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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1899
Page
4
Fragmented OCR brief lists transportation timetables and local ads. Mentions trains and routes Austin to Arizona and New Mexico, sales of frame houses, cheap coffee mill, tobacco hats, medicinal cures, and various misc. devices with dubious claims.
Arizona copper mines and smelters are fully utilized with railroads hauling seven to eight times more ore than in 1896 and 1897. About 16,000 workers remain employed, and the industry could produce over 30 million dollars annually if demand holds, boosting many locals to millionaire status in two years. An ad touts Syrup of Figs as a universal laxative and family remedy.
The record covers Cochise County Board of Supervisors meetings in 1890 and 1899 with routine county business and adjournments. It notes visitors, local commerce items, tobacco experiments near Pima, tax and building rock tests, a homicide verdict at Prescott, stage schedule changes, and cattle shipments through Denver Union Stock Yards highlighting Arizona’s large cattle trade and educational figures visiting Tombstone.
A整理 list shows mine filings by A H L Wenn Maurice Deen JG Pritchard et al N C Roscom J P Richardson Hurlbut Miller Schmeling Wat Perley Bros DW Mitchell M Jones Ales Wight to Commonwealth Myr Co and others with values up to $2500. Additional notes reference Pearce property Portland Ms Co and The Dragoon Mg Co deeds and a sale at the American Restaurant with listed menu items and a parade reunion event in Las Vegas.
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