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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1894
Page
3
Fragments report daily life from Tombstone and surrounding towns including travel, local business posts, school appointments, and social events. Mentions Delong, Hunsaker, Graf, Fitzpatrick, Oserluck, Hare, Lusk, Wil liams, and Smith among others, with trains, mining, and court notes.
J L Powell the cattle buyer returns to Phoenix from Sonora after beef rate observations. Forts and troop movements discussed as Us ar described by Tempe News. City council meets with street cleaning petition and police chief candidacy. John McDonald heads home to Oro Blanco amid mining fortune tales. A mining tale from Crittenden recounts Jack Parks fending off three bears near his cabin.
Mr W J Hunaaker of Los Angeles and his daughter Mary arrived in Tombstone after a brief stay with grandparents at Rucker Canyon. Hunaaker, once a leading Tombstone attorney, now a prominent California lawyer and Santa Fe road attorney at Sas Angeles, is brother to Mrs WO Abbott of Tombstone and son of N. The pair spent fort nights there for health and pleasure.
Fragmentary message dated October 4 1804 from Tombstone addressed to the wife of P N Wolcott. The readable text is brief and does not reveal the full context or recipient details.
Readable testimonials from Weed Woldsburg to Portland praise Hood's Sarsaparilla for merit and effectiveness. Dealers claim sales grew within a year and emphasize the product’s purity and reliability. Advertising cites misprints and urges buyers to insist on genuine Hood's Sarsaparilla.
In a Chicago Record snippet, a playful quarrel over party gloves les to a risqué tale. A mother and daughter debate whether discarded gloves become razor straps or powder rags, with a flippant remark about modern fin de siècle manners and a humorous sendoff to a lover via a white glove.
A farmer Crowder fears crows will raid his corn and asks neighbor Stokes for a plan using whisky to intoxicate the birds. The scheme backfires as a crow drinks the whisky corn, leading to chaos with a stump where the birds gather. In another episode an elephant and a tiger bang around a zoo scene, with playful banter between them.
The article provides culinary guidance such as well cooking young meats, veal cutlets with tomato sauce, and dishes like Pras a LANOLatsr an oil the peas until tender with butter, plus Velver Caxe a cake recipe with flour sugar butter eggs and flavorings. It notes the season and suggests using parsley and egg yolk as garnish and enrichment.
A survey reports 176 401 miles of railroad, 510 Am rail stock, 31 785 locomotives, 21 838 passenger cars, and 1 047 577 freight cars. Last year receipts reached 1 220 751 874 with expenses of 37 021 20. About 300 906 612 passengers and 745 119 482 tons of freight moved nationwide. Eastern oysters offered at Gan Can.
For sale cheap. One 7 column press and complete newspaper plant. One Franklin Gordon large size quarter medium job press and complete job office. One Washington band press and complete new per outfit. All for 25 cents on the dollar. Material in Tombstone, used little. Propositions to pay part cash considered. For further particulars address H. C. Hace.
Sleepers run eastward from Benson and other SP stations to Chicago and St Louis via Southern Pacific El Paso Texas and Pacific, Ft Worth and Rock Island, Iron Mountain routes. Tickets over SP allow boarding without changing cars at Benson and other line stations.
Eminent physicians say the Worlds Columbian Exposition will showcase value in mechanical arts improvements and advancing medical agents. Syrup of figers is noted as influential among options, with progress highlighted as equal to or greater than other preparations.
Annrat Sandy and a valuable reference book issued by the State Ore Sampling Company of the city, detailing sampling and handling methods for ores. It includes weight and measure tables, with free copies offered to interested readers.
OCR fragment lists numerous named features and places such as Postoffice Temmlesiote, Dragon ma en bead, Sulphur Spring Valley, Eagle and Bouita, and various individuals and properties. It resembles a descriptive map or catalog of landmarks, horses, and regional names with left and right side annotations, likely from a late 19th or early 20th century county atlas or directory. The text names multiple firms and people including DUNSHEE & METCALF, ERIE CASTLE QU, AOC FELLOW & SERVOSS, and BR COCCURED, interwoven with place terms like Valley, Grande, and Canyon, suggesting a survey or listing of properties and routes. The fragmentary nature preserves many proper nouns but lacks a coherent narrative or single event.
A fragmented OCR list records cattle brands and owners across Spring Valley and nearby areas. Entries mention M Renaud Postoffice Wilcox, Gray Postoffice Powers, A T Attan-se Rucker, and others with brands like Arrow on left shoulder or blue turquoise tag, plus notes on locations and cattle hints.
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