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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1896
Page
4
A garbled notice from PROSPECTOR un Set Limited references date events and personnel including J. Fany General Manager and Maricopa Phoenix R. R. Nort Ail nose teas. The fragmentary text mentions New Mexico and Arizona stations and a timetable or arrival times.
Bilver is quoted at 68 see Marshal Mesde has gone east on a business trip. Oscar Rogers the noted train robber has been sentenced to hang in September. The Tucson Star says James Finley bets $1 000 Bryan will be elected this fall. A drummer is the only passenger on the outgoing stage this morning Richard Fieher left for Copper mines owned by Mosers. River higher than ever with banks overflown land along the river bottom soaked alfalfa looking fine. Syrup of Figs said to permanently ease habitual constipation, guiding informed buyers away from laxatives.
A mix of short items concerns disputed quotes about gold and silver coinage, a denouncement of a fake interview attributed to President O Connell, promotion of Electric Bitters as a headache cure, cattle and hog shipments from Glendale to Los Angeles, Arcadia as a summer resort, mining and ore transport activity, a lightning strike near the Senator mine, power plant incidents, the death of Mrs Theodore Wellish, and a note on Hotel Ramona in Los Angeles.
A grand ratification meeting is announced to be held this evening on Allen Street inviting all interested participants. The notice emphasizes community involvement and collective approval of a decision.
Political notes center on Mayor Warnekroe’s new Arlington House in Pearce with eleven rooms, carpets, and new furnishings. other items mention People’s candidates Sewall and Bryan, local press shifts, a rare meteor strike in Chihuahua that killed two children, and local horse trades with Lippert’s barber shop as HQ. Also recounted are weather-related ranch updates and a near-miss accident involving El Land, Tombstone’s rising legal light, at his father's ranch.
The Peck mine, once prolific and now hunted by miners and owners alike, has struck a rich ore vein near the surface. The ore, valued at over 1200 dollars per ton, appears along a long trodden area and may prompt a deep cross-cut to deepen the vein. Fellow miner Pet Doulan reports a rich silver pocket tucked in a different joint, though small. The old Peck camp again shows potential to rise to prominence.
The Pressett Courier notes N. H. Hutchison drowned last Friday while crossing Beaver Creek in a buckboard with his young daughter. The team overturned, the girl escaped downstream, and Hutchison’s body was found in the Verde below after a rainstorm. A local anecdote mentions Captain Too giving a Sunday lecture as vernacular quips linger in Bowie station.
Mr J W Venable of Downey, a Los Angeles County pioneer, says Chamberlain's Color Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy relieves stomach pain and diarrhoea. He has used it for years and recommends it to everyone. For sale by druggists with Schilling's Best tea.
A promotional pitch argues that government evils stem from citizen indifference. It contrasts Britain’s strict tea controls with American laxity, claiming colored tea floods the U S. and urging belief in Schilling’s Best tea as pure and money back.
Bucklin's Arnica Salve offered for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a guaranteed cure for piles or no payment required. Price is 50 cents per box and available at Tombiose Drug Store.
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