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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1902
Page
8
Newport RI August 14 — Mrs Stuyvesant Fish faces a collapse risk as many men refuse to shave their mustaches for her August 22 colonial ball. Some back the idea of ditching facial hair while others refuse, leaving costumes undecided and attendance in doubt.
A fragment suggests Mrs. Fish may call a roll of her men friends to face a momentous question. The line hints at humor centered on attire and romance, capturing social banter of the scene.
The report notes a minimum and maximum temperature with a 97 degree high. Wind comes from the northwest with clouds and a southeast direction indicated, reflecting unsettled conditions.
F A Gulledge of Verbena Alabama paid doctors a large sum for a severe pile condition that caused twenty four tumors. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured him, reducing inflammation and pains. Ad touts the salve as best in the world for 25c at druggists. Also notes rings by E G Capp Jeweler and C A Stevens returning to operate at the People’s Store with prompt service.
A Pittsburg Dispatch correspondent surveys Java fruits from the durian famed for its strong odor to serpent fruit and custard apple. He notes jack fruit, orange scarce, pineapple and banana plentiful with over twenty banana varieties, some tasty and others unpalatable to outsiders.
A humorous piece recounts Irish anecdotes from a Kerry man in London. A priest questions a confessor while the man tries to explain earning a living by acrobatics. A chorus of comic mischief and misbeliefs unfolds with wary parishioners and a vaccinated but unbaptized mother remark concluding the vignette.
A New York Post piece describes Japanese incense parties conducted with strict etiquette. Guests avoid odors for a day, enter quietly, and note incense names and numbers on cards as hostess burns four or five incenses. The guest with the most correct guesses wins a prize, with women and men showing different success rates.
J Joyce Parker D D quotes illustrate how ordinary maxims become vivid through context. Lowell Mazzini Garfield Lavater Carlyle and French writers are cited to show how metaphor and personal framing sharpen a plain idea into lasting mnemonic power in a sermon-like study.
The Territorial Democratic Central Committee calls a convention in Tucson on September 8 1902 at 10 a m to nominate a Delegate to Congress a Territorial Central Committee and conduct business. It invites all reform minded citizens and outlines delegate allocation by county and proxy rules while urging primary law compliance. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised as a liver remedy.
An advertisement cites a Milton Pennsylvania resident praising DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as a tonic to expel poisons and tonify the liver. It notes Bell’s Pharmacy and mentions leather goods at low prices from B. G. Capo.
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