Editorial on high license ordinance and civic duty
The Citizen urges Tucson city council to act on the high license ordinance without seeking popular instruction. It endorses Chamber of Commerce input, defends council independence, and cites other municipal decisions as precedent. It also comments on national politics and a Georgia theft, with sharp satire of officials.
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Electric Light Company
Papa
Chamber of Commerce
Tucson
Cty
Buehman
Democratic Leadership Debate in South Revisits Party Unity
The piece notes a revival of southern leadership within the Democratic party and growing discord among voices in party councils. It asserts voters will select leaders and set principles at the national convention, with state and district Democrats shaping the process in due course. The article emphasizes intra party dynamics over immediate leadership questions.
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House of Representatives
Democratic Party
The Politician's Code and Public Morality
A New York discussion centers on Captain William J. Devery and John C. Sheehan. Devery challenges Sheehan to a public comparison while arguing that voters must choose the lesser evil. The piece condemns a code that lets candidates limit the field to similarly corrupt rivals and calls for the Jeffersonian standard of honesty, efficiency, and capability.
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New York
William J. Devery
John C. Sheehan
Neme
Devery
Sheehan
Tucson Republicans Welcome New Leader Billy Reid
The editorial lauds Billy Reid as a statesman for the Tucson Republicans praising his leadership and urging the party to follow with ease and grace. It contrasts Bryan with a tougher view of public service and urges peaceful rest for the opposing editor.
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Tucson
Billy Reid
Party of God and Morality
Monopolies and Tariffs Split Tin Plate Industry Debate
A heated critique notes the American Tin Plate company seeks a 25 percent wage cut to win Standard Oil patronage. It points to tariff abuse under the Dingley law, rebates on exports, and a system of government bounties that favors monopolies. The piece challenges Republicans and Senator Hanna, arguing the public bears taxes to sustain monopolies amid a protected market.
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American Tin Plate Company
Standard Oil Company
United States
Republican Party
Tin Plate Trust
Standard Oil
Senator Hanna
Standard Oil Monopoly
Coal Trust
Beef Trust
Steel Trust
William Black Slyly Shares Cake On Dublin Stage
The novelist William Black, intimate with Mary Anderson, played a surprising old man super in The Winter's Tale in Dublin. He roamed backstage with restless arms as Verduta distributed flowers, then accepted a cake from Anderson and shared it with hungry fellow supers to the audience’s amusement.
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Mary Anderson
Dublin
William Black
Miss Anderson
Black
Shakespeare
Verduta
Perdita
A Treatise on Quelling a Kicking Horse
A National Stockman writer outlines a harsh method to train a kicking horse. It involves surcingles, cruppers, rings, and a rope tied from the halter to a lower surcingle ring. The procedure pins one fore foot and then forcefully pulls to subdue the horse until it yields, with instruction to persist all day if needed.
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National Stockman
A Juvenile Feminine Prayer
A summer visitor girl overhears society talk on fashion and style at a hotel veranda. She prays with urgency for stylishness, asking the Great Lord to make her stylish, reflecting early social ideals.
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Lippincott's
The Butcher Bird’s Larder Legend
A Country Life note explains the butcher bird’s habit of impaling prey on hedge thorns as a possible solution to a female’s seclusion during her period. The male feeds the nest, and larger prey may be stored for the female to access later at the nest, forming a makeshift larder.
Easy Sailing Instruction From a Seafaring Verse
A visitor asks to learn sailing. a boatman answers with humorous, old fashioned tips. He explains handling the main sheet and tiller, managing faults, and cautions about the gaff, boom, and hull. He notes steady wind helps, warns against slow luffing, and ends with a playful ban on jibing.
First Wheat Shipment From Chicago Lakes 1838
The initial lake shipment from Chicago occurred in 1838 carrying seventy eight bushels of wheat.
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Chicago
the Lakes
Stock Reduction Sale Warns Move to Congress Street
Owing to moving preparations, harness saddles buggies and wagons are offered at greatly reduced prices until September 1. F J Villaescusa 110 S Meyer St closes out summer laprobes at a great reduction. Ronstadt at Corner Broadway and Sixth Ave invites customers to shop now.
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Congress Street
F. J. Villaescusa
S. Meyer Street
F. Ronstadt
Broadway
Sixth Ave
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