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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1902
Page
7
The article describes Nogales as a truly international place where no clear border divides Arizona and Sonora. Guards monitor crossing at the central obelisk as Americans and Mexicans live in distinct neighborhoods with hillside streets and adobe houses amid rugged terrain and scarce water resources.
A reflective note questions what happened to the old fashioned child who made faces and the old fashioned man who stored his sword in a visible place. It recalls a stern father son talk, a harsh mother feeding potatoes to make animals, and a wife guiding appearances in public.
Thomas Jefferson created a folding camp stool the basis for later camp stools and devised a revolving chair. He built a light wagon and a copying press that became widely used. He measured his walking distance with an instrument and worked on a plow and hemp cultivator. His plan earned a gold medal in France in 1790, and he believed inventions should be free for all.
A humorous anecdote from Harry Furniss describes a loquacious chairwoman in a Scottish town who keeps the audience waiting as she introduces the lecturer for a full hour. The lecturer abruptly delivers his address and gives his Edinburgh address before bidding good night.
A mythic account describes Ceres teaching Triptolemus agriculture and breadmaking. She grants him a celestial chariot and he travels distributing wheat to nations, explaining its spread across the primeval world.
A brief quoted exchange from the Herald notes age and a wife remarking on cynicism toward men, suggesting a humorous or reflective small moment in a local paper. The fragment hints at social commentary without a clear事件 or人物 beyond the couple.
A garbled text fragment from a page hints at a personal recollection or inquiry. The lines mention ignorance and a term related to science, but the extract is incomplete and lacks clear events, names, or dates for full reporting.
A moral essay contrasts wealth with education, arguing a rich mind outlasts money. It warns that neglecting study harms leaders, noting youth unrest, the burden of ignorance, and the superior joy and resilience derived from broad culture and lifelong learning.
Advice on space per bird, feeding and housing for healthy poultry. Tips include using calcareous materials, ground bone, onions in feed, and avoiding careless management. Freshness is judged by the air bubble in the large end of eggs. larger bubble indicates fresher eggs.
The passage notes that anarchists reject being ruled by any authority whether aristocratic or democratic. It distinguishes individualist and socialist strands, both opposing state power and insisting on self rule. They oppose master figures and urge life to shape itself with calls like no interference and mind your own business.
The piece from Ladies Home Journal extols time thrift as essential to educational opportunity. It argues that wasting time is wasteful and that prudent use of short periods yields substantial personal and societal gains.
The term treacle shifted from medicinal decoctions to sweetened mixtures and finally to syrup as molasses became the sweetest substance. It traces a linguistic path from healing tonics to sugary confections and then to syrup usage.
A quotation delves into the playful tension between speech and silence. It contrasts stuttering and affection with gendered expectations, while another line asserts that defense alone fails and that decisive offense defeats fights.
The ad promotes soaking sore hands in a hot creamy lather of Cuticora AP then applying Cuticora Ointment as a great skin cure. It advises wearing loose kid gloves at night and claims relief for red rough chapped hands fissured palms and painful fingers.
An old advertisement extols Curicura Scar Ointment for skin preservation purification and beautification, scalp cleansing, hair fall prevention, and soothing rough hands. It also promotes Carbena Soar baths for inflammations chafing excoriations and perspiration, with generic sanitary uses for women.
A 1830s trial recounted in Youth's Companion describes a witness impeachment attempt over truthfulness. A middle aged man testified he would not believe the witness on oath citing that the man bragged about throwing Abe Lincoln in a fair and square ragie. The impeachment succeeded and no further witnesses were called.
A Boston hotel man tells a story from his expense. A farm email boy sent to buy eggs counts eleven and learns one egg is double yolked. The old farmer explains the discrepancy was due to a double yolk, not cheating.
The article explains sea ruffies or sea neck laces as egg cases of sea snails. Envelopes form a necklace along a stem with disk shapes, each envelope holding a hatch through a thinner spot. Females bury in sand and extrude the necklace as eggs hatch, though few survive to maturity.
Harvey Sutherland notes in Ainslee's that brass bands trace an ancient lineage from 1783 when British Army ensembles had two oboes two clarinets two horns and two bassoons. He cites 1835 as the first all brass band and contrasts early limits with a modern forty-two piece band including saxophones and expanded wind sections.
A Berlin museum recalls a 1610 Augsburg silver stag cup with a removable head and clockwork base, once used as a mobile prop and wine water decanter. Also noted are trick cups that mislead drinkers about their contents and a Hares piece linked to Fried rich Wilhelm IV. The Bank of England’s forger hunt led to a Morland hiding episode and a costly misunderstanding by officials.
A southeast wind coats Cape Town with a striking natural sight as Table Mountain dons a cap or “tablecloth.” The thin fleecy cloud extends from the summit and drapes over the sides, resembling a folded table cover.
The poet Tennyson eagerly considered a trip to America after Barnum offered him a large sum to appear, though not as part of the greatest show on earth. Barnum proposed a simple platform handshake as the act. Tennyson declined the tempting offer.
Tess questions the split as Jess explains they ended the engagement so he can save money to enable their marriage. The Philadelphia Press notes the couple remains devoted despite the break.
Lore Sharles informed his father of a naval disaster as the admiral in command perished in a wreck. He father responded with Spartan brevity noting it was the second ship he had lost.
Cream content and temperature determine cheese texture. Soft cheeses form when made with cream alone at low pressure and must be used fresh. Hard varieties arise from varying cream proportions and processing.
A reader recounts a quarrel with Mrs Kick at the place where she last worked, as recounted to the Ohio State Journal. The hired girl insists she had no trouble with Mrs Kick and asks to share the claim on her behalf.
A reader recalls a family name change with initials added after a name, noting stigma from a visit to an alcoholic ward where a middle initial was assigned. The Philadelphia record snippet reflects historical labeling practices.
A lament on working women suffering health decline and dismissal, praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure. The letter from May Burcener of Middle Village Long Island, N Y endorses the treatment after trials of the product and Sanative Wash for multiple feminine ailments.
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