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Tucson Winter Resort a Health Haven for Consumption
A lengthy promotional piece extols Tucson Arizona as a premier winter health resort. It highlights dry climate, low humidity, abundant sunshine, altitude around 2,400 feet, and favorable conditions for pulmonary disease with endorsements from local doctors including Dr. Purcell Dr. Jones Dr. Olcott and Dr. Stroud. It notes minimal rainfall and abundant water ice from two factories and praises outdoor life and climate therapy as superior to other regions for consumption.
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Tucson
United States Medical Commission
United States
Arizona
W. B. Purcell
Colorado
Hon
Whitelaw Reid
The
New York Tribune
R S
Egypt
Luxor
Sahara
Africa
Mount Sinai
Arabia Patraea
Nile
Gearac
Resouan
Wady Halfa
A. W. Olcott
Harrison E. Stroud
H. W. Fenner
Southern Pacific
R. R
Southern Pacific Railway
Mark A. Rogers
California
Atlantic
North America
Santa Cruz River
Santa Catalina Range
Rincon
Santa Rita
Lemon
Mount Wrightson
Santa Ritas
N. H. Matas