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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1899
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR notes outline railroad time tables for Arizona and the southeastern region. Mentions Mancopa and Kevrscusit with numerical values and times, but many words are garbled. Readable items suggest schedules or timetable references without complete context or clear events.
For sale one Hall safe apply at F B Austin. Five Cockstores at Bandows. See Hi Bee news on third page. If Mexican Neuralgia and Toothache cure quick barmness cure 25c at Tombstone Drug Store. On December 10 Rev A Capahoe pastor Pt Pleasant contracted a severe cold. After trying various so called specifics he bought Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy which worked greatly and he recommends it to the public. For sale by Tombstone Drug Store.
Expert mining engineer JM Tibbitts of California visits Tombstone to assess properties for a development syndicate under contract with Flower & Co bankers of New York. He surveys Arizona Eastern & Montana Co claims and Spesarums Mining in Graham County, believing the territory holds rich ore potential for future investments.
The report highlights the Phoenix Indian and Cowboy Carnival to be held, local visits by cattlemen and officials, and a range of small town items. Mentions include Wm Cowan in town, Ryan Bros Cattle Co manager JM Cox visiting, A Bell visiting from Bicbes, and a bird market shift with the ostrich farm near Phoenix selling for $15,000.
A historical county record lists multiple mining interests and property transfers. Names such as Brown Walker Crockett Luccavish Perasich Pasta D We CM Brown Gillman Peter Connor Warnekres John Perinda Lowden Gardner London Wat patent Peabody mine and George Thornton Samuel Booth Bishow property, with liens and assignments noted through R English agent of Lake Superior and Western Development Co and others.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pile as a remedy for indigestion and liver issues. It claims it improves appetite digestion and energy with a regular bodily habit and health, available at Tombstone drug store.
President Diaz notes mining growth with thousands of new properties and rising metal exports in Mexico. Separate items describe a roofless Cerimonial Hotel in Arizona and a social gathering in honor of Miss Ella Bicentore with music, dancing, and a piano solo by the Angelus Capital orchestra.
An old block ad describes Prickly Ach Bitters as a stimulant for kidneys stomach and bowels and promotes a household remedy for sale. It also notes a dancing master’s guide for Tombstone Terpsichorean Club and thanks Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy’s makers for saving children from dysentery.
The cattle shortage does not show on market faces yet prices rise across seven markets with over 109000 more cattle noted. Demand stays strong for steer butchers, while high quality stock remains scarce and general grades rise slowly, signaling tighter supplies and cautious buyers.
A disjointed artifact touts Pitexny Acu Favre Ji as a cure accelerating excretory function and vitality, while a freight estimate from the Southern Pacifies routes some 200 cars daily, totaling about 6,000 tons per direction. The text blends patter for a tonic and implausive logistics data.
Fragmentary OCR shows names and adlike lines about digestive health and appetite, with garbled phrases and stray brand-like terms, suggesting an ad or medical claim page item rather than a coherent article.
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