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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1900
Page
4
A garbled excerpt discusses horse feed and nutrition, mentioning appetite and how feed quality affects the animal. It references various names and terms, but the overall sense is unclear due to distorted OCR text.
Fragmented text lists a mix of local names and places including a cider shop and a few vendors. It mentions a One Minute Coach Cure and a pharmacy advertising remedies. The garbled content cites Ned Ow ketoves and De Wat's M 110 but lacks coherent events or clear actions.
In Gila county a huge bull snake reportedly swallowed a rattlesnake in Cole Creek mining camp. Eyewitnesses including P. J. Cot Bert Collins Tom Goodwin and W. Jones vouched for the event. The snake’s swallowing of the rattler lasted about an hour and a half before the bull snake crawled away into the Rocket Belt area.
The issue surveys patent medicines and cures from Tombstone Drug Store and Tombstone Pharmacy, notes on local merchants and visits, and social events. It also recounts medical cures, a hospital case of a man living with pleurisy, church services led by Rev Eastman, and upcoming dances at the Mining Exchange hall. Also reports on copper property samples, a dredging venture in Yuma, and several real estate and mine transactions.
A testimonial from Annie E Springer of 1125 Howard St Philadelphia Va praises Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption curing her chronic hacking cough. It claims the remedy relieved chest pain and restored health with trials offered at Tombstone Drug Store. Also mentions other local notes about mining ventures and a baby’s teething remedy.
Arizona reports mild weather with no heat prostrations this year while New York Phoenix Philadelphia and Chicago record several heat injuries daily. Kansas City notes deaths from the same cause as the eighty second birthday of patriarch BF Sobason of Mees is observed. Chinese are deemed dangerous by the Republican and De Witts Witch Hazel Salve is marketed by Tombstone Pharmacy amid counterfeit concerns.
The notice outlines a prize story contest for contestants under 16 with required title and ink on left side, submission to Prosrectox by 2 p.m. Friday August 24, with first second and third prizes and publication in Fairscron and Le Saturday. Also included are testimonials about Chamberlain's remedy and a political note on the Ninth United States Turantin and Charles A Graf pardon context in Globe.
A Philadelphia man recounts a near fatal illness cured by Electric Hitter, praising its life saving effect after three weeks. The tale is interwoven with unrelated notices about whiskey, syrup, and job offers, all set in a chaotic 19th century classifieds tone.
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