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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1896
Page
2
A scrambled historic column notes varied items from the Tombstone Epitaph and Arizona Kicker. It mentions national papers and Edison debates, discusses coast defenses, and lists professions present in congress. It includes curious anecdotes about a Kentucky man and a snakebite remedy.
January reports show cattle imports from Mexico down across ports while Bisbee notes cattle outlook improving and local mines restarting. Counterfeit silver dollars and other fake coins surface. merchants warn and urge vigilance to curb circulation.
The item cites Levi Strauss & Co advertising copper riveted garments from the San Francisco factory. It then shifts to a Bisbee Tombstone area round-up of fires, New Year's Eve festivities, copper shipments, horse losses, and social events with mentions of Local residents and businesses amid mining activity and livestock movements.
A dock of items reports the Suprrvine board adjourning, cattle in prime condition amid cold weather, and mining movements near Pearceville. Other notes include a prison transfer in Bisbee, a closing of Williams as legally incorporated, tax lists, and an Arizona territorial meeting in Tres Pinos with plans to expand membership.
An alarm at 9:30 p.m. reported a fire in a rear cabin used as a sleeping space by William Brophy's cook. The lamp exploded igniting the cabin, which the cook had just lit before returning to work. The blaze was stopped by a bucket brigade after water in the main pipe froze.
The passage extols Cochise County Arizona as a healthful climate between San Francisco and New Orleans with mild nights, abundant fruit, vast mineral and timber resources, railroads, and ample public funds. It urges families to settle, noting coal fields in Sonora and a growing trade with Mexico, inviting readers to contact the Tombstone Arizona Information Commission for details.
Fragmentary OCR notes cite Mone olaie suspenders and a white brook with draw so portage in South Meesnpock. A secretary from Sacramento is referenced in a terse report with unclear details.
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