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Newspaper

Tucson Citizen

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1902

Page

4

Nacozari Road Expansion Near Town and Regional Updates

The Nacozari survey lies within a mile of Nacozari. road construction to begin in three months, extending about twenty five miles. Education notes from Graham county: annual institute and summer normal in Safford. Textile and mining news across Arizona and adjacent regions include Mexican mining growth, local tax rates, and planned fairs. The Moqui snake dance at Oraibi drew about five hundred visitors, with tours from Canyon Diablo offered for forty dollars for five days.

Nacozari Road Nacozari Graham County Safford Volz Canyon Diablo Oraibi

Arrivals at the Hotels List Names Across Cities

A compiled list shows diverse guests arriving at hotels including San Francisco Naco Denver Portland and Chicago. Names such as W R Dexter J R Daly Robert Huntington D W Huntington F D Cornell H T Greene Camarel mines Windsor W A Wilson Charles Lex J A Hawks L B Mandel Mrs A E Saxon and EF Crocker appear. Families like Eugene Cannon and Lora McKnight with J G McKnight are noted alongside regional ties to Lamar Nogales Hermosillo Willcox and Tarrytown.

San Augustine W. R. Dexter San Francisco J. R. Daly Naco Robert DD. Huntington San Xavier T. J. Holmes Lamar Colo EF. M. Crocker H. Clatten Chicago W. H. Kramer Nogales Eugene Cannon Hermosillo Lora McKnight Lucy McKnight J. G. McKnight Tarrytown Oklahoma

Tramp Rides 60 Miles on Pilot of Engine

A hobo rode sixty miles on the engine pilot of the Big Four Twentieth Century special from Crestline to Columbus Ohio. He was spotted at Galion and reports said the train struck a man whose body lay on the pilot. The man jumped off before the train stopped and fled. investigators pursued but he escaped.

Columbus Crestline Galion

Farmer Dies After Eating Fifty Ears Of Corn Wager

Trempealeau Wisconsin August 26 William Hafner a farmer died after a wager he could eat fifty roasted ears of corn in twenty four hours. Hafner had a liking for green corn and at dinner yesterday ate twenty four ears before his collapse.

Death Follows Sudden Corn Consumption Habit

A man pursued his regular work in the afternoon and ate fifteen ears at dinner. He slept well, then awoke craving more corn and devoured eleven more ears. He died in the night in apparent agony, leaving his wife to find him the next morning.

Hafner

Personal Mention Items Highlight Mining and Travel

A. J. Miler, a prominent mining man from Chicago, returns from Sonora. Mrs. A. E. Saxon arrives from Gananea and heads to the coast. N. Southworth visits from San Carlos for several days. Dr. H. W. Fenner and wife expected back from the coast Saturday. Dr. J. W. Lennox plans vacation around the Ist. John B. Wright leaves for Nogales on the Oldsmobile flyer for legal business. J. W. Elmore departs for Bisbee. Charles Woods and Earl Staples, noted mining men, in town briefly. H. T. Green returns from Naco for a short visit. Mrs. J. Knox Corbett seriously ill at 229 Eighth. Lewis G. Davis to coast tonight for vacation. Charlie Connell back from a Phoenix business trip.

A. J. Miler Chicago Sonora A. E. Saxon Gananea N. Southworth San Carlos H. W. Fenner J. W. Lennox John B. Wright Nogales J. W. Elmore Texas Pacific Bisbee Charles Woods Earl Staples H. T. Green Naco J. Knox Corbett Eighth Streets Lewis G. Davis District Court Coast Charlie Connell Phoenix

Wanted A few good men for street car conductors

Help wanted for street car conductors with applications directed to CHAS. A. HOFF, Secretary, at No. 38 S. Stone avenue.

Chas. A. Hoff S. Stone Avenue

The Feminine Mind Explored Through Inscrutable Thought

The Watchman argues that men cannot understand women as their mental processes differ and are inscrutable. A man may love a woman and sense deep connection, yet he cannot grasp her reasoning or predict what she will say next.

Checks For the Communion Table

The author notes a New England custom where deacons walk the aisles after services to hand metal checks to those deemed fit for communion to entice their return at the next Lord's Supper. On communion Sabbath the deacons collect the checks from communicants before distributing bread and wine.

