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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1902
Page
4
An antiquated toxicological anecdote describes poison by sleight of hand. A jealous betrayer serves a poisoned peach half to a lady at lunch while the other half is consumed by the killer who is later exposed and punished. The tale highlights cleverness versus consequence in a theatrical moral.
The excerpt contrasts parliamentary bulls about horse breeds and press laws with a moral lecture on boys. It argues that unruly youths crave constructive activity and hands on work, urging schools and manuals to channel energy into productive pursuits rather than mischief.
A dialogue recalls a tense legal ordeal over the fate of a moneybag settlement. The first lawyer notes the struggle to prevent heirs from reaching an agreement while the second questions the outcome, set against a humorous stamp from Puck style.
Southey writes to 1808 in The Atlantic about Wordsworths masterly poem The White Doe of Rilston Hall or The Fate of the Nortons. He notes Wordsworths intense selfishness yet respects him, likening him to a figure Ben Jonson might place in a play.
A visiting girl at a neighbor’s home points out a horse with watery eyes coughs and a drooping head saying it resembles her papa’s horse. When asked what her father did to his horse she replies he sold him, revealing a blunt childlike explanation.
A wealthy gentleman recounts his wife nearly falling into the river that runs through his country seat. He expected congratulations from friends after the narrow escape. An old bachelor friend quips that he had warned the river was too shallow.
Windom and Konter debate whether experience teaches. Dick is run over while picking up a horse shoe, an event used to discuss luck and youth versus age and learning in a concise dialogue.
The New York Press describes a method to determine an egg's age by saline density. Dissolve six ounces of common salt in a large glass of water, then drop eggs one by one. A one day old egg sinks to the bottom, three days old stays just below the surface, five days old floats and protrudes, with older eggs rising higher.
In Brooklyn Life a playful exchange claims wealth does not guarantee happiness. The young woman muses that riches grant freedom with her milliner and dressmaker, sparking a lighthearted view on luxury and romance.
An excerpt from Alfred Austin quoted in Independent celebrates a woman’s serene beauty in life and death. The poem traces her calm smiles as she prays, receives love, and ultimately dies with a peaceful, lasting smile.
A diamond dealer recalls how under pressure and heat some gems emit their own pale glow. He cites a New York and Amsterdam visit showing a rose cut diamond glowing in darkness, noting yellower stones may be slightly more phosphorescent and speculates on medieval alchemical knowledge.
An Era critique urges forming a society to protect vivid language from overuse. It warns that overquoting dulls even famous lines and calls for a period of rest to revive nouns, adjectives, and phrases with fresh meaning and energy.
A Boston Courier quip contrasts a Sunday School teacher scolding a newcomer for fishing on the Lord's day with the boy’s innocent reply that there is no fishing where he lives. The brief exchange highlights churchgoing norms and childlike honesty told in period voice.
A New York Times quotation recalls how a doctor, describing early struggles to build a practice, compared himself to patience on a monument. His associate quips that monuments now sit up his patients, a shift from those idle days.
In Winchester England men fish through street gratings as water from streets runs to the Trehen river. A line attached to a stick passes through the grate to snag a fish and the fisherman then retrieves it at the stream’s emergence. The second item is a humorous exchange about divorce and alimony from the New York Times.
A quotation on education compares sculpture to a block of marble and a human soul. It notes that philosophers saints heroes and great minds often lie hidden within the common man waiting for proper schooling to reveal them.
In a chatty exchange, Mr. Comrox favors classical music over plays, saying it keeps him awake with poise. The remark appears in a Washington Star snippet highlighting a preference for music over theater.
A brief exchange shows Carrye and Maye debating eating brains with a judge-like comment. Carrye asserts Fear of brain consumption goes to Carrye's head, highlighting a tense moment in a courtroom or story frame.
In the probate court of Pima County Arizona executor E W Graves filed the final account and petition for final distribution for Charles T Etchells deceased. A settlement hearing is set for June 12 1902 at 10 a m in Tucson with opportunity for interested parties to file written exceptions. Dated May 31 1902.
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