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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1902
Page
7
An advertisement touts Cuticura Scar products including Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills as complete care for skin, scalp, hair loss, irritated hands, baby rashes, and toilet needs. It promotes a new tasteless Resolvent pills and notes a British depot in London.
The piece notes German workers rely on coffee and rye bread with little meat or dairy, using lard and canned goods sparingly. Rye bread is large, hard crusted, and cheap about 35 to 50 pfennigs per loaf, watched by the government for proper weight. The loaf supports the empire and forms the army’s basic ration, sustaining peasants amid scarcity.
About one woman in three cannot wear turquoises without turning them green. Some turquoises will turn green after being worn by any woman. Jewelers guarantee replacements and face huge annual costs. One shop tested dozens of turquoises against skin, yet some turned green in customers. Moody deflects a poisonous book verdict, preferring to avoid mental poison.
An employer pressures an employee to work harder and arrive earlier to earn a promised raise. The dialogue frames a sharp demand for increased effort as a condition of salary advancement. The exchange reflects workplace tensions over compensation.
The article discusses blushing as a mark of vitality and youth, noting it occurs from brain signals and skin congestion. It cites Darwin observing a blush spreading body wide and describes blushing as the mind drawing a curtain before the body to assert its precedence.
The piece recalls Frank K Stockton in Philadelphia discussing murder of a baby with a dentist friend and the shocked women in the waiting room. It also notes W Gordon McCabe on Monckton Milnes hosting breakfast tables of London literati including Carlyle Smith and Thirlwall and Buffalo Bill era figures.
In a Sunday school class the teacher asks what a widow is and presses a child for an answer. A quiet moment ends when the boy, knowing his mother is a widow, replies that a widow is a lady who takes in washing.
A child speaks with a minister about dinner plans. Bobby mentions a new kind of pie and jokes about his father's and mother's ideas, humorously awaiting Bumble pie at the meal. The clergyman laughs at the boy's artlessness.
It was once believed a drowned body would float on the ninth day and that sea drownings doomed spirits to wander a hundred years due to improper burial. Sir Thomas Browne and Notes and Queries reference this fanciful notion and discuss it in the period.
A Baltimore Herald excerpt praises a sacrificial woman who informs the pastor when fundraisers fail to cover costs. It contrasts with a Washington Post quip about a one armed man boasting of half price services at a manicure shop.
Mrs A laments her husband is impossible and ignorant while Mrs B counters he knows everything. The brief banter undercuts marital strains with a sharp, humorous tone. Tit-Bits.
At a Paris banquet hosted by a French countess guests witnessed an astonishing centerpiece. A rose pile concealed a birdcage which swung open to reveal a young woman with wings. She remained in display during dinner and sang couplets to introduce each guest.
A dialogue featuring a serious man and a person with a cold gray eye discusses self interest versus aiding humanity. The exchange opens with a question about improving conditions for others and ends with a counterpoint about belonging to the human race.
A Cornish epigram from Pall Mall Gazette compares pilchards to wives. The quip says when wives are bad they are awful and when they are good they are only middling, reflecting a Cynic view on marriage.
A scene shows the head of the house inside the library trying to write a letter on a new typewriter while a servant answers the door. The book agent, calling again, interrupts the moment with a note of hushed request.
A customer letter from Old Town Virginia praises Buck Len's Arnica Salve for curing a daughter's scald head and promotes it for cuts burns and other skin troubles. The ad claims effectiveness for piles and notes the price as 25 cents at all druggists.
Advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets promising a one day cure for colds. Claims druggists refund money if it fails. Features E. W. Grove signature on each box. 265c.
In probates court of Pima County Arizona W H Barnett has filed a petition to convey mining claims of Richard Parks deceased Hearing set for June 16 1902 at 10 oclock am in Tucson Arizona any interested party may appear and file objections in writing Dated May 16 1902 Probate Judge W Purcell 5-16 23 30 6-6 13
Justice court notice in Pima County Arizona orders D. C. Campbell to appear and answer a $21.30 claim for goods and cash advanced. Defendant must respond within five to twenty days depending on service location, or judgment by default may be entered. Dated May 22, 1902 in Tucson.
Illinois Central announces immediate changes to its Omaha to Chicago line. Train No 2 will depart Omaha at 7 45 p m and reach Chicago at 9 30 a m next day via Fort Dodge Waterloo Dubuque Freeport and Rockford. Train No 4 becomes a daylight service leaving Omaha at 7 a m and arriving Chicago at 9 45 p m the same day. Through equipment runs to St Paul Minneapolis with vestibuled Pullman sleepers and dining car. Also includes a nonessential ad for Dean's ointment.
Cheap lots in Bruckner and Manlove additions to Tucson offered with easy payments. Two dollars per month secures a lot. Ground higher than University, twenty seven feet deep soil, water quality rated by University analysis. Streetcar line planned to extend to the area. Limited lots available, contact Charles A. Hoff at 124 Hoff Street, Main 1051.
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