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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1893
Page
3
The document lists subscription costs and distribution details, noting one year subscriptions at zero dollars and 24 cents monthly carrier delivery. It reports wage cuts in Utah to two dollars and fifty cents per day and cites state production values for sil ver, copper, and ore concentrates. It also counts Indian tribes in Arizona and railroad traffic warnings from the Inter Commerce Commission.
The 1892 U S census bureau reports Arizona corn at 81 000 bushels and wheat at 192 00 bushels with a total value of 184 416 dollars. Mexican contract dates extend to 1908 and the onyx industry grows in Arizona with large weekly consignments from Phoenix. Stone is favored for ornamental uses and shipments to England are noted.
A column offers practical domestic forestry and farming tips including remedies for woolly aphids with Plarx whitewash and sulphur, garden care like dusting soil and fence signals, plus home remedies for colds and skin issues. Also noted are travel snippets about H. Weaver in New Mexico, Chamberlains Cough Remedy, and a feature on agricultural displays at the Chicago world’s fair with Haitian commissioner CA. Preston arranging a $20,000 pavilion.
A fragment from a vintage column lists bizarre facts and quips about Europe and Poland, including extinct noble lines and a peculiar law requiring slanderers to walk on all fours. It recounts Dan Burns’s tale of a journalist jailed for truth, notes a fake disease from a typewriter stub, and teases oddities from creams to sauerkraut seekers.
Rosco Armeny reports on a pardon of Jas Start, once jailed for train robbery, released by the President. Start, who formerly ran a Tombstone saloon and sought city council, returns to Arizona ties after years in an era penitentiary and reflects on his early days.
A compendium of cattle brands and ranch notices from multiple Arizona posts including Tombstone Bisbee Wilcox and Sulphur Springs Valley. Entries identify brands by left side right side hip shoulder and other placements with associated ranch names and post offices. Many lines reference owners such as Duvall Sullivan Baker Morris and Whitbeck and note ranges like Apache Springs Sulphur Springs Valley and Upper San Pedro.
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