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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1902
Page
4
List of arrivals including San Xavier and Choix with multiple cities across the U S and Mexico. A feature on the Eastern penitentiary rooms shows inmates crafting intricate mantels, reed art, and chess sets from reclaimed materials, reflecting dignity and wasteful time.
Marshalltown Iowa district reports a Milwaukee Road freight wreck the prior afternoon causing fifteen deaths and about forty injuries. Several injured are not expected to recover, and the article notes two or three may die. The text also mentions an unrelated raffle for Black Paddy with a payment reminder for tickets.
Advert claims run down people gain life with Doctor Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery which heals digestive and nutritional disorders and improves digestion. Testimonial from Chas H Sergeant of Plain City Ohio states six bottles restored health and appetite with no further medicines after a year. Also mentions Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets to keep bowels active.
A Philadelphia Times interview with a druggist notes pseudo physostigmine sells for $1 per grain or $437.50 an ounce. The seed grows in India, Brazil and parts of Africa, once used in a deadly ordeal. The prepared drug is now prescribed for heart disease.
The passage credits Dame Juliana Berners as the progenitor of English sporting literature describing her rhymed Treatise Boke of St Albans and her influence on subsequent works. It notes Wyckyn de Verde printing the second edition in 1496 and mentions her family including Lord Berners as an translator of Iroissart. It also cites her fishing essay as admired by Isaac Walton.
A historical anecdote explains the phrase eating crow. An English soldier in Virginia reportedly ate a crow after a farmer complained, and a confrontation followed with the farmer commanding him to finish the bird or face shooting.
The University of Athens follows a German plan with many professors trained at German universities. German is frequently heard, second only to Greek, around the building. The institution owns substantial property and several chairs are generously endowed by private individuals.
Brief item notes a quip about Bills and business matters, cited from an Indianapolis News line. The exchange highlights prior ignorance of any business activity by the subject, implying no enterprise or earnings are present.
In Kansas City, two young women chase a missing diary that holds their private thoughts and exposes friends' innermost quirks. The conversation turns to fear of exposure and a vow not to reveal the truth, ending with a bittersweet reunion and renewed friendship.
The article explains scissors fabrication from bar steel. It describes forging, cutting to form the shank and bow, punching and expanding the bow hole, filing, drilling for the rivet, grinding and burnishing handles, then assembling, testing, hardening and tempering, then final polishing. It notes scissors edges are less sharp than knives and tend to crush rather than cut.
A reflection on Nero’s extravagant table manners and lifestyle, noting tongues from songsters, capon liver in milk, and pork dishes. Suetonius highlights a theater like dining room with shifting scenes, while contemporary chatter recalls late night reading and fatigue.
Advertisement notes Gold Dust soap powder made by The N. K. Fairbank Company with Chicago New York Boston and St. Louis offices and Fairy Soap as a maker label.
An article argues that most brain building nutrients lie in fruit and vegetable skins and that consuming skins supports mental clarity. It cites a case from India where troops recovered after eating grape skins, and notes greens like asparagus and lettuce gain health from consuming skins. The piece blends nutritional claims with sensational folklore and racialized anecdotes.
The Kansas City Journal condemns the old idea that a man cannot eat one quail daily for thirty days and cites Will Upton who ate two quails daily for over thirty days then sometimes three or four. It also mocks the notion that a horse cannot pull a sand sack 200 feet, noting any cow pony in Kansas would run with such a rope.
The Pima County Democratic Central Committee convenes a county convention in Tucson on August 29 1902 at 2 p m to elect eighteen delegates to the Territorial Democratic convention on September 30 1902. Primary elections for delegates are set for August 26 1902 with Tucson precinct voting 8 am to 6 pm and other precinct hours as arranged.
Copies of Tucson City and Southern Arizona Directory can be obtained at Charles T. Connell, 137 West Pennington Street. 6-16. 27 The very finest wand-tarrad leather goods in latest design at prices very low at E. G. Capo's.
F J Villaescusa on 110 S Meyer Street announces a moving sale of harness saddles buggies and wagons at greatly reduced prices until September 1.
Tucson business Pease Novelty Co advertises savings on freight for typewriters slot machines and other automatic machines for sale or rent at 213 North Meyers street with phone contact 2281.
A vintage testimonial style advertisement claims Dr King s New Life Pills keep skin rosy and digestion strong with no headaches. It markets the product as a cheap 25 cent remedy available at druggists and promises overall vitality.
J A Legarra has applied to purchase six block 125 in Tucson. Per an August 4 1902 mayor and common council order, the city will sell at public auction in front of City Hall at 11 am on August 18 1902 to the highest bidder for cash, subject to council approval. N E Hawke City Recorder. First pub Aug 7 1902.
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