City News Roundup of Local Events and Officials
A busy Tucson day with mayoral tax receipts, Red Men initiations, and a court docket. J Heighton reports city accounts for 1901 are correct. Joe the Turk evangelist visits Salvation Army, with talks on jail and conversion. Warnings of forthcoming hearings in Solomonville and federal proceedings accompany local arrests and a fatal accident near Maricetya.
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Charles Bullati
P. Flanagan
Joe Billings
Harry W. Johnson
J . Heighton
Cy Ncil
Joe
Phoenix
Salvation Army
Constantinople
Jesus
Smyrna
Himn Tite
Personal Mention Items Add News From Lively Day
Dr. H A Schell recovers from pneumonia and roams again. Panoramic list includes Harry L Heffner H Mc Faucen from Pantano and S H Robinson the railroad contractor. Local arrivals J G Lindsay from Yuma and K E Clapp Lordsburg agent report health and travel. deaths prompt Casa Grande trip. Christine Olson arrives from Los Angeles to visit a brother. Tonight at the Opera House All the World Is a Stage.
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Perry Williams
Maricopa
J. G. Lindsay
Yuma
J. H. Godfrey
Christine Olson
Los Angeles
Olson
Monstrous Silk Cotton Tree of Nassau
A rare silk cotton tree in Nassau, Bahamas, planted over 200 years ago by John Miller, flourishes with roots forming massive buttresses six to twelve feet tall. The roots spread irregularly, creating hollows and gnarled passages. The seed pods yield soft silk fleece used by locals for pillows and mattresses. This specimen is the monarch among several on New Providence.
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South America
Nassau
Bahama Islands
John Miller
New Providence
Tsetse Fly Backlash Pushes North in Africa
Reports note the tsetse fly spreading toward northern regions as large wildlife relocates north to escape hunters. The insect, about the size of a house fly, parasitizes animal blood and can kill cattle horses and dogs that are bitten. Human bites are not seriously dangerous.
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Africa
Ieee
South Africa
Leaves as writing material in ancient Egypt and Greece
The article notes leaves were used for writing in Egypt and probably Greece, with the Tine continuing this practice for centuries. Leaves as book material persist in southern India and Sri Lanka, and some Asiatic tree leaves suit hooks. The term leaf in modern paper suggests leaves were once the primary material.
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India
Ceylon
New Gas Plant To Boost Tucson Lighting And Heating
The Tucson Electric Light and Power Company will install a $50,000 water gas plant within 100 days to replace the old gas works. The plant, using Lowe process oil, will produce 120,000 cubic feet of gas daily with heating gas at $2 per 1,000 and illumination at $3 per 1,000, competing with oil and gasoline. L. P. Lowe, headed the project, plans a Bakersfield plant to supply San Francisco and notes a new 150 kilowatt generator will double capacity, while Welsbach lighting could further improve output.
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Seigfried
Tucson Electric Light and Power Company
Tucson
Standard Oil Company
Bakersfield
Lowe
California
L. P. Lowe
San Francisco
Welsbach
The
Electric Light Company
General Electric Company
Prient Company
Oracle Health Briefs From Oracle Arizona
Oracle Arizona April 3 The Oracle Guild enjoyed a social hosted by Mrs Louis Prang of Boston with April fool gifts and a minuet dance. Upcoming is Mrs Prangs lecture on color at Union Church for Union Chilc. Notables Bashford and Asbury registered at Mountain View Hotel en route to Gold Mountain. Dr L I Patton returns to Mammoth. Kathrine Lake plans a school picnic.
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Oracle
Ariz
Oracle Guild
Louis Prang
Boston
Louis Pang
Kndge
Chas, Waddles
K. KK. Lake
W. L. Wood
C. C. Kiser
Moore
Union Church
Union Chilc
Bashford
Denver, Colo
Asbury
Tucson
Mountain View Hotel
Gold Mountain
Powderley successor named by president
Frank Sargent, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, was offered and accepted the post of Commissioner General of Immigration after a meeting with the president in Washington on April 4.
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C. T. Richey
Frank Henshaw
Ramon Soto
Louise
Rosa Carrillo
Francis H. Whaney
Mabel
Eamily Whalley
Powderley
Frank Sargent
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Immigration
Sargent
Doctor warns coffee can cause heart disease in users
Des Moines physician recounts his own experience with coffee linked heart symptoms. After years of caffeine use his dizziness weakness and weight loss prompted him to switch to Postum Food Coffee and he reports marked improvement within weeks and full recovery in months.
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Coffe
Co. W. Mathewson
Penn. Ave
Des Moines
Tom
Umbrella Exhibit Highlights Curious Monogram
The Philadelphia Record notes a humorous exchange about an antique umbrella. Jawleigh admiring the handle calls attention to the F. L. monogram while his companion jokes about the name John Anderson Jawleigh. Byron W. King authorizes the quip as the evening closes.
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Jawleigh
John Anderson Jawleigh
Rale
Optician Dr H A Schell Offers Free Eye Examinations
Delay is dangerous. Have your eyes attended to at once. No charge for examination. Dr H A Schell, the optician.
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H. A. Schell
Byron W. King Pioneering Author and Entertainer Listed
Byron W. King noted as author, teacher, lecturer and entertainer in a brief society notice. The item highlights his varied roles and public presence in the community.
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King, King, King
Byron W. King
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Dysart
Sam Hass
John Parks
Pollard Pearson
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Blue River
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Sam Bass
Newswexico
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N. M
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Joe Roberta
George Cooke
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Meyer
George Pusch
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Mariceya
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District Court
Hill
William M. Hoey
Mexico
Newman, Jr
Kansas City
Newman
Newman, Austin Investment Company
Fl Paso
Daniel Frohman
Rupert of Hentzau
Bryon W. King
E.G
CAPO
Gorham Mfg. Co
Rogers
West
W. Cc. Bennett
Harry L. Heffner
H. McFaucen
Pantano
H. W. Blaiddell
Orndorff
Frank Cox
G. H. Adams
Pheonix
KE. W. Clapp
Southern Pacific
Lordsburg
Charles BE. Udall
Mammoth
Frank Oleson
McCormick Street
Opera House
Silk
New Electric Light Company
Oracle Health Result
George J. Acton
Kathrine Lake
King of the
Mark A. Rodgers
C. P. Vedder
Baldwin
Singer Mtg. Co
Absolute Safety Pioneer Transfer Co
Stone Ave
Philadelphia Record
Minney
Pioneer Transfer Co
Century Block
Brady-Schneider Commission Company
South Stone Avenue
Bryan W. King
Opera
Bell’s Pharmacy
Poatoffice
Crescent Cigar CO
Congress St
F. J. Villaescusa
Chas. A. Stevens
Paris
H. L. Rigg
Tucson Opera House
A. V. Grossetta
Anthony Hope
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