Arizona Leads U S Health Standings and Copper Boom
The report from the Marine Hospital Service lauds Arizona for the lowest death rate among divisions, noting 2.33 per 1,000 and improvement if hopeless invalids are excluded. It also highlights Morenci ore traffic, Tombstone branch grading, Greene Cattle Co acquisitions, a $25,000 Presbyterian church at Hisbee, and tungsten veins near Dragoon. The piece ends with an ad urging Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for liver and health, including a People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser offer.
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Marine Hospital Service
Arizona
United States
Dr. Pierce
Michael Maher
Littlefalls
N.Y
Center St
Messrs
O'Rourke
Hurley
People
Common Sense
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Prospecting and mining notes from the Southwest region
Reports from Globe and Nogales describe a 14 inch well near Globe with 400 feet, hopes of a gusher in sixty days, and a new water line enabling 80 stamps for the Pinal Palastine Oil Co. Nogales miners discuss a mining exchange. The Clifton Consolidated diamond drilling outfit arrives. Possible Republican bid for Sloan in Prescott. Hobson Bros. buy additional ranch and cattle near Deming. W. R. Patterson involved. Southwestern Miners' Association plans a major St. Louis exhibit with a 50 foot relief map of the region.
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Pinal Palastine Oil Company
Globe
Ways and Means
Southwestern Miners’ Association
S. N. Pearce
Southwest
St. Louis Expositine
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Sonora
Mexico
Lincoln's Logic From Discouragement to Proof Mastery
An anecdote recalls Abraham Lincoln telling a Norwich listener that his path to sharp reasoning came from discouragement. He described quitting law study to master Euclid, then returning with a methodical foundation that helped him answer what proves a proposition.
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Abraham Lincoln
Norwich
Connn
Lincoln
Edo
Law Shop
Romans Built Aqueducts Despite Water Level Truth
The eight ancient Roman aqueducts fed about 40 million gallons daily into Rome. If Romans knew water always seeks its level these tall arched structures, seventy feet high, might never have been built.
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Rome
Fine cigar pieces at EB G Capo's jeweler
Rome shoppers buy Tiffany cigar pieces at low prices advertised by EB G Capo the jeweler located at 83 West Congress Street.
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Rome
Capo
West Congresa
One Minute Cough Cure Marketed By Bell’s Pharmacy
A brief advertisement promotes One Minute Cough Cure as a necessary precaution against cold symptoms. Claims include instant relief from inflammation and congestion, with benefits for coughs croup throat and lung troubles. Bell’s Pharmacy advertises the product.
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Bell’s Pharmacy
Mascots of gamblers and their strange talismans
Habitual gamblers cling to portable mascots from lumps of lead to hairpins and bullets with noted tales. A bullet from a woman who killed herself, a gold hairpin from a theater, and a collar from a murderer on his hanging day appear in the mascot catalog cited by the Philadelphia Record.
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Wissahickon
Philadelphia Record
Tea Brewing Guide from Ban kers and Lung Mo
The article extols strict tea making using boiling water and a very hot teapot. It cites Lung Mo, the Chinese poet, recommending water from a miners stream or springs, boiled over a lively fire, with water not boiled hastily. A teaspoon of tea for two cups plus one for the pot is advised.
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Lung Mo
Tse
St Barbara Legend Said to Explain Powder Invention
The article cites German traditions claiming St Barbara’s martyrdom inspired powder chemistry. Monk Berthold Schwarz allegedly read of her death and, mixing white salt heart, black coal soul, and heavenly sulphur, created a fiery blast that soldiers said marked the origin of gunpowder.
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Berthold Schwarz
St. Barbara's
Arnica as a home remedy for facial pimples
The article asserts pimples arise from blood impurities and must be treated constitutionally. It promotes applying arnica to the skin as a safe, easy preventative, noting a pimple shows warning signs hours before. A drop of arnica on the swelling can reduce it, with repeated applications during the day.
Me knows English Telegraph Threat
An intelligent sepoy brings a telegraph message to a station in central India. The operator notes errors as the sender insists he knows English. He threatens to report the superintendent if the message is not sent, and the message is ultimately forwarded: Come quick, father dangerously dead.
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India
Mandalay
Hazardous Brass Eating Tip Warns Not to Try at Home
The described method uses mercuric chloride in alcohol to scribe a line on brass then apply nitric acid to eat the metal, claiming the brass will break neatly like glass. This dangerous technique risks severe injury from chemical exposure and fractures.
