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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1892
Page
4
An archival weather fragment notes thermometer readings and temperature range for the 24 hours ending 8 PM on December 7. The text appears garbled with mixed language and obscure names, but it references Tombstone and a thermometer range.
Recent arrivals and registrations at White Hills Cochise and San Jose Palmer hotels. Notables from Tombstone Santa Rosa San Francisco Bisbee and Mammoth. Weather forecast promises a wet December. Funeral processions for John Waters and Ben Hyde with local official turnout.
Travelers glimpse a clear spring about 100 miles west of Yuma, crossing under a railroad and feeding a distant canal. The piece also notes Southern Pacific car shipments to Southern California, a time change affecting trains, a ghost of a bear hunt, local murders, and a daylight July-like tone with assorted town news in a late 19th century Arizona issue.
Land court judges in Hermesville revisit the Algodonas grant title after a year. The court based its initial declaration on testimony regarding the grant, and the matter now faces decisive action at the next session that will prevent further reopening.
The Globe reports rewards totaling two thousand dollars for the arrest and conviction of the Kid and his followers, with payment to those who kill him if capture alive is impractical. The Territorial law adds three hundred dollars for each follower, up to eight, and rewards extend into Mexico. Cochise, Pima, and Apache counties are urged to join the effort with similar offers.
Reports from Bisbee Colimy on December 7 1892 note smelters in full blast and local incidents. Mrs Hendy and son Willie Belden departed for Los Angeles while others discuss school matters and saloon crackdowns. Advertisements promote ladies shoes and Pride of Livermore wines with prices and outlets.
A Victorian piece describes cormorant fishing as an ancient practice, detailing training methods, gear, and the birds used by Chinese fishermen. It notes the technique’s adaptation in America, mentions Chesapeake Bay waters, and cites broader Jewish merchant success stories in New York with figures illustrating the scale of trade.
Berlin extends suburbs to form a ten mile civic radius raising population to three million. London police numbered 15 085 with sixty percent on night duty. Metropolitan district covers about disacquure miles. A dysentery scare in Helmetta New Jersey leads to praise for Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. Lt. Gen. Grant depicted as assistant secretary of war. Billy Tods once spent 810,000 yearly in San Francisco before poverty drove suicide.
An old remedy praised for over fifty years. Mr Winslow's Soothing Syrup soothes teething pain, gums, wind colic, and diarrhea. Pleasing taste. Sold worldwide, 25 cents per bottle. Warns to ask for Mrs Winslow's and not other brands.
The excerpt warns that listening to doubt is listening to a devil and that sin appears small yet harms. It argues that ignoring sin leads to greater sin and that the devil targets the young more than the old, noting the appeal of “no-harm” sins never drives him away.
A readable ad urges buying a fifty cent bottle of Chamberlain's Remedy to cure colds that linger into winter. The pitch targets families with children and claims dependable relief for bed causations like croup. Sold by H.J Pero.
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