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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1902
Page
2
The brief snippet notes the document entering as second class matter at the Tucson Arizona post office under federal act, indicating standard mailing designation for publication.
Public notice invites readers planning summer getaways to have The Citizen mailed to their address at the same carrier rate. Leave address at The Citizen business office corner Stone Avenue and Broadway or call Main 171 to arrange delivery.
An editorial arguing that Americans should consider touring the United States before abroad. It notes many travel patterns favor Europe, contrasts West and East, and warns that a broad, educated reading habit improves travel outcomes. It asserts travel abroad can still deepen patriotism and suggests reading as prep.
A critical look at corn price speculation led by John W Gates with bets on 90 cents and a crash to 65 cents. The piece notes profits of over 10 million by market manipulators at farmers’ expense and mocks imperial ambitions in Mindanao as potential crown colony policy.
A House amendment to a Senate bill raises pensions for disabled veterans with loss of limb and shifts toward the dependent pension law. The change may broaden eligibility and increase payments, sparking concern over misused authority and potential abandonment of 1890 act limits.
The piece argues that new broad pension provisions resemble old stray laws and risk abuse. It notes about 450,000 pensions under the 1890 law, 170,000 at the maximum $12 monthly, and over 100,000 seeking increases. With a new pension chief linked to critics, the liberal move invites scrutiny and concern.
A satirical note claims under Mr Roosevelt’s direction 500000 has been invested in a presidential yacht with plans to award 100000 yachts to each cabinet member and 50000 catboats or schooners to every congressman. The piece mocks precedent and fiscal extravagance.
The Tucson council last night tabled a new lighting franchise application citing no room for another plant and noting consolidation and expense to residents. Yet franchises are increasingly valuable, suggesting selling to the highest bidder as prudent, with emphasis on prudence and foresight.
Corn prices fall to 65 cents a bushel as Kansas farmers push tramps toward work. The article notes the potential use of habeas corpus and raises questions about constitutional limits on forcing unemployed hobos to labor, citing cruel and unusual punishment provisions.
Louis XVII died in the Temple of Paris due to abuse and neglect. His body was identified by four committee of public safety members and over twenty temple officials. Remains were privately buried in St Marguerite cemetery with the grave erased.
A grand old tale tells how Carthaginian women faced siege by Romans as flax ran short. Led by their queen, they cut off their hair to weave ropes for the city’s defense, sacrificing their tresses to save Carthage.
Edward speaks in moody tones about notes that only lift hopes, never bring happiness. A woman sighs that her hopes rise toward happiness when she reads his notes. The exchange reveals tension between aspiration and reality in their relationship.
A Boston Post clipping notes a fortune teller predicting marriage within a year. The already married woman reacts with shock and says she will start divorce proceedings immediately.
The use and printing of capital letters did not become common until around 1430. This note highlights the historical shift in typography and book production as capitalized forms spread through medieval and early modern Europe.
A Philadelphia Record piece recalls humorous and tragic verses on death. It cites Thomas Hood, Maupassant, and epitaphs with chilling wit, noting how death is treated humorously in blocks of verse and song. The imagined anthology would fill many volumes.
A reader in the New York Times muses on why accidents and deaths always state a person's age. She notes visible traits identify acquaintances but fears her own age would never be printed, contrasting with how crowds and disguises are described in crime and society reporting.
Professor Bell tested the first working model and offered John A Logan a half stake for 2500 to replace the telegraph, predicting vast profits. Logan doubted demand for talking machines. Bell then suggested a tenth share to a patent office examiner for 100, later valued at 1.5 million in fifteen years.
A doctor and professor discuss a man who was given up to die thirty years ago and has survived past eighty by using oxygen. The exchange labels him an oxygenerian as they note his age and resilience.
An impressionable traveler asks why the savage maiden is named Manita and is answered with a coy arch smile. She signals to hidden brothers in the brush, implying a family or tribal dynamic and a dangerous element linked to their favorite food.
A cashier informs a woman the check cannot be honored because her husband's account is overdrawn. The woman reacts with disbelief, noting she suspected trouble when the man signed the check without her consent or readiness to react.
A Boston Transcript quip questions the effort of lifting a mortgage compared with raising funds. An Atchison Globe remark jokes about attempting to be entertaining and sipping Pore, reflecting light editorial banter.
English sheet reports reveal that board school boys miswrote the chorus of Rule Britannia. One line reads Roys Brick Tanner Brick Tan ner rules the way. Another starts with Rore Britanier. A third boy offers a whole verse with altered phrasing and garbled names, producing a muddled patriotic refrain.
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