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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1899
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows railroad timetable snippets including destination hints and times. Names and routes are garbled but reference to Maricopa and Phoenix lines appear amid scattered numbers and letters.
Local notices list coffee for sale cheap at Austins and several frame houses for sale with applications at F. B. Austin. Ads mention school supplies at Yaple's and a Fifty Cent Toothache Cure at Tombstone Drug Store.
The Engineering and Mining Journal publishes a full 1898 US mineral and metal production statement. Total value reached 752,921,047 dollars, up 55,009,742 from 1897. Gold output 61,200,000 dollars. copper 64,357,000 pounds. pig iron 22,712,000 tons. coal 208,500,600 short tons. lead 305,459 short tons. World gold production also up.
Professor James Douglass notes from the Copper Queen Co. that Arizona’s copper output rose in 1898 and is likely to exceed 30 million pounds in 1899. Growth stems from expanded processing of sulphide ores, new mining at Bisbee Clifton and Globe, and renewed production at United Verde Globe Mines and Detroit companies.
A newspaper note claims pneumonia stems from a cold or la grippe and asserts that Chamberlain Cough Remedy prevents this progression. The ad promises the medicine counters such illnesses, calls it the best remedy for bad colds and la grippe, and states every bottle is warranted with sales through Tombstone Drug Store.
Listing of mineral locations and transfers including Last Chance and Climax mines with owners J H Slaughter EE Morrison Date Graham D Jaredo F R Perry W Deckeran Josiah Kerlow and others. Mortgage releases and sales involve W B Gibson J M Ororco J C Chisholm T F Metz M A Morgan Jos Schwertarr Pacifi Improvement Co and real estate trades valued from 25 to 400 in Bisbee and nearby areas.
An advertisement claims deep discounts at a store selling jams and jellies in California brands for 1.50 per dozen, with many fruits in fancy jars. It touts cheap cigars and wholesale style prices for Candia and pipex products, urging customers to compare and be convinced.
An old advertisement from New Typ Gravure Co announces engraving samples and portraits by government commission. It mentions photographers on site in New Orleans and Des Anglais, with low prices and ready for countryside dress images. The blurb references war era contexts and official officers in camps, including San Francisco and Manila, hinting at wartime travel and production.
An old remedy praised by millions of mothers for over fifty years. The product is described as a safe soothing syrup that eases teething and stomach discomfort with a pleasant taste and natural ingredients.
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