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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1902
Page
8
The Citizen announces that parties going to the coast or other resorts for the summer may have mail delivered to the same address and price as carrier delivery. Leave your address at The Citizen business office corner Stone avenue and Broadway or call Main 171.
The New York Tribune notes a widespread habit of petty economies where individuals hoard small items and avoid purchases. Examples include bookkeepers resisting matches, club members sharing soaps, and others saving pencils, writing materials, and discarded newspapers to cut costs. The piece argues the drive is an innate urge to economize, not merely saving money itself.
The guidance warns against tight shoes and high to low heel jumps. It favors white fabrics and leatherless linings, stresses straight toe alignment, and cautions that tight boots hinder calf muscles and ankle shape. It argues feet do not grow larger from proper shoes, but compression distorts them.
A shy fifteen year old girl asks a polite young real estate agent to buy a ticket on a cuckoo clock. The agent, surprised by the odd request, questions the purpose and tone of the encounter as he faces the imploring visitor in the office.
Dialog excerpt notes a prisoner speaking of visitors as a relief from confinement. A convict responds that visits are not daily and downplays the toll of imprisonment. The exchange suggests a cautious optimism about occasional social contact amid confinement.
The article describes Spanish courtship rituals where a suitor starts by requesting water from the bride's home, proceeds with music and torches, and may be rejected by a pumpkin gift. After three formal marriage suits, a magistrate could compel consent, potentially allowing the suitor to abduct the bride, though this emergency is noted as unlikely.
The passage reflects on everyday salutations from many cultures and eras. It notes phrases like God be with you and Good day, German greetings wie gehts and auf wiedersehen, Italian good morrow, and Hebrew peace be with you, each carrying blessings and wishes.
A titled lady cautions a new garden keeper about her husband who disparages all in the greenhouse and orders costly plants. She instructs him to pour cold water on the husband to curb extravagance, but the gardener replies he cannot withhold such drastic action. He suggests instead a milder solution from the boiler.
The Bombay Times recalls the death of a senior British official inside a fortress near a center of Brahmanic orthodoxy. At the moment the news arrived, a black cat fled the gate and was saluted by the sepoy guard. The tale lingered for years as a Hindoo sentry continued to salute any cat passing at night.
A Lancet correspondent notes growing tippling habits among the aged. Two elderly women were surprised by a visitor drinking neat brandy, explained they began with water as a cholera preventive, then without water, and finally drank it as water.
A plainclothes man on a crowded streetcar complains there are 165 passengers and urges adding twenty more. A street railway magnate agrees the scene is awful and says he will pursue the conductor’s number for disciplinary action at the next meeting.
An elderly farmer and his wife view a painting titled Hawking In the Olden Times. A catalog prompts a quip about hawking birds in a playful exchange, hinting at selling or hawking something unclear in the moment.
The bridal wreath varies by country with Myrtle in Germany Orange blossoms in France and the United States White roses in Italy and French Switzerland Red roses and pinks in Spain Vine leaves in Greece and Bohemia rosemary in Bohemia and artificial flowers in German Switzerland A royal kitchen in St Petersburg features walls of black marble and gold pots and pans once belonging to Catherine the Great.
An Elizabeth West Virginia druggist cites a local case where an old man reportedly cured of cancer using Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The ads claim Bitters expel poisons and treat blood diseases, skin eruptions, ulcers, and sores, with salve priced at 60 cents.
Dr FSchurmann, noted eye specialist, operates from 53 West Pennington Street. The listing highlights his professional focus and clinic location for eye care services.
A Chinese legend tells of Lim Kao Poung who built a bean pod boat with full rigging and maxims by Confucius, rewarded by Emperor Tsi Fou with 1000 taela. European royalty prize relics such as Napoleon’s boots, Frederick the Great’s cane, Peter the Great’s carpenters tools, and the Hapsburgs’ shoe from Rudolph I’s election.
Soap suds and dirty water make a valuable manure for roots of vines fruit trees and roses. The text urges every gardener to use this easy abundant method and to keep a large tub of suds ready for regular application.
An ad boasts Dr King s New Life Pills cure dyspepsia with gentle thorough action. Priced at 25 cents a box at all druggists. The Tucson Ice and Cold Storage uses six new wagons built locally by Fred Ronstadt as more local shops expand.
A wedding event was canceled and rings were crafted to order at the shop of E. G. Cape, jeweler, located on 83 West Cocgrees Street.
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