Post Office Classification Note
Entered according to Act of Congress as Second class matter at the post office of Tucson Arizona.
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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1901
Page
2
Entered according to Act of Congress as Second class matter at the post office of Tucson Arizona.
Editorial notes copper price volatility driven by Amalgamated Copper and related conglomerates amid market manipulation theories. It discusses long term demand growth for copper, overcapitalization issues, and the potential impact on global supply. It shifts to a nonpartisan call to honor Rear Admiral Schley for his naval service and questions administration stance on a Congress investigation.
A Senate resolution seeks to extend Congressional and national thanks to Admiral Schley and his command for the destruction of the Spanish fleet off Santiago Bay on July 3 1898. It notes Admiral Dewey regarded Schley as in absolute command and deserving of credit for the victory.
A Newfoundland telegraph monopoly threatens Marconi with injunctions and damages if he continues wireless Atlantic signaling. The column argues nature’s forces cannot be restrained by court orders, praising scientific progress and dismissing legal obstacles to intercontinental communication.
The article argues that capital in submarine cables should fear wireless tech as Marconi may render cables obsolete. It compares cables to stagecoaches facing rail and notes London’s rail and electric car agitation. It contends wireless can bypass monopolies and spread messages globally via Hertz waves.
A London report to the San Francisco Chronicle details six months of camp deaths in South Africa under Chamberlain's department. From June to November 12 441 deaths include 10 118 children, with a rising annual death rate from 109 to 338 per thousand and 433 per thousand for children in September. The text urges US leadership to condemn the concentrations and questions President Roosevelt's response.
A bar scene features a self described philosopher who shrugs off cares about life, noting his wife is dead, his children gone, and he plans no work while living in poverty near a bar. The text shifts to an unrelated classified line offering first class alfalfa for horses two miles south of town with contact details in Tucson, Arizona.
The water beetle dytiscus hunts by day and rises at night to spread gauzy wings and fly to distant ponds. In moonlight its eyes mistake glass for a pond, producing a dull crash when glass is struck. Night sounds from whirligig beetles echo softly on the water.
A book agent seeks a show of work at a Chicago laundry, knocking at front and back doors. He meets a washing woman scrubbing garments, trading banter as he offers to present a book. She challenges him with her heavy load, and he declines.
Astronomers note a faint rounded light seen at night opposite the sun. Professor Pickering speculates it could be a cemetery or meteoric satellite of Earth, perhaps a cloud of meteors 1,000,000 miles away revolving once per year so sun and ghostly satellite stay opposite Earth.
Carlsbad sits on a thin crust with several mineral springs, led by the Sprudel. It discharges about 130,000 gallons daily at varied temperatures. The hot waters have long been famed as a remedy, attracting royals during the May to September period.
A historical note states alum baking powder nearly matches Schilling's Yes in strength while prussic acid exceeds vinegar in potency.
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