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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1902
Page
4
The Tucson city council approves payment of the wedge assessment and authorizes a district court settlement to condemn blocks 1 2 and 8 of block 207 for a widened Congress street. Tenants may relocate as demolition and street opening proceed quickly amid possible downtown bonfire celebration.
The First Judicial District court convened for the spring term with a Territorial Grand Jury empaneled led by foreman Charles Bayless. Nine cases were reviewed. indictments were returned against George W Phillips J H Pierson D F Larson Barnlio Martinez and Charles Watson, with two against D F Larson. Other actions included handling of George Phillips burglary and a reference on Lenacio Flores, while several charges were ignored. The report paused for further deliberation. The piece ends noting People’s Store display on Congress Street and Stone Avenue featuring swisses priced $4 to $21 per seven yards.
Display of fine wiffany glass offered at affordable prices by E. G. Capo the Jeweler located at 83 West Congress.
A report in the Nogales Border Vidette claims Bob J. Whiteside was quietly married at the San Augustine Hotel, a claim later found to be a joke. No marriage license appeared, and the prank involved Miss Ethel Cox and T. H. Schuster, with tensions rising as Whiteside reportedly faced repercussions.
In a village street Kruegel discusses Gretchen the German domestic employed by Judge Vaughan of Richmond. The judge praises her energy and spirit, while Kruegel expresses concern that Gretchen may have been drinking schnapps all day.
The piece argues plaster casts, especially death masks, uniquely capture an honest likeness. They reproduce the subject without flattery, showing him as he was and as he saw himself, often revealing what he kept private.
A dialogue contrasts thunder with electricity as the souring agent for milk. The Papa explains electricity causes chemical changes creating an acid, while Dick asks how, and the Papa admits he does not know, joking about using big words.
A quotation discusses mutual ignorance between Christians and Jews and the fear of liking each other. It cites Lamb’s remark about preferring not to know an enemy to avoid positive feelings, and references I'eters' The Jew as a Patriot.
Wearers of spectacles are often annoyed by steamed glasses from moisture buildup. An easy preventive method is to wash the glasses each morning with soft potash soap. After washing, polish the lenses to leave an invisible film that resists future moisture deposits.
A man asks Naighbob for permission to marry his daughter. Naighbob does not refuse outright but demands a harsh condition. He states the suitor would be hanged first if the condition is not met.
A brief cartoon caption depicts two lawyers debating how to handle the Moneybags dispute. The first lawyer notes a hard struggle to keep the heirs from reaching an agreement, while the second confirms the difficulty.
The recollection from Frank R. Stockton describes a dental chair conversation about killing a baby, echoed by W. Gordon McCabe on Monckton Milnes breakfasts in London. The piece frames a spectrum of prominent figures at Milnes’ gatherings as diverse attendees in a social literary salon.
A Sunday school class prompts a boy to define widow. The teacher asks what a widow is and, after a pause, the child offers a literal, unintended answer that a widow is a lady who does washing, reflecting a humorous misinterpretation.
A boy Bobby chats with a minister about dinner and a joke on humble pie. The clergyman laughs at the boy’s artless remark about family plans and a new kind of pie to be served.
A mother and daughter exchange a sharp point about who saw dirty hands. The girl retorts that grandmother saw them, highlighting intergenerational judgment in a motherhood vignette.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s remedy with claims to cure stomach liver and bowel troubles. It mentions dyspepsia loss of appetite biliousness fever malaria and other ailments. Pills priced 25 cents. promotes consumer marvel at the product.
A Franklin Grove man named J. B. Orner endured a four year ulcer that baffled doctors until Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him. The ad touts Bucklen's Salve for wounds, bruises, cuts, corns, scalds and piles at 25 cents from all druggists.
A notice from E. G. Capo's Jeweler on West Congress Street advertises wedding and birthday rings for sale to customers seeking engraved keepsakes.
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