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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1891
Page
8
The notice lists train arrivals at Bisbee and Fairbank with times in Pacific time and indicates daily service except Sunday. It also mentions a temperature range for the 24 hours ending six o'clock p m June 27 and is signed Bes Wiss Supt Bigmal Service.
Governor Murphy visits El Paso as rainfall totals reach 0.15 inches. Chas Mareden visits from Harshaw and J V Vickers returns from Willcox. Twenty six states grant women voting rights as suffrage spreads. Tucson hits 106 with a hot Thursday. Yuma records 107. General Schofield scouts a San Diego site for a new post. Ice shipments total 2500 pounds by Southwestern Ice Co. A. Bauer returns from Kansas. E W Perkins family back from the east. Dr De Clree of Yuma carries $8,000 life policy. Hair care ad promotes Hall’s Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer. B F Packard reports a boom year for the east with strong crops and trade. Ayer’s Pills pitched for headache and cleansing. Can Can Sunday dinner promised as a treat. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy praised for bronchial coughs. Mas H J Pero sells it. Prescott forms law partnership with KR Carpenter. Prescott previously led Tombstone telegraph work.
A Tombstone newspaper report details a Chinaman named Doc at the Cananes mines who was shot by Apache party. Four bullets hit him, neck wound among the injuries, likely death before help arrives. Mexican informant says five Apaches fled. news reached Tombstone at night and stage line from Oso Negro corroborates. Nearby reports describe wild canyon country, hot springs, and scarce white settlers, with dangers from Apache raids.
Deed filings recorded since 3 p m include Guindani to FM McKay for a Parcel in Pairbank NW corner Salcido property valued at 500 and A J Godby to J Prindersille for Lot 18 Block 35 Tombstone with 25 dollars. Tax collector Frank Bram reminds payments due June 12 1891 with office hours in City Hall daily and evenings.
Brandreth's Pills claim to be a true life medicine made from many vegetables. They purport to purge waste, recruit vigor, purify blood, stimulate the liver, invigorate digestion, open pores, and ease kidneys by aiding bowels. One or two pills nightly over a week reportedly demonstrates their power for common ailments.
The printer proclaims plans to start on July first offering complete job office services including commercial blanks bill heads letter heads cards and meal tickets at lower prices than ever heard of in Nogales dated June 23 1891.
The author complains of current judicial district lines forcing Graham County residents to travel 250 to 400 miles to Florence for Federal court duties. They urge redistricting to restore Tucson access or create Cochise Graham district, citing travel relief and efficient juror service. They praise Judge Kibbey but call for reconsideration by the Supreme Court.
An item describes L A Engle operating a two horse rig between Bisbee and Tombstone with departures from Tombstone at 7 30 on Mondays Wednesdays Fridays and Bisbee on alternate days. It lists addresses for passage bookings and mentions Dr C P Gillespie and Allcock products along with a list of arrivals in St Louis and Bisbee.
Old well known remedy praised for fifty years by mothers for teething pain and colic. Advertises Mr Winslow’s Syrup as the best cure, noting pleasant taste and wide distribution via druggists. Priced at twenty five cents a bottle.
Rev F W Downs and Rev L D Mansfield announce Sunday services at Sham and at their respective churches. Morning topics include Heaven and Gods Great Gift with evening themes The Visible and the Invisible. Children’s day programs feature songs choruses and solos. Last services before summer vacation set for Sunday June 28.
Presbyterian pastor Rev. C R Nugent leads Sunday services at 11 am and 7:45 pm with Sunday School at 9:45 am. W C Read won 90 votes. animal impoundments to follow. Public notice: blacksmith shop to reopen July 1 on Fremont Street. Conscription cure advertisement and lamp chimney promotion included.
The notice lists assorted goods and services including old Port and Zinfandel wines, sherry and angelica, stage fares to Bisbee, various flours and seeds, straw hats, silk shirts and neckware, butter and cheeses, flowers, and cut flowers. Also advertised are remedies, lost and reward notices, employment and business opportunities, fresh potatoes, beer, and a milk dressmaking shop relocation.
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