First Gold Pens Made by Hand Then Machine Era
The article notes handmade gold pens were cut from gold strips by band and priced from five to twenty dollars, later eclipsed by machine made pens. It quotes a etiquette work on carving about a genteel carver and a London Answerer remark about yearning to put one foot on the table and the other on the bird while carving. It cites Atchison Globe on memory of being right longer than being wrong.
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London
Orchard and Garden: plant shade trees and fruit properly
The article advises raspberry and grape planting depth and cuttings timing, stresses soil mineral manure for fruit trees, and recommends hardy shade trees. It includes a London Chronicle anecdote about Dr. Talmage, who found a crowded exterior with paid entry and changed his sermon topic.
Democratic Primaries and County Convention Called in Pima
Pursuant to authority of the Pima County Democratic Central Committee a convention is called for Tucson August 29, 1902 at 2 p.m. to elect eighteen delegates to the Territorial Democratic convention. Primaries for delegates fall on August 26, 1902, in each precinct, with Tucson primaries 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Credentials must be signed by the inspector. E O Keefe is chairman and C O Rouse secretary.
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Democratic Central Committee
Pima County
Tucson
Arizona
Marcus A. Smith
Navier
Lowell Tengue
Redington
Greaterville
Olive Camp
Roori
Arivaca Pantano
Buenos
Central Committee
E. O'Keefe
Memoirs of Selwyn and a dying lord encounter
A fragment from Jesse's Memoirs describes George Selwyn, famed wit, showing interest in deathbed scenes and funerals. It recalls a dying lord and Selwyn's neglect of inquiry, prompting a quip that he would be glad to see Selwyn whether alive or dead.
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George Selwen
Jesse
Lord Polland
Selwyn
Selwyn Fealls
Memorial meeting for late brother R. J. Paul
Notice from Arizona lodge No. 1 requests A C A W members attend the funeral of R. J. Paul Friday August 15 at 4 30 visiting brothers invited Thos Conlon Recorded.
Theson Lodge Members to Attend Funeral Friday
All members of Theson Lodge No 9 are requested to meet at 4 30 Friday August 15 for the funeral of our late brother at 1 Pant. All visiting brothers invited to take part THOS CONLON K of R and &
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Arizona Lodge No. 1
R. J. Paul
Thos. Conlon
Theson Lodge No. 9
R. and
Summer Japrobes Sale At F Ronstadt Corner Broadway
Tucson directory copy notes Charles T Connell address 137 West Pennington and a June 16 date. The ad promotes a closing sale on Summer Japrobes with drastic reductions and urges customers to shop early. Dean's Ointment advertised for piles at 50 cents. The Black Paddy drawing slated to occur at the Legal Tender next Wednesday evening at 257 259.
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Tucson City
Southern
F.ronstadt
Broadway
Sixth Ave
Dean
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Rock Islands
Stapleton Arcadian Pharmacy
Cook & CO
Phoenix, Arizona
Prescott, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Congress Street
Arizona News
Detroit Copper Company
Morenci
Tombstone
Fairbank
F. May
Watervale
Greene Cattle Company
San Pedro
Hisbee
Dragoon Mountains
Benson
Dragoon
Mohave County
King of Arizona Mining Company
Kofa
Cave Creek
Phoenix
Yavapai County
Phoenix Onyx Company
Nogales
James Oneil Ranch
Date Creek
Congress Mine
Clifton Consolidated Company
Prescott
R. EF. Sloan
Congress
Hobson Bros
Ventura
California
Pringle Range
Gila County
Deming
W. R. Patterson
Los Angeles
Hobsons
Abe
Rome's Aquaeducts
Tang Po
Germany
Italy
St. Barbara
Atchison Globe
Camus Freres
Goldbaum’s
Sumer
de Witt Tulmage
England
Ist
London Chronicle
Martin Ernst, Plater
Deupigattes
Territorial
Gold Dust Twins
N. K. Fairbank Company
Chicago
New York
Boston
St. Louis
Absolut Safety Pioneer Transfer Co
Stone Ave
Emma Busch
West McCormick Street
San Francisco
Citizen Office
Wheeler & Wilson
West Pennington St
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machines
W. Pennington St
Military Plaza
P. O. Box
Maine
Julius Goldbaum
Charles Clayburg
Congress St
Charles Claybury
F. J. Villabecusba
Meyer Street
E. G. Capo's
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