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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1896
Page
2
A jumble of partisan rhetoric describes support for the gold standard and opposition to bimetallic policy. The piece notes A J Doran as a lone goldstandard advocate with historic ties to McKinley era positions, predicting a weak vote for delegate in Arizona while praising patriotism and public enthusiasm.
Peter Cooper, noting a newspaper's reach, urged readers to advertise locally even with a simple card. He argued ads benefit the advertiser and inform distant readers of the town and its prosperous business community, likening it to sowing seeds that yield recompense.
A mock wedding in a Wisconsin play is treated as a legal marriage if performed by a minister in a church and acknowledged before witnesses. If two players call each other husband and wife during a performance, they are legally married unless the audience is absent or business is bad.
A Spokesman for the Spokeman Review argues that proof shows distress in American factories is caused not by imports but by Americans buying less. With high world prices, farmers cannot buy manufactures, reducing demand from country dealers to wholesalers to manufacturers, leading to layoffs, shortened work hours, and falling wages.
In a self described civic приз, Editor Upton of the Democrat announces his candidacy for Probate Judge. He argues the office should be filled for the public good, not personal gain, noting a standard editor’s wage is modest. Despite strong local support, observers foresee a contest from others seeking the position.
Local Bisbee notes report Johnny Nobile returning from Tucson and Frank Bopp plus Hugh Coclon arriving from the valley. Dr. Sweet heads east on warning, Papal meeting at the schoolhouse, Dr. Moeur of El Rio Texas to fill in during Sweet’s vacation. A Bisbee resident Wa Connor dies in El Pano after a illness. An A D Upton Probate Judge bid is noted. Frank Johnson seen at the company store with a baby gossip remark about Papas and a shop counter.
September 24 1896 items from Bisbee report James Reilly returning to Tombstone Bushes expands business with boot and bus shop E W Stump back from Huachuca H M Woods planning a Nob Hill residence WC Land San Pedro stockman visiting Copper Camp W A Harvey returning from Tucson Jorge Fike recovering James Campbell back from New Mexico Tom Hagan visiting Bisbee Democrats prepare to elect delegates to county convent. A mining exhibit jokers noted as case proceeds a suicide case near hill shore yields a startling body sighting with coroner and jury investigating the lifeless figure appears to open eyes startlingly
A report covers U.S. Cavalry led by Captain Pitcher and Second Mexican Cavalry under Lieutenant-Colonel Gonzales patrolling the border. Robbery at the Palomas customs house left two robbers dead and four wounded. several suspects linked to Mexican outlaws fled toward El Paso. The piece also notes university admission exams, student registrations, and various travelers moving through the territory amid wider pro-silver rhetoric.
Writings from Phenix describe gold Republicans seizing control of Cochise county credentials. They unseat J A McKase and replace him with Wm Shiliam, while denouncing silver advocates and praising the St Louis platform. A Michigan farmer laments silver value against mortgage costs amid party clash.
The piece argues for free coinage and the silver standard, warning it protects labor earnings and national trade while criticizing gold standard proponents. It cites Tombstone’s decline, Cochise County losses, and economic damage in Mohave and Yavapai as outcomes of gold favoring wealth holders.
Dated items from various cities report odd literary quips about Schilling’s Best and poetry, a cordite discovery in Stanford street, Jay H. Neff’s Republican nomination, a jealous husband killing a man in Dallas, strike rumors in Leadville, troop readiness at Fort Logan, and a large Brooklyn labor demonstration for William J. Bryan, reflecting a range of local events and sentiments.
The crowd backed Bryan at a mass meeting amid a lively Clearmont rink demonstration. Building capacity reached five thousand with strong turnout and orderly, friendly behavior. A former Alderman and a city official faced embezzlement charges from two building loan associations.
An advertisement from National Ore Reduction Co of St Louis promotes a pyritic water jacket matte smelter for sulphide ores including nickel copper gold and lead. It claims simple, cheap concentration of gold and silver with no special skill and offers site selection, setup, and operator services on waxy payments.
A Dekalb County Georgia man touts his daughter’s cure from eczema after years of suffering. He credits the vegetable blood remedy S S S claiming it cleared her skin completely and cured a hereditary condition. He urges others to seek the treatment and offers free literature from the Swift Specific Company in Atlanta.
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