20 Feb 1887
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Newspaper
Tombstone Daily Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1887
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR shows rail schedule items for connections to trains and stations with unclear times and destinations. Mentions include BOB DARRAGH and various place names and stations, plus a street address reference to Occidental Hotel. Content is garbled with missing letters and inconsistent punctuation.
A fragment from a 04 and 65 advertising pre spot in San Francisco California notes control for ad placement at B C Dakes Advertic. The text references Mer chants and suggests ways to manage advertising copy and pricing in the market.
Local notes report social and civic happenings in Tombstone including visits by Fred Heyne and C S Abbot, a 1 pm baseball gathering at J E Durkee’s grounds, a call for names of those who would divide the county, and a push by a business committee on county matters. Also notes about a San Francisco mail, Frank M Green to be buried at the Masonic Hall, and boundary plans affecting Graham and Cochise counties.
Citizens in Tombstone denounce the proposed division of Cochise County. A large taxpayer gathering at the court house elected a committee to remonstrate to Governor Zulick and the Territorial Council, pledging prompt action to thwart the scheme and preserve county unity.
The bill aims to fix railroading faults like low distant rates and pooling evils while acknowledging limits of rules. It proposes commissioners at a high salary to oversee reform, but critics doubt the constructiveness. A locals group drafts a petition to the Governor urging defeat of the scheme amid heavy taxation.
The Epitaph retracts linking County Recorder W F Bradley to the Morgue-Dynamite outfit and offers congratulations to Bradley and voters. Mentions boom in town with banks and newspapers, the new bank needing space for surplus, and a humorous question about which may outlast the other. Reports W A Harwood back from Stein Peak district, discusses mines, and notes pension instruction forms for Mexican pension law of 1887. Records the verdict on Frank M Green’s death as accidental at Girard mill tailings pit. J E Durkee arrives from Sonora to Los Angeles to visit ill wife. The paper wishes her health improvement on his arrival.
A new bank in Tombstone opens with $199,092 capital stock. Directors Barrer, arvoll, and Weed will lead as officers, with Weed named manager. They acquire the Cook building and the vault from the former Saford & Hudson bank, signaling a strong local enterprise. Also noted is Barnstead brass band of New Hampshire planning its fiftieth anniversary on February 22.
The letter list includes numerous names and destinations with call to advertise if claimed. A curious Hog with a cob habit is described from Farmer Redmond Missouri. A 1863 Arkansas tale recounts William Cooper’s capture, escape, and reunion with his wife at Shiloh after multiple marriages of hers. Buffalo brand hams and bacon at H. K Tweens offered at low market price.
Advertisement notes a 30 day sale on winter clothing and underwear at cost by H. K. Trep with calls to inquire on bargains. Also a notice demanding payment of merchant accounts owed, asserting owner rights and liability for redirection. Ends with ads for Ayer’s Hair Vigor and a Perry Publishing Co. recruitment in Denver offering a year’s book sales by a refined woman.
Physicians assert a contaminating foreign element from indigestion causes rheumatism by attacking joints with calcareous deposits. They hail Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a proven remedy that checks the disease and is safer than poisons. It is also recommended for malaria fevers, constipation, dyspepsia, and kidney and bladder ailments, urging readers to obtain the genuine product.
A man with debility and anxious face, prone to fainting spells, may die suddenly from heart disease. Take Dr Flint's Heart Remedy before it is too late. Available at druggists for $1.50. Descriptive treatise with each bottle or write J. D. Mack & Co., San Francisco.
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