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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1892
Page
5
Reports from Wednesday’s Daily note a grand Havana Columbus fetes parade with beautiful weather, banners, and a main avenue float showing Havana’s bay discovery. The event runs late into the evening, with festive homes and a lively street scene across the city.
About 1500 people gathered at the court plaza last night for a joint discussion between Delegate Mark Smith and Candidate Mickey Stewart. The Star captions Smith as superior, while noting Mickey struggled and appeared outmatched. The piece laments missing Norris and Cox and praises Smith’s apparent campaign advantage.
The piece urges health awareness and touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia causing heartburn biliousness and constipation. It claims the Bitters also conquers malaria rheumatism nervous debility and the general malaise linked to heat and illness, praising its efficacy since the appearance of the gripe.
Bisbee listings show Hotel Abet and ranch connections with E Tom Ford and H A Martin involved in local property or hospitality notes. The fragment hints at a local business or land interests in Bisbee with named individuals.
A compilation lists individuals and places including Sam Curtis Moctesuma W A Bertheau San Francisco A B Mason SAN 208K Wm Reid Bisbee Joe Reid C M Bruce Ranch T P Moore White River and notes county record butcher statistics for September with 28 cattle slaughtered. Other items mention Mickey Stewart supporters alleging a setup involving Marcus and a critiqued orchard season as well as social notices welcoming Rev Downe and his wife back to town with church events and a 7 20 pm program.
Eddy New Mexico notes. Frank Earl from Descanso registers. Mrs Dell Thompson of Willcox registered. Heyn the broker at the Palace. 3200 names on Maricopa county register. 1744 Cochise votes. Columbus Day Catholic services. Discover Day celebrations. James Page and boundary survey registration. Tombstone school exercises tomorrow. Illinois women gain registration rights. cattle shipments from Crittenden. Daggins mine hoist progress. Dr McSwegan in trouble in Los Angeles.
Opinion decries Wolfley holdover council in Arizona and the campaign’s repeats of alleged conspiracies. A Gulf coast storm worsens conditions as leaders in Chicago and New York discuss telephonic talks. Rail shortages persist as crews resist, while cattle movements and a war‑planning report highlight national tensions and troop transport capacity.
Crittenden notes fear of a cattle die-off as Colin Cameron buys neighbors steers for 4 dollars per yearling and 6 dollars for two-year-olds, excluding cows and unpaying heifers. Market collapse forces sale or shipment of nearly all cattle, with Dr. Thornton sending trains to Nevada to move cattle from Perrin and Thornton operations.
An assortment of items appears including patent remedies for itching and ulcers, a Kansas farmers note on corn shipments, and prison expense data. Swavns's DixiMANT is advertised to stop itching, bleeding, and ulceration, with claims of removing tamora, priced at 50 cents from Dr Swayne Sun of Philadelphia.
In Bisbee a busy week includes E M Mulls departure for Phenix Republican work, boundary commission men Mearne and Amos returning to camp, Mrs J W Howell and children from California, and Ella Fike teaching the intermediate department. A campaign leaflet accuses, billiard dispute ends with injuries, school seats delivery delays. Lewis R Fountain dies by morphine overdose amid despondency and drinking. J A Taylor to handle the body.
A Paris dog barber named M. Manin clips ten to thirty dogs daily for four francs each. A Londoner Mr Goonsas proves a smoking feat in twelve hours. Mr Granstoxr plans months in the south of France with Mr Stuart Rendel and Mr Gladstone as host. A sixteenth century Testes Liars recites Tacitus under a threat of a dagger. Queen Victoria’s wax candle arrangers earn pounds while lamplichters refuse to light.
A letter from Tombstone dated Oct 18 1892 defends W H Hardy of Hardye ville against sentiment in a Prospector article. The writer praises Hardy as a true Arizonan who funded ventures creating jobs and helping prospectors, stating all profits were reinvested locally and old-timers would vote for him. The note mentions Stewart leaving his job after meeting Mark Smith in Tucson and a Nogales engagement.
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