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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1893
Page
2
The Tombstone Epitaph announces home delivery availability across the city for a monthly rate of 35 cents. The notice highlights convenient access for readers to receive the newspaper at their doorstep.
The Board of Supervisors meeting notes disallow a $149.79 tax collection claim by J J Patton and approve a $3 bill for garbage hauling. They require burial expenses for indigents to be certified by a supervisor or justice of the peace or sworn by a reputable citizen. The clerk will alert each county justice, and Mrs. Avril will receive $8 monthly store supplies. The meeting adjourned to 2:30 p.m. on January 23, 1893.
In Bisbee on October 9 1593 the community notes returning residents Jerry Briggs and family and Mrs. Craigbaum and Charlie Clawson with spouses will arrive or be picked up near the copper camp. Plans discuss smelter expansion though jobs remain scarce and a local woman faces social condemnation over her treatment of her daughter. The piece also mentions school attendance of about one hundred with three teachers and a pending jail hearing for F P Galardo on charges including assault with intent to kill.
From Monday's Daily Nimrods report a very plentiful game tally is noted with multiple local visits and movements. James Bournie of Los Angeles is at the Palace as Bisbee visitors Gardner and Geo Seaverns with John Montgomery travel to Bisbee.
A narrator considers remaining independent from Mandanus a wealthy author and bootjack trust magnate. He argues society unfairly measures brothers by a single standard, noting that others judge his own earnings against Mandanus with envy. He contemplates continuing work for personal ease versus self-denial, fearing the disparaging comparison that slows the slower sibling’s progress.
A Times editoral excerpt argues Britons are aggressive, purse-proud, hypocritical, and unsympathetic. It notes French dislike of English behavior, cites tourists spoiling locals, and questions whether England is truly superior to other nations. It suggests examining biases in national self-perception.
Tan and Tally, two fox-terriers belonging to a southern California physician, protected five year old Mabel when a rattlesnake hissed from a bush. The dogs interposed between child and snake, allowing the gardener to kill the reptile, but the brave pair died defending the girl.
A Brarlington contact states he has kept and sold Hires Root Beer for years and, at 78, continues to drink it alongside sarsaparilla. Dr Wierxss, M D, is cited as the source.
Twenty six new yellow fever cases reported from Brunswick Georgia. In a 140 mile bicycle race W Ridgeway won and broke the world record. Fayette Ohio suffered its third destructive fire, losses tied to 75000 to 100000 dollars. Incendiary suspicion loomed. Sam Mayer was hanged at Tahlequah for murder, confessing on the scaffold. Voorhees signaled plans to push Sherman silver repeal bill to a continuous senate session. A Rock Island wreck near Kansas City caused death and injuries. Denver firm contracts to ship five thousand tons of Colorado bay to Liverpool for twelve dollars and seventy five cents per ton. Blondin released from prison for ill health. Safe Deposit Bank of Nashville assigned for creditors. Rumor of a grand Waldorf Astoria hotel in London. Gen Manuel Esclabiylor assassinated in Mexico. Glasgow crowd pushes troops into mining district. British yacht Valkyrie and American Vigilant race. Vigilant wins. Dolittle proposes Nicaragua canal route commission. Russian ship detained by health officer. six deaths reported but not cholera. Atlantic steaming.
A retired physician claims a simple vegetable remedy cures Con tia and nervous debility after East India missionary placement. He asserts dramatic powers tested in thousands and offers free copies in German to sufferers seeking relief.
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