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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1893
Page
4
Crittenden Huuachioa Daily lists mixed trains carrying passengers and freight to Henson, with westbound service noted. Train timings show 3:15 pm arrival, 6:32 am value, and Pacific time lag from Tombstone time. Thermometer range recorded for the 44 hour period ending 8 o'clock pm March 1, showing minimum values.
Ben Baron is back from Tucson. Cal Hawkins, who killed Miller, has been held for trial. Mrs. C. D. Reppy left for Tuc son to visit Miss Minnie Hart. L. A. Rockwell touts the best five cent cigars. I. M. Lewie, Mose City official, was adjudged insane by Maricopa probate court. Dr. Hamilton attended the Arizona medical association meeting in Phaniz. A mortgage paper records a 146.25 lien. Chino ranch leased 3500 acres for sugar beets, 2000 more to be planted. Yuma water works began operation pumping 80 feet through a 26 inch pipe over 3 miles. Nels Warrington returns from mining and will stay several weeks.
The chapter reports committee referrals on education and judiciary matters, bills on taxation and water storage, and governor approval of a council resolution. Public notices include a San Juan trip report debunking a gold boom, trials set for T. Z. Taylor and Asa Taylor, a fatal- free admission temperance lecture, and local mining updates on the Gilded Age and Golden Rule claims.
An old fashioned patent medicine promotion extols Syrup of Figs as a refreshing lax cleansing remedy that eases colds headaches fevers and constipation by acting on the kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them. It claims universal satisfaction and medical approval and notes it is sold by druggists in bottle sizes 500 and 1. Manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co with the product name on every package.
The article recounts Richard Schieffelin, noted in pioneer lore as the Tombstone discoverer. A poor Arizona prospectors tale follows his trek west of Yuma. After suffering near-starvation, he allegedly found gold nuggets lining a dry riverbed, inspiring the founding of Tombstone and elevating him to wealth in Los Angeles.
A rollicking comedy about a husband's innocent flirtations with a charming young widow. The piece promises risible situations and serves as both entertainment and a tongue in cheek lesson for those tempted by matrimony.
Notice states that after March 1 no Prospector copies will be kept at delinquent residents or business places. Copies remain available at Yaple's news stand for 5 cents each. Also notes Rockwell's Pharmacy offers 24 hour prescription service. An advertisement promotes Swayne Otsmuenr for itching and tumors with claims of relief and healing, offered by Dr Wayne & Son in Philadelphia.
An invoice item references Fine Old White Rye Whiskey listed at 102 Horron’s and mentions Try Paragon Headache Remedy available at Rockwell’s Pharmacy, tied to a successor entity sKLJ and Powe. The brief item links a whiskey purchase to a pharmacy setting and a prior business line.
Readers are treated to a mosaic of curious notes from England, Florida, and Rome, including an ancient three thousand year old plant, a giant cabbage in Apalachicola, a pine and oak hybrid tree in Massachusetts, and a tiny Bible from Oxford. Also mentioned are Cham berlain’s Cough Remedy success stories, locust destroyer uses in Melbourne, affordable horses in Queensland, prehistoric skeletons in Rome, and Paris plaza sprinklers on iron pipe with wheels.
An advertisement touts Mrs Inslow’s Soothing Syrup as a longtime child remedy for teething pain diarrhea and colic. It claims universal use, pleasant taste, and states twenty five cents a bottle with instructions to seek that brand. Also mentions a Paris banquet peaches and a note about Empress Carlottas memory loss. It ends with Syrup of Figs by the California Fig Syrup Go.
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