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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1901
Page
4
An old advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for digestive diseases. It promises cure of stomach and digestion related issues and claims to restore strength and vitality after illness, urging readers to seek the paper free on request.
Local advertisement touts a vegetable tonic claiming to cure consumption headaches dizziness malaria fever and liver stomach troubles. Sold at Tombstone Drug Store with guaranteed no griping side effects. Also lists post office letters remaining for March 1901 with names such as Juan Cruz Cipriano Gaselo Jas M Hall Lula Jacob and others.
In Lisbon Iowa telegraph lines were washed away by a mighty flood. Chas A Eilis braved waist deep icy water to repair the line. He suffered a severe cold and cough but after using Dr King's New Discovery was cured. The ad promotes the remedy at Tombs One Drug Store with trial bottles offered.
BIS LAST ACT A Phoenix dispatch dated April 24 reports Joeus Rodriguez, a mining prospector, remarried his divorced wife ten minutes before his death, leaving her the chief interest in a rich mine. Six months earlier his divorce suit failed after support was granted. Yesterday he was notified his partner recovered a rich gold ledge in Wickenburg district and had refused 400000 for the claim.
OCR reads partial names and phrases with no clear event or actions. The readable bits mention Trewewe and Catenrece F Gehartie, but lack dates places organizations or outcomes to form a complete news item.
Local paper notes widespread newspaper chatter on a rumored oil strike near Deming. Editors caution much reported speculation lacks solid basis as residents travel, sample sites, and weigh chances of productive wells amid buoyant but unconfirmed surface indicators.
A week of county records lists land transfers from McKinney to Custer Land Co and others, with mines, patents, and property values. Entries include International Land Co to Hoe and Schwartz, and numerous mine ownerships by Fenner, Higgins, Cochies, Hawking, Pierce, Morrison, and others. totals show large property, land, and cattle values.
A Hanford Connecticut man J W Sullivan recounts how a leg wound led to infection and amputation surgery. After using Electric Bitters and Backlen's Arctic Salve, his leg healed fully. The notice also mentions 1000 acres of cantaloupes planted in Salt River Valley expect 1290 carloads, oil booms near Arizona and Tempe, and a school fundraiser with 25 cent admission.
An advertisement urges readers that consumption can be cured by life changes and Scott's emulsion of cod liver oil. It claims a hole in the lungs can heal with sunlit air, a drier room, and a better life, promising results if the reader tries the product. It cites Pearce Carves of New York as the advertiser reference.
An upcoming mining method at Metcalf, Arizona, uses open workings and tunnel drops to extract ore from large sulphide bodies, with steam scrapers planned for the area. The scheme, a novelty in Arizona, aims to transform local operations and may inspire similar applications elsewhere.
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