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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1893
Page
3
Fragments report varied local items from Benson to Tombstone including cattle counts, property sales, mining claims, canal receivership, and school enrollment. Mentions J C Hancock filing the Emigrant mining claim, Ball grounds construction, saloon sale, parsonage move, and a heavy rain in the valley. Also notes European demand for Columbian stamps and Bertha Waite’s Nevada City departure.
The article lists the Tucson grand jury members led by foreman HD Underwood and notes A Saunders as interpreter. It mentions Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters praised by medical figures, highlights a pay reward for murderers in the Frank Ours case, and reports a Phoenix drowning linked to C L Gibbaa. Other items include a Goldfield prospecting trip, a new dry washing machine invention, and relocation of a backstop at the old ball grounds funded by the community.
A column discusses why many very old people are women, citing instances from Pearson's Weekly and historical figures. It highlights Countess Desmond, Maria Prion, the Marquise de Mirabeau, and Marguerite Verdur as examples of late life rejuvenation phenomena and notes enduring mental sharpness amid aging.
Sept 20 1593 Miss Camilla Hughes returned yesterday from Tombs one. It is not true as reported that the Copper Queen boys were all full at the Morita. Geo Dohoney leaves this morning for the Christian Brothers college near St Louis where he will resume his studies Mrs Blum left yesterday on an extended visit to her old home in Iowa from which she has been absent ten years. Scott White gathered ten or twelve Bisbee innocents to do service for their country in the capacity of grand jarsmen at Tucson. The public school has been enriched by shells from the Sandwich Islands native cloth lava from Kilauea the largest volcano in the world.
An 1880s style testimonial piece extols Hood's Sarsaparilla through unnamed California pioneer claims of personal cure and family improvement after trying the remedy for a boy with a swollen arm. Endorsers include a Calfornia resident and city treasurers from Lowell and Yerwell praising reliability and effectiveness.
Notice states a mining patent application by W Williams for surface minerals in Arize county with a detailed claim map of lode sections and corner references. It warns adverse claimants to file within the statutory period or be barred, as per public notice from Herbert Brown, Register.
For sale is a complete newspaper plant including presses and job offices. Items listed include a Franklin Gordon large size press and a Washington Fand press, plus an unspecified 1 Hoe 6 revolution press. All are offered at 25 cents on the dollar with storage in Tombstone and little use. Proposals to pay part cash will be considered. Further particulars addressed to the issuer.
A damaged OCR list details numerous cattle brands and marks across Chiricahua and Dragoon ranges in Graham County and Sulphur Spring Valley. Brands include Circle WW, ME, Diamond Jon, W, SW, and others on various body parts. mentions of elk, horses, and stock men such as CHIRICAHUA CATTLE CO and GUS SOBERY.
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