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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1902
Page
2
The fragment notes a newspaper entry marked as second class matter under act of Congress and identifies the Associated Press as a member organization in Tucson, Arizona.
Mr. John Pierport Morgan, famed for Wall Street schemes, denounces poker from a yacht in Europe calling it a lie based game that teaches deceit. Supporters doubt his conclusions while others defend poker as an elevating pastime and urge court review of his moral crusade.
The sentence presents a satirical view attributing to Admiral Dewey an opinion that Aguinaldo would not only cut down his father’s cherry tree but would also lie about it afterward.
The speaker notes that Jane Toppan's victims were predominantly women and speculates that she aimed to balance gender numbers in Massachusetts by reducing female casualties.
The article laments a shift in social trends as coastal resorts see energetic women impose a packed fitness driven itinerary on men. It contrasts 1902 women with earlier generations, noting early morning golf, rowing, mountain hikes, and rapid tennis as daily norms. The piece portrays the new woman as vigorous and self controlled.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes that many of this year’s college graduates lean Republican and that the beef trade could shift voter sentiment. Michigan Republicans at their state convention endorsed President Roosevelt and the Michigan delegation in Congress for backing him, aiming for party harmony.
Rourke Cochran returned to Tammany Hall with a Fourth of July address arguing that today’s Democratic and Republican parties differ over imperialism. He frames expansion, tariffs, and shipping subsidies as imperialist plunder opposed to Democracy and honest labor.
Spontaneous nationwide congratulations go to Hon Whitelaw Reid for King Edward's decision to be crowned in August. It will gratify the New York Tribune editor that fellow citizens express joy he will wear those knee breeches after all.
A Boston clergyman recalls Dr Ellis, a famed Unitarian minister known for a white panama hat that never loses its sheen. When asked how he keeps it white, Ellis jokes it is Calvinized, and to the follow up he jokes the hat is dipped in brimstone.
A Washington market fish dealer says few orders for Spanish mackerel are fulfilled correctly. He compares Spanish mackerel to Mocha coffee and canvasback duck, noting many restaurants sell bonita or other species as the real dish and customers are often misled. He cites fashionably priced spots that substitute striped bass and weakfish for Spanish mackerel to please diners.
The Ohio State Journal reports a seven year old boy in Boston Common avoids a grown man’s question and explains he is studying the tree to correctly classify it as a botanical product. The exchange shows the child’s unusual blend of curiosity and precision.
The chairman of the reception committee introduces Tam the weather observer as the man occupying the highest station in the community. The foreigner replies with courtesy and asks about his business.
A youth philosophy piece argues adults often misread children's imagination. A four year old asks a street passer to acknowledge a wedding she imagines, saying she is just making believe. The piece praises imagination as a doorway to life’s deeper view and cites Dickens as inspiration.
In a tale of Lord Strathnairn, once famed for bold campaigns in central India, a lazy habit delays dispatches. During a dinner, Sir Hugh Rose calmly learns rebels have been captured, and is told to hang them. He comments with politeness, then learns the rebels were hanged, and resumes his anecdote. Queen Victoria later frowns, nearly stripping him of his peerage.
Herbert Kelcey objects to a line he calls bomastic and old fashioned. De Mille clarifies the line is from David Belasco and the psalmist. Kelcey responds with triumph claiming to recognize Belasco’s style.
A reader shares a quaint anecdote about defining a gentleman. A house carpenter asks the meaning and a furniture remover offers a blunt rule that “we calls every man a gentleman as pays 20 shillings in the pound.”
In a New York Weekly excerpt a husband fears a thief is targeting their firm and worries he may be suspected. He advises his wife to skip buying the new dress she has been considering to be safe.
A dramatic exchange from the Chicago Post features a man pleading that refusal would kill him while a woman coldly questions how many lives he has, hinting at prior affairs and a ruthless attitude toward danger in a taunting dialogue.
A National Museum necklace once owned by a Cheyenne medicine man is described as a beaded buckskin cylinder adorned with twelve human fingers and medicine bags. Brought to light after General Crook's 1876 campaign, the relic was given to Captain Burke and later to the museum, its history tying to Cheyenne and Sioux conflicts and ending the Cheyenne war after its loss.
A 19th century style medical note urges systematic nerve rest through bed rest and massage to curb nervous irritability. It recommends a two mile daily passive exercise, salt rubs, cold foot baths, hot water bags, and nourishing vegetables like lettuce celery spinach and milk to support a nervous temperament.
The passage lists approximate scientific facts such as body blood volume as a fraction of weight, speeds for sound light and electricity, waterspout rotation, sun and moon brightness and temperatures, naked eye visibility of Vega, and crystallized nitrogen formation by cooling nitrogen gas. It reads like a curious educational catalog of measurements and curiosities.
In Tokyo a colossal image of a woman, built of wood iron and plaster, stands fifty four feet tall to honor Hachiman. The interior houses a winding stairway and a viewing gallery with magnifying eyes for landscape views. The bead is tall enough for twenty people to climb inside to the head.
A witty exchange from the New York World notes husbands owe much of their success to wives and men owe their wives in equal measure.
A brief maxim attributed to Confucius notes that frequent reproach among friends weakens bonds and creates distance, suggesting gentler guidance preserves closeness.
The Detroit Free Press recalls two men closely mirrored in appearance and now in business. One works as a hypnotist and the other as a commercial traveler, highlighting their similar paths and shared traits.
Uncle Eben remarks that the value lies in effort rather than results, noting that many succeed little yet every attempt matters. The Washington Star captures the saying as a moral about persistence and integrity in striving.
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