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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1896
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows scattered references to events and locations including Arizona Maricopa Phoenix KR and times like 845 pm. Details are incomplete and names unclear.
Silver is quoted at 654 Dr Gai, Benson physician and surgeon. Strong of Bisbee visits the county seat. The Forresters of Flagstaff organize a brass band. Chas Douglass rode in from his ranch on the Babiesmori. Boot White leaves for Birboe to secure more U. S. jurors. Win Girdener visits from his Dragoon ranch. Birboe townsite map completed by H G Howe filed with Probate court. Labor Day observed. no paper issued. Tempe shipped fourteen carloads of honey and cheese to Los Angeles. Territorial Sunday School association meeting in Tempe on the second Friday in November 1897. Teachers examination begins at 9:4 a.m. four applicants for teachers certificates so far. Frank Kelley, rapist of Ash Fork, lies in the sheriff's death. Lynching talk runs high in Ash Fork last week.
The report details a delicate skull surgery on Paul Noriega to relieve speech paralysis. A portion of the skull was removed with circular openings. a four inch brain exploration removed serum and relieved pressure. The account notes risks and the precision needed to avoid paralysis or death.
An Indian Miama named Simon seeks a receipt from a crafty lawyer after money changes hands. The scene hints at future punishment and debt resolution. Doran, councilman at large, visits Tombstone to inspect mining property and pursue a potential deal with local allies.
Republican delegates in Missouri nominate a ticket excluding the sheriff and pledge support for free silver with Buckey O’Neil as candidate for Congress. The San Francisco Populist paper is praised then mocked, while local mining claim work rules favor contiguous, joint-prospecting sites to maintain rights and allow work on claim ground or nearby land with ties to ore discovery.
The Phoenix Herald rails against Tombstone’s mining downturn tied to silver prices, urging miners to see the wider stakes in Arizona. It rebukes Murford for backing St Louis convention platforms and praises prospectors, noting rich ore, labor, and bank deeds, while warning against schemes. Also includes a regional ad for Winchester soothing syrup.
Article notes Japan sends more tea to America after a substantial World’s Fair display. It promisingly markets Schilling’s Best tea at grocers, with money back guarantees. It mentions German pencil maker Ernest Faber and his San Francisco connection, reporting 26 pencil factories employing thousands and producing around 300000 pencils weekly.
Governor Benjamin J. Franklin proclaims Monday September seventh, 1806, a territorial holiday to honor labor. All offices to close and people urged to observe a universal celebration. seal affixed in Phoenix on August nineteenth, 1896.
The ad touts pure tea as wholesome and delicious, claims Schilling’s Pest is the only ure Japan tea sold in the United States, and notes tender tea leaves. It invites customers to buy at grocers with a money back guarantee and mentions Schilling & Company products including coffee powder soda spices and flavoring extracts.
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