Update: Boxer Rebellion Hoax

Lurker Finduilas dropped me a note hoping to help with the Boxer Rebellion Hoax story. Turns out there's a project underway in Colorado to digitize all their newspapers from 1880 to 1899, adding to an existing project that covers the 1870s. This was announced last October. Since the supposed hoax stories were in 1899, when this project is complete, we should be able to either debunk or partially support the story.

Plus, reading old, old newspapers is pretty cool. If you want to check it out, you can search the already scanned and indexed papers at http://www.cdpheritage.org/newspapers/index.html.