Post Office Notice of Second Class Matter
Entered according to Act of Congress as Second class matter at the post office of Tucson Anvona.
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Congress
Tucson
Anvona
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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1902
Page
2
Rail rate abuses and need for reform lampooned by editorial
An editorial denounces rail road misuses and the lack of a Texas railroad commission to curb discrimination. It cites high freight differences from Beaumont to El Paso and Tucson, notes Inter state Commerce Commission warnings, and laments powerful interests resisting reform while calling for decisive action against rebates and trusts.
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Beaumont
KE Paso
Tucson
Inter-state Commerce Commission
Congress
Commission
Kansas Enthusiasm Sparks Unique Appendicitis Club
A Kansas town Medicine Lodge, home of Jerry Simpson, boasts 700 residents joining the Appendicitis Club to oppose high surgery fees. The club aims to protect vermiform appendix value and prevent inflated surgeon charges, praising Kansan originality and local celery culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
United States
Ingalls
Carrie Nation
Medicine Lodge
Jerry Simpson
Hay Fever Association
Medicine Lodge Associaation
Kansan
On the Wrong Track in Tax Debate
The piece argues against premature celebration of House action to repeal war taxes calling the excises largely voluntary and stresses that tariffs on essentials remain burdensome. It contends lawmakers should cut taxes on necessities before reducing levies on luxuries and urges prudent fiscal restraint.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Arizona Chance in Gazette Editor’s Court Experience
The Phoenix Gazette editor with months of exposure to Arizona judges and courts hints at a broader bid or stance. The item notes his official experience while suggesting a potential political move.
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The
Phoenix Gazette
Arizona
Critics Laud Kent Nomination for Arizona Chief Justice
The letter defends President Roosevelt’s pick of Kent for Chief Justice of the Territory, praising his character and legal attainments though not known in Arizona. It argues Arizonans should have a qualified local candidate and condemns appointing outsiders as an affront, recalling a Florida case and urging local pride and resistance to carpet bagger influence.
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Roosevelt
Arizona
Kent
Gazette
Colorado
Ohio
Congress
Harrison
Pennsylvania
Florida
Senate
United States
Spontaneous Fire Strikes Cambridgeshire Willows
In Cambridgeshire England a spate of spontaneous willow fires has damaged young willows along the Cam River. Green trees with dense foliage suddenly burned from the stems, producing smoke as the charred remains were found. Explanations remain elusive, though most victims were young trees.
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Cam Tiver
Cambridgeshire
England
Cambridge
Would you kindly permit me to write a postal card at your desk
A dialogue in a shop over writing a postal card for a neighbor with a nuisance dog and noisy household. The scene runs through casual business talk, a note about Dr Schell the Tucson optician, and a classified ad pitch for employment and infants’ wear at a Parisian millinery shop.
A Hand of Hearts and a Spade Moral
A tale from the New York Herald tells of a man in a friendly draw poker game who discards a club, keeps four hearts and a spade, bets $7 on a hearts flush, and loses when another player cries out and wins the pot. The moral warns that a wise man calls a spade a spade.
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New York Herald
Judging When to Confide in a Friend
On deciding to share a confidence pause to weigh past regrets from revealing or withholding. If you choose to make your friend a confidant, ensure weighty reasons exist to deem him worthy of the trust.
Crockett Praises Jackson Polite President After White House Visit
Colonel David Crockett recalled meeting General Jackson at the White House and praising him as the most polite man he ever met. Crockett noted the president offered a bottle to a guest and Crockett stepped away to allow his friend to pour as he wished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Crockett
White House
General Jackson
Crockett
Ruling Servants diary entry 1680 by Sir Richard Newdigate
The diary records penalties for servants in 1680 including a tea-pot broken in Phill's Chamber and Pride and Slighting both fined 2s 6d. Wm Hetherington fined 10s for not ready to go to church three Sundays. Thomas Birdall fined 5s for staying at Nuneaton all day. Cook inebriated 10s. Anne Adams to washmaid at Lady Day, left June 29 for wantonness and carelessness, losing five sheets and five pillowcases, charged by wife.
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Nan Newton
Phill
Richard Knight
Wm. Hetherington
Tho
Birdall
Nuneaton
Cook
Anne Adams
Sir Richard Newdigate
Meteoric Speeds Surpass Cannon Ball Velocity Record
The article notes that cannon balls rarely reach 600 meters per second while meteorites surge through the air at 40 000 to 60 000 meters per second. This extreme speed instantly heats the surrounding air to about 4 000 to 6 000 degrees centigrade.
Infant’s remark on apple and Eden tale
A correspondent relays a quaint note about his infant son Tommy. His mother recalls the garden of Eden when the child, living in the country with a keen memory of windfalls, quips that it would not matter if the apple had been picked from the ground.
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Tommy
London
Great Industrial Discoveries
A reflection on ingenuity where simple tools and humble settings spark major inventions such as the cotton gin and ship model. The message credits resourcefulness over wealth or complex equipment.
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Eli Whitney
Cunard
Nurse asks which case is most dangerous in hospital
An Irish nurse, Patrick, identifies a table of surgical instruments as the most dangerous case, while a manager asks for the riskiest patient. The New York Herald notes Winks Jinks misses jokes, and patrons of The French Restaurant praise its courteous service as business grows.
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Patrick
Jinks
Links
New York Herald
Sixteenth Stock Series Open for Citizen's Building and Loan
The sixteenth stock series of the Citizen's Building and Loan Association opens for subscription. For information address the secretary. J. M. Ormsby, President. Gustav A. Hops, Secretary. 80-108.
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Citizen's Building and Loan Association
J. M. Ormsby
Gust A. Hops
Weak baking powders harm health and pocketbooks
Readers warn that weak or cheap baking powders can cause health issues and waste money. The note urges avoiding low quality products and choosing reliable brands to prevent poor baking results and potential health risks.
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