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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1891
Page
6
Daily notes report George Daly and others aboard an incoming coach, mail delays at China Cal, hotel trades and auctions, and Tuscon trips by Pima delegates. Sugar beet pulp gains value at Chino factory as Tombstone prepares for Nogales event and a charity concert at Schirffelio Hall.
Friday report highlights Herring Williams and Alexander articles on religious liberty tests oath bans on lotteries and polygamy. Committees for bill of rights elections judiciary and revenue and taxation are assigned. Chesney moves to set up mines committee with Rowe as chair, approved.
The Yuma Sentinel reports a lantern guiding snipe hunt with about fifteen youths aiding a drive across the river into sacks. They approached an elderly Indian woman who alerted police and led to the youths’ release from custody at Old Fort Yuma.
A traveler found the well known prospector John C Of Bries dead on the road from Coyote Welle to Calico. Investigation showed death from want of water. His two burros and prospecting outfit lay a half mile away. He was 56, born in Iowa, long active along the Pacific coast and well known in San Bernardino.
J W Vickers notes beef cattle price strength in Kansas but poor prospects for thin cattle. New Mexico ranges are poor and cake prices run 41.50 for thin cattle, many at 9.50. Also reports a rainmaking scheme in El Paso and court notices in Tucson with juror venires.
Official report of county board actions dated September 14 1891 and adjourned sessions through October 5 1891. Actions include approving minutes footings of the duplicate 1891 assessment roll authorization to transfer tax rolls to the county treasurer and ex officio tax collector re establishing Sulphur Spring School District No 20 as District 22 with boundaries as defined by 1887 records and orders authorizing payments to C B Kelton and related district court judgment and expense warrants. Supervisor White Bryan Montgomery and Clerk D Moronoxie noted.
Telegrams report Chile moves toward universal suffrage for presidency and congress elections while Vatican neutrality is pledged. Notices cover pleuro pneumonia losses in Cumberland cattle, the death of Geo B Loring, and Balmaceda's exile on a U S vessel. Reports from Rome, London, and Shanghai mix politics, scandals, and social squibs with editorials on revival, morals, and Chinese customs.
Sept 14 at the Arizona convention Dennis of Mohave sought to suspend rules to require that only standing committee reports be printed unless the convention ordered otherwise. Col Herring of Cochise opposed, arguing the public deserves copies of all propositions. The resolution was debated, amended, and adopted with dissent recorded from Herring. The mining committee was formed with Rowe Dennis Crawford Cheyney and Bailey.
A humorous dialogue about new fathers and babies appears across papers. Mrs Bronx and Mex Black joke that their babies are alike while readers note twins and parental fatigue. The gag runs through Somerville and Pittsburgh notices, reflecting early 20th century humor.
Debates on urban salaries note New York and Philadelphia mayors and streetcar earnings with oddly inflated figures. The text also touts a dubious patent cure for consumption and mass medical charges, mixing fiscal trivia with unverified medical ads and misprinted names.
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