Ernest Willian and Chas Fotterly noted in local exchanges.
A busy roundup from Bisbee covers travel to Tucson for a Ringling Bros circus trip, local sports with Fort Grant and Bisbee at Don Luis, and plans for a big Naco event. Public notices include court actions for assault with grand jury bonds, a baby birth, mining folks visiting Tombstone, and Ringling posters plus local arrivals and carousing, with routine police and business updates across town.
Weather turns cool as rain falls from 95 to 55 degrees. Reports include a misread cross fire across the Nace line on Saturday. James Douglas returns to Nacosai Mex. Morenci Giants set to face Wiebe nine next Sunday in a ful game. Liszie Henpinger wed BA Taylor in a quiet ceremony conducted by Henry Pritchard. The Grorge Henpinger couple hosted a quiet reading at home. The Gleeson mercantile firm plans its future home.
Editors exhort eastern readers to denounce fake mining schemes and promote legitimate ventures. They cite Mohave mining districts with gold silver and copper potential and urge capital to properly develop viable mines.
Walter Langford twelve, son of Mr and Mrs Edwin Langford of Wet Huachuca, was accidentally shot by playmate Paul McIntyre at Soldiers Garden in Tanners Canyon while they explored the canyon. Despite hospital care at Ft Huachuca, the wound proved fatal about 3 pm. Relatives arrived too late. the community extends sympathy to the bereaved family.
The Gee Hong Tong lodge at 08 Pearl Street celebrated a holiday with about 200 members present. The event featured loud noise from drums gongs and chants, with a late night street parade and a ritual fight against the devil. Hosts Low Youk Hee and others served corn wine and oil at a long gathering. The report notes the Boer War cost and ongoing British expenses highlighted by Secretary Chamberlain.
Billy Stiles, once a train robber on the run, clashed in Nogales with a man who reported to the district attorney that Stiles planned a robbery. Stiles confronted the man, knocked him across the street into a restaurant, then ordered meals for two. While Stiles drank, the accuser allegedly fired a shot near his ear before being swayed that Stiles had left the hold-up life.
Eugene Lathier manager of the Fairbank Baseball club and Athistic association visits Tosplestone. Gambling games including roulette, craps, and monte set up. Dr Bacon and wife return from extended Maryland trip. New saloon headquarters on Allmatred near Yaple's undergoing repaint. Political tensions over monopoly noted. Good Templar Lodge invites members to M E Wednesday for explanation. Coroner's inquest on Walter Langford details. verdict accidental death. Paul McIntyre present. School term opens with teachers assigned. religious discussion at BtPavischu.">
A mining deal of considerable importance was reported yesterday. A light sale of several properties for investment was examined, finally settling on property owned by Peter ODay and Pat Sullivan near here. The property was tendered yesterday for $75,000 with ten percent down. Work will begin at once on a substantially large venture, with a force of thirty men to start soon.
A thin rain fell in the afternoon as townsfolk discuss events. Mentions of Ringling Bros show, Hogs on the river valley, new home on Fem nt strost, Delehanty Jersey ball animal loss, Cuber wine cellar production, a lightning death in Maricopa county, new Arizona game laws, Tucson wheelmen gala bicycle meet, and Recorder Frank Bare moving to the Meade residence on Toughnut.
An advertisement promotes a miracle cure claiming to end alcoholism with a tea or coffee drink. It asserts dramatic moral transformations and urges wives and children to press husbands to try it, promising discreet, public-free use and easy access through Edwin R Giles Co. Philadelphia.
The Secret Service uncovered another gang of counterfeiters with a large haul of bogus bills. They praise Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as an emblem of valued imitation, claiming it cures indigestion dyspepsia and improves vigor, urging beware of counterfeiters when buying.
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