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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1902
Page
7
Accounts describe a traveler from England boastfully praising his nation while another tale details a dangerous elephant labyrinth in Agathia. The trap scene shows a tame elephant guiding hunters into narrowing passages as guards restrain them, a deadly pursuit with potential crush injuries.
A traveler recalls a Washington visit where persistent hackmen offered rides to monuments and offices for dollars. He refused, then heard the driver mutter a final, desperate bid before using a deaf and dumb alphabet to beg for a free door. A brief ad fragment about DeWitt’s Witch Hazel follows.
Gilbert White, longtime naturalist and former university proctor, is remembered for a rounds tale about an intoxicated undergraduate found sleeping with clothes neatly folded. White ordered the student to appear for Judgment, noting the folded garments showed care and restraint despite degradation.
Mrs Newma praises Mrs Winkler's baby as a heavenly cherub with blue eyes and delicate features. Mr Newma asks if it matches their own, but she replies theirs is not half as nice.
The article discusses the most expensive state funeral, attributed to Alexander the Great. It notes a gold coffin filled with costly aromatics an adorned diadem on the head. The funeral car is described as richly ornamented with pure gold, so heavy that 84 additional mules were needed over more than a year to move it from Babylon to Syria.
Unusually frequent spontaneous fires affect young willows along the Cam river in Cambridgeshire. Charred remains of once beautiful trees sparked investigation as green trees erupted in flames. Causes suspected include decay. the pattern prompts local notice and inquiry.
Owners of lots 1 and 3 in block 188 Tucson announce purchase from Chan Tim Wo and warn any adverse claimants to notify by January 15 1902 at Lee Aht Co 51 South Mever Street Lex Ant Lee Kim Sina Cus Crone Luna So Wo. Dec 27 to Jan 15 Not Like Other Men.
County President W C T U Mrs H F Roberts of Kansas City writes Dear Mrs Pinkham praising Lydia E Pinkham for aiding women and restoring families. The letter extols her as a great reformer whose name endures in posterity.
A Kansas City woman endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for uterine disorders and nervous debility. She cites relief from displacement, ulcerations, and inflammation and urges others to seek the same help from Mrs Pinkham who offers free advice from Lyon Massachusetts.
An Anecdote from Artemus Ward shows a spirited Mrs Mulligan washing by her tub and washboard on Canal Street. She rejects a stranger with a sharp retort and directs two hungry helpers to fetch breakfast while quipping about blue duck eggs and gravy. The scene amuses Ward as he departs.
The article offers stain removal methods for linen and ribbons. It advises soaking coffee spills in clear colad water with borax for 12 hours, ironing ribbons flat, and softening by passing the iron again. It also describes making a kerosene limewater turpentine emulsion to wash grimy items and using vinegar to restore colors damaged by alkali.
A northeast Yellowstone ravine known as Death Gulch forms a V shaped trap where poisonous vapors kill animals entering the gulch. The site, fed by spring rains, carries bones of previous animals down Cache Creek as geologists cite lava beds and sulphur deposits beneath altered travertine emitting corrosive fluids.
A colored philosopher sitting at a bar shares a resigned view on life. He reflects on personal loss, saying his wife and child are dead or gone and he plans to live without worry or labor. The bar and Hickory alley setting anchors the scene in Columbus Dispatch.
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