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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1902
Page
8
Notice to subscribers that parties leaving for the coast or other resorts for the summer months can have The Citizen mailed to their address at the same price as carrier delivery. Leave address at The Citizen business office corner Scene avenue and Broadway or call Main 171.
Mexico shows a central high plateau rising 4 000 to 8 000 feet with terraces from east and west. Snow capped volcanoes loom above the core, ten exceeding 12 000 feet and three peering down on fertile valleys from altitudes around 17 782, 87 356 and 16 000 feet, named Popocatepetl, Orizaba and Ixtaccibuatl.
A young father on Young Father Avenue makes a large deposit in a savings bank for a new baby boy. He plans to hand the bankbook to the heir at twenty one, explaining the growth of compound interest and the responsibility of wealth. The tale warns of misused funds.
A lithographed engraving in the Minnesota Historical Society collection shows W. H. Pratt of Davenport Ind shading letters to form a portrait of Abraham Lincoln in the center of the piece. The copy is rare, a notable example of pen work, and its origin as a large number of originals is uncertain.
Practical kitchen tips cover avoiding lard sugar and molasses in bread to stay wholesome. Notes on baking potatoes until done, saving for creamed potatoes, fixing curdled salad dressings with cold water, and boosting flavor by preparatory steps such as coffee-like grounds and oil vinegar baths for steak. Whipped cream enhances split pea soup by removing any flat taste.
D Scott Currin of Loganon Pa endorses One Minute Cough Cure as the fastest safe remedy for coughs colds and throat and lung troubles. It claims immediate action and to cure croup grip bronchitis and coughs. Sold at Bell's Pharmacy.
The New York Press reports a rare mid summer snowstorm on July 7 1859. A pleasant morning gave way to a northwest wind and freezing temperatures reaching 31 degrees as heavy clouds and snowflakes fell. People wore winter overcoats and endured the cold for hours despite the Fourth of July festivities.
Mr De Lone and Miss Coquette recall past, noting a ten year gap and a remark about age. A wounded crew member on the pirate Roberts ship receives 500 from stock, with scaled pay for lesser injuries. Lowther awards 150 for a lost link as captains set a tariff of wounds including ears fingers and toes.
A Washington Post item recalls a patient in a Michigan hospital who was fed a daily diet of egg and sherry. When asked how he liked it he quips that the egg should be as new as the sherry and the sherry as old as the egg, highlighting his witty remark.
The article notes historical views on speech impediments by famous figures like George Washington and explains why overchecks are used on trotters to keep a horse’s head aligned. It contrasts trot artificiality with the natural gallop and details Greenland sharks as feared by whalers, including their blindness from a parasitic worm and their bold feeding on whale carcasses.
An eight year old boy defines the zenith as the point directly overhead. When asked if two people can share the same zenith at once he answers that they can if one stands on the other’s head, delivering a simple classroom pun.
A terse motivational note urges decisive action regardless of weather or delays, urging readers to plow ahead and pursue a chosen course without hesitation. It evokes themes of perseverance and progress amid mud, dust, rain, and storms.
A Harper's Magazine excerpt discusses how American English diverges from English of old country speech. It notes that Americans misname London transit, foods, and dining terms, calling items by different local words and showing how language evolves separately in the two nations.
Three men drink and bet who will fail to follow wives orders. The first man knocks ornaments from the mantel. The second man smashes a piano with a chopper after his wife commands him. The third man falls down stairs as instructed and dies, so he pays for the champagne supper.
Slot machines and trade machinery of every description for sale on commission. Out of town orders given prompt attention. Correspondence solicited. Office and salesroom 213 North Meyer Tucson Arizona telephone 2281.
At a Philadelphia area funeral a prominent Philadelphia lawyer known as an unbeliever was honored as ministers spoke. A Philadelphia gentleman, arriving late, asked a local Quaker friend what portion of the service had begun. The Quaker replied calmly, Just opened for the defense.
A method to make colorless varnish uses two and a half ounces of bleached shellac dissolved in one pint of rectified alcohol, then five ounces of animal bone black added after heating. Boil about five minutes, filter, and repeat with bone black until colorless. Run through silk and paper, cool, and apply carefully and evenly.
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