22 Feb 1887
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Newspaper
Tombstone Daily Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1887
Page
1
Stage line connections to western eastern and Guaynunn trains listed with mis-typed times. Charleston and Bishee routes referenced. office located at 408 Allen Street under Oveldental Hotel.
Ad advertorial note from a early California periodical discusses urgent advertising space, agency names, and promotions. It notes campaigns by OF and AS Mor chante Exone, Sonranolsss, Cal with emphasis on placement and timing for maximum reach. The fragment references marketing urgency and regional audience targeting.
Rainfill reported at San Fernando with farmers jubilant. Lang’s washout on the Southern Pacific may clear. trains expected today. Tehachipi’s storm dumps twenty nine inches of snow. railroad slides opened. Valencia notes and local dinners advertised at Can Can and Elite Chop House. A pay car change rumored for Atlantic & Pacific. Washington’s Birthday halts paper. New Arizona newspaper plans teased under Ridgley Tilden and J J Nash.
The EprraPH reports Volcano ledge averages three feet wide and traceable for two miles, with many mines showing silver. About forty active miners, new buildings, and Pasqual Negro’s saloon under construction signal growth. Water and ore shipments to Socorro bolster profits as townsfolk, including Tombstoners, seek capital and steady development in a promising district.
A fragmentary verse extols the True Knights of Labor as honest American workers united for family welfare and freedom. It lauds independence, lawful conduct, and refusal of bosses prompting strikes while praising steady labor on land and in forests without braggadocio.
The County Recorder’s office yesterday recorded licenses for several mines in the Tombstone district including Bug, D Black Prince, Friday, Stein’s Post, North Point, Baltimore, Estrella, Maggie Madison, Onowa, Yankee Doodle, and others with locators named such as W. K. Gird, C. FE Morrison, C. W. Leach, Caroline Darragh, C. W. Weiser, G. G. Hicks, E. Morehouse, C. S. Batterman, and T. L. McCracken. A separate note reports Mexican horse thieves stealing ten horses from the Hall brothers’ Sulphur Spring Valley ranch, pursuits ongoing toward Sonora with potential lynch action. The Band of Holiness seized the Crystal Palace Saloon piano rostrum, led by Salvation Army members singing Glory Hallelujah before moving to church. The Can Can Restaurant will serve a dinner featuring tender turkey today for Knights of Pythias ballgoers, and Fort Marion scout reports a fierce Apache exchange with Chihuahua. Tom Davis of H. S. Bridge & Co. arrived in Tombstone, praised as an honest, genial traveling salesman. Ensign Howard returned from Alaska with two sixteen-foot mammoth tusks.
Items from era newspapers note misfit suits for hire in New York, a Valentine to give to a charitable institution, Buffalo Bill guiding youths on a West hunting trip, and Mrs Langtry's reported June marriage plan. Reports cover births in Nuevo Leon, strikes by dressmakers, a man in Indiana who went deaf from laughter, and the passing of Miss Elizabeth Atkinson in Burlington at ninety eight after years in seclusion. Also mentioned are rom note about gypsy settlements in Buffalo, a surgeon’s repair of a fall, whispers through a telephone apparatus, and a Tennessee bill to turn Hermitage into veteran asylum with Sarah Jackson’s life maintenance. A Maine bill declares the dog domestic, and other brief items.
Sheriff Slaughter received a telegram from deputy N. J. Wilson at Willcox reporting the capture of a member of a band of Mexican horse thieves troubling the Territory. The gang operates across the border, stealing American horses in Arizona to sell in Mexico and returning to steal Mexican horses to sell here. The sheriff vows to continue the crackdown and believes most of the gang will be captured soon.
Notice states seizure of a sorrel horse fifteen hands high in a pasture north of Ramet Station Huachuca Mountain Cochise County Arizona. People claiming the property must file with the Collector within eight days. if not, the horse will be sold publicly at the Custom House Tombstone Arizona on March 2 1889. W C Wilson Deputy Collector.
A critique of harsh laxatives using podowhye rhubarb gamboge and similar drugs, warning they injure the stomach and intestines. Recommends Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a safer laxative that strengthens digestion and fights malaria, nervous debility, rheumatism, and kidney issues. Mentions Ayer's Hair Vigor for restoring gray hair and improving scalp health.
A large assortment of skirts shawls underwear and palace items offered in a local sale. Merchants advertise varied fabrics and styles with affordable prices for ladies apparel and accessories. Local shoppers anticipate deals on seasonal wardrobe pieces.
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