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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1902
Page
2
An Associated Press item notes entry under act of Congress as second class matter at the Tucson Arizona post office, indicating mail classification status for dispatch and distribution.
Citizens may have The Citizen mailed to summer addresses at the same carrier price. Leave address at The Citizen business office Corner Stone Avenue and Broadway or call Main 171. The item recalls King George and taxation without representation while noting modern troubles and Fourth of July orators should address them.
The House Republican majority rejected a southern Democrat's amendment to ban slavery in the Philippines. The piece argues the party now aligns with slavery, contrasting with Lincoln, Sumner, Seward, and others, and notes an estimated 600,000 enslaved in the islands. It asserts imperialism and monopolies influence U.S. policy.
The text argues public concern has shifted from abstract statecraft to achieving good administration. It warns that trusts and monopolies extract wealth under law while political bosses misuse tax power. It calls for minimum taxation paired with maximum efficiency, sound finance, sanitation, fire protection, water, and honest officials. Washington and Brutus are cited as comparing past heroism to present issues.
A Vermont primary corruption wave is described with reports of whisky distributed at polls, cash payments for votes, and inducements including livestock and fishing rights. Witnesses claim bribery was widespread across towns, undermining the primary process and the state’s prohibitory laws.
Governor Murphy, returning from Washington, says Senator Bard of California remains opposed to early statehood progress. He cites pressure from Southern California leaders and the Los Angeles Times as the decisive influence against Bard, describing the Times as an enemy of Arizona despite past patronage.
The report describes a distilled beverage used to sway voters by intoxication. A five gallon mixture includes rye whisky full proof alcohol Indian cocculus tobacco rainwater burnt sugar and would stain the palm white. Senator Dillingham warned on Arizona admission implying it lagged behind American civilization.
Mrs A M Shields of Chambersburg Pennsylvania credits Dr King s New Discovery with saving her from consumption after six months of severe sickness due to hay fever and asthma. She calls it the safest cure for throat and lung diseases and guarantees bottles for 60 cents and 1.00 with trial bottles free at druggists.
A snippet from the Gentleman's Magazine narrates both a miserly Chief Justice Kenyon living in a dreary Lincoln home and Jekyll’s witty remarks. Jekyll mocks epigrammatic talk and comments on a Welsh judge's greed and neglect, offering a sly quip about asking for soap and a wallbrush.
In a quarrel over a burnt toast and weak coffee, John Henry dismisses his wife's pleas for praise after twelve years of cooking. He claims he has never found fault and accuses her of never recognizing compliments, insisting she is the unreasonable one.
A man cared for a large dog while a friend traveled abroad. The dog preferred the chair, so the man devised a plan. He shouted Cats from the window to lure the dog away, then sat in the chair. Later the dog seized the chair when the master rose to inspect.
In a New York Herald dialogue Mrs. Benham questions joy at her mother’s arrival. Benham replies with dry sarcasm, saying it would be odd to “die of joy.” The exchange highlights strained family dynamics in a concise, wry moment.
A piano owner faced a note that sounded faulty, but a dealer showed the jarring tone came from outside the instrument. A glass chandelier globe’s vibration under that note caused the issue, proving environment can make a good piano seem defective.
Popular Science outlines microbial longevity of tuberculosis on books for 103 days and compares lunar visibility 576 parts from earth to 424 hidden. It notes Earth would freeze without atmosphere, outlines retinal impression timing, bullet motion, and a hypothetical 200C below zero sea of gas. It also discusses blood flow, and then the royal arms of England and Scotland with the lion and unicorn, referencing Jacob and Moses blessings.
A museum visitor notes discomfort of medieval armor while another adds a quip about moths not having damaged it. The exchange, cited from the Washington Star, highlights a humorous contrast between weariness and assurance about preserved armor.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt contrasts ancestors who were honest but unfashionable with those who were stylish yet dodged debts, highlighting generational traits and attitudes toward money.
A playful Chicago Tribune line about a housewarming and a wife firing a redheaded cook contrasts with a Cleveland Plain Dealer joke about bees visiting blossoms. The piece closes with a moral admonition against sneering and crushing the finest in others.
Notice to taxpayers of Pima County Arizona Territory that the 1902 assessment roll has been delivered and is open for inspection. The board of supervisors will meet in Tucson at 10 a.m. on July 1 1902 to examine and equalize the assessment, continuing daily until completed but no later than July 19 1902, then adjourn to August 1902. All business must be presented at the July meeting.
Advertisement for Laxative Bromo-Quinine offering a money-back refund if it fails to cure. Drugstore boxes bear E. W. Grove’s signature. Priced at 25 cents.
Effective immediately the C ore Central railroad introduces a faster schedule on its Omaha to Chicago line. Train No 2 will depart Omaha at 7 45 p m daily and reach Chicago at 9 30 a m next day via Dodge Waterloo Dubuque Free and Rockford. Train 4 will leave Omaha at 7 a m reaching Chicago by 9 40 p m the same day. Both trains carry through equipment including a wide vestibuled Pullman sleep car buffet library smoking car reclining chair car and dining car.
An Elizabeth doctor Dr G W Roberts cites a case of an elderly man with supposedly curable cancer. The patient, once hopeless, was reported cured after using Electric Bitters and Arnica salve Buckeye products. The ad touts Bitters as purging biliousness kidney issues and skin eruptions with “matchless healing.” Salve and Bitters offered at druggists for 25 cents.
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