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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1891
Page
3
Fragmentary notice details general delivery hours and money order services. Mentions a postal department schedule with aerials, east and west routes, and a Bisbee mail departure at 6am arriving six pm.
Fragmentary OCR item records a note about Ben Williams with a packer time reference and morning timing around 7.08 with distances and names Sitben Fairbank and Prirtenk. The readable text is unclear but suggests a timekeeping or schedule entry.
A fragmentary Tombstone note sheet reports cold weather with 22 degrees at dawn and a recent snowstorm in El Paso. It notes Os Negro stage trip, expected arrivals Nellie and Anca Walsh in Tombstone, and John Metcalf returning from California. It lists county printing costs, a Chino Valley sugar factory ceremony, mint agitation at Tucson, and a court ruling on Geo. J. Rork mige & Bev Heney contest in Cochise and Yavapai locale.
The Tombstone militia is without arms as Arizona faces possible Apache outbreaks. The article urges arming southern Arizona militia units and allowing substitutes for those unable to serve. It notes Lt Brainerd, once linked to the Greely expedition, and mentions a military order and a new telegram from Stan. A new magazine starts in Silveron, California called Natural Gas.
War Department orders move Second Cavalry headquarters and two troops from Fort Lowell to Fort Wingate, with additional detachments from Huachuca to Wingate and Stanton, reshaping command posts and officers. Other items note mine equipment sale at Yuma, misstatements about Lang cattle drive, preservation proposals for Coss Grande ruins, and Army vegetable inspection procedures.
The Resolved club dispatched three telegraphs to Miles Beesth set and the Secretary of War urging halt to Fort Lowell abandonment amid rising tensions. Other items include local anecdotes, census notes on Sunday schools, and a coroner’s inquest tale from Montana.
The text covers proposed changes to US mining law including allowing five adjacent claims to satisfy one assessment, waiving further assessment after sufficient work, and allowing a single witness for work certification. It notes the mining year start date, advertising urges, a missing man case in Chicago, stock inquiries in New Mexico, private movements in Arizona, and regional distribution of fort-related spending affecting Tucson and surrounding towns. Reports also mention investigators from Washington to Nogales, protests in Tucson over Fort Lowell, and troop dispatch orders to Pine Ridge Agency with hospital corps movements.
A volatile Supreme Court action on a territorial legality dispute threatens renewed litigation and possible chaos if the court reverses or affirms lower court rulings. Holdover appointments, salaries, and broad taxpayer impacts are noted amid a garbled list of recorder’s office records including cattle slaughter, water rights, a placer claim, and deputy district attorney appointment.
A testimonial from J F Davenport of Canarsie New York claims rapid digestive relief from Allcock's Porous Plasters. He details severe indigestion pain under the heart area cold exposure and lost appetite improving within 24 hours and fully recovering in seven days using the plasters. He also notes benefit for colds coughs and side pains.
A letter from Ada E Hurd of Grown, New York, recounts a fatal cold turning to consumption. She credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving her life after four doctors gave up, and notes available free trials at Young’s Drugstore. The article also cites a claim that many barn fires blamed on tramp trespassers are actually caused by farmers smoking in barns.
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