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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1902
Page
4
An English party visiting Chicago is entertained by local Englishmen. A Chicago poet recounts a deadpan joke about an Englishman who laughs at a story after ten years of death. The tale triggers the roomful to roar, while the outsider misses the point until told you have been dead ten years. Classified ads promise rooms for rent.
The article explains that rice water, discarded in Western cooking, is highly nutritious. It recounts a historical siege in India where natives fed rice water to soldiers, showing strength remained while rice rations dwindled. Properly prepared, strained rice water cools into a jelly similar to blancmange and can be flavored to suit Western tastes.
A Society of Arts special committee reports that many books labeled Levant morocco and other leathers are actually sheep skin with imitated grain. Binders and librarians often believed they purchased genuine materials, the London Globe notes.
Rivers asks a druggist to fill six prescriptions for a cold. He recalls a prior period when one of the medicines cured him, but he cannot remember which one. The exchange appears as a humorous Chicago Tribune quotation.
The United Verde company laid off much of its workforce on January 27 for thorough repairs. After five days the plant is ready to restart with an enlarged staff, and many previously laid off workers have been rehired. Jerome News reports potential full reinstatement soon.
Hoofs and Horns Ranch ships six carloads of cattle from Tempe to California. Alex C. Hoover sells a Kenilworth ranch to C. H. Niemeyer, valued at 50 per acre with San Carlos dam plans. Clifton notes favorable cattle winter and maps a Clifton to Graham county postal route. calls for quicker mail service to aid business. A Santa Fe estimate cites over 100000 cattle range head, with 48000 likely to be shipped this spring. National Cattle Growers leaders meet the President to push grazing land lease proposals, while Senator Bard urges careful study and possible Interior Secretary control to prevent land monopolies.
Grover Cleveland argues in the Saturday Evening Post that large fish are more likely to escape due to their weight, activity, and cunning gained with age. He asserts bigger catches distract and tempt anglers into errors at the critical moment.
After years of practice she doubted the trill was possible for her. One day in her garden she saw a bird trilling, and through imitation she reproduced the trill on her piano. From that moment she never struggled with the trill again.
In a Telegraph recount, a man recalls proposing by letter and being directed to a Nelson biography chapter that notes he eventually secured command after visiting in person. The exchange highlights a historical anecdote about seeking a ship command and the decisive step of personal pursuit.
In a Philadelphia Press style exchange, city mayor Jabez Perkins of Pettyville Ilney asserts his own photograph collection exists at the dealer, who confirms they keep photografts of prominent men. The dialogue highlights a civic figure seeking a personal image.
A jumble of literary quotes and classified lines blends with shop notices. It mentions fashionable clothes, home goods, and pipe and candy promotions from Crescent Cigar Store and Zeigler's Log Cabin, plus a job ad and tailoring services from Kline Kohn & Co.
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