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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1891
Page
2
A stream of scattered notes covers Pecos County and nearby areas with items on tax, prisoners, and opium laws. It notes a Good Templar Lodge formed in Cochise County and critiques local candidates, guards, and governors while reporting company earnings and a Chinese immigration ruling.
Wire service notes a 30 to 40 percent rate reduction for Kansas Nebraska Colorado and New Mexico effective January 1st. Also mentions bids for jetty work in Galveston and project costs for sandstone granite and railway combined, plus comments by General Miles about Indian policy in Rapid City.
Notice states at December meeting a five percent per share assessment on capital stock, payable immediately to the secretary in California. Unpaid by January 6, 1891, stock will be delinquent and sold February 9, 1891 to cover debt and costs. Includes stock notices for CENTRE CONSOLIDATED sg Company with similar terms and sale date.
Adipatel reports Jack Hassler, Pina County Assessor, robbed this morning as three masked men, one firing gun, seized $4000. All three fled. two escapees later linked to Tucson jail break. Local anxieties rise over Apache footprints tied to Hardie and Bridges killings while public works and rock projects are mentioned.
The passage extols health through early disease prevention and a wholesome stomach, praising Hostette's Stomach Bitters as a tonic. It argues that good regulation of digestion strengthens the whole body and can aid in conditions like dyspepsia malaria kidney issues and rheumatic complaints.
An era of emigration and frontier hardship is echoed by a self promoting notice extolling Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as essential for pioneers. It mixes warnings about malaria and thirst with a saloon appeal for whiskey, cigars, and imported liquors at the Pony saloon in Arizona.
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