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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1902
Page
8
A notice to subscribers offers mail delivery to summer addresses. A historian recounts that the silver wedding tradition began in the time of Hugues Caput when two elderly servants were awarded a farm and the king proposed marriage, creating the silver wedding as a royal reward later spreading through France.
A humorous piece from the Ohio State Journal describing lobsters as dry land born, wealthy fathers, and lacking brains. It mocks social climbing and marriage into wealth, using exaggerated traits to critique behavior and gender expectations.
An exchange reveals New York callers asking for various stock holdings and firmly demanding Mr Fish. The questioned replies identify several hundred items, and a caller insists on the head of the firm, then the Aquarium becomes the misheard name, ending in comic confusion.
A humorous exchange cites a doctor predicting legless races for politics and a card game tale where a player misnames a spade as a heart and wins seven dollars, illustrating wit in old newspaper humor.
D Scott Currin of Loganon Pa endorses One Minute Cough Cure as perfectly safe and effective for coughs colds croup and throat and lung troubles It acts immediately and yields to it for croup with claimed cures for grip bronchitis and coughs Bell's Pharmacy carries the product.
A well known athlete promotes daily flesh brushing over baths. He claims starting with a hairbrush then a specially made flesh brush cleanses pores, removes dead cuticle, and tones the body without enervating the system. He says it keeps him supple and in better shape.
A scientific cook advocates cooking cheese for better digestion. Grating or crumbling cheese aids raw consumption while melting in butter or mixing with milk, broth, or vegetable juices improves cooked cheese. The Welsh rarebit is praised as another digestible cheese method.
To synchronize hatching, fanciers remove early eggs and substitute artificial ones then return all eggs when laying ends. The male attends the sitting bird, ensuring she incubates properly and uses light pecks to keep her on the nest when she rises.
A witty remark about a spilled claret on a neighbor’s satin dress is suggested as a way to avoid offense. The tone implies forgiveness and a probable future invitation from the neighbor’s father to dine on Sunday.
Exchange notes Flannery fears insomnia may be hereditary after several sleepless nights. The concerns are linked to Flannery and Phwot names in the informal message.
A short exchange recalls a girl from summer and a joke about a poem. Albert and Edward discuss whether a recurring infatuation was a poem they could commit to memory, highlighting casual humor in the Karper's Bazar column.
In Genoa Italy marriage brokers maintain lists of eligible girls from various Masses with notes on figures beauty fortune and other traits. They arrange alliances as mercantile transactions and earn a two to three percent commission on the dowry plus optional bonuses from the suitors or families.
In Turkey the partridge is detested for betraying the prophet to enemies and its legs are red from blood. A man who kills a panther serves twenty four hours in prison yet is handsomely rewarded. The rane tn is respected and killing it is a crime.
The text notes a crocodile’s lower jaw lacking a socket in the skull, or the skull lacking a socket in the jaw, enabling the animal to lift the upper head on a hinge to seize prey without standing up. This describes a distinctive cranial articulation affecting feeding.
The piece describes rude drawings on gateposts guiding tramps to a sheltering home. An inviting table with coffee and a plate stands as the hoped meal, while a kind motherly hostess offers hospitality and a request to pass along a message to her missing son.
In Sol diering In Canada Colonel Dennison recalls Sir Henry Layvelock-Allap visiting Blyde park with his horse. He describes an anecdote where the rider visited the local editor atop a horse to discuss a story, the horse knocking items loose and the editor dodging the mishap.
Out of town orders given prompt attention. Cor respondence solicited. Slot machines and trade machines for sale or rent on commission. Office and salesroom 218 North Meyer Tucson Arizona Telephone 2281.
The text compares climbing abilities across animals and humans noting dogs fear stairs due to foreleg weakness, foxes climb trees, rats and guinea pigs swim well but do not climb, bears and large cats differ, and big cats like tigers generally avoid climbing due to weight. A conversational aside about Darwinian belief closes.
A brief exchange shows Borronelli requesting repayment of a loan from Wigwag in a Philadelphia Record item. The note captures a casual, money-related interaction between individuals with no further context or outcomes provided.
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