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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1900
Page
4
An old scanned column promotes a bogus medical cure for women, listing Dr. Pierce and various elixirs. The text warns of sensational claims and urges readers to send letters for free confidential information, reflecting period fraudulent advertising in small print.
An ad style note promotes Hanett Apple Citer and Dewitt's Little Early Risers as blood purifying pills. It also lists maple sugar, cranberry sauce, buckwheat flour, garden seeds, and other goods from Wolcott's in a compact, period voice.
A jumble of items from Tombstone includes De Witt's pills praised by residents, advertisements for candy and pharmacies, a mention of a dance at the Tombstone Terperivorean Club, and notes on local mining prospects. Visitors Chas J. Douglass and wife and the Haneaker family are noted among evolving town activity and upcoming appointments.
Last night Edward Herron was moved from Benton to Tombstone jail by Officer Shilliam after a mob formed over rumors of sexual assault on a five year old girl. Herron denied specifics, awaiting examination before Justice Schuster on Monday amid strong public tension.
A scattered ledger shows transfers of stock and property, mines and deeds involving Chas Ahlberg, Nelson, Adams, Bryant, Castenada, Mullers, Mitchell, and others. It notes several mine locations, property values, and various adoptions of copper bullion proof and medical ads for a cough remedy.
Four Hawkins boys aged thirteen to six enticed Ralph Hughes, six, from home in Curtis. The eldest threw him down and stamped him. The younger brother aided, Hughes lay insensible for days before dying Friday night. Inquest pending. Also notes on Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets with local ads and a frontierman story.
The Texuer board met July 1 1900 by adjournment. Minutes from July 10 approved. Resignations accepted for Constables and Justices of the Peace. Appointments and road overseer named. Tax actions and deeds ordered. Also an advertisement for Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with testimonials and trial bottles offered.
The region faces disruption as a group of alleged misers and lawyers hinder a proposed deal. Reports accuse a gang of cheap lawyers of intimidation and spreading rumors to deter investors, stoking fears about locations and tile quality. The write-up links these acts to broader mining interests across the territory.
Range N room reports cattle shipments from this county in late May and June. Heads sent to Bloom Cattle Co from Thatcher and Avbbure, and others shipped to TL River and Fort Scott. Also Witcox shipments to Tucson and La Junta, with various ranchers and firms named. Additionally notes on cave discovery, a patent medicine endorsement, and a railroad consolidation with huge securities. An automobile between Red Rock and the Ray mine is mentioned.
An old advert promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a fifty year trusted children remedy for teething wind colic and diarrhoea, priced at twenty five cents. Also touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as the original treatment for burns injuries piles and skin diseases with cautions about counterfeit products.
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