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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1893
Page
4
The following is the range of the thermometer for the 24 hours ending six o’clock p m September 9. Maximum and minimum temperatures are noted. The record provides the daily weather details and fluctuations within the observed period.
Local notes report visitors W Wood and W K Meade staying several days, a congratulatory telegram from Bisbee for Supervisor Perkins, and district attorney Stable advising the board. The Chicago team will winter in El Paso with Sunday practices. Flora of Phenix dies by suicide. Wells Fargo suspends 200 workers. Hovey and Judge Sloan head to Benson and Tucson. Advertisements tout Liver Regulator and Hall's Hair Renewer amid medical pointers and local anecdotes tied to transport and cattle duty repeal support. A reader cites Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Buffalo Bill's show riders praised. a Big Bug onyx block shipped weighs 4670 pounds.
The board of supervisors met at L o'clock with W. K. Perkins in chair. Bills for county officers not paid in five months were audited. clerks’ salary set at 1200 yearly. probate judge approved Perkins salary claim. road overseer Watson to file new bond. janitor salary fixed. several bills including Nat Hawke and D. K. Wardwell were allowed and warrants drawn. Meeting adjourned to 9:90 a.m. Sept. Liuh.
Court notes in district court include English v County adverse ruling, Bravin v Ryan in favor of plaintiff, Hawke v Monmonier demurrer sustained with amendment allowed. Also a long list of medicinal and advertising items from the era, with testimonials for Alucock’s Porous Plasters and Simmons Liver Regulator, plus postal letters and local notices.
The notices announce evening closing exercises with music and brief addresses by Rev. Nugent and Rev. Downs, possibly his last service in Tombstone. Morning services are canceled, Sunday school at 12 15 p m, with invites extended to all.
The piece notes French government interest in American painter W. T. Daunat and his Portrait of Miss, shown in Paris and likely to join Luxembourg galleries. It mentions German sculptor Josef K presenting studio tents to Baden for museum display, plus a valuing of Kop’s sculptures, tapestries, and palette works. The ad extols Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a superior blood purifier and medicine.
An old collection notes admission prices, Carl Rosa profits, and a wide array of items. It recalls Winston’s soothing syrup for children, a horse missing with reward, and a cattle round up fixed for November 6 from Igo’s ranch. Names include Frontera, La Pera, Puracache, Mabobi, Cochuila, Cabailona, and San Pedro customs. The notice mentions Hawker Prowins and WG Green.
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