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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1896
Page
2
A Cochise County focus piece notes mining capital interest and local press growth. It urges timely voter registration ahead of November 3 and discusses Bryan era debate tactics and a Seattle Times anecdote about gold and silver values illustrating monetary standards.
Locals and visitors return from Tombstone Pearce and Comstock for health visits and social calls. The Bisbee news notes a bustling opening day for the town’s contribution department with many donations including La Franc force peaches and cakes. A playful account mentions mispacked items and public thanks to residents and visitors, highlighting Mr. Louie Brown Mr. Ewil Marks and Mrs Johnston among contributors.
The item records Mr. His own manager of the Erie Cottle arriving in town for supplies and leaving soon after. It notes Wim Mainz, a Copper Queen machinist, leaving to visit friends in Texas for two to three weeks or longer. William Gadd returns to Bisbee after traveling, while Billie is described as well and likely to train that evening.
A fragmented notice highlights seven gentlemen in a small town named Bidee as a notable showing. Emil Maras is tied to a consignment of hate sight amid campaign chatter. George Shibley, described as an all around man, earns praise for passenger care and is urged to be made permanent train nurse for the company.
The account describes Sam Edgington and F Eaton leaving Albuquerque for Juneau and returning via San Marcial. It notes rival San Francisco to Alaska steamboat lines lowering cabin rates from 20 to 8, plus steerage, as travelers head to the Yukon. Juneau, Chileust, Circle City, and the growing mining activity are highlighted, with a 3,000-strong prospecting wave and a bustling liquor scene in Juneau despite frontier life.
A Schilling & Co tea ad evokes old stories of Italian wine making and Japanese tea handling. The piece implies natives use feet or hands in processing, reflecting sensational or risqué framing. The tone hints at exoticism and discomfort with such practices.
A Bangor Maine painter and paper hanger Richard Smith died after a fatal dream presaging a fall from high Windsor hotel staging. Warned to be careful he jumped to save a companion, but the accident led to paralysis and his death days later. He leaves a Newport family.
A long letter from a California miner asks about Arizona gold mines, wages, game like deer and bears, water, and the cost of periodic newspaper delivery. The piece also notes local crime, weather, a death, and distant market data, including Santa Fe cattle figures and Coolgardie gold finds.
Fragmentary OCR shows auction listings with names Fisher at San Francisco Merchant Exchange and Daki Merchant 2 room 6s Bachange plus Geo Rowell of New NN and W Ayer & Son Philadelphia. Notices indicate all auctions above named are PROS.
The National Ore & Reduction Co advertises a full ore concentrating plant with a claimed 2 tons per day capacity, emphasizing simplicity, low cost, and no external binary furnaces required. It promises to supply and operate the plant, with price and references available, from its St Louis address. The copy reads as an advertisement for furnaces and equipment for nickel, copper, gold, and silver ore processing.
An advertisement-like account touts a blood remedy Rheumatium as a solution for sciatica and deep seated blood diseases. It cites Ast Smith of Green Castle Indiana praising prior therapies as ineffective and credits Rheumatium with remarkable relief from chronic sciatica after failed treatments.
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