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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1895
Page
4
Local notes report Silver price at 673, Osbourne mowers and rakes at Wolcott's, and new wagon by Fitts. Mentions deaths, travel to Willams, and plans for irrigation near Tucson. copper company experiments, Yaqui uprising risk, and a rising mining scene with a new railroad reaching Fort Thomas. Many names and places appear, including Tombstone, Sonora, and Mayer County.
The article notes Jr. Price's Cream Baking Powder receiving the World's Fair highest medal and diploma. It mentions coal prospecting progress at a camp 5 miles from Solomonville, delays awaiting cash from the East, and that drill work resumed. Also referenced are Hon. Marcus A. Smith and wife returning home, and Sitt's rest from a Los Angeles sojourn with Ben Gowdrich before resuming legal work.
Reports from Albuquerque detail cattle from Arizona bound for Danver market detained at Wallace due to sickness. Seventy head reportedly died in two days, later attributed to alkali in water along the route. A boy named Willie Cummings, 13, was fatally injured by a freight train near Gila City. Dr. Moller amputated the injured foot. Ed McShean returns from Sonora with prospector news and gold samples, planning to push storage-water works near San Francisco. Ore in the area is rich, averaging $800 per ton.
A brief note outlines ongoing land work and exploratory activity around Tombstone District. Crews report active drilling near historic sites while officials monitor environmental impact and safety protocols. Local residents express concerns about disruption and potential mineral claims in the area.
Mining circles near Tombstone report heavy activity and strong ore grades. Managers like Guy Barron and J.M. Elkins oversee extended cyanide work, new shafts, and regular shipments. The Grand Central Cyanide group remains financially healthy with monthly bullion deliveries, as other leases and crews push richer veins and promising strikes across multiple properties.
The note sheet records a new photographer in town and visits from John Honderedt and Mise Mollie Brady, plus Eva Freesune's travel. It mentions prospecting activity around Geld Guile, a fever case at Med. Bi. Scott, and local staff changes at the company store. A theft from several families is noted, uncertain if by tramps or Mexicans.
A household note extols Dr King’s New Discovery as the best cough remedy with eight years’ use in a Catskill druggist family. Trial bottles offered free at Tombstone and Bisbee Drug Store and regular price listed.
A Tombstone delegation returned from Bisbee where the Bisbee Lodge held the 76th anniversary of the I O C P. The party, including J F Smithers Sonora Bax Jose J B White 8 F Andy Smith Ed Jacklin and Wm Brotley, was warmly welcomed. Over 300 guests attended the banquet and praised the entertaining qualities of the brother lodge as details of the program were published Monday. Several members and accompanying ladies extended their stay an extra day.
The evolution of medicine shifts from herbs pills and draughts to the pleasant liquid laxative Syrup of Figs. Consumers are advised to ensure the remedy is manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.
An advertises a salve claiming cures for bruises, sores, ulcers, fevers, corns and piles with a money back guarantee. Sold at Tombstone Drug Store for 16 cents per box. Also notes new recorder filings including locations in Moar mine Torquan district and names Moar Monmonier Peterson, Cox, and officials Lewis Subery Shattuck.
Yesterday near St David an artesian well drilled about 180 feet deep found a strong steady water flow about five inches above the pipe. Located one half mile south of McRae brothers, it proves artesian water can be tapped in this vicinity and sparks plans for more bore wells among local ranchers.
Old paper shows a price list ad stating Price's Cream Baking Powder won a World’s Fair award. A note offers readers a historical price of 25 cents per hundred for male readers at the office.
A summons issued by the Cochise County District Court in the Territory of Arizona demands the appearance of John Stonie and Chas J. Crome publishers and partners under the alias John Srolfe & Co. The plaintiff seeks to recover 4908 dollars with interest and costs, with formal notice of default if not served. The document cites the first judicial district and district court seal.
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