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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
7
Furnishing hotel patrons with souvenirs like forks spoons and saltcellars is a costly habit, often seen as theft prevention mixed with sentiment. The New York fairs and expositions reveal hotels struggle to curb loss while still offering mementos to guests and staff.
A reflective piece by Frank M. Todd describes the modern farmer as a pivotal figure shaping the nation. It details how landowners and their hired help balance mortgage burdens with progress, travel to distant markets, and adopt new techniques, highlighting the farmer’s role as observer and participant in broad national affairs.
A chaotic railway scene unfolds with references to a Kansas City line, a traveler named Celal, and a disrupted journey. Train staff and passengers describe delays, engine issues, and a troubled trek with vague details about waits and a bag spill. The text suggests a suspenseful trip derailed by mechanical problems.
Reports show London's heaviest rainfall on April 13, 1878 at 4 5 inches. Scottish and English markets welcomed Nova Scotia fruit this year. Glasgow housing data reveal 36 000 one room and 70 000 two room flats out of 156 000. Australia’s gold fields cover over 324 000 square miles, about a third of the colony. British ports ship 334 000 vessels yearly with 3 250 000 people and about 800 drown annually. Carisbrooke castle wells drop 170 feet below ground yet pin strikes water. Kipling reelected president of the Rottingdean Rifle club. South Australian apples fetch five to ten cents in Vienna, packed in small long boxes with tissue, excelsior, corn husk leaves. Welsh housewives washed linen with fern ashes and home soap after harvest.
A collection of brief notes covers global agriculture, Belgian dog draft use, France’s deepest well at 3609 feet, Vesuvius eruptions, and tax differences between Italians and Britons. Additional items note Swedish law on confessions before capital punishment, foreign stock in Russia, acetylene lighting on Swedish island steamers, and large ship saloon illumination details.
The survey notes 12 497 miles of Africa railways with over 3000 in British colonies. Palestine may see industrial growth from newly found mineral riches. Persia marks the Era of Nezdegird beginning June 16 632. Bangkok hosts a palace city of hundreds with gardens. Manchuria gold fields stretch 1127 miles along the Argun and Amur rivers. Southeast African natives play the marimba a wood Xylophone with gourds for resonance.
The piece recounts curious facts about royal lions in Morocco guarding a harem, Henry Jackson the wealthy Klamath Indian, Henry B. Steele voting for his son in Denver, H C Thurston’s height and war wound, Isle of Man’s parliament, Joseph J. Fallon seeking Nebraska medical license, Isidor Rayner and Thomas Reed exchange, plus Roosevelt closing the White House gates to shield his children from camera crews.
The article notes that softer water aids washing and boiling reduces hardness while hot water cleanses better but lacks tonic effect. Cold water provides a tonic but cleanses poorly. In a fire, crawl low to floor for air as smoke rises. Skin dirtiness links to liver function and air quality, with soap used as a paste for tough spots followed by hot and then cold rinses.
A Cincinnati wagon factory with 150000 capital is under construction. Salt extinguishes cooking fires to stop odors. Mrs Apthorp of Boston a sounding board designer for Chickering hall. An Italian inventor offers a wireless storm forecast phone. Massachusetts runs a workingmen train on railroads. England uses common street railways. Toronto leases lines to private firms for cheap rush-hour fares.
A column notes British navy strength surpasses two nations in men and ships. US army pay is $13 monthly, highest in the world, while British soldiers earn a shilling daily and officers in the German army face scarce commissions without substantial private wealth. It mentions hostile Russian press views of Count von Waldersee despite czarist honors, criticizing the general as lacking soldierly qualities but strong as a political military figure.
A period article reports cottonseed once a waste product now fuels diverse industries. Hulls, previously valueless, will mix with flax fiber for paper stock, to be produced at southern mills and processed near Niagara Falls mills, offering strong high grade paper cheaper as a by product.
A fire spoiled a pipe-maker’s stock and dispelled the notion that meerschaum is very expensive. The material is imported from Austria and Asia Minor with several grades, no duty, and brittle chunks soaked before use. Shavings produce cheaper chip meerschaums.
The article discusses phonograph assisted language learning through recorded exchanges for pronunciation practice. It also notes German taxi meters preventing fare disputes, highlighting lower German charges compared with American cities, and briefly mentions consumer products and local stores.
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