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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1898
Page
1
Report notes government seeks sailing vessels to Manila due to tea transport difficulties. Port Said dispatch lists ships such as Pelays and Empera dor planning routes, while San Francisco and others move to coal from colliers and enter the canal amid efforts to source supplies and crews.
Reports from Santiago indicate Morro has not fallen but is expected to be taken soon. Admiral Sampson plans engagement after mines are removed, with Pando’s forces entering Santiago harbor area this morning and American losses reported heavier than Spanish. No land fighting occurred today, and reinforcements are being prepared to support the assault.
Gen Shafter wired the War Department for immediate reinforcements and hospital stores. Transports are being arranged to depart at once, with hospital supplies en route. Officials warn casualties may be higher than initial estimates amid urgent demand. Also a classified ad seeks copper mining claims with full details and cash price from Thos Whitman in Manhattan.
Gen Shafter reports from Libenty that our forces at Santiago suffered heavy losses with over 1,000 killed and wounded. A shell destroyed an entire company while hospital supplies run short. The 108 degree shade heat worsens wounds as troops stay entrenched at outer Spanish works.
A mixed reader item lists Bucklin's Arnica Salve with claims of perfect satisfaction or money back, 25 cents per box, sold at Tombstone Drug Store. It also features a local Sayings anecdote about Jon Patterson and an anecdote praising Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with testimonials, plus a note on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and a widow's cure testimony from Mary A. eand in Clavessore Arkansas, with sales at Tombstone Drug Store.
Notice states that the undersigned bonded her interest in the Missouri Platt Tracy and Buena Vista mines near Middlemarch Cochise County Arizona to M. M. O'Gorman and Levnard. All work and supplies under the bond are for the account of M. M. O'Gorman and L. J. Gird or their successors.
Unspecified signer states a working bond for interests in the Missouri Platt Tracy and Buena Vista mines in Cochise County Arizona to M M OGorman and Levi J Girdard. Bond covers work performed or supplies furnished under the bond to OGorman and L J Gird or their agent Garrett, dated Tombstone March 20 1898.
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