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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1891
Page
5
A Boston Globe interview recalls the custom of curling mustaches, with barber shops noting its vogue and critics warning that crimping often damages growth. The piece contrasts stylish officers with older men, while local notes mention skating events, Copper Queen Company payouts, and a clothing drummer visiting Bisbee.
County records show mortgage entries and cattle transactions for local properties in Bisbee and surrounding areas. Notices include tax discussions, employment ads, a railroad franchising vote in Tombstone, and medical claims about Texas fever from Dr. Billings.
The article describes public bathing along the Seine with women and children enjoying boatlike baths, hiring black dresses trimmed in red, and observers noting fashion, gymnastic displays, and social norms. It also recounts a dog in Georgia whose loyalty follows a bell after a hotel fire.
A Balmoral Castle performance featured members of Queen Victoria's household. In Kent Lamp Sackwit stocked a park with wild boar for a medieval style hunt. Two Obrhavn dollars paid for a quote about a pony belonging to Mr Job.
A persuasive home remedy pitch extols Dr King s New Discovery as a universal cure once tried. It promises lasting household use for coughs colds throat and chest troubles and notes free trial bottles offer.
A jumble of names and places from Cochise and nearby towns lists residents and travelers, with references to ranches and a Bisbee artesian well down 900 feet. It cites San Francisco and Chicago ads, Army encampment talk in Tucson, and warnings about sling shots in the streets.
Plucky American travelers Allen and Sachteleben summited Minarat with no guides after a perilous ascent. They endured water scarcity, crossed a treacherous gorge, and reached the top where they planted an American flag on an ice pick and fired pistols in salute.
A fragment from a historical page mentions a sales position with compensation of 350 dollars per month for six years, tied to a New York opportunity. The text is garbled but implies a live agent or representative connected to manufacturing.
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