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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1890
Page
1
Saturday issue from Meek & Maddero on Fourth Street between Fremont and Alten. Brief notice indicates publication schedule and location with incomplete wording and no clear event or names.
Official directory item lists territorial and county officers with names and titles including governor secretary of state auditor attorney general treasurer superintendent of public instruction delegates to Congress and local officials for Tucson Tombstone Nogales and county seats. Also notes Masons lodge details and stated meetings.
The piece details large saloon free lunch operations with varied cold fish and cheese offerings, plus a dealer selling leftovers from hotels to sustain families at low prices. It also features a Georgia inebriate spring touted as a miraculous cure, with officers praising its effects after brief stays, and an odd barbed quip about a hat and a world fish tower design observed at a Chicago theater.
An Arkansas traveler recounts a tale of a life insurance claim gone awry. A man named Anthony seeks a thousand dollars claiming his wife drowned and died, then buries her without notifying authorities at a small place called Oak Bluff across the river, urging that the money be paid or else.
A quixotic tale from Arkansas Travel and a Vermont Treasury clerk features Uncle Silas Henks describing his mixed past with a Widow Hempsy. He recounts marrying the widow after a debt demand and now faces pressure to pay, while a lawyer advises paying to settle the matter.
The article describes a detailed process of boring a cannon barrel, highlighting steady work, specialized bits, and careful inspection. It explains the alignment, cutting rate, and the smooth interior spiral as crucial to a flawless bore, while noting the moral tone of Uncle Sam overseeing production and the dangers of flaws.
Des Moines Register describes how raw cotton from the South is brought by rail to a mill where 500 pound bales are sorted in a mixing room. It details the carding, drawing, spinning, warping, slashing, weaving, and finishing steps that produce finished cotton sheeting for shipment.
A sweeping, sensational recounting of extreme human and cultural gluttony. The piece cites Arctic and subarctic accounts from Parry, Ross, Cochrane, and Russian sources describing astonishing eating feats by Esquimans, Yakuts, and others, with generous quotes and antiquated diction. It also weaves in brief social anecdotes about dining habits in England and a quip about Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Mrs Billus recalls a long married life with humor as her husband teases back through a memory of a county fair. He dwells on the pumpkin that Cal Hepperly showed, while Maria reveals she married that very pumpkin to mark their thirty year milestone, ending in quiet shared nostalgia.
A U.S. visitor named Powell embraced Buddhism in Colombo under the guidance of the Buddhist high priest and eleven monks. Powell recited the Pansil, received a blessing, and explained his conversion, inspired by early impressions of Buddha and the law of right thought.
A humorous essay describes the bug bear as a creature that grows with need and puffed imagine, used to frighten others and ease pressure. It notes varied sizes, risks to trainers, and the idea that even brave people fear the bug bear in some form. Next, Louis the Fourteenth jokes about a nobleman’s Spanish study leading to Don Quixote in the original. It closes with a note on Vassar College female enrollment, crowded rooms, a new gym, and busy professors.
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