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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1902
Page
6
The New York Tribune notes Samoan and Tongan dress uses simple cloth from paper mulberry bark. Women manage plantings, selecting sturdy twigs. trees mature in about three years to provide eight foot straight fibers. No loom or weaver’s art known. fabric is crude bark paper used as clothing.
In Scituate Massachusetts the physician Dr. Stetson hurried to a bedside at midnight with his horse. The horse halted on a hill until he buckled the breeching and then rushed forward to reach the patient, prompting questions of instinct versus reasoning in animals.
A review recalls old fossil claims that European bones were giants and the Teutobochus legend from Louis XIV era. It notes the Cardiff Giant fraud and similar hoaxes. The piece mentions Maori potato cooking methods in thermal pits and a humorous exchange about career and marriage.
Irpa notes a curious scene with a spider, a spinning top, and a puzzled Crasus. The text mixes playful chatter about spinning and luck, implying a cryptic exchange in a quirky, messy fragment.
A Scribner piece contrasts American banking with Paris operations. It describes Bank of France loans paid in cash via 200 to 600 daily collectors, uniformed men with leather pouches, and large currency disbursements at pay desks. The narrative argues European banking remains undeveloped for general public use.
A puddler earns 4.50 daily to support his only daughter who studied music abroad for years. She returns a famous singer, rejects him, and he lives frugally on 20 a week to buy her clothes, sending it weekly while she neither sees nor writes. A City Missionary note.
The piece explains December’s varied names from Winter Monat to holy and Christ Monat. It notes German terms linked to Christmas, and historic labels like Fa mosus for smoky due to chimney shortages and Canus for hoary snow and hoarfrost.
Public notice from the District Court of Arizona Territory announces a forfeiture action regarding six parcels of placer gold seized at Tucson. The hearing, under case No. B 60, is set for March 1, 1902, at Tucson Court House with claims to be filed by claimants. Officials M. H. McCord and Thomas D. Bennett certify the notice.
The wholesale druggists of San Francisco declare that the cream of tartar used in Schilling's Best baking powder is the best quality of cream of tartar made in America.
The modern century proves itself with heavy demand for Dr. King's New Like Pills. They claim relief for constipation headaches biliousness and stomach liver or kidney troubles. Available for 25 cents at all drug stores.
Central Park Floral Co at 1338 Spring St Los Angeles promotes largest Southern California cut flower store offerings including Holly Wreaths Redondeminations Violets Roses Smilax with Xmas orders promised to ship promptly.
The article details Japan wax from the Rhus succedanea tree found across East Asia. It explains growth, yield per tree, wax formation, extraction process, specific gravity, melting point, and Chinese candle uses, then notes a Maltese local variation of the term sab-labng and personal recollections.
Readers ask whether participants in The Citizen's Classified Act receive compensation and how advantages are realized. The inquiry probes whether service users gain tangible payments or merely access to listings and informational benefits.
A dramatic essay coin about the term kicker as a modern social label and its link to dyspepsia. The piece argues kickers are fault-finders whose nerves suffer, then promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and other remedies as cures for digestive and systemic ailments. It includes testimonials and an offer for Common Sense Medical Adviser.
A reader asks about depositing $100 in a bank for a child’s future, seeking guidance on ownership and access as the child reaches majority. The note reflects concern over gift terms and account control.
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