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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1891
Page
8
The SigmaI Service lists the thermometer range for the 24 hours ending 8 o clock p m June 6 with a maximum reading noted. The record provides a partial weather data snapshot from the period.
Louis M. Fay stops at the Cochise area. Judge Kibbey to Bolomonville for court next Monday. Mrs T A Jones of Nogales visits sister Mrs Bastian. Hoeffer’s sells finest new potatoes and onions. Mr Wats returns from Chibeahos. No jury yet in Shankland case. HLW & Co slaughtered 35 head beef cattle at Benon. Montgomery’s coach and four ferries Bisbee jurors home. Gabl visits Fairbank to meet niece spending summer in Tombstone.
Telegram reports from Arispe say on June 3 an Apache raid near the Oro Negro mine killed Frank Catcham, while George Thompson and Marg Hudspeth warned the rest and may have saved the wagon train. The outfit carried two freighters and 5000 pounds of giant powder. investigators pursue the raiding band toward Arizona.
A dubious advert touts Aucocs genuine Porous Plastera and Dr Acker’s Blood Eixir with cautions about imitations. The piece also reports Governor Lawns absence, Murphy’s business role, Torres funding a theater in Ensenada, and a San Carlos boundary survey open to coal field settlement. A Keokuk storm damages Holy Cross church and electric street railway, with minor injuries.
An old well tried remedy used for over fifty years by millions of mothers for teething and diarrhea. It soothes the child softens the gums relieves pain and wind colic. Pleasant to the taste sold by druggists worldwide with value incalculable. Be sure to ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and take no other.
A May 1 notice from PorrLaxo Oregon asks readers to publish a free personal letter. A hardworking young woman, Miss Lacy Fowres, seeks a marriage partner among Southern gentlemen, hoping to escape years of toil. She asks if the paper can publish her appeal free of charge.
A jumble of catalog snippets advertises Becklin TM Arnies Salve with refunds, Hall's Hair Reserves hair care, Butterick patterns via Yaple's News Depot, Dr C P Gillespie dentistry in Tombstone with guaranteed satisfaction, silk over shirts and neckware at C H T Co, horses for sale near Fort Huachuca, Southwestern Jee Co orders, Hare & Page office, and G E Braly dairy delivery.
Special correspondence describes a grand Tucson reception for Governor Irwin with hundreds of dollars in preparations, a banquet at the San Xavier hotel, decorated halls, and notable local figures acting as escorts and guards. The event featured lavish toasts, jokes, wine, and a festive atmosphere marking Arizona’s promising future.
A garbled ad promotes Electric Bitters as a universal cure, claiming they aid digestion and liver stomach and kidney health, promising relief from dyspepsia and related ailments. It speaks to a wide audience seeking daily health boosters and financial relief through a miracle product.
The page lists a reception committee and floor staff for an event at Colin's Cigar Store with ads for Croshed Java coffee at Hooker's, Yaple's Confectionery, and Wolcott's seed and dairy goods. It notes a Miners Restaurant job, Becker scales for sale, and Evener Guss' store advertisement.
Public notice records a power of attorney from Daniel Whitmore to J M Cummings of Tombstone Arizona Territory dated March 26 1857 and recorded by request on the same date. It states the witness date May 2 1891 by Daniel Warmwore and sworn before Notary Joseph McNeal in Stanislaus County California on May 7 1891.
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