15 Feb 1890
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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1890
Page
1
Classified notice for Meek and Madero shows perpetual publication details for Tombstone Epitaph with Saturday issues, street location Fourth Street between Fremont and Allen, and subscription rates of one year, six months, and a 39 cent per month carrier delivery option.
A scanned directory lists territorial and US officers with titles and names. It covers Governor, Secretary, Attorney General, Surveyor General, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Delegate to Congress, Supreme Court justices, district court judges, US Marshal, US Attorney, land office officers, customs, county officers, and city officials including mayor, police, treasurer, city attorney, auditor, assessor and ward officials.
Ki G Solomon Lodge No 5 of Free and Accepted Masons meets the third Saturday each month at Masonic Hall with visiting brothers invited and special flag-raising notices. Also dated meetings on the third Wednesday monthly in the same hall with notices of special meetings and Sojourning Companion invitations.
A collection of kitchen tips and simple recipes from the Rural New Yorker and Toledo Blade including Sweet Potato Croquets Popcorn Balls and Sausage Potatoes with methods for cooking rice muligatawny soup beefsteak rolls and a lice removal tip, plus hygiene and storage notes.
Associate Justice Bradley argues marriage should be indissoluble only for urgent reasons. He rejects absolute non dissolubility, supports redress for unfaithfulness or desertion, and urges thorough, public, quasi criminal inquiry to curb rash divorce. He emphasizes the law as moral, not arbitrary, and the need for authoritative safeguards.
A Chicago horseman swindles nine men by claiming he can wed a choice widow within an hour. At New York Central depot they select a widow, witness the marriage inside forty minutes, and depart before the ruse collapses. The bride turns out to be the wife of the miscreant for fifteen years. N. Y. Sun reports.
This piece explains perspiration as a vital elimination system like the kidneys and lungs, noting daily sweat outputs from a pound to several pounds. It discusses causes of excess and deficient sweating, conditions tied to disease, and practical tips such as tar soap washing, frequent linen changes, boracic acid disinfection, and wearing cork soles, with quotes from Youth's Companion and Chicago News.
The article explains how woodcocks sometimes carry their young by pressing the chick between the breast and feet, with the bill aiding only briefly. It notes this trait dates to the mid 19th century and cites The Gentleman's Magazine and the Lays of the Deer Forest as historical references.
An aging editor recalls tracking pen names used by female writers in his Chicago Tribune days. He notes Maude Lillian Beulah Mispah Rowena as common noms de plume, jokes about labeling manuscripts with diseases, and reflects on hardening to pleas from struggling authors and their starving children.
A dainty leather card case with a tiny built in watch appeals to shoppers. The Paris import now manufactured in the U S adds ease for street calls and polite reminders to avoid overlong visits. Card cases with watches cost seven dollars fifty cents and up.
Dr Nansen presented a paper on Esquimaux life in Greenland noting two social classes, uncivilized and civilized, and describing customs from dress to marriage. He cited hair knots for marriage readiness, wife-pulling rituals, early marriages for seal skin care, women's labor, and harsh child survival practices, ending with the claim that hospitality was greatest in Greenland.
A collection of observations on Southern upbringing notes that children are raised to respect elders and consistently use formal address such as sir and ma'am. It contrasts Southern norms with Northern habits and includes remarks on how youths refer to elders as brother or sister and young ladies as Miss. Also features a brief piece on preserving flowers with willow charcoal and a humorous exchange from a slum court about a three year old learning Russian.
Edward Wakefield describes a near fatal drowning aboard the Sir George Pollock bound from London to Lyttelton New Zealand. He falls from the hay aboard the stern into icy seas, is rescued after hours of struggle, and recovers with warmth, medical care, and support from shipmates and his family.
Fort Wrangell hosts extensive garnet ledges in mica slate that run for miles with a ten foot wide crop. Garnets occur from pea to hen egg size and are valued for luster when fresh. The gems, uniform in shape and angle, are mined and shipped for display in cabinets and institutions. A Maine schooner mate inspires a seal that swims beside him like a dog.
A Yale biweekly editor learns how “takes” end oddly and misreadings from endings like ending even. Compositors, copy holders, and proof readers misfire on words such as pudding for a dinner party and Sully our arms, showing how typos arise from misaligned takes and mistaken letters in set text.
A collage of brief humorous exchanges from various papers. Include a bride confessing artificial teeth, a groom removing a wig, a professor with a leaking bottle, a Columbia student and sweetheart overheard, a tramp and leftovers, a poker quip about cards, and a Youngbride seeking calf liver at breakfast, all in light, old-time flavor.
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