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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1902
Page
4
An old advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for irregularities, weakness, and female diseases. It claims restoration of health and comeliness after marriage strains, urging readers to avoid substitutes lacking credited cures and offering a free medical adviser.
An advertisement from September touts De Witt's Little Early Risers as a gentle liver stimulant and laxative. It asserts constipation causes toxins, headaches, dullness, and eruptions, and claims the pills cleanse the system without griping or distress, authored by Frank Yaole.
A Dayton Volks Zeitung reader from New Lebanon Ohio relays a testimonial about Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He claims his wife suffered back pain for eight weeks but was cured after several days of use, restoring her ability to perform household duties. The ad promotes Bromo Quinine style remedies and a free sample offer.
The discovery is praised as the quickest sure cure for coughs colds asthma croup hooping cough and bronchitis. It has reportedly restored thousands from consumption pneumonia pleurisy and hemorrhage. Tombstone Drug Co sells it with a satisfaction guarantee and offers trial bottles free.
An elderly newspaper fragment promotes a cough remedy labeled as the ultimate cure from a publisher in Buffalo New York. The ad claims to address consumption and paranoia, touting a product by a so called king of all cough cures and urging readers to buy through a Tombstone Drag Stone distributor.
A deranged passenger traveling from San Francisco to Tucson leaped from a moving train near Yuma while it slowed for a station. A brakeman and a fellow passenger restrained him, and he was reported unharmed aside from possible minor injuries. He was later taken to Tucson by the train crew.
The notice extols Bucklen's Amicable Salve as a cure for sores eruptions and fevers with claims of infallible results. It highlights testimonials from Mrs Botts and others and markets the product at Tombstone Drug Co. Local items mention travel, social events, and housing demand as residents arrive and depart.
From Fairbank Sept 20 1902 Sheriff Turner of Santa Cruz County passed through en route to Nogales with prisoner Harry Whipple charged with lobbing. Whipple captured recently near Clifton. Whipple once mined at Tombstone then moved to Santa Cruz county. He will be sent to Nogales for a hearing. Hobo Joe known as Arizona Shorty arrived from Neco aboard the Ayer claiming a trick with invisible clothes to beat trains. Frank Meyers from Neco reports lively bar city and a mining loss of 15500 at a saloon. he heads to Bisbee Monday to take a Fish Pood post.
A jumble of shortened notices reports on a mine accident injuring William Moore and Phil Augustine, a millinery shop opening viewing new styles at Lewis Millinery, Tombstone attendance by Henry Aston and Jos Kelly from Douglas, Arthur Gage heading to Congress with E B Gage, Jobo Cates recovering after a near death incident, Mrs Tarbell visiting Necol, Grace Tarbell accompanying, and the death of David Kirkpatrick from dropey at the hospital after a month’s illness.
List shows remaining letters Brockman JA Mirandi Lovie Naverro D A Piatte John Sanderson Lee Wheo. An advertised notice gives the date of advertisement. Ozanca P M.
County records show a week's volume of real estate deeds mining deeds and related actions. Transactions include W C Houdepeth to Rosie Hudspeth at Naco and various Douglas property transfers, plus forfeitures, powers of attorney and estate instruments, all reflecting active local land and mineral dealings and appointments of deputies.
W H Sisson to Title Guarantee and Trust Co filed on a trust deed. Proof of labor reported by Ariz Gold M'g & Dev Go. J Pre Joun Montgomery seeks Republican supervisor nomination, backed by supporters who expect success. Ramon, Los Angeles hardware dealer, visits Tombstone prospects and may open a branch store. C Gibson shows strong security, funds available.
A jumble of medical patent therapies promises immediate relief from coughs colds and throat issues with claims of absolute safety. Also notes a yellow jaundice case in Lexington treated by doctors then Electric Bitters which allegedly cured stomach liver and kidney troubles. Local ads tout tailoring services and prompt Friday delivery from Wildman and White.
In Lucas County on December 6 196 A notary public A W Gasleon attests that Frank J Cheney and Co offer ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any case of diarrhea not cured by Hall’s Catarrh Care. The ad notes Hall's Catarrh Care works internally on the body and offers testimonials. Two rooms in Pas Proton office are available for rent.
An old ad-like notice promotes training the bowels as a health measure. It touts Cas carets Candy Cathartic and Genuine tablets stamped C C C as products, claiming they help train the bowels to function properly, with bulk and retailer mentions.
Notice states the duplicate assessment roll of Cochise County is now in May for collection of taxes levied for the year 1903 in said county.
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