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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1906
Page
1
The new pure food law takes effect January 1 and aims to ensure buyers get exactly what is labeled. Tombstone merchants plan strict compliance as the public watches enforcement. Also touted are Dr King's New Creases as a remedy for appendicitis related issues and constipation with a 25 cent guarantee.
A New Year’s Eve event at Gage Hall lists admission at 1 dollar. The fragment notes phrase Hig out the elf and ring in the new, but no additional details are readable.
Advert claims Newbro's Herpicide is a new germicide and antiseptic that stops hair loss by destroying microbes. It targets thinning hair in both men and women and invites trials and samples via The Herpicide Co Detroit and local agents at Tombstone Drug Company Fifth Street.
The Schieffelin Hall season lists booked companies including Georgia Minstrels Howlican's Troubles George Samuels Company Gortons Minstrels Pelton Dramatic Company A Messenger Boy Lal Hanson At Cripple Creek Peck's Bad Boy with dates from January to March in Tombstone. Los
Patents granted to Arizona residents include Sylvester G. Costock Tucson for camping lodge Otis I Harris Globe for valve gear Henry Sykes Rhodes for fishing reel and Edward M Kinsella Bisbee guiding appliance. Grand Canyon post office to become international money order office January 2. Watson pension 8 per month Richard Gordon 10 per month. Wm Latley returns from Bisbee. Gibson in town for Gibson Abstract Co. MF Dieus and J Sims of Douglas attend court matters.
St. Pauls Church Episcopal holds Holy Communion and sermon at 9:31 am with evening prayer and address at 7 30 pm Sunday School at 10 am A general invitation to all. Methodist Episcopal Church preaches tomorrow at 11 am and 7 30 pm Epworth League 7 15 pm Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 pm All are invited. Christian Science services at Fremont Street building near Schiefelin Hall 11 am Sunday School 10 am Wednesday 8 pm service all welcome.
The piece predicts gold production exceeding 100 million dollars this year amid global production levels. It also touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, claiming record cures and superior effectiveness after other remedies fail. It urges readers to use the Bitters for poor appetite headaches vomiting cramps diarrhea dyspepsia and indigestion before travel.
Colonel H. L. Pickett arrives in Tombstone after a Texas absence and grants interviews to EYPase reporters. Readers are assured he will share candid views on Arizona affairs, with Pickett praised as a well posted, engaging source for local prospects.
El Paso smelter reports basic metal market activity dated December 26, 1906. Prices, demand, and shipments form the core note for traders in the regional iron and ore sectors.
The board of supervisors accepted the Midland Bridge company of Kansas City bid for the Benson Bridge across the San Pedro near Benson. Plans call for a 100 foot span with tubular steel piers and cedar approaches, to be completed in six months. The district attorney to draft bond and contract. several local officials and visitors noted in attendance.
The Southern Pacific has awarded a contract to the Hacienda Mababi Co. for 40 900 cross ties for new Sonora road extensions south of Douglas. Mills on the Campbell ranch 20 miles south of Douglas and seven miles from the Nacozari railroad are cutting ties. Equipment arrived from Douglas to Agua Prieta to Nacozari, Mexico, for grading. A survey from Nacozari to Campas Moctezuma and Yaqui river link has been completed and grading will begin with track laying soon.
The Georgias minstrel troupe headlines Tombstone by posting the largest season receipts and a record attendance at Schieffelin. Early seats urged for Monday nine o'clock sales at Beach Sisters. Also a county private detective recruitment ad seeks one trusted man per town or district with references.
Washington dispatch notes officials question the right of the United States to intervene in suppressing Yaqui murders in Sonora Mexico. It says Americans go to that region at their own risk and compares to early Far West mining expeditions. The piece cites potential government resentment if foreigners were harmed.
Attorney General Ed Clark files a complaint with Court Clerk Dun against A A Waterman & Co for failing to appoint a resident Arizona agent and file notice with the territorial auditor. He seeks dissolution of the company and forfeiture of its corporate privileges as part of a broader crackdown on incorporations not meeting Arizona law. Clark aims to curb eastern promoters and protect investors amid a wave of get rich quick schemes.
The Nogales and Santa Cruz county board of trade seeks government help to survey Cruz River gauging stations for a reservoir project. They propose a 50 foot high dam using abundant local earth and stone, with earthwork costing $25,000 and rock work $105,000, totaling $130,000.
In Douglas the probate court faced underage couples seeking licenses. Carl Terpening, 19, and Bessie Hiburn, 16, obtained parental consent by affidavits after a two day wait and wed Rev. Ritch. Another case, Cresencia Zapata and Febronia Pena, saw license revocation due to age concerns and accusations, with Pena planning to retry after securing consent.
Druggists offer PAZO OINTMENT with a refund if it fails to cure in 6 to 14 days. It treats itching burning and bleeding piles and is priced at 50 cents.
S.A. Brown of Bennetteville, S.C. touts Electric Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia, chronically torpid liver, and a host of ailments. The ad asserts the tonic also treats fevers, malaria, kidney and bladder issues and other complaints, sold by druggists with guarantee.
Arlie H Gardner of the Huachuca Water Co returns from a Yuletide in Texas visiting aged parents in El Paso. He praises Texans for year round hospitality during the holidays and notes El Paso as the Southwest’s busiest city during the period.
Chis Oswald of Rensselaererville N Y touts Buckle Arica Salve as preventing blood poisoning with antiseptic heating properties. He claims Seth Burch, a local resident, was cured of a severe neck sore described as the ugliest he had seen. The salve is advertised as a remedy for cuts wounds burns and sores sold by drug stores.
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