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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1902
Page
2
Editorial notes readers may keep The Citizen at the same price by mail or carrier, with address drop at The Citizen office. The piece laments repudiation of pledges eroding self government and cites a Syracuse minister who quit preaching after failing to support his four family on $6.17 weekly.
The Wisconsin Republican convention issues a sharp rebuke to Senator Spooner calling for adherence to party pledges on direct nomination and equal taxation. It condemns federal officials and lobbyists aiding anti-pledge efforts and frames the dispute as a test of party purification or defeat at the polls.
The piece argues government bond policy and tariffs raise interest rates for industrial securities. It cites President Schwab of the United States Steel Trust noting high earnings and large capitalization, blaming tariffs for windfall profits and questioning Roosevelt’s upcoming campaign style.
The remark notes South Carolina’s three pound pistol law makes it easier to carry a porterhouse steak than a pistol and predicts that the state may see more corpulence and fewer corpses in the future.
The remark compares the cost to purchase seats in the French Chamber of Deputies with the expense of buying a legislative seat in an American state, suggesting both markets reflect similar financial influence in politics.
A satirical column mocks Magnus Hess for claiming William Mason as future Vice President and ridicules Illinois politics. It notes Mason’s long career, public fatigue, and a broader jab at political trends and regional divisions across states.
Miss Floretta Vining editor of the Hull Beacon and eight other Massachusetts newspapers warns of growing conviviality among Boston women. She claims the trend harms health and future generations, urging caution about moral decline and night dissipation affecting New England women and the nation.
Ainslee's Magazine notes that organs do not sleep while muscles may. Sleepwalking occurs in stagecoach postilions, cavalry, infantry on forced marches, and policemen possibly. Sleep talkers include many under twenty five, with many answering questions while asleep and retaining senses awake.
Fruit trees need potash for best development and grapevines prefer surface roots. Avoid extreme temperature changes for houseplants and don’t overplant. small growth with too much small fruit reduces vigor. Favor thrifty growth with a few fine fruits, avoid very tall trees, and use rainy days for root transfers. Groups of plants beat formal beds.
The French king Louis Philippe jokes over Prince Talleyrand’s death. He questions the certainty of death after learning of the prince’s demise. He remarks that appearances cannot judge Talleyrand and ponders his timing, revealing sharp wit.
A Warstentein library near Cassel Germany houses a unique collection where books resemble wooden logs. Each volume traces a tree’s entire history with bark on the back and a labeled title, one side in natural state the other polished. Inside are leaves fruit fiber and insect parasites plus full tree descriptions and products.
A brief exchange in London Tit Bits quotes an uncle claiming to be so poor he cannot place a sixpence between his head and the sky. The tale plays on exaggerated humor about poverty.
A Tennessee mountaineer tells a New York Herald reader a tale of a wooden sieve used as a door. He recalls birds pecking at the door after a wind made the device imitate a woodpecker, drawing many birds to the cabin.
A New York Press observation denounces thoughtlessness in public behavior. It mocks those who delay stairs, block sidewalks, or tie shoes amid crowds, calling such acts brute in the family and comparing people unfavorably to animals for their disregard.
A Chambers Journal snippet recalls a wealthy Roman dinner with three main courses. The first course featured eggs and a range of appetizing stimulants while birds like the guinea hen pheasant nightingale and thrush were prized. Peacocks, especially their tongues, were valued highly and a single bird reportedly sold for 50 denarii, equating to about eightpence halfpenny.
A father seeks a birthday present for his fourteen year old son in a bookstore. The salesman suggests a self help book and the father retorts that Ben would not benefit from such advice, joking about his table manners.
The article notes vanilla as a strong restorative for weakened vitality when given in large doses and contrasts South America with civilized countries, attributing the lower madness rates to vanilla rather than ignorance, though authorities cite population factors. The text ends mid thought about applying vanilla at first signs of disturbance.
The tale explains a porcupine's ascent and descent depend on its tail. If a tail is cut while it climbs, it stops mid tree and may starve unless retrieved. The sketched fable warns against harming the animal, highlighting the tail as essential for movement and survival.
A Paducah, Kentucky, Sun reader recalls a humorous encounter with a judge who advises quick marriage despite debts. The young suitor seeks guidance on marriage and money, citing the judge’s own past and present debt in a lighthearted exchange. The anecdote ends with the man postponing marriage.
The article describes reverence for the African cobra with yearly cobra de capella skin rituals where children touch the skin for protection. It notes the cobra de capella as the Nile worm along with the horned viper in Cleopatra's death, and mentions puff adder venom used by Kaftirs for arrows and as a post bite remedy. It also notes Punjab snake tribes treating snake bites lightly and giving a dead serpent a funeral.
A London Tit bits note reports a famed aurist recalling a home remedy for earache. Lie with the painful ear uppermost, wrap a towel, then fill the ear with warm water for fifteen to twenty minutes. Drain, plug with warm glycerin and cotton, and repeat hourly for relief. The water should be warm but not hot.
A Hertfordshire tale from Victoria County History shows a favored hound delivering a plea to King James I. The message asks the king to return to London or risk national ruin due to exhausted provisions, illustrating concerns over royal focus and civilization.
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