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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1893
Page
4
Unclear OCR reads like a local item about prospecting in Tombstone area with scattered place names and times. The fragment hints at hardware, rooth asters, a meeting or event on a Sunday and a feast or public gathering in a frontier town setting.
Fragmented notes report coaching, registrations, court actions, mine operations, and local goings on. Names include John Gray, Paluow, Frank Earlequim, George King, Mayday County taxes, and the Copper Queen mine. Observations touch on health, hunting trips, a court verdict, and upcoming meetings.
A jury verdict favors the Fempe Land and Improvement Company in a land dispute over a field used by the Normal school. The case concerns alfalfa cultivation and rent issues tied to pasture and sheep, with the court noting remedies and responsibilities of parties in the dispute.
Henry Coox from the Chiricahus reports two men with letters of introduction from El Paso parties seeking a lost mine in How's canyon. They claim to find gold nuggets once, and describe Apache interactions. The tale includes a diagram of the canyon and a plan to locate the rumored rust mine while travel to Santa Fe and Chicago.
A new grand jury was drawn yesterday afternoon similar to the first but reduced from twenty four to twenty one members. Judge Sloan instructed Emanuel to draw another jury of twenty one members.
A vintage advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the stomach liver and bowels without weakening them. It praises health improvements comfort and universal satisfaction while noting its availability at 39 cents and 1 dollar from the California Fig Syrup Co. The copy warns buyers to accept only the authentic product.
A long report covers water appropriation disputes and land filings in Arizona. It notes that water rights belong to those who first file, with federal authority over unsettled claims. The item also references a murder trial at Fort Thomas and a corruption investigation in Grattan County with district attorney suspension and interim constitutional inquiries.
A list of letters remaining in general delivery for the week ending April 29 at the Tombstone post office includes Al Langetatf Abe Abraham Mise Jennie Howell HF Williame Boul Joseph F. Davie Laceruel Swanson A C Bi Harry Crieott Clarke and others. Recipients are urged to claim promptly to avoid return to sender.
A Silver Convention is ordered for Antone Tt ts bveny at Phen Arion on Unuxsway May 18 1893. Delegates from branch Silver Leagues and Silver Crate attend to perfect a theory of Pneumie tion. aims include financial reform and unity. Speakers from various regions are invited to participate. organizers are Territorial Shiver Leego and J. Woon.
A fragmentary line mentions Onegin and Burbank and references the finest of the women in a cryptic, unclear context. The text reads as a partial, garbled quote with no clear event or credible attribution to a known source.
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