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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
8
A Detroit Free Press item recounts a domestic dispute where a housekeeper, praised for diligence yet uneasy with simple living, quits after four months. She cites a preference for a “more stylish price” and leaves to care for a sick aunt, prompting the Mrs Blank to reflect on changing social mores.
Mme day as the Rev. Mark Guy Pearse of London was strolling along a cover book he saw an old man fishing no trout and pulling the fish out one ahr the other briskly. The old man lifted himself up and struck his rod in the ground and he said there be three rules for fishing and tis no good thring it if you onn mind iiem. The first is Keep more elf out of sight the second is Agee yourself further out of sight and hee third is Keep yourself further out of eight still. Then you'll do it.
A chatter-filled column recalls Miss Blank once a local favorite whose father’s insolvency left the family ruined and their belongings sold at auction. The woman now wanders the suburbs barely recognizable to former friends as she endures a drastic social reversal.
The inquisitive child asks why rescuers save drowning people at the final moment and the father suggests a child’s habit of seeking unanswerable questions. The piece notes Siberian native camels enduring extreme cold on the Mongolian plateau and contrasts with the Gilded Desert heat of summer, where camels cope with 140 degrees.
Mrs A M Shields of Shambersburg Pennsylvania credits Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption with saving her from an awful fate after six months of severe sickness including hay fever and asthma. She says she was nearly unable to recover but used the remedy and was completely cured. The ad promises bottles at 60 cents and 1 09 with trial bottles free at local druggists.
A detailed glimpse into Jena Germany where Professor Abbe and Dr. Schott built a renowned glass industry. The piece describes the thermometer tube manufacturing corridor, the processes, and skilled workers shaping glowing glass into long tubes, followed by a digression on Wagner and a historic thumb-lick contract anecdote.
The article notes that biblical silver references refer to weights, not coins, with the half shekel used as a godly offering. Josephus cites the shekel as four Athenian drachmas, about 55 cents in modern money. Simon the Maccabee likely struck the first Jewish coins around 140 B.C., including shekels and half shekels bearing the inscription Shekel Israel in Samaritan script.
A playful exchange notes a girl aims to pursue athletics after studying many costumes. The Chicago Post quotes her saying she will decide after researching various outfits. The item highlights fashion mingling with sport in a light society feature.
A comic quip compares chatter to a tongue sandwich as a speaker babbles between men, with the phrase attributed to the Philadelphia Bulietta. The line plays on vivid tongues and humorous imagery.
A Philadelphia Record piece reports on Chinese waste paper treated as sacred, burned in a furnace with priests’ blessings, then ashes shipped to sea by the Chinese Merchants' company. It contrasts this with white men’s newspapers used as wrapping and street litter.
Out of town orders are given prompt attention for slot machines card and trade machines of every description for sale created on commission Cor respondence solicited at 218 North Meyer Tucson Arizona Telephone 2281.
The text notes wound suction as a claimed immediate remedy for snake bites across cultures. It mentions African cupping devices to draw out venom and ancient practices by snake charmers during exploration. It describes supposed rites and the focus on sucking wounds as the key therapeutic step.
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