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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1902
Page
8
Citizens leaving for coast or resorts can have The Citizen mailed to their address at home delivery price. Leave address at The Citizen business office corner Stone avenue and Broadway or by calling Main 171.
At age eight Teupysen covered his brother’s slate with a poem on flowers and impressed him with the verse. By eleven he wrote an epic of over 4000 lines in octosyllables, blending heroics. By fourteen he began dramatic verse in iambic meter, practicing three meters before serious writing.
Reynolds forgot a picture and Burke presented an early work as by a student seeking guidance from the master. Reynolds asked if the painter was a friend, Burke said yes, and the reply was that the work looked clever but offered no clear promise for a professional career. Joshua had forgotten his own work.
The article notes that self measuring pulse is unreliable for most people and overestimates heart irregularities. It explains irregularity can occur with no disease and may be a transient symptom from habits or other causes that soon disappear.
A historical anecdote recalls King George II wishing to add Green Park to his palace grounds in London. He asked a minister about the cost and was told it would be a matter of three crowns. The king understood the message and retained the park while the people kept their rights.
A featured claim extols essence of cinnamon as a powerful antiseptic that kills microbes quickly, likening its potency to corrosive sublimate. It suggests that even the scent can kill germs and that a cinnamon decoction should be drunk where typhoid fever or cholera prevails.
A reader overhears a remark praising a man’s noble bearing then humorously noting his lineage as a long line of janitors, illustrating a class awareness and wit in a Cincinnati Commercial Tribune moment.
A playful Yonkers Statesman quip jokes about a Russian countess, noting she has nearly the entire alphabet in her name or possessions. The item reads as a light novelty item from a society page.
The Tucson Ice and Cold Storage company uses six new wagons designed and built locally by Fred Ronstadt. Local businessmen are having wagons built at this new shop. 204-1f Weddtar and birthday rings made to order at S. & G. Capo's, the Jeweler on 33 West Creresg Street.
An old time orator known as Father Joe rises to mock a novice speaker. He depicts a tiny farmer with a shabby coat delivering a blunt rebuke about Pope and the soul as the chamber erupts in laughter. A New York columnist notes the scene and reflects on a Mexican tree that petrifies into stone post cutting.
A collection of natural history notes on plant lifespans and cultivation tips including palms ivy and oak, plus an account of Ashanti trees used for butter making. Also a feature on Indian nostril breathing and drinking water through the nose as a cooling practice from Chambers' Journal.
The text explains systematic banana planting with suckers spaced about ten feet. A banana plant yields one bunch, matures in 12 to 14 months, and after six months a second shoot is allowed. By year two there is a continuous crop as new shoots emerge regularly.
In 1819 the Pennsylvania Legislature granted Henry Drinker the first charter for a railroad from the Delaware valley to the Lehigh headwaters, along the route now used by the Delaware Lackawanna and Western from the Water Gap to Scranton. The wagons would be horse powered, predating steam. The charter and rights were later bought by the Delaware and Lackawanna company for $1,000.
A well to do bachelor taught a sprightly widow checkers but mistook the position. He urged her to keep moving, claiming she must capture more pieces. She calmly replied and then captured him, turning the game to her victory.
Slot machines and trade machines of every description for sale created on commission. Out of town orders given prompt attention. Correspondence solicited. Office and salesroom 213 North Meyer Tucson Arizona. Telephone 2281.
A satirical line from the Atlanta Constitution mocks social status by listing actions that supposedly raise a Black man’s rank. The excerpt appears as a pointed, controversial quip illustrating attitudes toward race and hierarchy in the period.
A description notes Queen Elizabeth carried a 300 page book titled The Golden Manual of Prayer bound in hammered virgin gold. One page shows Solomon’s judgment while the other depicts the brazen serpent in the desert. A Boston editor defines a cult versus a fad as temporary versus lasting influence.
A fragment from a newspaper montage notes Banks saying he would not marry the best woman in the world and she counters that she already married him thirteen years ago. The excerpt references the New York Weekly Atchison Globe Somerville Journal Detroit Free Press and a line about a painting by an old master with a new frame.
The Australian Barrier Reef is described as the largest coral reef system in the world, stretching about 1,106 miles in length.
D Scott Currin of Loganon Pa hails One Minute Cough Cure as superior to all medicines for coughs colds croup and throat and lung troubles claiming it acts immediately and is perfectly safe. Croup yields to the remedy at Bell s Pharmacy.
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