25 Feb 1888
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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1888
Page
1
A narrator recalls a late night rail journey from Skanesville, where a stranger with a glinting mad eye explains his life as a professional accident seeker. He collects payouts for fake injuries and lost limbs, chasing insurance money as he travels with the train, hoping for more claims and a future payout for his family.
In the Darien Gazette a tale of a ship master tricking Forester Maxwell colored into sailing to Holland on the British bark Perpetua unfolds. A humorous yarn about greenhorns and the lure of foreign voyages in a Georgia setting.
A Boston Commercial Bulletin note warns travelers through Russia to avoid sending cash by mail or rail. Officials may seize funds, taking one third for the government. Remittances should use bankers drafts to avoid aiding plots. Foreign newspapers are censored at Russian post offices, blocking objectionable passages.
Forty five years of observation show that most of the fifty three stars catalogued by Hessel in the Pleiades exhibit a backward drift relative to the solar system. Six stars do not share this motion due to their remoteness, while two closer stars seem to move faster. The farthest stars are so distant that the sun's forty five year path of about 21 billion miles appears undetectable in their motion.
A lurid feature describes shoes and other items made from the skin of African bodies, alleging doctors and students dissect corpses to create leather and curios from enslaved individuals. It notes sensational anecdotes of fashion and vanity, with broader commentary on race and exploitation.
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