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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1892
Page
3
A fragmentary 19th century column mocks election fever in Arizona while scolding crime, lawmaking, and public safety. It notes a San Francisco burglary with nothing stolen, laments Sunday funerals, jokes about undertakers, and critiques city policing and school governance amid a tense libel question involving the San Francisco Examiner.
A town meeting discussed tax funding of city debt versus the current plan. Estimates show annual interest about 700 under funding compared to 770 now, with total interest at 14,000 and 6,200 due, plus future 35,000 if extended to 50 years. Several local figures named, including RB Wood, EB Davis, and M. McGuirk.
A seaside observer notes driftwood gathered along the shore is sold to a woodyard and shipped to New York, where fashionable homes burn colored flames. The fisherman in a pea jacket explains wood is bought by the wealthy for ambient fires, while much driftwood stems from storm debris and teredo damage. A Washington Star reporter highlights vast driftwood quantities and evolving worth.
A fragment from a 19th century notice describes gypsy bands halted by Swiss police on a Rhine bridge at Laufenberg, with Baden police disputing crossing into Germany. The incident prompted a cross border diplomatic exchange over where the group should be confined, ending with their return to the eastern German side. The text also cites odd local facts about alligator teeth, a shorthand epitaph in England, and a short Oxford press note, all tucked into a miscellany.
County records list transfers including Robt Weber to C Fall in Willcox for lot 11 block 31 and other parcels, plus a 10 to 11 rate on block 32 with $1050. death noted for Patrick Dixon of Bisbee on November 8. Also mentions mortgage of Land 6 block 24 in Tombstone and various mine interests in Chiricahua and Turquois districts.
A New Jersey man attributes hay fever relief to pine needle tobacco and cigars, learned from North Carolina mountaineers. He says the remedy, which involves smoking with pine needles to clear the head, worked for him and others who suffered from catarrh. A tobacconist began selling medicated cigars and plied the claim that the pine needle blend cures hay fever.
A dated testimonial extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for scrofula described as a crippled state. It asserts remarkable improvements through a tonic approach, noting the product’s role in moving a patient from theatre to better health and promising remedies with strong claims of efficacy.
Subscribers to the Daily Prospector or Weekly Eritain receive a one inch cattle brand advertisement and a page devoted to cattle interest plus latest local news. The promotion implies equal branding in Britain and includes subscription perks for readers of the paper.
Catalog of livestock brands and owners across Tombstone Wilcox Wilcox area including JONN H SLAUGHTER M RICHARDSON ERIE CATTLE CO MORRIS SULLIVAN BAKER CHIRICAHUA CATTLE CO and CHIRICAHUA CATTLE CO with brands on hips shoulders and thighs. Includes post offices Wilcox Tombstone Teviston Powers and railroad range notes near Huachuca and Bonita creeks.
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