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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1892
Page
2
The notice outlines subscription pricing for various terms including one year six months and three months plus a weekly delivery rate. It mentions carriers with a 25 cent rate and lists amounts in dollars and cents.
A Dallas editor receives a one year chain gang sentence for libel. The piece reports miners backing the Total Wreck mine, a new Bowie Station agent Barney Lynch, and the U S Army plan to recruit Apache fighters for eastern forts. It mentions Gen. Carrillo's death, and a local call to arm citizens to pursue outlaws in the Chiricahua mountains with a $200 reward.
A letter from Captain A. G. Parcis of Malden on Hudson New York praises August Flower for seven to eight years of use in his family. He reports relief from dyspepsia indigestion and constipation after meals and says his wife often asks for another bottle before he goes to town.
A survey of famous diamonds outlines the Braganza as the largest at 1.580 carats found in Brazil, plus the Mattam gem weighing 367 carats from Borneo. It traces the Kob-i-neor crown jewel of Britain and the Pit or Regent diamond once French, noting historic thefts, recuts, and royal ownership.
Congressman Oates of Alabama lost an arm in the Confederate service before Richmond. Sheltered by a southern family nurse, he waited as a baby grew to girlhood before claiming the promise that she would be his wife. The couple, now happily married, defy age questions.
Readable text describes tiny hollow bamboo hairs on young shoots used as poison in Japan. Ingested daily, these crystals mechanically damage the alimentary tract, causing malignant dysentery. European reports note deaths among colonial residents tied to bamboo hairs.
A colonial-era note outlines vast Labrador territory largely unseen by White explorers. It describes a plateau and upland interior with uncertain value, noting few expeditions since 1880s and suggesting potential for discovery along routes from Ungava to Hamilton Inlet and Hudson Bay.
A 19th century New England Magazine piece recalls Phillips Brooks delivering a prayer at Harvard war celebration. Col Henry Lee noted the services fell short yet Brooks’ prayer rose as the day’s sole resonant utterance, shaping later calls for Brooks to lead Trinity Church.
Reports describe a six hundred foot structure in Canyon Diablo possibly formed by a meteor explosion after penetrating seven to eight hundred feet. Pieces weighing up to eight hundred fifty pounds were found nearby. Also noted are West Indian death superstitions about signs and omens affecting burial practices and cures.
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