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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1902
Page
6
An excerpt describes a cicada emerging after summer, its shell splitting and its body pushing through. A second piece recounts a Scottish court scene where a farmer’s boy is jailed for attempting to steal, learns the fine is owed, and claims he was just going to do it, with the judge concluding both phrases mean the same action.
In remote Oxfordshire villages lacking medical influence, charms replace doctors. A woman lecturing on remedies notes whooping cough once treated with a spider sewn in muslin and hung by a curtain, its death signaling cough end. A child ill with typhus prompted poultices up the chest, set on the oak chest by the bedside.
A department notes a common practice of using a poorly canceled stamp to cheat the government out of 2 cents. Offenders often send a good stamp with an anonymous explanation to seek peace of mind, which is then affixed to a file card with simple pen marks by an official.
A Nantucket family banters over nautical terms in a humorous dialogue. The mother denies using them while the child counters, and she assigns a chore to carry an item to Cousin Pharbe, noting it is almost schooltime.
The Nashville Banner quotes that life improvement comes from constant effort and filling the new page with resolute work. It states that an evil habit cannot change in a moment and must be supplanted by the cultivated good through unremitting, often strenuous effort.
The article describes how eighty men assemble a German doll with each doing a small constant portion, enabling 1000 dozen dolls to be produced daily in large factories. After the body, women proceed to paint dress and pack the dolls. A joke about a young lady mishearing Home Sweet Home leads to a humorous exchange about Minnie and a cross of hands.
In a chatty scene a boy nicknamed Poppers notes a coworker has landed a bank job and dreams of bank presidency. Ascum adds the boy can sign his own name with a flourish that hides the signature from others.
An excerpt from the Chicago Tribune features a terse exchange about reputation and truth. A speaker mocks a claim of deceit calling the other a lazy liar while implying a misrepresentation of his role as a "bureau of statistics."
A well known Philadelphia society woman divides men into dancing men dinner men and corner men. The dancing man is light on conversation the dinner man informs on topics of the day and can sustain talk at meals. The corner man helps chaperons runs errands and is useful in social moments.
The Saturday Evening Post notes that Itrogs legs are sold in Paris on willow wands for home tables rather than restaurant use. Parisians prefer fall harvest for fattest, delicately flavored frogs and fresh catch occurs in spring, with preparation often frying in butter and parsley.
Mr Closefist returns weary after giving the last 10 cents in his pocket to a beggar. He laments the rain and mocks Providence for not sparing him the shower as a consequence of his charitable act. His wife counters that Providence would not postpone rain for a small donation.
The passage argues that plants can hold aristocratic status as an ancient lineage while rice claims the oldest pedigree among cereals. Native to India, rice spread across oceans and established homes in warm, moist soils worldwide, becoming a staple for about one third of humanity.
The Sun presents itself as the paper of the people with nationwide and world news, boasting modern equipment, extensive correspondents, Washington and New York bureaus, and comprehensive market reports. It claims constant news, ethical standards, and education through journalism, with subscription rates for daily and weekly editions.
The annual meeting of stockholders will be held at the A. O. U. W. Hall on Wednesday evening February 19 at 8 PM. Election of a board of directors and other business legally comes before the board. Chas. A. Shibell President Gust A Hoff Secretary.
Notice announces the sixteenth series of stock for the Citizen's Building and Loan Association now open for subscription. For information contact Secretary J M Ormsby President Gust A Hof Secretary. 80-208.
The notice outlines the Weekly Sun publication scope with world news market reports fiction and women’s column. It advertises one dollar yearly and inducements for club supporters. Mailed free in the United States Canada and Mexico with advance payments required.
Advertising copy touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as the best remedy for constipation sick headache biliousness and digestive complaints. It claims nationwide demand and lists a 25 cent price at drug stores. A separate note promises 25 cent oyster plates at Goldtree's Cafe and a tagline not Like Other Men.
A quotation asserts that censure and criticism neither hurt the body nor the man who lacks character. It argues that false praise harms only the weak and true critique reveals flaws, warning against future failure and trouble.
A brief dialogue frame shows an aunt expressing despair over becoming a nuisance. Her nephew offers reassurance that she will continue to be cared for, ending on a hopeful note despite the aunt's despondent tone.
Scientific gardening is taught in Sweden’s national schools and teachers’ seminaries. A school garden exists in nearly every rural district near the schoolhouse where children gain practical instruction in cultivating plants berries flowers herbs and fruits and in managing hotbeds and greenhouses.
A brief dialogue snippet shows a man complimenting a woman on her charm from the night before and her surprised, coy reaction. The exchange conveys light social embarrassment and charm in a city newspaper voice from Philadelphia.
The judge questions how Miss Pinkerly’s parents have treated Dashaway asking about the parental reception. Dashaway replies that they have been splendid and that he has not yet met them.
A busy doctor is stopped by a man seeking practical advice. The man complains of exhaustion and asks what to take. The doctor replies with a sharp quip, “Take a cab,” reflecting aLiteral, unfeeling street exchange reported by the New York Times.
The passage notes various 19th or early 20th century naturalist beliefs such as horsehairs becoming snakes, toads living millennia without sustenance in rock caverns, the barmace goose from shellfish, and the sora being a winged frog species.
A scattered mix of quotes shows weathered commentary from 19th century papers. Lines mention a killer, Maude-Gaskell, and Esther with tension from an evening talk. Humorous asides compare a workhorse on holiday to loneliness and remark on contentment perched above the ladder.
A long read about girls reuniting after separation and sharing private concerns, focusing on Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for “female weakness.” It cites testimonials, promises regularity, drains, and lasting cures, urging letters to Dr. Pierce in Buffalo for confidential consultations and free medical literature.
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