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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1902
Page
2
Residents planning summer travel may have The Citizen mailed to their summer address at the same carrier rate. Leave the address at The Citizen business office located at the corner of Stone Avenue and Broadway or call Main 171.
The piece reflects on Democratic unity and leadership amid forthcoming campaigns. It mentions Cleveland Watterson and Bryan preparing to back the ticket, discusses harmony as broader reconciliation, and notes comments on postmaster appointments and figures like Olney and Corbett. It ends with a satirical jab at King Edward and Morgan.
E G Rathbone lands in New York under Cuban amnesty law and plans to head to Ohio. He is expected to take a leading part in Ohio Republican campaign operations. The piece notes his flamboyant influence despite past trouble.
The Tucson postmaster switch arrives abruptly as Mr. George Cheney leaves a well regarded Republican tenure and Mr. J Knox Corbett resumes the role. Corbett's prior service and solid record are seen as a likely gain for Tucson under Roosevelt era auspices.
A terse inquiry asks what happened to the Rough Etders and whether they will be lost in the shaffe, signaling curiosity about their fate or status.
A Butler Ohio dispatch reports the Old Maids of Sycamore Valley with seventy five members in good standing holding a lively convention. They celebrate remaining unmarried and dodge masculine temptations while playing games and praying for sisters in hymeneal bondage. The piece riffs on biblical virgins and jokes about organizing in Tucson during different zodiac signs.
The piece argues that the term old maid reflects perceived permanence in marriage and notes that the usual marriage age shifts with trends. It cites a wedding of a woman in Indiana and questions whether freedom and leisure would expand if all women remained single.
The Tucson Post is praised for improved workmanship and wiser editorial direction. The paper earns readers’ respect, showing it will continue to gain knowledge and discretion as experience guides intelligence, courage, and fidelity to principle.
Congress again debates a new national bankruptcy law aiming to divide the debtor estate among creditors rather than lawyers and officials. The central issue is crafting a framework that favors creditors and clarifies distribution rules.
Questioning whether N O Murphy will still face the round robin obligations of the Phoenix parsons after entering private citizenship.
A humorous anecdote from the New York Tribune recounts Mr. Weddle visiting Maine who dozes through a church service. While his wife admires a bonnet, the sermon ends and the hat passed among deacons proves not his, as he claims the gray derby isn’t his.
A shop girl grows furious as a woman and her daughter inspect silk waists. After lengthy measurements and trimming details, the clerk notes the contrast in price, remarking that a similar waist could be cut for 7.50 while store prices reach 14.98.
In the English Illustrated Mr W Pett Ridge recalls a theater gallery anecdote. A very stout, good tempered woman wedges into a tight space annoyingly beside a smart youth who shifts his hat. She remarks that he would rather have a gentleman beside him, and she adds that she would too.
During a London theater performance a husband and wife quarrel on stage as jealousy flares. The wife’s muslin dress catches fire from a candle but both actors stay poised. The husband quickly extinguishes the flames and resumes his part, quipping that the wife was ready to flare at the least thing.
The Prussian war office recites a tale from 1866 after the seven weeks war. Guards in the Grenadier regiment lost a cowskin intended for rations, and a long inquiry followed. The colonel was deemed responsible for the missing skin and finally paid 3 thalers, ending the case.
London Answers recounts two fatal mining failures. A new ore vein near the sea at a tin mine caused disastrous flooding after a storm and a sea wall, ruining the owner despite pumps and reinforcements. Derbyshire’s Gpeedwell lead mine tunneled into a hidden cavern, flooded after 40,000 tons of rock dumped, earning the Bottomless Pit name.
The habit of yawning as a threat display is confined to the monkey tribe and is strongest in baboons, with Gibraltar apes also showing it. It likely began as a display of teeth to frighten rivals, similar to a dog. Continuous mouth opening can induce yawning in humans, and two strange baboons in a cage will yawn at each other when confronted or insulted by visitors.
Small quantities of butter lard and beef fat boiled and cooled for a day reveal distinct crystals under the microscope. Butter forms large globular crystals with a bright polarization and a St Andrews cross, lard shows a stellar pattern, and beef fat a foliated form. Over time fresh butter crystals degenerate into rosette shapes.
The note discusses the verb laze in Samuel Rowlands 1610 Martin Markall where laze is linked to street loafers in lawless places Jurke in alehouses and highwaies. It suggests occurrence in Mortimer Colling lyrics with Cupid lazeth among fairies and moral phrases from Notes and Queries.
A fragment from the Atchison Globe notes that some people insist force of will keeps them awake. The brief entry reflects on personal resolve and sleep patterns.
Printers’ Ink explains why newspapers are the foremost publicity vehicle. It claims the paper reaches every home and is read by everyone, unlike billboards streetcar and steamboat cards.
A vintage Atlanta Constitution excerpt recalls a frightened man’s last will expressed in dialect. He asks not to have a long funeral sermon and pleads to avoid the dinner horn so he can rest.
An angry father recalls his daughter spending 1500 dollars on a dress last year and notes the young man had advised her to do it over a year ago as their dialogue ends with a clipped exchange.
A domestic scene from a period column notes a servant newly arrived from Oshkosh reports cleaning rooms making beds and turning on the gas for the night. The mistress detects a sewer gas smell but the servant clarifies preparations are complete.
Fragmentary note cites a playful misquote about expert rapher and expert ness in a church sewing circle. The text references Chicago and a stray mention of Dowd, suggesting a humorous misprint or memetic fragment.
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