26 Feb 1887
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Newspaper
Tombstone Daily Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1887
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes describe multiple trains and connections with confused names and times. It mentions a Weetern bound train at 16 o'clock, connections to an Eastern pound line, another stage at 6 o'clock, and a stage for Onarienten foarin ava with references to Birbes Harafencept Sundays and Allen attest.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate advertised agency contracts for ad services with percentages and exchange terms, mentioning San Francisco and Onlte’s Advertising Agency. Details are unclear.
Theo F White will arrive from San Diego. Cochise County prospers while Maine debates opium traffic. Spritely town chaff mentions Ballon miles, Sans Francisco editor humor, Phenix growth, copper and quicksilver prices, and a Willcox jail escape. Gouvernor Taft seat, Abbott case jury, and a new bank planned for March.
A posse in Nogales led to the capture of one horse and the trail to the second after a Mexican thief stole horses while Conklin pursued them. Speedy, the deputy, recovered the first and located the other. The piece highlights Vigilance against cattle and horse thieves and notes regional pursuit methods. It also blends broader political and social musings, including home rule gains and remarks on England, liberty, and justice.
Mrs Frank French of Laconia New Alabama was poisoned by canned dandelions and remains in critical condition. Evening services are at 7 o'clock at the Episcopal church with Bishop Dunlop officiating and confirmation to follow. Public invited. The rest of the items note a wave of local happenings including a pox scare, stolen holes found near Mud Springs, and upcoming Bisbee smelter operations.
Fragments describe sale of furniture and second hand goods near Bird Cage Theatre, with mentions of clothing, sewing machines, safes, and bargains. Other lines advertise Hamburg Figs by J J Mack Co, coroner services in Cochise county, and a debt payment notice from W W Baldwin.
Local items announce Masonic meetings and calls for visiting brothers in Tombstone. Fiscal services advertise mineral surveys by W M David Coun and H B Maxson. Goods include Buffalo brand ham and bacon at low prices, meals at Eureka House, and Hall's Sicilian Hair Renewer touted for gray hair. Also listed are large Redwood tanks, lumber, and farm equipment for sale plus Tweed's wholesale ads on whiskey and wagons.
Notice and Monition of Sale from Custom House Tombstone announces a one horse, fifteen hands high in Ramsey Canyon Huachuca Mountains Cochise County Arizona for alleged customs violations. Claimants must file with the Collector within eight days to avoid public sale on the specified date in March 1887.
The piece condemns harmful laxatives like boluses and potions with pedophyllin aloes rhubarb gamboge noting their violent bowel action and stomach damage. It promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Ditters for gentle relief and broader health benefits including malarial cure nervous debility and kidney and bladder inactivity. It also touts Ayer’s Hair Vigor for restoring gray hair to its natural color and adding gloss.
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