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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1892
Page
4
The readable fragment lists a thermometer range for 24 hours ending 3 o clock p m December 1 with maximum and minimum values. It references Tombstone Prospector Sta tion and Nogales Arizona with Pacific Time zone notes, but specifics are unreadable.
Local items report a Can Can chicken dinner for tomorrow and a postponed Armory Hall dance. Others note four black-tailed deer hung at Bauer's butcher shop, trips to San Francisco by Johnston and Hattich, quail sale on the river, and attendance at sparring and wrestling events at Schieffelin Hall. Also mention Arizona National Guards inspection, a Navajo horse case in Prescott jail, and plans for minting a silver collar headpiece with Mrs Potter Palmer as president of the World’s Columbian Exposition.
News from Winslow reports a rich placer discovery near the Utah line along the San Juan River. Rumors of vast gold spread as workers and railroad men hurry toward the field with two four horse teams sent toward Winslow. Provisions for two months are packed. several outfits prepare to move. In Tombstone, H Drachman faces a government suit for failing to furnish hay to a military post under a contractor bond. An eighteen juror venue has been ordered for the case.
A Louisiana rice plantation colony totaling 75 families arrives by train at Eddy to join 60 settling at Malaga with 20 000 feet of lumber and 5 000 trees for Eddy. A Sunday school child cites Ayers Hair Vigor as needed for health. bonds posted by Reed and Durward total 2500 with sureties Fitts and Mactieal for Harrington RR agent.
A Tucson dispatch reports the Hog Ranch near Huachuca guarded by troops to stop servicemen from riotous living. The 13-woman house, presided by a “Momma,” has seen business slump as guards threaten legal action. Court Commissioner Swain may hear the case next week. Separately, legal notices involve Don Juan Elias Gonzales estate with Perrin and Meredith handling letters of administration.
Sponges and chamois skins at Mutxs with Dave Stas and Dave Stone advertised. Ayer’s Cherry Pecoral claimed to ease throat and lung issues including consumption. The Arizona Board of Railroad Commissioners will meet in Tombstone on Monday December 19 1892 inviting citizen input on territorial railroads.
The notice lists services at 7 30 p m with Sunday school at 12 15 p m no morning service and a 7 20 p m discourse by Rev Mr Mitchell on That Terrible Inquiry all invited. Also mentions Endeavor meeting and general cordial invitations amid an 1893 almanac promotion for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters by the Hostetter Company Pittsburgh Pa with broad distribution and multilingual availability
A mixed fragment from a 19th century page mentions chemistry notes on Warren’s composition of oxygen and hydrogen, flight observations about Nemo, and a claim about prussic acid in cigar smoke. It also cites natural history trivia about snails and eyes, plus a list of local vendors for flour, fruit, nursery items, feed, and farm supplies. An old physician endorses a herbal remedy for various ailments and offers to send directions by mail.
A fragmented note recalls Dickens as the author of many works and notes a large sum earned. It mentions a London sale of his original agreement, Mrs. Loxostkent’s war history not being published, and Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard fetching fifty nine pounds. It references Oliver Twist and youth reading.
Investigation shows the illness misidentified as cholera but a violent dysentery. Walter Willard, a Jamesburg merchant, praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for dysentery relief, noting it among the best medicines. For sale by H. J. Peto.
The western region of Persia hosts a pygmy camel species with pristine white fur, noted by natives as diminutive and tame. A local shah was gifted two of these wonders by city authorities, the larger weighing sixty pounds and standing twenty seven inches high. An unrelated blurb touts Winslow's Scorching Syrup as a fifty year trusted teething remedy for children, claiming soothing gums and relief from wind and diarrhea, sold by druggists worldwide.
A Glasgow lecture on marriage prompts a playful anecdote about kissing and romance. An elderly husband returns home, hugs his wife, and declares it a failed reunion. The tale underscores stubborn habits and marital quirks in a social setting.
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