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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1902
Page
2
A NY State spa scene near Newport mirrors extravagance as gambling clubs move vast sums, while critics accuse the so called new women of decadence. The piece contrasts public appetite for publicity with concerns on home life and moral duties.
A militia officer, Major W. S. Miller, reports on Shenandoah Pennsylvania describing a large anarchist presence. He claims 85 percent of residents are foreigners and 8 000 to 10 000 are anarchists and suggests coal operators recruited them in violation of labor laws. He implicates coal operators and their agents in bringing in these workers.
The text argues officials seek to remove a population element and says importers knowingly smuggle such workers to evade laws. It accuses coal barons of exploiting labor, importing dangerous Europeans to suppress workers and fuel unrest, leading to punitive measures and potential uprisings. It holds barons responsible for fuel shortages, military costs, and possible violence.
The Surgeon General of the army states that the Philippines offer an ideal environment for studying the cholera germ. This remark highlights the strategic value of the islands for medical research during the period.
The past week reports Newport’s smart set abandoning cars after a Fair tragedy. Chicago arrests show over thirty fined for unsafe speed, racing and obstruction as horseless vehicles rise. The piece contrasts thrill seeking with responsible sport and cautions against turning play into business. It notes competition and ambition erode fair play and remarks on temperance in amusements alongside distrust of trusts in highway crime.
A Westminster Gazette report notes the Moloch horridus, a spiny Australian lizard famed for ferocious appearance. Despite its fearsome look, it is vegetarian and oddly absorbs water, drying it from the environment.
Seven thousand years ago trades unions existed in Nineveh and Babylon with strict rules and even death penalties for infringements. Similar systems appeared in Pompeii with inscriptions detailing guild appointments, the Fishermen's guild being the most powerful.
In a terse exchange, Hewitt asks what happened to the girl once called the light of his life. Jewett replies that another fellow came between them, altering their relationship.
The Detroit Free Press reports a German captain organizing a theft capture at the Tientsin officers club. He lured native servants, claimed to consult a German magician, and used a chalked oil smear test to expose the thief by hand color differences. The Chinaman confessed and promised restitution.
An experiment by a scientist used a steel U shaped magnet to test magnetic influence on a spider. The spider followed the magnet, became immobilized for minutes, then died after the magnet and tumbler covered it for several minutes. Exchange report notes the outcome.
A linguistic note ties flattery to tail wagging across northern languages. The term flattery derives from words meaning to wag the tail in Norman, Danish, Dutch, German, and English. The examples show how perception of flattering behavior links to animal gesture across multiple tongues.
A Scottish farmer on market trips used a hen to recover what his horse dropped. When he stopped the horse fed from a nosebag and the hen learned to pick up the dropped food, making nothing wasted. The tale circulated in Dear Son's Weekly.
Anecé Eben warns that good intentions can ruin many efforts. He asserts that intentions satisfy those who hold them but lead to ruin when not backed by skill and effort.
A mission teacher asks about coats without buttons and a student answers with a witty line about a coat of paint. The quote from W. J. Linton notes patriotism as more than displaying a flag.
A physician explains placebos as harmless disguises to comfort patients and secure compliance. He notes patients may accept taste masked quinine pills, warns against making medicine taste too good, and stresses solemn dosing to reinforce the treatment's perceived power.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a weary father laments failing to quiet a fussy infant. The mother quips that only a photographer can make a baby look pleasant when it resists, highlighting the snapshot mindset of the era.
A fragmentary column contrasts Japanese diet with chrysanthemums as salad and fish heavy cuisine, notes about banquets and gift cups, clothing scarcity, hotel fan charms, eyelid surgery, and meat being a foreign luxury, interspersed with a humorous Chicago dialect exchange about naming dogs.
The report states that producing and planting young salmor costs under one dollar for every thousand plants. This indicates low input costs and potential scalable deployment for the species.
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