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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1897
Page
2
A collage of 19th century clippings mentions periodic Tombstone Epitaph readings, Arizona Kicker schedules, and miscellany. Items include editorials on etiquette, mining notices, Silverite fears, a Golden Rule claim near Goldens Rule, regional sheriffs’ movements, a tuberculosis treatment trial, a Georgian obituary style vignette, postal letters, and a brief plug for Schilling’s baking powder.
U S Inspector Adair visits Bisbee on official business as Mies Molly Brady and sister plan a short morning trip. The Bittner Dramatic Co performs Master of Man and The Tramp's Daughter to packed houses at the Bisbee Opera House with encore crowds. A storm causes unroofed houses in Brewery Gulch and town life buzzes with theater news and local notices.
United Verde ships about three million pounds of copper bullion monthly. Rumors of railroad construction near Nacossari rise as ties plates and paraphernalia accumulate daily. The project appears financed and surveyed with track upgrades planned and material arriving, signaling start of building soon. G. Howe arrived today from Bisbee to visit family.
The article highlights Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters popular for decades with a new almanac to explain its uses and calendar accuracy. It also reports local Arizona news including editor Flemister's arrest for criminal libel, a man slaughter verdict at Globe, a diving accident near Teena, and regional mining, transportation, and business updates from Tombstone to Bisbee and Nogales.
A prospector and his burro blocked on a street as the animal would not budge from an imagined water chasm. The crowd grew restless until the man swore in Mexican, and the burro finally moved. The incident was followed by notes on Mr. Appel of Milwaukee visiting Arizona for mining interests and planned development. A hunting party returned with no confirmed game.
New York social hostess Mayme L. Haines testifies to Paine's Celery Compound easing nervous prostration and sleeplessness after overwork. The letter describes improved memory, restored vigor, and the remedy boosting red blood cells and overall health across the body.
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