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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1907
Page
1
Fragmentary ad style text appears to advertise illustrated songs and dramatic bits. Mentions include a night scene, a cabby and feverish mood, with references to a Jesbury locale and a moonlit warning. Content is incomplete but signals a nostalgic period entertainment page.
Bank statement page dated May 20 1909 shows assets including loans bonds and cash items. It lists balances with national banks and notes the bank’s liabilities and capital including a subdivision for dividends and profits and names trustees and officers.
Former Tombstone resident Miss Della Hawkins, now Mrs Bowyer, sends word of an Arizona link to Paris entertainment. Princess Robert de Broglie, once Etelle Alexander of Tucson, wowed crowds in vaudeville despite aristocratic threats, drawing praise for her voice and presence. News from Paris notes marital scruples linger as her husband leads the orchestra.
Willie T. Morgan, retired U S A commissary sergeant from Concord No 1, recalls two years in Cuba and two years in the Philippines. He credits Dr King s Discovery for Consumption with keeping him in perfect health during service and promotes it in New Hampshire as the best medicine for coughs colds bronchial troubles and all lung diseases. Guaranteed by druggists. Price 50c and 100. Trial bottle cree
Geo A Eyler of Cumberland Maryland recalls his baby girl’s serious throat illness at L months old. Two physicians gave her up but Kings New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds relieved her after four bottles. Now cured and in perfect health. Trial bottle free with guarantee.
The notice advertises Chamberlains Salve as a relief for sore nipples in nursing mothers. It recommends applying the salve as soon as nursing ends, wiping off before the next feeding, and notes many trained nurses use it with good results. Sold by all druggists.
The Methodist Episcopal Church schedules preaching at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Epworth League meets at 7:15 p.m. A Wednesday prayer meeting is at 8 p.m. Children’s Day service at Congregational Church next Sunday morning with singing and recitations led by Mrs Woolery. Regular Christian Science services in church opposite Schiefelin Hall on Fremont Street include a 1 p.m. service and 10 a.m. Sunday school with Wednesday evening services at 8 p.m. All invited. Union Memorial Service at the Methodist Church Sunday evening features an address by Rev. Mr. Rich.
Classified ad claims deaths from appendicitis will decrease as Dr King s New Life Pill use rises. It promises quick painless relief from constipation and related ills, with strength and vigor following use. Guaranteed by a drugstore. Signed by J G.8 initials. Reward offered.
A Washington communication announces W J Lossing of Phoenix granted a patent for a honeycomb carrying box cover and L D and P Hall of Prescott awarded a patent for an ore separator. Basin Mohave post office discontinued with mail to Hackberry. Murray Armet named distant forest ranger in the Chiricahua National Forest Reserve. Clark W Story listed as forest guard in the present reserve.
Washington dispatch reports release of 219000 acres from temporary withdrawal in the Galiare mountains Arizona. Public domain restoration on August 5 allows settlement after that date but entry and protection begin September 4 at Phoenix land office. Also notes mining company organized in Tombstone and local court activities in Tombstone district.
The birthday of Louis Agassiz will be observed at Northern Arizona Normal School on Monday, May Yeh. It will be the one hundredths birthday of the renowned naturalist. Addresses will be delivered by Percival Lowell and George Agassiz, grandson of Louis. A. Torren of Bisbee returned home after a short business stay. Walter Delahanty of Benson visited for probate court business. A Bisbee telephone report says the McBride killing case preliminary examination will proceed to grand jury action. A merry-go-round operates steadily in Yor, earning ten dollars daily license revenue. The Yuma Sun notes Mexicans and Indians seeking reserved rates on the infernal machine and that the owner handles land office business. Tuchon plans a high school building with frontage of 165 feet and cost of about $50,000.
The list shows individuals drawn to serve as trial jurors at the April term and reported for Monday duty. Names include Geo L Brazee Edward Botsford Supplee Harry Jennings Wm G Goodman Lor S Merrill WH Witherill Henry Ash EPA Larren MC Fischer WmC Emerick John Belt and many others across multiple initials and surnames. The roster includes JH Hughes Jas G Cowen BF Watson MC Fisher LF Bottom TS Wright Elery Butler and more as part of the juror pool.
Sheriff Saxon of Nogales receives a letter from Mrs. EP Ly man of Kansas City asking about her husband Mea Lyman also known as Kid Lyman. The letter hints he died by his own hand in Nogales ten years ago and ties to a prior marriage of E P Lyman to Irene Vanes. motive remains unclear.
Masons from Nogales Tombstone Bisbee and Duglas will attend a major set of Masonic degree ceremonies in Tucson this Sunday. Activities run two days for degrees four through eighteen and a final day for degrees eighteenth to thirty second at the Masonic hall beginning Sunday morning.
Big underground pumping station 1000 feet deep in Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co. will house four 100,000 gallon daily pumps and start this month. The 35 by 120 by 16 foot chamber will be devoted to pumping gear as drifting begins. ore shipments continue and the mill runs 200 tons daily. Copper prospects at Silver Thread show potential as water lowered enables exploration of new depths. District outlook remains encouraging for further expansion.
The general delivery list shows remaining letters for the week ending May 18. Names include Samuel Briscoe, Estefana Chabex, Cord L Fernandez, Geo Fullary, Mike Haonon, Maxwell P, N Stevens, Mae Stevens, Mas Willett, and others. Call for advertised letters with the ad date and mark L G Cussiz P M.
Notice states a Cemetery Committee meeting at City Hall tomorrow Sunday at 7 30 PM to complete cemetery care arrangements. AL Westworth, Chairman. Also an advertisement for ironing and house cleaning by the day by Mrs Karoe on Ninth Street near High School.
Probate court issued several marriage licenses in recent days linking Gerald M Arthur and Vesta May Dougherty both of Tombstone Herman C Fleishman of Tucson to Edith JordanGeo W Campbell of Gleeson to Mattie J Welsh of Tombstone Dominica Webb of Douglas to Vangie Winn of Morales Sonora Charles B Orr of El Globo Sonora to Nora Yoakum of Lowell Benj Copple of Jerome to Mrs G Jorma of Los Angeles Paula Savila to Antonio Samors both of Jainson Jana Jara to Maria Castillo both of Pirtleville
B P O E official Parker of Tucson, district deputy for Arizona, returns from northern lodges. The year brings growth with many new members and plans to build homes in several towns. Bistew reports a $20,000 building, Grove allocates $7,000 for fats to build, and Douglas spends $7,500 on a similar purpose.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for stomach troubles bile and constipation claiming many cures with 24 cent price and free samples. It promotes Electric Bitters as a remedy for serpent bites and various ailments noting a testimonial from A Brown of Bennettaville South Carolina.
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