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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1902
Page
7
A servant girl is scolded after she tosses her mistress boots into a tub of water claiming it was the fashion of the time. The mistress discovers both boots submerged and asks the reason, prompting the defiant reply from the girl.
The article discusses the city once called Leodem or Layndin meaning the city by the lake. It links Leodem to Brute, a descendant of Cain, naming it New Troy or Troy sant until Lad’s time when walls were added and Caer-Lad or Lud’s town appeared. It notes a claimed city on that site 1107 B C and Romans founding Londinium in A D 61.
The text traces silk from its treasured status in early eras to royal bans and high value. It notes Tiberius forbidding silk for noblewomen and elites, Elagabalus’ silk gown, and Charlemagne’s century 780 exchange of silk coats with King Offa of Mercia.
Excerpts argue cane use harms children while the birch is praised as a reasonable disciplinary tool. The London Lancet contends caning of hands is senseless, but birching may be appropriate for small boys when applied in moderation.
A Lealie's Weekly excerpt explains the fort at Old Point Comfort was built largely by enslaved labor. Slave owners rented workers to engineers for 50 cents per day. laborers received clothes shoes rations and barracks housing. They labored with little attire under military discipline while owners collected hire.
An ax undergoes strict testing for temper, uniform weight, and equal ground. Inspectors hammer the blade to check brittleness, discarding imperfect pieces. The process includes heating five times, passing through about 40 workers, then moving to grinding and polishing on emery wheels.
A nursery tale recounts Harry and Charlie aged five and three at dinner. Harry spots a single orange and nails to summon his mother, crying that there is no orange for Charlie. The exchange highlights child logic and family sharing dynamics.
The Boston Transcript critiques public office tenure, citing Nestor with twenty five years in office and questioning his achievements. It contrasts long tenure with perceived lack of concrete accomplishments, implying a lamentable state of public service.
The passage recalls Charlemagne using his sword to seal treaties with the pommel as his stamp, declaring he signs with one end and will ensure they are kept with the other.
A collage of witty lines and observations contrasts modesty with generosity and arrogance with envy. It references a Swedish school program planting about 600000 trees annually under teacher guidance and notes quips about know-it-alls and stubborn dispositions from several newspapers.
A raised donkey boasts of talents and feats claiming superiority. An owl gently reminds him, and the tale ends with a moral about not overestimating oneself.
In a Welsh maid and an industrious young dealer, a passerby wedding proposal leads to a quick marriage as bells ring in Castletown Isle of Man. The second item notes Castle Rushen clock, presented by Queen Elizabeth I in 1597, still chiming with a single hand for five centuries.
The water of Utah's Great Salt Lake is five to six times as salty as seawater and near the Dead Sea in strength. In summer it runs 20 to 22 percent salt, with saturation just over one third. Across the great basin there are 131 saline lakes and ponds, but none match this lake in size and significance. Many shallow and vanish in heat, leaving salt crusts over acres or miles.
A Texas well emits a musical sound in fine weather resembling a harped note. The sound shifts between clear and distant, fading then returning at regular intervals. East winds lower water and mute the note while west winds raise water and amplify the music.
A dialogue questions whether love defines marriage and answers that all marriages are love marriages. The exchange mentions love of adventure luxury and advertising as examples of different loves.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Press shows Mrs Housekeep scolding Bridget Faith over breaking a fragile Serres piece. Bridget regrets the mishap and expresses relief that the item wasn’t the best piece in the house.
The London Standard recalls Sir John Stainer facing a missing score at Crystal Palace. He conducted the organ solo from memory, delivering a flawless, tour de force rendition of the Messiah, likely the only time such a rendering occurred.
A London News correspondent recalls a Manchurian village scene with Chinese workers bickering over a platform where a boiler is chained. A man is knocked, hits his head, dies, while locals react with grim laughter. A dog is mistreated as wagons move and two Chinese men throw mud at the dog.
The text compares proverbs from Spain China and Thoreau, noting wit and wisdom across cultures. It recalls private letters from the French Revolution showing Parisians living in ignorance amid upheaval, describing recluse oysterlike residents who heard little of the terror.
Yale psychological lab tests stress individual temperaments before exercise regimens. Nervous types need different programs from phlegmatic ones, with mental factors outweighing muscle. Perverse individuals should avoid heavy workouts. phlegmatic need more exertion.
A draw poker tale from the New York Herald describes a man who discards a club and draws a spade to declare a hand of hearts and bets $7. The pot shifts as another player spots the money, illustrating the moral that a wise man calls a spade a spade.
The text advises pausing to compare regret from sharing secrets versus withholding them. It suggests only making a friend a confidant if there are weighty reasons to deem them worthy.
Colonel David Crockett reported after a White House visit that General Jackson, then president, was the most polite man he ever met. When the president handed out the bottle for a guest Crockett said he turned his back and left his friend free to measure the drink as he chose.
On learning a race member was sentenced to the pen for forgery Brother Dickey exclaimed that illiteracy spares him from such misdeeds and he thanks the Lord he cannot read or write. The Atlanta Constitution reflects on education and crime with a regional voice.
In Abyssinia the coffee plant grows wild in great profusion and derives its name from Kaffa, a district of that country.
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