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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1891
Page
8
Daily schedule shows arrival and departure times at Pairbank and Bisbee beginning 9.00 am and 10.00 am with 12.30 noon daily except Sunday. Includes Pacific time and superintendent Williams, Signal Service. Thermometer range for 24 hours ending 8 o'clock pm June 13 reads 85 degrees.
Local notes cover Fourth of July plans and an election for a school trustee on the 27th inst. Cattle shipments from Willcox and new Wilcox residents are noted, along with mining updates from Dragoon and a camp at Dragoon by the S. P. railroad. Also mentions frictions with Prescot over Whipple, and ongoing sales at New York Stone with Frank Hare. Ayer s Sarsaparilla promotion and Cholera remedy praise conclude the column.
The jury reached a manslaughter verdict after hours of debate, ending a landmark Cochise county criminal contest. Judge Sloan presided as the panel, previously split 7 2 on conviction and acquittal and 4 for manslaughter on the final ballot. Public relief followed the verdict amid fear of a hung jury. The report notes weather, local remedies, and a stage robber escape near Casa Grande as additional items in the day’s news.
Henry Thome traveling secretary of the Y S C A writes from Exeter Hall London to praise Attcock's Poxons Plas sters for back pains and rheumatic afflictions. He says they bring benefit, are easy to apply, and comforting for those in public work exposed to temperature changes in travel.
Week ending June 13 1891 shows remaining general delivery letters for Mason James Rice George B McCann Jobe Walker Charlie Press E. Sorry Marry. Patrons urged to say advertised and give date if seeking shore letters. Also notes on Beery root beer ad and Antelope mine patent, infant son of J A Rockfellow illness update, Phinn Clanton in Solomonsville, dentist C P Gillespie, welling millinery move, butter and cheese brands at Honflers, Southwestern Coe Co at Hare Page stables.
Reports confirm Geronimo the desperado, feared outlaw of Arizona south of the 34th parallel and Sonora, killed about 30 miles from Benson. Deputies Gray and Kelton await fuller details as a wounded companion is treated. Alvord and Warnekros prepare to assist.
Rev C R Nugent pastor presides over Sunday worship at 11 am and 745 pm with Sunday School at 945. Morning sermon titled How to avid mistaken prayer while evening discourse explores Proper times their origin Diversity and Lessons. All are invited to attend these services.
Rev. FW Downs schedules services tomorrow and Sunday evening at Liam with Sunday School at noon. Topics include Do Christians Pass in Grace and That Prisoner at the Bar What Should be the Punishment. Also notes sales on children shoes and toilet soaps, and sentencing for Dan Shankland set for Monday morning.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a cure for liver and skin conditions promising purity and safety. Separately John McMahon appeared in court and pleaded not guilty. further action delayed due to the absence of the district attorney in Benson.
A collage of brief notices and ads including wine and flour arrivals at Hoefler’s, cemetery care via sexton Thomas Tunny, reduced fare to Bisbee on Engle’s line, dairy deliveries by G E Braly, nursery offerings at Branch’s, opportunities for business, Crashed Java at Hoefler’s, and Bisbee Miners Restaurant listing. Also mentions cattle for sale, horses for sale, and a Becker & Sons sale at a cent $90 asking price.
On sale at Cobn's Lipperts Barber Shop Confectionery the admission is announced with a list of names including Geo Noddin Geo Osborn Gus Baron and others. An evening at the Hall is noted and firemen are requested to appear in uniform.
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