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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1902
Page
7
Chauncey M. Depew and Mark Twain humorously traded scripted speeches on a steamer voyage. Depew confessed he forgot Twain's speech, prompting audience laughter as the pair entertained diners with a staged prewritten exchange.
Police records show foundlings increase in summer and drop with winter. An old police captain once claimed infants are abandoned only when there are too many mouths at home. he would send foundlings to hospitals, saying they can be fed there, though many officers disagree.
A weary teacher corrects student essays when one boy writes about his favorite author Henry fe. The amusing line notes a story where the above gave their teacher a coat of tar and feathers, prompting the teacher to laugh at the hidden message.
An enigmatic man in sober black whispered a fatal query to a London business house attendant. The attendant seized him by the throat and restrained him until the stranger, revealed as an amateur missionary, was found to be asking about others spiritual needs.
The Australian mole burrows obliquely two or three inches below the sand without revealing its passage. It digs with a conical nose protected by a thorn plate and strong fore claws, while broad hind feet throw sand back. It surfaces a few yards away and buries itself quietly.
A courtroom exchange recalls Nolan’s remark that justice may fail. the judge replies he will plead for the woman on judgment day. Nolan counters that the judge will have troubles of his own then.
A fragment from Brooklyn Life shows young Gertrude declaring plans to be a spinster like Aunt Gertrude. Aunt Gertrude questions the choice while Life notes that a spinster need not try to look pretty and may comb hair any old way.
A patient asks the doctor whether the illness is constitutional and worries about the cost of appealing to the United States Supreme Court to decide the matter. The Richmond Dispatch references the exchange as a humorous or satirical note on medical certainty and legal recourse.
A London Tit item depicts a distressed woman pleads for aid as her husband falls seriously ill draining their scant funds. The exchange shows aristocratic advisers debating thrift and care, reflecting social tensions over illness and poverty.
A short courtroom exchange is depicted where a convicted elder criminal vows not to live to serve the sentence, and the judge responds with a pragmatic directive to do as much as possible, illustrating grim courtroom wit.
The unicorn joins the royal arms with James I as Scotland to England. Mary’s signet ring bears a unicorn. Lions and unicorns appear as supporters in Buddhist and Egyptian art, and their oldest link rests in the biblical blessings of Jacob and Moses.
A visitor jokes at a museum about medieval armor being uncomfortable yet reassuring that moths never got into it. The exchange highlights a playful remark about preserved armor and its resilience.
A column quotes jokes about honest ancestors and stylish debts from the Detroit Free Press and Chicago Tribune. It also recounts historical and folkloric thumb licking as a pledge of fidelity or assent, citing the Chambers Journal and medieval practices as colorful examples.
The text explains that ancient references to silver were weights not coins, with the half shekel as a Mosaic offering. Josephus notes the shekel equaling four Athenian diachma about 5514 cents in today’s money. Jewish coinage likely began under Simon the Maccabee around 140 B.C., issuing shekels and half shekels marked "Shekel Israel" in Samaritan script.
The excerpt notes a character planning sports attire and costumes, with a playful exchange about athletic pursuits and study of options. It also includes a quip from a Washington Telegraph piece about responsibility in an office setting and a description of the Paraguay river’s length and width.
Dear Mrs Pinkham I have suffered with female troubles and painful menses until four bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured me. I am now strong and active with renewed health and spirits. Mrs Rosen Denver Col praises the remedy and urges others to try it. The testimony shows the product helping many women and invites letters for advice.
A Willow Grove Delaware customer credits DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for piles. The ad claims it treats skin diseases and wounds and warns against counterfeits with Bell's Pharmacy as the point of sale.
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