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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1899
Page
1
Local notices recount trains from Bisbee to Phoenix Tucson and Los Angeles, a fatal illness, a child’s recovery, a fire at Dob Nick’s tent house on Brewery Gulch, and a wave of mining and business moves. Community groups form a lodge and plan social events while residents travel for work and health.
An Albany dispatch recounts Happy Jack of Arizona seeking an appointment under Governor Roosevelt and being offered a New York Central railroad position. The item notes various local and regional updates including convent plans in Phoenix, Mayor Emanuel’s expected return, and other weather and public notices. It mentions a two day race meeting and medical relief efforts amid grippe, plus farm bid results and a note on quinine usage and a long-lived Aunt Joe.
Reports describe the recovery of several badly damaged Spanish warships sunk at Santo Domingo by heavy gunfire. The task required complex engineering and naval work to refloat vessels once considered unsalvageable. Also noted is a health tip endorsing Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as aiding stomach disorders while a Western mail delay disrupted train connections at a desert station.
A mixed dispatch reports the Zuni tribe in western New Mexico faces extermination due to disease and smallpox. It cites 1709 population with 217 deaths, and 60+ cases of ape disease. KNAPP and nurses assist but lack power to stop it. Separate item notes a fireman injured near a locomotive and a mail letter possession ruling. Fort Whipple timber sale postponed pending mineral character inquiry.
Report on J Y Vie load of COC stock taking first prize at the Denver stock show with Herefords from Arizona Mrs Adsite. JJJ's win southern calves prize Whitman Tex Vickers earns third medal. Chiricahua Cattle Company praised for herd breeding. Mining project noted and petitions to abolish gambling and enforce Sunday closing in Phonir Tempe Mere districts. Gran County crime summary cites costly losses by a vicious woman and prison histories. Trading Company notices from New Orleans address collectors. 1904 date references and scattered local notices.
A historical verse recounts settlers losing homes to land grants in Cochise County. It portrays years of labor spent taming desert, imagining dams and water, while claimants press to evict the poor, ending with the squatter displaced and wandering. Published February 1, 1889 by Mites Neves Farbank.
The report lists multiple House and Senate items with bills on tax, homestead exemptions, age of consent, and assessor duties. Notices foretell future bills on saloons and vaccination. Tombstone endures a Kanens cyclone edge with property moved and no major losses. A mining strike in Colorado and copper discussions in Goohise County are noted. The infant death of Mrs Davenport and local government updates accompany military and financial notes.
Governor Sturnby received a letter from the president of the Dread Institute in Worchester Massachusetts seeking a young Arizona woman for a free scholarship. The recipient must be 15 to 35 in good health with high school education or equivalent and show aptitude for educational attainment and household science. Tuition housing and meals would be provided, with a teaching position possible in the state after completion if competent.
A historic note asserts pneumonia stems from cold or flu and claims Chamberlain Cough Remedy prevents pneumonia during grippe outbreaks. It touts the remedy as the best for bad colds and grippe, with horse use warranted and sold by a drug store.
Copper at the high water price of 18 cents draws investors toward Arizons and Cochin county for promising prospects. The district holds plentiful field and many opportunities for capital to develop copper producers locally.
A new publication devoted to mining and industrial interests in the Southwest begins in El Paso. The paper aims to bring mining opportunities to capital and invites liberal patronage to support its launch and growth.
Frank J. Cheyney swears as senior partner of FLJ firm that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Sworn Dec 6 1886 before notary A W Gleason. Hall's Catarrh Cure to be taken internally and act on mucous surfaces. F J Cheyney is listed with Heney & Co Toledo O.
A reader advertises a tonic labeled Elp's Cree Tala neems for catarrh, claiming cure and medical benefits. It lists an address in Chicago and Warren Avenue and offers price 10 cents or mail delivery, asserting no nicotine mercury or dangerous components.
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