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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1902
Page
2
Editorial argues broad public favor for a high license tax on liquor and urges Mayor to convene a special meeting for Council action. It condemns dives as threats to peace and cites political pressure on the Buehman ordinance, warning against delay and urging prompt passage.
The Phoenix Republican defends General Smith amid his court martial and retirement, condemning the accusations as political. It recounts his admissions and instructions to kill and burn in Samar, labeling critics as copperheads and praising Smith for telling the truth despite infamy.
The article argues unions must organize with prudence as the Keller injunction exposes how courts curb strikes. It laments the restraining of labor action and notes injunctions target corporate contract rights, mandating workers stay off mines and avoid entering properties.
The piece discusses injunctions against unlawful coal industry interference, warns unions about meeting under rulings, and urges compulsory arbitration. It includes Grover Cleveland’s defense of clean journalism, praise for The Ledger’s editorship, and commentary on Arizona Republicans and voter sentiments.
The statement argues that a high license tax would be a modern improvement and a fine advertisement for the city, framing the levy as a public benefit and a promotional measure.
The Public Ledger and the Times merged yesterday under owner Adolph Ochs. L. Clarke Davis will continue as editorial head of the new combined paper. President Cleveland at Buzzards Bay welcomed the move, praising Davis for his competent leadership and public spirit.
The President appoints Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to fill the vacancy created by Justice Gray's resignation. Holmes, son of the poet Autocrat, has served as a Massachusetts judge for 12 years and chief justice for six.
The London Tablet notes Lombard style emphasizes thick walls with large blank spaces and strong surface expression. Ornament serves the idea, arcading and circular arches convey depth and power, while windows and doors reveal reinforced strength without buttresses.
A gray haired passenger recalls keeping his first dollar for years. An amused traveling acquaintance questions how he preserved it, noting its imperfect start and the trouble he would have passing it at that early stage.
Charles Theodore Murray condemns the Quartier Latin as the ultimate scene of vice and debauchery. He warns that young people cannot escape moral ruin in this environment, citing extensive experience in urban squalor and sensational reports from European and American cities.
The article traces how coal once referred to charred wood and wood fuel. It explains the term sea coal arose from early mineral coal gathered on the Northumberland shore and its quarine origin belief. Over time sea coal faded as mineral coal rose, and coal became the universal term.
The born nut or sacred nut of Japan, long known to travelers, was largely unknown to U.S. fruit and nut dealers until a New York commission merchant received the first large consignments. Used in worship on altars, these underwater-grown nuts burn with a blue flame and emit a distinct odor as incense. In raw form they are hard and tasteless, but cooked they taste like boiled chestnuts and may remain edible for over twenty years. Congreve could draft a drama quickly, with multiple revisions.
In Seen and Heard a story recounts Edwin Booth riding off with a horse in Kentucky, claiming Fontaine the horse thief was the culprit. Booth later helps capture the real Fontaine, and the horse thief is executed, leaving Booth with a skull he donated for use in Hamlet.
A relic brought from Scotland by a great-grandfather is identified as a drip stone. The object, hollowed like a saucer with a small protrusion on the opposite side, is filled with water to release pure crystal drops from its underside. Origin traced to Oriental use, reported by the New York Press.
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