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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1902
Page
2
The piece urges readers to press for the U S government to withdraw from the Philippines and for expelling the friars, arguing Filipinos want independence and government departure. It notes readers can subscribe to The Citizen and provides contact details for delivery and address changes.
Portes Devery led a huge New York excursion for 14 000 to 20 000 women and children, chartering six ships with doctors nurses life savers an opera company vaudeville troupes and bands. He spoke to the crowd urging a bright common school educated youth to lead the district, while attacking Croker bosses and rallying anti Croker sentiment.
The piece argues for three congressional actions to restore competition and curb monopolies. It urges tariff readjustment to boost home producers, prohibits exclusive patent use while compensating inventors, and tightens cross state corporate freedom to curb trusts. It cites Republican votes and rail mergers as context.
The piece recounts police and immigration authorities enforcing strict questioning for entrants to the United States. It notes officers will ask all travelers, regardless of status, about literacy money and even personal habits, with examples including notable figures, and argues enforcement should be even and non-discriminatory.
A frontier reminiscence recalls high noon prices for groceries, a rough dentist extracting a tooth for two dollars and a later bill of ten dollars to fix the damage. The note adds a legend of Don Perignon the monk credited with inventing the cork stopper for champagne.
Marshal Ney, son of a cooper, rose from the ranks to command and faced death with calm resolve. An officer asked for blindfolds, Ney replied he had spent twenty five years staring down bullets and cannon fire. He ordered the firing himself, standing before his troops. His life epitomized a dramatic arc from commoner to battlefield icon.
Delayed resolve in the Samoan king’s kava dispute sparks a quarrel among rival factions. Captain Sebree of the Wheeling must intervene to keep the peace while the ruler contemplates a solution. The king, described as stern and fastidious, faces mounting tension as loyalties clash.
Sippets describe thin toasted bread or untoasted bread arranged on a hot plate. They are served with butter, or topped with juices from roasted beef or mutton poured over. The passages emphasize two presentation styles, stacked log cabin fashion and folded napkin serving.
A simple weather glass uses a water filled jar and a long neck bottle inverted with its mouth touching the water. When the water rises in the bottle it signals rain. when it falls the weather will be fine.
A dialogue shows a father warning his daughter against new debts while she reveals she has not contracted debts but rather expanded them. The exchange highlights financial strain and miscommunication within the family.
The piece recounts legends about a gold amulet linked to Queen Elizabeth that was said to prevent illness, a Welshwoman’s bequeathment, and Elizabeth’s eventual illness and death. It notes plague era charms and amulets of arsenic, quicksilver quills, and toad powder worn near the heart.
An absentminded Reichstag member, Herr Wichmann, paused on his name during the roll call. No response came, so he called again louder, then roared it aloud. Laughter from colleagues broke the moment as he realized the humor in his mistake.
A Baltimore News quote mocks a character called Charcoal Eph for taunting a man who donated a thousand dollars to a fashionable church fund. The dialogue suggests prejudice as it hints that charity funds would be used to raise rents on tenement houses, while asserting moral decays.
The worker explains a resignation due to needing higher pay, saying the boss agreed the split was mutually satisfactory. The Indianapolis News reports the dialogue as the gist of the departure.
In 1830 Mme de Gen lis faced court action for literary theft. She copied an Encyclopedic manual and a Paris feuilleton, earning £16 for the manuscript later found to mirror earlier works from 1820 and two decades prior. The case sparked discussion of a literary kleptomaniac.
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