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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1918
Page
3
A brisk promotional piece urges readers to take Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery or Pleasant Pellets to boost vigor after winter. It links nerve strength to battlefield readiness and extols liver and kidney toning, while urging regular spring house cleaning and public sale through druggists.
A police sergeant showed a minor facial scratch after a domestic remark dispute. He explained he used a pet name at home and his wife warned she would not tolerate such terms, prompting him to avoid abbreviated nicknames and call her by the full term. The note reflects a lighthearted domestic anecdote from the Indianapolis News.
The navy department commended Water Tender Matthew McCabe for leaping overboard from the steamship Pocubentus to rescue a drowning crewman. He seized a line and pulled the man to safety on deck after witnessing him disappear from view. McCabe enlisted in the navy on August 16 in New York.
A reflective aphorism notes that small indulgences or actions can give rise to deep sadness or consequences. It frames sorrow as born from seemingly minor choices, urging prudence in daily life.
First Lieutenant Roswell T. Pettit of Ottawa recounts a nine day battle in Picardy during the British Fifth army retreat from St Quentin. He details bombardment, troop movements, a night march, tanks in action, and his own escape from danger before being withdrawn for duty in Paris.
The passage argues money equals work and production, embodying goods, services, arts, education, safety, and culture. It asserts money enables both virtue and vice depending on use, citing a physical culture maxim about giving plenty of the root of evil.
A tale recounts a boy imitating cats during a dinner with guests. When asked how cats went, he quips they went on their feet, delivering a charming and humorous punchline to the gathered company.
An advertisement promotes Cutleura Ointment and Cutleura Soap to prevent pimples while offering a free sample by mail. It urges washing off the ointment after five minutes and lists prices of 25 cents for soap and 25 and 50 cents for the ointment, directing readers to Cutleura Dept X, Boston. The ad claims druggists sell the products and mentions mail orders.
Odd clipping lists faux ads and quips in a chaotic collage. It touts Freezone for corns with a Cincinnati invention claim, interspersed with humor about telepathy, a bishop on staff, a daily fly killer, and stray gossip bits from a city hall and a Marian singing anecdote.
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