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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1902
Page
2
Fragmentary AP notice appears with garbled OCR text claiming second class matter at the Tucson Arizona post office and illegible trailing sequence of letters. No clear event or named entities readable.
A Washington editorial argues President Roosevelt should overturn the majority court of inquiry verdict on Admiral Schley. It contends a full, impartial review will honor naval service, quell national agitation, and advance justice, while criticizing Congress and statesmen for easy solutions and grand travel schemes.
President McKinley’s commission on the Isthmain canal reports Panama as the best route and endorses the French company offer at 40 million dollars. Roosevelt sent the findings to Congress, but a Congress visit to Central America to inspect routes is being considered. The eminent members’ recommendations are expected to gain respect though Congress may resist.
The Gazette of Phoenix argues that a New York conference on arbitration will not yield harmony between labor and capital. It warns that monopoly, not capital, disturbs industry and condemns the notion that a national arbitrating committee can legitimize monopoly in court. Senator Hanna leads the committee efforts.
The speaker argues against subsidies that drain taxpayers 9 million dollars yearly for thirty years benefiting shipowners and tariffs that suspend competition. He says such privileges hurt labor, widen class conflict, and pursue economic injustice. He urges repeal of class legislation to restore harmony between capital and labor.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes a Mexican delegate’s Diaz doctrine proposal at the Pan American Conference in Mexico City. It would bar any American state from expanding at another’s expense, posing questions about U S loyalty to the Monroe doctrine and future territorial ambitions. It cautions that binding future generations depends on strong nations and political will.
Common Council of Tucson Arizona orders sewers on Alameda Pennington Congress Messila Broadway South Meyer and McKenna Streets plus extension of Messila sewer. Assessments paid to Tax Collector within 30 days after warrant notice. A committee will hold a hearing January 31 1902 in City Hall for objections and cost assessment.
Editor O H Downey of Churubusco Indiana touts Dr Kings Discovery for Consumption as an infallible life extending remedy for coughs colds and grip. He claims instant relief and certain cure with 50c and 1 bottles, and offers free trial bottles from druggists. Tucson shooting gallery offers animated targets including blackbirds ducks a dog deer an elephant and more for hunters.
A collage of satirical lines criticizes public office and governance, citing Nestor’s twenty five years in public service as an empty tenure and noting a joking exchange about accomplishments. It also recalls Charlemagne’s treaty signing with a sword pommel and a blithe remark about wit versus appetite. The piece ends by noting Swedish schoolchildren plant about 600000 trees yearly under teacher guidance and promotes the Citizen’s Classified Ads for finding lost items.
In the royal kitchen at St. Petersburg walls and ceilings of black marble house valuable ornaments. Many pots and pans once owned by Empress Catherine are made of solid gold. The scene evokes opulent imperial display and luxury.
A classified style notice touts Electric Bitters as regulating stomach liver and kidneys, purifying blood, improving appetite, and aiding kidney troubles female complaints nervous disorders constipation dyspepsia and malaria. It promises vigorous health and strength and notes a 60 cent price guaranteed by druggists. The Citizen's Classified Ads offer help to find people.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets as a cure for a cold in one day. It promises money refunds if it fails and bears E W Grove’s signature on each box.
A London Spectator article compares common wasps and bees noting wasps sting for defense and will attack when their nest is threatened while bees grapple and sting, often killing the intruder. It also mentions a setter dog stung by yellow jackets during a shooting luncheon near a wood in Yorkshire.
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