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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1895
Page
3
Tombstone Arizona area notes from Tombstone Epitaph columns discuss weddings, illnesses, stage passengers, immigrant movements, robberies, and local chatter. Reports cover arrests, counterfeit rumors, binded disease, a skating club, and political hints from El Independiente.
On the evening of January 30 1895 a Southern Pacific train was held up two miles west of Willcox Arizona. Wells Fargo loss included mail and express and the roof of the express car was damaged. A group of men named Joe George Jim Yates Kaut Wheeler Matt Taylor John Woods are suspected. Rewards totaling five hundred dollars are offered for arrests and convictions. Information may be given to E M Cooper Wells Fargo J S Noble Southern Pacific J A Fieons Geo Supt Tucson.
The latest news ties several men to a daring train robbery. A 500 esc reward is offered for their capture as five posses converge. Leaders discussed the plan around camp fires and threats of death or capture loom while authorities chase clues across the county.
W. B. Taylor and Hugh Conlon arrived from their ranches with a letter from Scott White. White, who headed toward Rucker, expects to cut Fly's trail before night and believes the men will split up at their mountain camp. Joe George, a suspect, was reportedly in the county hospital last fall.
The Tombstone native argued the Welob v. Severns case with clear law and force. Reporters praised her concise appellate brief and strong final point that the injured miner’s actions helped cause his own harm by tearing out a dangerous slope.
About 1000 head of stock seized by Mexican authorities in Lower California, including cattle owned by Ed Roberts and Pete Johnson. Cattle advertised for sale and protests noted as border tensions rise. Gov. Sanguives suggested a damage suit against Andrade, with locals renting under his premise of noninterference by customs officials.
We report a dramatic recovery of a seven year old boy once deemed a cripple due to a white swelling on the leg. After lancing failed, Hood's Sarsaparilla improved appetite, reduced discharge, and reduced swelling. The leg straightened, and he regained full use.
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla with other tonics and patent medicines. Dr Kings New Discovery, Electric Bitters, Baeklen Amica Salve, Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder, and Workd's Pail Migbeot Model are pitched as guaranteed cures. Tombstone Drug Store sells them.
A jumble of old kitchen tips and scattered notices from a 19th or early 20th century page includes recipes for pancakes and puddings, a meat and cracker loaf, and a cornmeal thickening. Also referenced are stray remarks on bootlegging and a quip about infants and intelligence, with several misread words and garbled phrases.
A collage of brief items cites cremation of Edmund Yates's book, a claim by Commander in Chief Snieation Arms about never reading newspapers, and a long stray garbled note about Leaulots residences. It mentions St Johns Ambulance drills in England, a ballroom incident in Austria, and sidewalk rentals in Paris. Additional fragments touch on jokes, proverbs, and ads including Feller of Mishawaka Indiana.
Long warning against trespassing on the San Pedro river ranches between the Grand Central mill and Fairbank. The notice lists numerous cattle brands, range offices, post towns, and brand marks for operations including A. Bauer, Braley, Duvall & Co, Dunshee & Metcalf, and CHIRICAHUA CATTLE CO among others, with various left side, hip, or thigh brands. Includes promotional text for a dairy publication and patent medicines, cluttering the page with ads and brand credits.
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