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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1892
Page
2
The notice advertises subscription options for tombstone prospecting news delivered by carriers. It offers one year six months and three months plans at 35 cents per week. Details cover pricing delivery frequency and payment method. The item reads as an old classified notice for periodical delivery.
An early morning fire at the Sisters' residence of the Fort Yuma Indian school destroys the buildings and contents with unknown origin. Also reported is the death of Albert Victor and a birth in 1864 of Prince Victor Christian Edward, eldest son of the Prince of Wales.
A fragment describes Boschee's German Syrup and its use for hoarseness from a cold. The writer recalls trying the remedy about fourteen years ago in New Jersey and mentions ongoing effects and difficulty working during that period. The text references a pastorate context and various garbled place names.
A health column cites Dr Joseph Tysophs on baldness causes: limited sun exposure, grooming habits, and heat effects. Advice covers headwear, washing frequency, brushing, and use of grease or oils with possible stimulants like canthorides to slow thinning.
The drought story notes a ban of animal slaughter every ten days by a bannerman. Proclamations grew harsher as time passed, forbidding meat, including sheep and poultry, and threatening magistrates with punishment. A magistrate’s cook was found with fish, the cook was beaten, and two runners who enforced the rule were punished.
A San Diego Union note recalls 1882 Guatemala events where British influence ended a dispute. Vice consul McGee won a boat race, provoking a local officer who punished a Guatemalan official with fifty lashes. Within thirty days a British warship demanded compensation and threats of bombardment.
A New York Tribune correspondent recalls a hen that used a straw hat as a nest. The hat blew off the board over a barrel setup, and the hen, named Biddy, settled into the hat, clucked, and adjusted it to stay.
The notice states all subscribers to the Dairy Prospector or WrEKty Errrarn with a cattle brand will run without compensation. A dedicated page will cover local affairs news, and a year’s Prospector subscription includes a two inch brand advertisement in the WEEKLY Errraru.
The notice promotes the Pony Saloon with fine whisky, brandies wines ales and cigars, and lists ice cold drinks and the Carmen Key West Cigar. It also notes J A Engle running a fast riverhorse rig Tombstone to Bisbee and back, fruit trees for sale, plants, vines, and roses, plus plant nursery offerings in Tombstone Arizona.
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