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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1902
Page
4
An unclear testimonial describes a woman who credits a product and advice for improving health and well being after years of nervousness and slender weight. The text claims increased weight and a renewed sense of vitality through the use of the product and prescribed regimen.
Readers endorse Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a top cure for croups, colds, and related illnesses. A Camden Messenger testimonial notes its long standing family use and preventative value for children. Another report claims Kings New Discovery cured consumption after seven bottles. Trial bottles offered locally at Tombstone drugstore.
Reports say Southern Pacific officials survey routes from Coobine to Bisbee via Balthorug valley and Lombstone to Naco and Bare as two escaped outlaws from Tombstone jail await capture. Officers anticipate probable whereabouts. rival lines threaten business, with surveys indicating steps to extend into Pearer Gleeson Tombstone Naco and Bisbee.
In Mexico, efforts in conjunction with Col Kosterlitekt target the capture of Alvord and Bravo Juan. The sheriff’s office was alerted to their arrest in Mexico today. Sheriff Lewin travels to the scene to escort the prisoners. extradition papers are to follow, potentially delaying only a few days. Further details due tomorrow.
A Burlington locomotive fireman C W Bellamy recalls a near miss, credits Electric Bitters for renewed strength, and praises Chamberlain’s remedies. Washington’s birthday events, a Philippine recruit parade, and a Papago Indian spectacle at the Smithsonian museum headline a chaotic Tombstone era page full of ads and notes.
The note says an excursion to the Basco bull fight will occur tomorrow with expected zero attendance. A fare for the round trip is set and a few travelers may join. F B O’Brien, manager of Copper Belle Co store at Gleeson, visited Tombstone today. Railroad plotting may bring two lines, with El Paso Southwestern and a survey affecting Gleeson on the valley route toward Bisbee.
Public warning about buying Vascarets candy cathartic with C C C stamped tablets. Advises against bulk sales and warns substitutes are frauds. Note urges buyers to obtain from druggists at 10 cents.
Local notes itemize property transfers from Adame Worley and others in Bisror Douglas Tombstone and Boquillas areas. Mining deeds and mortgages, appointments, and early 1902 notices accompany reports of road work on Tombstone’s wagon route and troop movements at Fort Hasduxe. A reminiscence recalls Sheriff Lee’s 19th century exploits in Colfax county. further items mention Davin recovering from gout and two more troops expected at Hasduxe.
An old advertised remedy claims sixty years of use by millions of mothers for infants and children. It promises soothing relief for pain, wind colic, and diarrhea, with a pleasant taste and widely sold by druggists worldwide at twenty five cents per bottle.
A reader notes Schilling's Best baking powder is costly but not charged at its true value. It performs much work per cent, making it the most economical in effect despite a high price.
An advertisement extols a liquid laxative brand as a modern, pleasant remedy for cleansing the Yatem and alleviating headaches fevers and upset stomachs, touting Syrup of Figs by California Fig Syrup Co. as a superior product.
Advertises Dr Kings New Life Pills as a remedy for indigestion biliousness constipation and stomach liver and bowel troubles. Claims millions are always at work and markets the product as easy pleasant safe and sure at Tombstone Drug Store.
Fifty officials are accused in Korea of embezzlement linked to a public fund. The report notes the case reflects a broader concern over corruption but does not classify the act as an accomplishment within the country.
A collage of witty exchanges and humorous quips from various sources. The snippets lampoon romance, manners, and daily life with brisk punchlines and comic gags.
Jumbled clippings show a line of personal notes from Mea and Wederly Iant asking to write to mamma with a message. Weiderly suggests sending regards but warns against revealing how she is viewed. A fragment mentions a race and a human interest aside.
Advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as feeding the body and reviving lungs for consumption. It claims the product starves microbes by strengthening weak lungs, offering life for the lungs and flesh for the body as a right for consumptives. It presents the tonic as ideal for wasting diseases.
A reader describes a weak heart with skipped and rapid beats, causing fainting and breathlessness. After taking Dr Miles Heart Cure, two bottles restored normal heart action, with the testimonial attributed to D D Hora of Huntington.
Advertisement claims Dr Miles Heart Cure benefits weak or diseased hearts when taken in time. Urges immediate use and notes sale by druggists.
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