15 Mar 1890
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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1890
Page
1
The Tombstone Epitaph announces weekly publication by Meek and Madero on Fourth Street between Fremont and Allen. It lists delivery and subscription rates including six months at a reduced price and carrier delivery options.
Territorial officers and officials directory includes Governor Lewis Wolrly, Secretary N U Muníaty, Attorney General Clark Churchill, Auditor Thomas Hugh es, Treasurer J J Smith, Superintendent of Public Instruction G V Cueyney, and delegate M A Saittit. Supreme Court Chief Justice James H Wighth and associate justices listed along with district judges and federal officers.
A curious mix chronicles hypnotism experiments with a focus on memory and suggestion using a photographed portrait. It also surveys snake legends from the West Indies and anecdotes about curious behavior, humor, and risk in daily life.
Notice of special thecting by -worring special Hay. Sojourwing patiun widally invited. IDULPH Cony, H. 1 FL Moon, Secreary.
Prof Henry Beals of the Royal Society travels the agland coast with local geologists to study erratic boulders and rocking stones. He notes only a few known rocking stones exist and connects their movement to glacial ice flows. A new example is found at Nowak Conn on Caleb Ti’s farm, a six inch rock easily moved by one arm.
A Jamaica island note describes rats moving arboreally to feed on fruiting palm nuts after mongooses, once imported to curb snakes, failed to curb rats. The shift forces Planters to tin-line cocoa-nut trees while mongooses turn to farmyard fowl and eggs. The piece, from the N Y Tribune, frames this as an example of man’s attempts to improve on nature.
The Board of Trade Journal notes large import of terra alba through New York and its only risky use in candies. Terra alba is insoluble and highly injurious when ingested, affecting children. A separate item mentions a legal case over damages for contaminated lozenges and a description of a man in old style attire from a Baltimore Sun page.
The narrative recounts Nasr ed Deen planning to imitate Haroun el Rashid and roam Teheran at night in disguise. A sleepy sentinel lets him pass two nights. on the third night a vigilant guard detains him and confines him to a sea box. The shah is later punished and given a purse of 150 dollars and a robe of honor, then ceases such nocturnal expeditions.
The Edison works at Orange develop 1000 talking dolls with phonograph mechanisms. They walk clap and sing in multiple languages and tell nursery rhymes. Cylinders can be swapped to speak various languages, letting a doll say Wenn and phrases from Paris Berlin and Castile. Price may rise by about three dollars for language ability.
A piece notes ministers face constant financial worry yet live longer due to the joy of their work. It cites life insurance claims and Western missionary letters about meager salaries, meals, and relentless barely sustained toil. It admires ministers’ resilience and cheerful spirit amid hardship and duties. It also recounts Tecumseh’s powder horn gifted to Lawrenceburg at the G A R post, preserving a relic carried by the ally Tecumseh, once worn around his neck.
A London dog returns to its old home after a 50 mile trek in unknown country. An English government grant follows a Montreal desk purchase, inspired by cover marks and historic value. A Utica Indiana tree yields deer antlers and shells buried in its core. A Wyoming rancher bets $10,000 he can solo kill 50 grizzly bears in three years. A Henry County Georgia family count reveals six members in a sprawling line. A Murfreesboro Tennessee woman confronts an empty post office and vows to reclaim money from a fortune teller. A Paris sand artist creates bouquet scenes with colored sands, brushed away to reveal shapes. Belgium’s diplomat humor shows courtesy in formal requests, including a politeness note on US citizenship for children of aliens and peddling regulations.
A dry goods firm partner reveals buyers often earn more than superintendents. Buyers receive modest salaries but gain substantial extra income from year-end gifts and kickbacks from suppliers. In departments like china, buyers can make 10 000 to 25 000 dollars yearly, while few executives reach the lower end of that range.
A famed tale from the era tells how Frederick the Great cured a prima donna’s hoarseness not with medicine but by forcing a singing comeback. After a staged cancellation, officers and dragoons captured her for a night at the military hospital, then she sang again to satisfy the king’s orders.
A discussion traces the view crime as illness or inherited tendency, praising eradication of abnormal impulses while warning that perceived sympathy can harm society. It notes reform rates, self defense as priority, and questions whether criminals deserve pity or punishment. The column cites Chang Fan Moar and a New Orleans antiquarian on Jackson’s battlefield attire.
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