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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1895
Page
4
The notice lists Southern Pacific Railroad stations including Calabasas and Daly areas with managerial names like TJ. Prey as General Manager and A Navas as Assistant General Manager. Also mentions Huschisca Crittenden and other roles with duties across stations and routes.
Local Notes report various small items including Garr-Physician in Benson, a line of school books at Yap, Chas RB Woress leaving for Tucson, Prescott reduction talks, Yaples tablets for schools, Phounis typesetting at the Republican office, Sheriff Fly to Bisbee for sheriff's office business, Joseph Tasker returning from Los Angeles, a wanted top buggy for sale, Phoenix baseball beat Fort Thomas 18 to 0 with championship to be decided, a used bicycle sale at Puroscton office, Bisbee score consolation in Phoenix Fort Thomas game, case of Woress v Pearce for 75 dollars jury verdict for defendant, and notice of appeal.
Reports from the Herring mines in Tevis district describe promising surface assays from a coven Incations ledge with 3 to 12 ounces of gold per ton and free gold in ore. Col. Herring, spending a week on site, notes favorable progress and plans extensive work to determine width and extent. Nearby logistics include scarce water, a railroad 3 miles away, and hopes of a bonanza if depth preserves surface indicators.
A South Africa reader reports six years of chronic diarrhoea cured after using Chamberlain's Choipe, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The testimonial notes rapid relief and mentions local availability through Tombstone Drug Co.
A compact page fragment lists general delivery letters for the Tombstone post office with names such as BK W Reeny K Hay and ALA Stebbins, plus adverse notices and a Julius Caesar style inject about Catarrh cures. It reports Deputy Burt Alvord returning from Phoenix with an insane charge and notes Arizona wealth per capita, mining ads, a Vulture mine sighting, a train hold up near Phoenix, and editorial quips on skirts and bloomer fashion. It also mentions the Albuquerque Citizen weigh-a-melon contest and Winslow’s Soothing Syrup.
The Star reports a rare hydrophobia episode after a burro at the water works was bitten by a dog. The dog’s attack, its death, and the burro’s swift development of symptoms, followed by a late evident rabies course, suggest unusual rapidity potentially linked to fright and transmission timing.
An old style advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a comfort aiding health through a pleasant laxative action. It claims cleansing on kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them, touts medical approval, and warns buyers to purchase only from the California Fig Syrup Co with their name on the bottle.
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