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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1902
Page
2
A brief Associated Press notice states the material is entered as Second Class matter under federal act and filed at the Tucson Arizona post office.
The piece laments a Massachusetts court ruling affecting reading wives letters and likens it to a sweeping, satirical warning. It argues many men will relocate for privacy, cites state and national options, and mocks the idea of prosperity as a danger while urging skepticism toward reform.
A Chicago prominence laments the capital move idea, labeling it a pipe dream. The essay argues Washington will stay the capital due to tradition, government interests, and historic ties, while mocking Chicago’s sensational boasts and vaudeville style predictions.
Boston judge Lowell rules that no husband may open his wife letters regardless of provocation. The case centers on M. D. Giroux who ripped and read a wife’s letter in jealousy. The decision upholds a wife’s right to privacy and dignity in a domestic dispute.
The Senate plans to pass the Statehood bill next December with a safe majority in the Omnibus, ending filibuster risk under unfinished business rules. Delegates and Quay receive praise for their roles, while Democrats’ broad support is credited for advancing statehood. Charles D. Poston dies, noted for promise and wit, despite later squalor.
A quirky facet of post prison life notes ex-convicts lingering ties to the United States flag. The text suggests that even those who faced Cuban laws and imprisonment feel a retained or renewed loyalty, despite spending time behind bars.
The piece reflects on Cuban independence, American prisoners released after U S departure, and Cuban expectations of liberty. It notes Americans seeking asylum by wrapping themselves in the Stars and Stripes, and criticizes Bryanite bolt actions and Quay Croker political dynamics.
In 18 9 a snowstorm swept over New York on July Sth a Monday. Fireworks set off before city hall for the Fourth had been held over from Saturday. Morning and afternoon were mild but by dusk clouds and a northwest wind pushed temperatures to 31 degrees as snow fell briskly. men wore winter overcoats for hours.
Mr De Lone and Miss Coquette recall a past romance on a pirate Roberts ship. A crippled man receives £800 from the common stock with proportionate sums for injuries. Lowther awards £150 for the loss of a limb and captains distribute a tariff of wounds to ears fingers and toes.
A playful note from a Michigan hospital describes a patient who quips that his daily egg and sherry diet would be better if the egg were as fresh as the sherry and the sherry as aged as the egg, per the Washington Post.
A set of young men share how they joined high society in New York. One danced his way in through cotillions, another used a Sunday school Bible class to meet influential families, and a third befriended a New York leader while hunting in the west, leading to a club dinner, a residence visit, and marriage into the leader’s family.
Excerpt discusses government secrecy in bill drafting and a costly military wall example. It also mentions the Icelandic belief in an earth opening from pole to pole supported by the Utama Saga and Bjorn Liefson’s voyage about 1291. The piece blends political critique with a curious ancient lore anecdote.
The text asserts a single brand of eau de cologne with a nearly 200 year old family secret. Giovanni Maria Farina founded the perfumery around 1706 in Cologne, where about fifty factories now produce it, many run by Farina relatives. Estimates claim the family’s monopoly has yielded around 750 million dollars, possibly an undercount.
An English peer may demand a private audience with the sovereign to present views on public welfare. For treason or felony he may be tried by peers, cannot be outlawed in civil actions, and cannot be arrested except for an indictable offense, while he is exempt from juries. He may sit with his baton in courts and may demand a silk instead of a hempen rope if liable to the last penalty.
In Charleston, ladies eulogize Colonel Washington and Tarleton quips he would like to see him. A woman retorts that if Tarleton had looked at Cowpens, he would have witnessed Washington in action. The exchange highlights wartime bravado and wit.
A pastor questions children about sin, and a quick six year old replies that sin includes chewing smoking cursing and tearing pants, illustrating a humorous church moment. The Homiletic Review notes the exchange as a vivid example of moral teaching for youngsters.
The text notes that discomfort from east winds may stem from poison not expelled by the skin due to pores closing, returning into the system. It then shifts to a dime museum scene where an angular woman questions a small person about his size and he explains a childhood incident involving condensed milk.
In a humorous exchange, Young Brown announces plans to name his newborn with the suggestion Gimlet. The suggestion prompts bemused reactions as others question the unusual choice.
Notice to taxpayers of Pima County Arizona Territory that the 1902 assessment roll is on file. The Board of Supervisors will meet as a board of equalization at the Tucson courthouse July 1 1902 at 10 a.m. and continue daily until finished but no later than July 19 then adjourn to meet in August at 9 a.m. All interested must appear.
Drug advertisement notes that the laxative bromo quinine tabs are refundable if they do not cure and that E W Grove’s signature is on every box, offered at 25 cents.
Effective at once the Central railroad announces faster service on the Chicago line. Train No 2 will cut an hour, testing Omaha at 7 45 p m daily with connections via Dodge Waterloo Dubuque Free Rockford arriving Chicago next day at 9 30 am. Train No 4 becomes a daylight train leaving at 7 am via the same route reaching Chicago at 9 45 pm. Through equipment includes vestibuledPalmer cars buffet library smoking reclining chair car and dining car between Omaha and St Paul via Fort Dodge and Alb ers. The new service ties Minneapolis arrival at 6 55 pm.
An Elizabeth man credited Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Azalea Salve with curing his supposedly hopeless cancer after doctors said it was incurable. The article extols Electric Bitters to expel poisons and cure biliousness kidney issues and skin ulcers while Bucklen's Salve treats skin diseases and sores.
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