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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1902
Page
8
The Citizen offers summer home delivery at the same price as carrier service. Readers may leave their address at the Citizen office near Broadway and Done Avenue or call Main 171. The note references a Rome aqueduct fact and a joking exchange from the Philadelphia Press.
A brief item from the Boston Post notes a backhanded inquiry about willingness to work for low wages. The exchange shows a cautious stance from the employer and a hesitant response from the worker amidst ongoing labor discussions.
A fragment discusses a German student Flo and a letter to Karl Scott about signatures and a blank check. It also notes Scott’s beliefs about Waverley and The Lady of the Lake, plus lively debates with the Balhinarines. The piece includes a joke about a doctor and patient and a comic exchange about a saved life.
Clerical Customer wakes from a long nap in a barber chair praising the barber for a refreshing rest after church, and jokes about his quiet nap being a pap. The piece shifts to a proverb on marriage in Arab custom and a mock health ad for Burdock Blood Bitters, then notes Tucson Ice and Cold Storage debuting six new wagons built locally by Fred Ronstadt.
The piece recalls Benjamin Franklin defending the rattlesnake emblem as American, with colonial flag symbolism and a 1777 Philadelphia example. It also recounts a New York court scene where a dark-skinned prisoner is asked his name and trade, culminating in a pun about a locksmith. It ends with a comic exchange about a pug and a "dawg" show.
In a Philadelphia naturalization case the judge asks the applicant about the Declaration Independence Constitution and U S history. The man replies No to all and humorously adds that he has read only the red hair on his head.
A humorous exchange quotes a man who claims a decade of clocklike routine with meals, work, and bed each day. The deacon probes the reason for such perfect health prompting an awkward, silent pause in the room.
A historian revises a famous moment from Fort Ticonderoga noting Ethan Allen did not utter the common line. He allegedly ignored the traditional demand and instead shouted a blunt insult to the British commander. The anecdote challenges schoolboy lore on a pivotal Revolutionary War incident.
A historical note on eighteenth century letter phrasing and salutations shows the tone of humility in ancestors letters. It contrasts with modern brief endings such as yours obediently and faithfully and cites a Duke of Shrewsbury letter dated September Tig requesting continued friendship and faithful service. It also recalls bellicose endings used by Huntly and Errol threatening magistrates in Aberdeen to release imprisoned gentlemen with the phrase Yours as we will, either present peace or weir.
A young couple wed at Penelon Falls and were farewelled at the railway station amid rice and old slippers. On the move to Lindsay the groom tossed a boot from the car window, a boot later found to belong to a Toronto drummer. The bridegroom bought new boots in Lindsay for the drummer.
A popular young married woman at a gathering shows her face handkerchief with a knot. She asks friends what the knot recalls. An older witticist quips the knot was to remind her she is married, delivering a withering jab.
Mrs Oldcastle admires hand laid paper in the new neighbors library while the hostess questions it. A discussion reveals differing opinions on price and value as Josiah defends his purchase and accuses a seller of overcharging.
Out of town orders invited for slot machines, card and trade machines on commission. Prompt attention to out of town orders. Correspondence solicited. Office and salesroom at 218 North Meyer Tucson Arizona. Telephone 2281.
The article surveys quirky author habits from Darwin practicing on fiddles to Chateaubriand pacing with bare feet. It notes Lord Derby praising brandy, Byron storing items, Gautier smoking, and a performer checking a mirror for life signals as a curious spectrum of writers’ peculiar rituals.
D Scott Currin of Loganon Pa hails One Minute Cough Cure as the best remedy for coughs colds croup and throat and lung troubles. The advertisement claims it acts immediately is perfectly safe and yields to croup while Bell's Pharmacy sells it.
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