New England

Gold Dust Souvenir Cleaning and Water Softening Ad

This advertisement extols Gold Dust as a superior softener of hard water and a cleanser that removes dirt from all surfaces without damage. It claims cost efficiency compared to soap and notes production by The N K Fairbank Company with offices in Chicago New York Boston and St Louis, makers of Fairy Soap.

N. K. Fairbank Company Chicago New York Boston St. Louis

The Craft of Making Scissors in a Historical Forge

The article outlines the step by step forging of scissors from bar steel. It covers heating, cutting shanks and bows, hole punching and resizing, filing, riveting, grinding, burnishing, assembly, and multiple hardening and polishing cycles. It notes scissors edges are less sharp than knives and cause more crushing when cutting.

Roman Emperors Feasts and Court Mirth in Athenian Tale

The text recalls extravagant Roman banquets under Nero with tongues of performers served at vast cost, along with delicacies like milk-soaked capon liver and pork. It notes luxurious dining rooms as theaterlike spaces, Nero’s patronage of rogues, and Ismail’s witty handling of a lodge offender who climbed in by a window after refusing the door.

Suetonius Nero Cairo Ismail Athe Daenin

Call For Democratic Primary and County Convention

Chairman E O Keefe calls a Democratic convention in Tucson on August 29 1902 to elect eighteen delegates to the Territorial convention. Delegates apportioned by precinct by 1900 vote totals. primaries August 26 1902 with times and signup rules.

Territorial Democratic Central Committee Pima County Tucson Arizona Pima Marcus A. Smith Redington Valls Seeratn Greaterville Olive Camp Yaseidert Cree Woiessentiar County Central Committee E. O'Keefe C. O. Rouse

Annual Stockholders Meet for Tucson Street Railway

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Tucson Street Railway is called for September 1, 1902, at 8 p m at the secretary office in Tucson Pima county Arizona to elect a new board of directors for the term ending September 1903. Signed M G Samaniego President and Chas F Hoff Secretary Tucson Street Railway Tucson Ariz Aug 9 1902 Seal.

Tucson Street Railway Tucson Pima County Arizona M. G. Samaniego Chas. F. Hoff Ariz

Secret to a Rosy Complexion Pills Claim

Ad copy touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as a cure for dull skin and ailments. It promises active digestion, absence of headaches, and a lifted mood, urging readers to buy at druggists for 25 cents.

Dr. King

Mule sale notice by CHAS A HOFF secretary

To buy some good medium sized mules CHAS A HOFF secretary Tel 161 No 28 S Stone avenue.

Chas. A. Hoff Tel S. Stone Avenue

Pease Novelty Co. Offers Freight Savings on Machines

Tucson business Pease Novelty Co offers savings on freight for typewriters slot machines and all kinds of automatic machines. For sale or rent the firm lists 213 North Meyers street contact 228L.

Pease Novelty Co North Meyers Street Tucson Ariz

One Minute Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief

A varied local page lists medical and shop notices including a cough remedy claim for immediate cure, a summer laprobes sale at Bell's Pharmacy, carriage stand move by D S Valencia, painting and paper hanging by C V Rinehart, tailoring by Smith, Tiffany glass at E G Capo, and Dr H E Crepin resuming practice in the A O U W building.

Dent Bell’s Pharmacy H. E. Crepin California

Gulledge Heals After Painful Piles With Arnica Salve

F A Gulledge of Verbena Alabama suffered a severe piles case with twenty four tumors and spent vast sums on doctors. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him, subduing inflammation and pains. Promoted as best salve in the world at 25c at all drug stores.

F. A. Gulledge Verbena Alabama Bucklen

Harness and Wagon Sale Moves to Congress Street

A stock reduction sale runs until September 1 to clear harness saddles buggies and wagons as the store relocates to Congress street. F. J. Villaescusa at 110 S. Meyer Street conducts the sale.

Congress Street F. J. Villaescusa S. Meyer Street

Be GQ Capos Jeweler Wedding and Birthday Rings

Wedding and birthday rings made to order offered by Capo's the Jeweler on West Corgresa Street. Custom designs feature personalized inscriptions and metal choices for special occasions.

BE. GQ. Capo’s Corgresa

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