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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
8
Many suffer pimples on the face especially the nose due to blood impurity requiring constitutional care. Before eruption the skin swells slightly, and applying arnica at the first sign can prevent the pimple by several applications a day.
An intelligent sepoy in India insisted his English was flawless as he handed a message to a telegraph office. After a correction attempt, he threatened to report the superintendent at Mandalay, then the message was sent: Come quick, father dangerously dead.
To cut sheet brass, prepare a strong bichloride of mercury in alcohol. Draw a line on the brass with a pen to mark where it will be cut. Let it dry, then apply nitric acid along the line. The brass then breaks across like glass cut with a diamond.
The earliest gold pens were cut in three strips by scissors and assembled by hand. Prices ranged from 5 to 20 dollars and these early pens were far inferior to the machine made versions of the era.
A genteel carver is said to sit while carving by etiquette, yet a jesting line hints he might yearn to set a foot on the table and one on the bird during the awkward carving moment. The thought contrasts how men recall times of correctness versus error, per humorous clippings.
A Brit ish drill sergeant sorts recruits by civil status and asks a stubborn Pat if he is married or single. Pat reveals he is courting Biddy, prompting a comic exchange. The passage contrasts feeble natures with the urge to forget and start anew. It cites a reflection on forgetting as essential to strength and creativity, and quotes a line about the pleasure of being right from the Saturday Evening Post.
Wedding and birthday rings crafted to order offered by B. G. Cape the Jeweler located at 83 West Congress Street.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a gentle thorough cure for digestive troubles. It promises relief from dyspepsia pains nausea dizziness and headaches and notes the product is guaranteed and sold for 25 cents a box at druggists.
A century ago trou gers reportedly arose from heavy drinking and royal gout among elite Europeans. Princes and royals such as George IV, the Dukes of York and Cumberland, Louis XVIII, Charles X, Louis Philippe, and King Frederick William III helped popularize the then new pantaloon, a fashion subject of satire for Guray and contemporaries.
The piece discusses water wheels as early methods to obtain mechanical force from flowing or falling water. It explains damming streams to create a continuous supply, notes minimal evaporation and leakage losses, and mentions the Roman water clock as an elaboration of storing force, essentially a primitive motor.
The London Chronicle notes that diet affects temperament and energy. Pork diet leads to pessimism, beef builds strength and audacity, mutton causes melancholia, veal drains energy, eggs and milk aid health in women, butter makes one lazy, apples boost brain work, potatoes dull the mind, and mustard helps memory at any age.
In the New York Commercial Advertiser piece the narrator recalls favorites from France. Paris captivates with art and atmosphere while a trip to Reims features Joan of Arc’s statue. The highlight is a free champagne bottle gift in the Pomeroy wine caves, a local custom that amuses Phil.
The text notes scant details on medieval meals until the twelfth century when light begins to appear. It describes how in the thirteenth century a horn summoned guests and vassals to a meal at a castle, a privilege of great lords. Centuries later a bell supplanted the horn for summoning.
Departing guest voices a visitor’s dilemma about a good hotel in the town. A hotel clerk is pressed to offer directions and promote local lodging, revealing a brisk, stagey exchange typical of a newspaper humor item.
A Harvard man and Revolutionary War officer William Weeks writes from Valley Forge to relatives in New Hampshire. The letters reveal longing for home and social honors, including Washington, his army service, and a delayed degree pursued through family support. Weeks notes wages, loyalty to the country, and the eventual A M degree conferred after a $10 family contribution.
The article argues that the stage life cycle centers on a ten year span for rank and file actors. Many fail to rise to distinction and leave the profession or switch careers, while a few attain fame. Promoters note most performers do not stay beyond ten years in show business. Chicago Tribune.
An American boasting of U S superiority is challenged by an Englishman who notes London’s fog surpasses anything seen across the Atlantic. The American retorts with stories of New York harbor fog and ferry captains hiring extra crews to pump fog from cabins. A New Jersey corporation is rumored to be organizing to “can American fog” for Britain.
Mrs Oldcastle avoids inspecting neighbors library while praising her husband as one of the virtuous men she has known. The exchange reveals a social moment in which taste for articles of vertu becomes a marker of character and status. The Chicago Herald quotes the dialogue.
The Boston Post quotes a citizen recounting an offer of 1000 dollars for a vote from Senator Grab-Amman. The respondent refused and later reports a negotiated sum of 2000 dollars while praising conscience.
A Baltimore American excerpt quotes Uncle Jerry describing a South American fish with a shovel shaped snout that can jump onto the bank to dig bait. The quirky host note portrays an accommodating creature suited for catching.
Citizens can have The Citizen mailed to the coast or other summer destinations at carrier price. Leave address at The Citizen business office corner Stone avenue and Broadway or call Main 171.
A tale from Charles L. Tiffany about Pat the Irish window washer who pleads for a raise after 25 years. Tiffany denies it with dignity, Pat leaves, and the office chorus asks what he got, to which Pat replies he was allowed to keep his job.
The eight aqueducts of ancient Rome delivered 40,000,000 gallons of water daily to the city. The text notes that water always seeks its own level, implying these towering arches might have been unnecessary had that principle been understood.
In the Philadelphia Press a humorous exchange has Mrs Rubba wondering why a woman keeps watching her and Mr Rubba suggesting the watcher aims to learn why he stares back. The lighthearted dialogue captures small city gossip and social banter.
A terse dialogue between a Boston employer and a boy questions willingness to accept small wages. The exchange captures a labor ethos and class tension in a brief realism vignette.
A brief exchange in a Philadelphia Press item features Slopay arguing about origins with a tailor. The tailor retorts that dust settles, highlighting a humorous clash over creation.
A Philadelphia Record brief notes friction over a recent loan as one party challenges repayment while another insists the debt was settled. The exchange centers on a dollar loan and ensuing misunderstanding.
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