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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1897
Page
4
Local notes report weather, travel, and social items from Tombstone and surrounding areas. Mentions: Herrick, Likes, Gorden, Franks Walcott Halloween gathering, Judge Davis leaving for the east, Tucson baseball hopes, and a Grand jury update. Also notes robberies near Pearce and a hospital hotel blaze at Benson.
A 1897 description details Sonson population wealth from mines and cattle, barefoot residents with bank funds over 15000, a rich hotel scene, and a cathedral project costing about 800000 yet unfinished. It notes isolation, limited transport, and the locals’ simple beliefs and luxuries.
County records show a chattel mortgage from M. C. Cooper to H. A. Morgan of Wilcox for $500 and a mining contract involving J. P. Martin and associates of Ohio with H. R. Haninger of Bisbee totaling $8,008. An amendatory location concerns the Della 8 and Little Josie mine in the Turquoise mining district under H. C. Clark.
Advices from Clifton report a Mexican man shot and killed at the Morenci copper camp. Juan Madera, linked to the Chacon gang, was arrested and jailed. A tunnel section was boarded up as hundreds stormed the tunnel and fired on Madera. Separately, Anartacio was found murdered at Clifton smelter and Marcella ijeras was arrested for that murder before a lynch mob removed him.
A Dimondale Michigan pastor cites a letter from Rev J Gunderman praising Dr King's New Discovery for his wife relief from pneumonia and grippe related coughing. Trial bottles offered free at stores with regular sizes priced to cure constipation and other ailments.
Drugstore notice advertising Scott's Emulsion with Tero sizes priced at 59 cents and 1.00 dollar. New York brand Scott & Bowne listed as the maker.
Readable text seeks a Catholic News agent contact at 5 Harclay SE New York. Instructions request funds and an address to wire for details.
A garbled OCR note describes a bogus “cure” sold by druggists promising quick relief. It mentions a box and guaranteed effects but contains unclear dates and names, illustrating a dubious medical patent remedy popular in uncertain markets.
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