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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1902
Page
7
In a Paris suburb a wealthy merchant dies and his relatives perform an old Norman custom. They wander the garden with lanterns, remove a pile of stones, search the ground, then return indoors. The ritual aims to ensure the soul has not hidden nearby before burial.
A historical note explores 1881 as a numeric curiosity, reading the year forward and backward to yield 18 and 81 relations. It discusses division and multiplication patterns that produce recurring nines, linking to fortune tellers and prophecies.
A medical journal explains how to preserve a saucer of shaved ice in a sickroom for a full day and night. Place the ice in an upturned plate, cover with another, and cushion with heavy pillows so the plates are embedded. A sharp ice cutter is recommended for best results.
The Lancet notes flies breed quickly when warm and food is available. A single female may lay about 120 eggs and, with a three week life cycle, could yield up to 25 million descendants in a hot summer. Reducing organic refuse burial limits breeding and plague potential.
The piece lists thirteen errors to avoid: judging others by personal standards, expecting universal opinions, seeking youth's judgment, shaping every disposition alike, demanding perfection from self, worrying beyond remedy, resisting immaterial matters, withholding relief where possible, denying allowances for others’ infirmities, deeming anything impossible we cannot do, and believing only what our finite minds grasp. It cautions against trying to understand everything.
The Lancet suggests marriage wards off digestive issues. It notes celibate men such as young barristers curates single journalists or businessmen suffer from indigestion due to eating alone. Reading during meals or after bolting food worsens the problem. thus matrimony is proposed as a cure.
In a short exchange from New York Weekly, a horse dealer suggests a sound, kind animal, while the old lady dismisses it preferring a horse that keeps its nose close to the ground to see where it’s going.
The text notes that mummy valued for medicine declined as appraisal faded. It explains mummy’s former role in materia medica and eighteenth century recipes to convert human flesh into mummy, with parts beaten, dried, macerated, and spliced away from likeness to the living body. It cites ancient references and a line from Bird In a Cage about selling mummy to apothecaries.
Two famed Bologna towers rise from the Square. The Asinelli reaches 315 feet, erected in 1109, while the Garisenda leans steeply, built a year later and now 153 feet tall. Its 23 foot base width and 6 foot 6 inch base walls contrast with thinner upper walls. The lean may stem from ground settling or design, with theories debating intent to outdo the Asinelli. In 1266 the relic was sold for 220 lire about $44.
A man summoned to a New York City supreme court jury described prior service in a coastal county jury. He recalled deliberating twelve hours over a corpse washed ashore from a shipwreck, later deemed an ancient Egyptian mummy by an expert. He added the county refused to pay fees, and he was excused.
A friend asks what the young candidate will do after college. He replies he will study medicine even if the field is crowded, believing those already in the profession will have to take their chances.
A church elder fills in for the absent minister and begins with a stumbling address. He says brethren politely but breaks into stammers as he urges anyone who wants the conceit taken out of them to come forward.
A medical note claims a surgeon can halt a hysteria episode by declaring an emergency hair removal. The tactic involves cutting the patient’s hair to make the application to the head, described as a bluff likely to succeed.
The passage argues most birds are stoic beside owls and that only Shakespeare and Wordsworth truly understand them. It cautions poets against meddling with owls and claims others have libeled the birds.
A Washington Star fragment presents Miss Miami Brown asking about a number in the human anatomy and Mr. Erastus Pinkley noting uncertainty while claiming to know by his razor nicks that the figures were significant. The dated dialect style frames a humorous or anecdotal exchange.
Ex juryman recalls that verdict was agreed at once but discussion arose over the judge's charge. The page also notes Nye on Wagner and humorous quips about art and conversation. References to Saturday Evening Post and Chicago News appear in the clipping.
A London writer notes the rigid deference shown to German officers by civilians and peers. Officers reinforce rank with bows heel clicks and strict attention, even during dining rituals as tiers of officers rise, toast, and acknowledge each other with formalities.
A collection of quips from fiction and a humorous exchange between a father and son. The passages include lines on human nature, comedy, philosophy, and a child asking two paradoxical questions about knowledge and the fate of a balloon map.
The passage notes how Shakespeare misplaces modern inventions and ideas across ancient and medieval settings. It points out examples like cannons in John’s era, printing before its time, clocks, and other anachronisms spanning Hector to Cleopatra, suggesting playwrights of later ages altered history for dramatic effect.
A New York woman cites limited talk of separation while a Chicago friend favors a quiet divorce. A Washington Star quip notes Towne as a disagreeable poker partner, Browne calls him a hard loser, and Philadelphia presses a quip about Peter the Great’s 1100 ton bronze statue in St. Petersburg.
A terse ad-like note proclaims an incurable condition cured by one minute of treatment. It mentions a pharmacy at 232 Wet Street and asserts safety and certainty for the remedy.
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