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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1896
Page
2
A cryptic notice from the Tombstone Epitaph announces a publication schedule with recurring subdates and a Wednesday release pattern. It references the Parizona Kicker and an unclear ramus within the year and multiple months.
A roundup cites that the United States spends four times as much on schools as military establishments, while Britain and France invest nearly six times as much in military forces. Germany spends four times as much on militia as schools. Other items include Cuero mourners arriving in Washington, a proposed government ship torpedo boat, Colorado governor’s halt on livestock imports, Arizona school land leasing controversy, a Philadelphia fire story, and a Hall’s Catarrh Cure advert claim with oath.
A Phoenix Herald reader sends a long letter from J H Davis describing Johannesburg in early January 1896. He notes political tensions, a government crackdown on English opponents, mining wages, board costs, summer climate, and the view that the revolution is unsettled. He plans to stay and make a stake if conditions improve.
A garbled London guildhall piece describes lord mayor robes, scarlet gowns for aldermen, mazarine gowns for common councilors, and crimon velvet for state occasions. It notes the mace, four swords including Pearl, and two mayoral chains, with references to royal and civic ceremonies.
A fragment from a Cincinnati Tunes Star piece recounts Mr Potts returning from abroad and visiting a friend in Indianapolis. A humorous, melodramatic exchange follows about fashion, cooking school lessons, and a tempting reward that leads to playful irony and moralizing wit.
Three masked men seized cash at the Market Street Bank, fired at the cashier, then escaped through a window hole with about 60 dollars. A bullet struck but did not injure either the cashier or bystanders as they fled into the crowded street.
The article surveys folk beliefs on narcotic plant dreams and omens, noting four leaf clovers, hop pillows, and a Russian plant nontrava as dream predictors. It recalls a superstition linking white roses and imminent death, and recounts a Middletown item about a frog churning cream into butter. A local ad promotes a black diagonal worsted suit for men at Barrow's.
A fragment recalls a quirky Worlds Fair test of baking powders then shifts to a dramatic town anecdote. A retired burglar describes entering a home where a knife thrower attacked, pinning him to a door with knives in a bedhead and sleeve. The ordeal ends with little gained and clothing damaged.
GW Jenkine claims his children’s croup is relieved immediately by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and calls it the best cough medicine on the market. He asserts early, freely given remedy prevents attacks and praises it for containing nothing injurious. For sale by druggists.
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