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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1902
Page
5
City reports include train delays and a late arrival on the Los Angeles division No. 10 on time. The Pina Tribe of Red Men holds a regular meeting this evening as ground is broken on Congress street for a new building. Local strikes near Cananea affect shop labor while engine repairs are delayed.
Local notices list Henry Davis and P. J. Farrell visiting the Dragoons for a short time. Miss Jones heads home to Ohio after winters in Arizona with many Tucson friends. Several residents return from Tombstone Benson Denver Douglas Nogales and other towns.
The University of Arizona held its commencement exercises at the Opera House this morning with a large fashionable audience. Chancellor William etcing and President F Yale Adams presided as nine graduates and three graduates, young men and women, sat on stage.
A traveler returning from Matanzas recalls visiting El Cumbre near the cry and notes a historic oath taken by Vice President William Rufus King in 1803 with special congressional authorization. The piece blends local travel with a digression on coal use and a Galway duel anecdote, ending with a local sale notice for white goods at Kitt's.
Observer E L Wetmore reports Tutson weather with a low of 22 degrees and a mean value. East wind at Gata De Wind, cloudy conditions and a low barometer indicate increasing cloudiness for the day.
Oysters at Cafe Goldtree offered without a rain at all styles summer. Hand carved leather goods featured in latest design at low prices. E G Capos notes offerings across leather goods and sales.
A coal fragment speaks in a dramatic voice about its million year journey from lush fern forests to fossil fuel. It describes molten earth, vast swamps, and repeated rises and sinks of continents, ending with coal as bottled sunshine released by fire.
A Philadelphia Record snippet shows Willie laughing and claiming he tossed a banana skin before the teacher. His mother scolds, saying there is no joke, while Willie defends his action, and the exchange ends with a warning to behave.
A brief a notice urges readers seeking balance in June to address nerves mood and sleep. It advises practical steps for calm energy and steadier routines during the warm season.
An advertisement extols Paine's Celery Compound as a summer health tonic. It claims June is ideal for enjoying nature and home life and asserts the remedy cures nervousness insomnia despondency and irritability, giving energy vigor and happiness to users across the nation.
A man known as Frank, once a San Xavier cook, crawled under a baggage car on No 9 to steal a ride. The train moved, he fell with an arm on the track, and the arm was crushed and amputated at the hospital. Witnesses say he was intoxicated before the incident.
Old remedy from Mother Gray once used in New York Children's Home now sold in drug stores as harmless milklike powder. Claimed to ease feverishness constipation headache teething stomach issues and remove worms. 26 cents at all druggists. Sample free. Address Allen S Olmstead Le Roy N Y.
A Caro Michigan girl claims Grape-Nuts Breakfast Food restored her health after years of weakness and inability to study. She says the cereal helped her mind and body, allowed a return to school, and caused weight gain then stabilization. An aunt who travelled to India also recovered after using Grape-Nuts. The letter praises the product and encourages readers to show the recipe book from the package.
In Washington on June 5 a new social fad called the dew bath captures fashionables. Followers rise before sunrise to bathe face and hands in morning dew, gathering in parks to perform the unconventional beauty ritual amid curious onlookers from the fashionable set.
Washington PD June 5 It was learned today that Attorney General Knox is in serious condition after a sudden illness following exposure to cold weather. Doctors feared pneumonia and Bright's disease. Surgeon General Rixey treated him and reports say he is improved though confined to bed through the week.
The Cathedral rites on June 21 will ordain the second African American priest in the United States, Rev. J. Harry Dorsey, a St. Joseph’s student raised to the diaconate last fall. Dorsey, a Baltimore native, will serve among his own people.
Southern Pacific announces round trip fares from Tucson to Santa Monica long Beach San Pedro Newport Beach San Buenaventura Santa Barbara Avalon Catalina Island San Diego Coronado Beach and San Francisco. Fares vary by destination with 28.30 to most points 40.55 to Avalon and 47.80 to San Francisco. Tickets on sale Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays through September 30 valid to November 30. Sleeper cars available nightly with continuous trip to Colton. stops allowed elsewhere. Contact R Lowrie Tucson agent or C M Burkhalter D F & A for reservations.
Household goods of Mr. C. F. Moss at 116 N. Stone avenue to be auctioned Saturday at 2 o clock in the afternoon. Items include bedroom suites carpets dining chairs rockers extension table curtains rugs dishes. Richard Starr, Auctioneer. 1945.
The ad promotes custom wedding and birthday rings at 83 West Congress Street. An accompanying testimonial from R. Meredith of Willow Grove Delaware claims DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures piles and skin wounds while warning against counterfeit products from 8 D Bell & Son.
The great pacer with a 1:45 half mile record at Phoenix is offered in a raffle. Value includes new rubber tired buggy and harness. Chances range from 1 cent to $4.25. For particulars apply to R. D. Woodell at Club Stables.
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