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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1893
Page
4
The notice provides a time range for a thermometer reading at 8 o'clock p m on December 16 and references a local service context in Tombstone. Not enough readable facts to identify a specific organization, place, or precise event.
Local notes report various movements and events: Mr Morgan the cattle buyer at Willcox. A Garrett of Biebue registered at the Cochise. bargains at Cobn's. L Bishop of Simmons Hardware at the San Jose. Willcox stockman notes reports from Dos Vabezas. J B Fitch moves his law practice to Yuasa. Mammoth Goldfield suit to quiet title. Louis Jaeger sought by district court. A $3,000,000 bar of gold reportedly crewed from Harqua Halsa yesterday. Private land claims court adjourns to Tucson March 1. Assessment exemptions filed for four Bisbee claims by Brophy and Clancy. Dave Brunerins resigns as justice at Bistec. J S Williams to succeed. Liver cure advert tells readers to take Simmons Liver Regulator. Child fatally injured after horse kick near Benton. Mari copa supervisors donate $1,000 to Midwinter Fair. Yaple’s sells dolls. Mrs Hamilton hosts Sunday school class in a cobweb party with Dora Vickers and Chas Bacigalupi among attendees. Natives from Chihuahua selling bride and religious items in town. Wm Gee heads to New York for Old Guard mine business. Dave Nagle travels from Tombstone to Phenix for S P Co. Kibbey jury discharged after 52 hours. 10 to acquit, 2 for manslaughter. Western Union telegraph office closed at Willcox. railroad line handles telegraph traffic. Brophy brings Bisbee tax consignment including $11,000 Copper Queen donation.
Rev C R Nugent and wife returned from Fort Huachuca after Sunday preaching and Hawaii lecture to garrison. Tim Griffith and A Van Dorn visit from Bisbee with camp near Nacassia reporting seventeen Indians killed in two weeks. International Bank of Nogales formed with $30,000 capital by Wood Carrel Berliott Smith and Wood. Cattle sales at Willcox noted including 70 head to Everbady and 200 head to Gassen and Maxwell shipments by Sierra Bonita and Erie Cattle Co. Rumor that Bucky O Neal may take Gazette role for Populists. Letters remaining at Tombstone General Delivery listed.
The Antona Kicker, now heading the Wednesday Waxty Eprram, apologizes for damaging Arizona territory by using a similar name. Six months ago in California an overheard talk about fake eastern “Kiekyx” pieces led to legal action securing the Arizona Kicks title and a restraining order. C B Lewis, known as M Quad, is said to have dropped Ari da Kicker articles due to the copyright claim.
Rates from Benson to the Midwinter Fair in San Francisco are 42.95 for a round trip. Tickets limit stay to thirty days in California and include five ad stop over privileges. Excursion tickets available to 150 miles at 1 1-3 fare, over 150 miles at 1 1-5. Return passage is an exchangeable return ticket at the Southern Pacific office. Charter cars may be secured under company rules. Freight rates at full rate. Details from F M Webster, Agent, Benson, Nov 7, 1893.
From Sonora Chas Moore and I J returned Thursday night after two months away seeking prospects. They found nothing notable and remain closer to the United States than before. They traveled as far north as Lampasas and report cattlemen await the Wilson bill, hoping it will aid market access. Nearby Miller's ranch says Hal’s pursuers fired during a night attack, with no injuries? uncertainty over whether assailants were Indians or Mexicans.
Christian Endeavor societies are now reported in Ireland with over one hundred enrolled weekly. Twelve chapters exist and the Australian Brotherhood of St. Andrew has more than ten members. A Give Society forms an informal chapter unit to patch up differences and promote fellowship among members.
A fragmentary piece contrasts happiness with riches and mocks empty headed talk, mentioning a dell and buggies as a brief poetic image. The readable text suggests a reflective mood on wealth and speech.
The passage notes that regular exercise improves community health but warns of its risks such as stiffness and muscle joint soreness if overdone. Auicock's Poxots PLastene are claimed to provide instant relief when applied to the back chest or limbs, with athletes even using strips on partial areas. Baaxpuxin's Pris is said to cure constipation.
A dated advertisement extols Syrup of Fire as a pleasant tasting laxative with gentle action and soothing effect. It cautions that parents facing costiveness or bilious symptoms should keep a bottle as a trusted family remedy.
J P Blaze a large Des Moines real estate dealer narrowly escaped a severe pneumonia attack after a cold blizzard trek in northern Iowa. He used Chamberlains Cough Remedy from a nearby drugstore and improved quickly, later returning to Des Moines. He praises the cure as wonderful and notes the product being sold at Brown’s Drug Store. To aid health, Simmons Liver Regulator is recommended to improve digestion and bowels.
A through sleeping car arrangement connects San Francisco and Chicago via Southern Pacific El Paso Texas Pacific Ft Worth and Rock Island and a through car to St Louis via Southern Pacific El Paso Texas Pacific and Iron Mountain. Tickets bought through the 8 P allow boarding at Denson or any line station with no car changes.
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