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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1902
Page
2
Editorial urges mayor to call a special meeting as four council members who backed the Buehman ordinance push for action. The piece also mocks tariff politics and beef trust rhetoric, arguing for repeal of the trust products tariff to end the merriment.
The San Francisco Chronicle raises the third term issue for the presidency, focusing on Theodore Roosevelt as a possible 1908 nominee. It debates whether an unfinished term counts toward a third term and where the line would be drawn if a vice presidential successor faced renomination. The piece argues the unwritten anti third term rule is unlikely ever to be violated.
The University of Nebraska head E Benjamin Andrews argues in Chicago that bachelors must marry to fulfill Providence and strengthen society. He denounces morally degenerate singletons, praising married life as the path to vigor, virtue, and posterity.
The article argues that rising costs from beef, coal, and other commodities make marriage essential for financially stable individuals. It urges strenuous men to wed to share burdens and find purpose, asserting marriage is the duty of the hour for the marriageable unmarried with affection and income to endure its changes.
Except among a few plutocrats there will be no regret over the retirement of Justice Shiras from the supreme bench. He changed his mind overnight on the income tax law enacted by a Democratic Congress and approved by a Democratic President.
The coal districts face rising tensions as the strike prolongs with the prospect of harder winter furnaces and supply disruptions if the labor action persists.
The Chinese minister Mr Wu has received orders to remain in the host country. He will now surely countermand his prior instruction for a steel lining for his yellow jacket.
A Washington dispatch notes President Roosevelt plans a broad stump tour with cabinet members to appeal to voters during the coming Congressional campaign. The Chicago Chronicle approves as a reminder of old practice, while The Citizen warns of federal influence in state elections and cautions voters may resist such campaigning.
The piece notes a recurring campaign claim that Mexico is about to abandon the silver standard, a fraud that resurfaces each election season. It argues Mexico never actually drops the standard and calls the repeated assertion a familiar fake.
A Venetian market scene shows a keen collector buying a small carnelian box for forty cents but discovers it is only glass. He contends knowledge beats money in recognizing real value, while the narrator notes the box’s true nature and a final quarter price.
A London Answers note describes Welsh coal miners in the Ogmore valley who ride a workmen’s train from Maesteg to Abergwynfi daily. Each morning they leave their pipes on the seat to deter theft and claim them at journey’s end, with no pipes stolen despite open doors and sidings.
A fragment from New York Weekly shows Mrs De Jarr and Mr De Jarr discussing a hidden past. The dialogue questions whether people are judged by their own recommendations as the speaker hides a package of old love letters.
A dialog snippet reveals a relation via marriage as a step friend by marriage. The exchange recounts an elopement affecting engagement. The text adds Bacon quotes on labor, death, and a Paris paper made from kelp and seaweeds.
Joel Benton notes Barnum used spectacle to promote business. An elephant plowed on a hillside near Bridgeport attracted national attention as trains carried passengers past, prompting farmers to query hay consumption and profitability of elephants versus horses or oxen. Barnum advised that profits depend on a nearby museum and railway exposure.
Traditional wedding lore advises tears for luck and multiple door exits are unlucky while a bride should cut the cake first and pour wine for guests. Handkerchief mishaps, shoe tossing, and who calls the husband by name matter, along with discarding pins after feasts and maids keeping pins.
Washington correspondence notes a seeds parcel returned to a sender with a humorous farmer letter. He explains his daughter Matilda Ma tilda is to marry the village doctor next month and the family plans to move, so seeds would be useless. asks for stockings handkerchiefs or a spring bonnet instead.
A humorous note contrasts two lines about preparing for others after one’s death. A Life Insurance joke mentions a dog at the door and a hired girl saying the speaker is out of town. Separately a science aside states that volcanic ashes are pulverized lava.
The English comedians Toole and Brough visit Fradelle and Marshall to be photographed in their ragged costumes from Dearer Than Life. They prank the housemaid by claiming to be cousins from the work house, asking for the master with feigned formality and a missing card.
A New York Tribune summary recalls Rowland Hill's 19th century idea of penny postage inspired by a girl unable to pay ninepence for a letter. Hill paid the charge, shaping a system where postage became affordable for all, transforming mail in Britain and beyond.
Salt stands as a premier natural remedy and antiseptic. A teaspoonful in water aids digestion and a similar mix snuffed through the nose can ease head colds. For severe bowel pains, a hot salt bag provides relief.
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