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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1893
Page
2
Local notes report travel by residents to Phoenix El Paso Bisbee and Tucson. Also church turnout, court witnesses, ore shipments, a hotel project funding, a fatality near Rucker Canyon, enfranchisement petition activity, a county tax receipt, and mining developments including onyx mine sale and sorghum trials at Tempe.
The Wild West show features the Pendwood Stage action with Bud Philpot killed in the Tombstone stage reenactment. Bill Zent drives the stage while Marshal Blankenship and Muse Ward act as guards. A band of mounted Indians ambushes the coach, leading to a fierce chase and a fusillade of pistol fire before cowboys counterattack and wipe out the attackers.
The article extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a loyal ally of nature against disease and a trusted remedy for chronic liver issues malaria constipation kidney and rheumatic troubles and debility. It notes long standing endorsement and nearly fifty years of use in war and peace alike. It also reports on an alfalfa irrigation venture at Willcox where Col Royal Johnson’s ranch irrigates 160 acres from a well with a five inch centrifugal pump selling 270 tons of alfalfa last year. The Willcox pumping plant is estimated to cost about 5000.
A student in Miss Barnes's room presented a cocoon said to contain a silk worm. Life signs appeared as a silken shell opened revealing a large black tarantula, now active and seemingly ready to move.
A collection of names listed as arrivals includes Sam Coleman, M Ashley, Florence J OBrien, Conner, Chas Rankin, PALACE J B Beebe, JH Potterfeld, Holitzer, B B Blachley, J B Marshall, Charles W Seeder, JM Richardson and wife, Sid Andrews, WS Varnum and Ella M Fike Piles. Also an ad notes Swayne s Ointment for itching and tumors and Wolcott s Fresh Fish and Oysters Thursdays.
A report lists multiple Arizona measures: HB 53 creating a Board of Registration and others on hospital admission, mining location, and tax distribution. Several acts pass or stall, including efforts to regulate prostitution and prize fighting, while a large notes section describes a Missouri hunter’s wildcat encounter and a Black Hills minerals exhibit plan for the world fair.
Quartzite Strip in Warren district lists Martin O'Hare. CBATTEL Mortgage records Geo Mainich to W W Craig on interest in Bisbee Water Works. Humphrey's Specifics at Miter Drug Store.
Dispatch from Port au Prince reports insurgents crossing the Haiti Dominican frontier and a decisive battle alleged. Haytian troops to be sent to the frontier amid great excitement after an attack on King Humbert and a large crowd reaction at the palace.
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