This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1897
Page
2
A reconstructed blot of 1890s newspaper chatter covers the Nashville centennial exposition set to open May 1 1897 with a $1 000 000 price tag. It notes editorials on taxes political shifts and public concerns, plus scattered remarks on governance taxation poverty and press duties.
Wanted agents for Mulen and Co. Joe Angeles California sell to every rancher. Big money offered. Apply to Mulen and Co. at the listed address.
Corr enixas Miss Jurade departs for a visit, Fred Colman sails toward Chihuahua, and George Dunn returns to Bisbee for a brief stay. Locals Ben Wil and others head to Benson, with Cunningham recovering from a broken leg and plans for balloon tricks abandoned. Custom officials visit to plan a La Morita move, while J W Wallace expands a steam laundry with foreman Kane from San Francisco. Fred Warburton postpones England trip to supervise orders, ensuring quality across his tailor shop.
Cattle import statistics show December totals by city and monthly Mexican imports for 1896. El Paso 990 Nogales 6704 Laredo 1049 Brownsville 339 San Diego 292 Eagle Pass 448. December total 25 822. 1895 December imports were 29039. Mexican monthly totals include January to December 1896 with figures such as 9832 in January and 14405 in April, among others, reaching 244000 for the year.
An altercation between a Tombstone carpenter Oscar Simmons and a gambler led to a gun discharge. A bystander P. J. Cain was shot in the back, the bullet lodging near the groin and later removed by Dr. Bennet. Cain is reported doing well. Separately, Mexican army uniform work fearfully threatens jobs for over 4,000 seamstresses as a contract to a US firm proceeds.
Marsh and Driscoll, oldest stockmen in Southern Arizona, closed their cattle sale to Idaho buyer Phillips, yielding around $50,000. The pair, dating to 1891, 1893 and disasters with the Farago Indians, sold to square up debts and fund a nest egg. Also notes the death of Ex City Marshal Robt Paul of Tucson at 35, and local items including a two-case assault trial and a boxing bout refereed by Justice Duncan.
The orange growers of Mexico sent a representative to Washington to urge the Ways and Means committee that duties on Mexican oranges should not rise. They say Mexican season ends before Florida and California exports, fearing competition. They exported 980 cars this season and expect double next year. A Phoenix man tells a joke about his morning wake up.
An applicant from Musexovs Franklin Co Texas, dated July 9 1897, offers to teach and practice medicine in a remote western village. He holds multiple Texas teaching certificates and a medical degree with three years experience, requesting $10 for placement services.
Prominent health elixir advertisement urges desk workers to use Hoscetter Stomach Bitters to restore energy and vigor. The copy claims relief from nervousness sleep loss and digestive ailments and promotes its preventive benefits against rheumatism neuralgia and other pains. It also notes pneumatic tube development between New York and Brooklyn with an expected capacity of 216000 letters hourly.
For sale a ranch with improvements including a house, barn and well on about 8 cultivated acres. Approximately 75 bearing orchard trees. Water right via St David Canal. All complete and offered cheap for cash. Apply at the premises to owner Mars Hasvau Nerisox St David.
The January term of the Territorial supreme court convened in Phoenix with several notable cases. The principal matter involves the Territorial prison superintendent appealing against the State of Arizona Improvement Company over prison contract validity. Judge Behr previously sustained the contract. Also before the court are mandamus bids by James Trier and Elizabeth Brices to compel refunding bonds by the Territorial Funding Bonds. Death row cases include Augustin Chacon of Cochise County. many Cochise County appeals follow, including a mining title dispute involving the Daily group copper mines at Bisbee and a Bisbee city tax case.
Frank J. Cheyney of F. J. Cheyney & Co. swears his firm will pay one hundred dollars for every Catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason records the oath in Toledo on December 6, 1886. The note describes Hall's Cure and its internal use. The Tempe News reports the Vulture Mine sale next.
Brewer reports brisk activity at the Copper Camp with J N Jones departing for the capital for the next legislative assembly, B A Packard returning to Phenix to serve sixty days, Dan McCunninghem visiting next week, and cattle shipments rising. Stormy weather hindered construction but progress resumes as lines are restored. Constable Vaughan confronts two Mexican prisoners tied for a peace disturbance. one jailed ninety days, the other ten days for gunplay in a generally calm town.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.