Dean's Ointment praised for skin relief and local ads
A Tucson reader endorses Dean's Ointment after rapid relief from itching skin caused by eczema and rashes. The notice invites readers to George Martin's drug store for samples and lists Foster Milburn Co as U S agents with price at 50 cents. Also a stockholders meeting notice for Tonopah and Los Angeles Mining and Milling Co dated December 1902 in Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Phoenix
W. J. Cain
National Bank of Arizona
North Center Street
Arizona
Brisley Drug Co
Center
Adams Streets
Tucson
George Martin
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Tonopah & Los Angeles Mining and Milling Company
West Pennington Street
Tonopah and Los Angeles Mining and Milling. CO
Byron Oliver
D. C. Narver
Notice for saloon license in Tucson at Ninth Street
The undersigned LOEBS & FRISCH will apply at the city council meeting on Monday December 1 1902 for a saloon license for premises near the corner of Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue on lot 9 block 85 in Tucson Pima Territory Arizona Also includes advertising blurbs about DeWitts Early Risers and a pawnshop anecdote from Philadelphia Telegraph with a boy pawning his sister's coat to raise money to feed a sick mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Street
Fourth Avenue
Tucson
County of
Pima
Territory of
Arizona
Loebs & Frisch
Philadelphia Telegraph
Fibroid Tumors Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound
A Boston woman testifies that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her fibroid tumor and improved health. The letter claims the remedy expelled the tumor and strengthened her, urging other women to try it for ovarian issues, tumors, and menstrual distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KE. F. Hayes
Dudley St
Roxbury
Boston
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
The Baby Queen and the Scottish Halfpenny Name
The term bawbee or bawhbee for the Scottish halfpenny derives from an early portrait of Mary Queen of Scots at her 1543 coronation when she was a baby. Coins from that era show her infant face, giving the coin its famed nickname, though later issues no longer bear the image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Scotland
Pearson
Why Ravens Carried Bread to Elijah and Ravens as Healers
A Cornhill Magazine excerpt ponders if ravens were ever considered unlucky and why they bore bread to Elijah in the wilderness. It cites Epiphanius’s Egyptian commentary explaining ravens feeding their red fledglings that later turn black, and notes the need for naturalists to verify this odd tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah
St. Luks
Epiphanius
Evangelist
Ravens Omy
Ben Raven
Cornhill Magazine
Nile River Mud and the Sudanese Land We Live
A Cornhill Magazine excerpt extols Nile mud as the lifeblood of a rainless Egypt. It notes how all cultivation, construction, and even air quality rely on the river’s silt, with mud forming bricks, pottery, mosques, and ships, shaping daily life from desert to village.
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Nile
Earth
Egypt
Assjout
Cornhill Magazine
Traditional Arabian Coffee Making Method Described
The procedure shows roasting green berries over charcoal until they smoke, braying them in a mortar, and then boiling the broken bits in hot water. The decoction is stirred as it boils briefly, and served in small cups without cream or sugar.
Epithets Fly Between Virginia Boys in Washington
A Virginia statesman in Washington has two young sons who quarrel over insults. After one boy calls the other a microbe, the eldest blurts back you are another, then corrects himself claiming you are a draft. The parents discuss health while the children listen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Statesman
Washington
Detroit Free Press
A South African Animal Aardwolf Described
A curious South African creature, the aardwolf, is described as looking like toasted bread with four legs, a catlike head, and a ratlike nose. Its tail resembles a fox tail, and the animal likely dwells in South Africa, suggesting it would not fit in elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Tucson Improvement Company Articles of Incorporation
Articles filed September 5 1902 establish Tucson Improvement Company in Pima County Arizona. Founding members William Phelps Ed Banister James Swan J B Frontin J H Schneider and G S Manzo form a six member board with 1000 shares at 10 each capital 10000 and 25 year duration. The charter outlines broad mining and land operations and powers to borrow pledge mortgage and regulate governance. Notary public Thos D Latterwhite and County Recorder Chas A Shibell witness the filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Phelps
Ed Banister
James Swan
J. B. Frontin
J. H. Schneider
G. S. Manzo
Territory of
Arizona
Tucson Improvement Company
Tucson
Pima County
United States
United States of America
Pima
Territory
Board of Directors
A. D
G. Ss. Manzo
Territory of Arizona
County of
Thomas D. Satterwhite
Chas. A. Shibell
Ecklen's Arnica Salve Promoted for War Wounds
Advert shows Ecklen's Arnica Salve praised by veterans for scrapes bruises cuts and burns. Claims it cures or no pay with a 25 cent price at all druggists. The copy emphasizes relief for sore feet stiff joints and skin ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecklen
Valencia moves carriage stand to Congress and Stone corner
D S Valencia shifts his carriage stand from West Congress Street to the corner of Congress and Stone avenues at Alex Rossi's saloon, available at all hours. Miss Kate Hendricks, Cincinnati Conservatory graduate, teaches piano mandolin and guitar at 105 S Sixth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. S. Valencia
Congress Street
Congress and
Stone Avenue
Alex Rossi
Kate Hendricks
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
S. Sixth Avenue
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California
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Great West
Los Angeles
Barker Furniture
Barker Bros
iSpring
BE. G. Cape’s, the Jeweler
West Congres Street
DeWitt’s
W. H. Howell
Houston
Texas
Bell’s Pharmacy
Coles
Nile River
The
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Capital
Consolidated National Bank
Arizona National Bank
G. M. Jacobs
Fred Fleishman
L. M. Jacobs
J. M. Ormsby
Banco de Cananea
Cananea
W.C. Greene
I. Macwanus
F. E. Beecher
C. Winegar
W. H. Lyons
Brownsberger
Home School
Graham
7Th Street
Cal
F. Brownsberger
G. Hi. Dos
E. G. Woodard
DOE & Woodard
E. Con St. P
Yuma Bay
Yuma
W. H. Shorey, Prep
Yuma Or
Yuma Sr Real Estate
Yuma Title Testract
C. Parker
Isuoson
Abizons
Central Park Floral Company
S. Spring Street
Columbus
Congress St
W. C. Burke
Broadway
Seventh Streets
Paris Chemical Co
Milwaukee
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