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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
4
A historical card notes a cardinal who led Pope Boniface IX troops at Acona promising fallen soldiers a celestial dinner if they won. When asked about his own hunger he replies that dinner time has not yet come and he is not hungry. AH the Year Round.
The text notes hand knitting in Elizabethan times and William Lee's 1580 invention of the knitting frame. He lost a patent in England, moved to France, and set up a Rouen factory. The frame reached the United States after the Revolutionary War, was improved by a Yankee, and a factory opened at Coles, New York, in 1832.
A child strokes a turtle shell and explains it is to please the creature. The reply compares the act to stroking the dome of St Paul’s to please the dean and chapter, delivering a startling metaphor about outward gestures versus higher authority.
A register from Leytonstone England in 1700 mentions a bizarre remedy for smallpox using thirty to forty live toads burned to ashes with a dose of three ounces. A Vilna army recruit tale shows military discipline coercing self harm as punishment, ending with a sergeant halting a man at the lake brink before death.
A woman left her husband after consulting an astrologer who declared her destiny lay in greatness, warning marriage would block it. She abandoned him for four weeks to choose money over fate, noting neither the astrologer nor destiny provided funds.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim a one day cure for colds with a money back guarantee if unsuccessful. Each box bears E W Grove’s signature and costs 25 cents.
A testimonial from J R Miller of Denver endorses Doan's Kidney Pills as effective for kidney complaints. He recalls first using them after reading the Pittsburg Dispatch and notes Schultz's drug store, opposite the Tabor Opera House, as a supply point. For sale by all dealers, 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
A Michigan lawyer recalls a state prison case where a young farmer was wrongly convicted of stealing sheep. He helped secure a gubernatorial pardon after presenting strong evidence, and the governor credited the mistake to mistaken identity. The tale ends with the man freed and the lawyer praised for rehabilitating an innocent man.
Practical kitchen tips cover boiling apples in sweet cider simmering cocoa milk and overheating fat tests with a potato. A social scene follows where a dramatized debutante Roast and mingle at a dancing assembly, quipping at critics as she arrives by carriage.
Bridget and Pat discuss the idea that losses can sharpen other senses as illustrated by examples of blindness improving hearing and touch and one leg being shorter than the other compensating with a longer other leg, reflecting a casual Irish conversational tone from the Philadelphia Times.
A New York Press note quotes a girl describing Miss D as never needing foreign labels on her luggage after a six week trip abroad. The man retorts that she travels so often everyone knows it. The remark contrasts pride in travel with the jibe about constant trips.
A dialect dialogue shows Mose Johnson claiming a liniment helped his wife while a druggist reveals it was horse liniment. Mose insists it benefits his old woman, stressing his understanding of her needs.
A religious enthusiast asks Dwight Moody if he will preach against Catholics. Moody replies he may do so someday after Protestants are converted, signaling future religious controversy and debate.
A garbled exchange shows Miss Cuenne questioning Mr Lofttbrow’s seriousness and happiness, with distorted spelling and unclear names. The dialogue hints at doubts about a romantic or social relationship and whether presence matters in any outcome.
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