Grays Open Season With Scrub Win At Carillas Gardens
The Grays opened their season yesterday in a three inning scrimmage at Carillas Gardens. Rube Armstrong pitched shutout innings for the Grays as Tucson fans watched promising infielders Ford and Winsor. Armstrngs power at the plate drew cheers and the crowd declared a team worth following.
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Harry Drachman
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Winsor
Weather report from Tucson by Observer Wetmore
In Tucson today the maximum reached 97 degrees. The wind was from the west, the sky clear, and the barometer reading was low.
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Tucson
E. L. Wetmore
Estate of Juan Elias claims invited by May 15 1902 Tucson Arizona
Notice to all persons with legal claims against the estate of Juan Elias deceased to present them by May 15 1902 in proper form at M. T. Carrillo administrator with will annexed located on West Congress street Tucson Arizona. Also contains miscellaneous local ads for leather goods meat market photography tailors and eyewear.
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Congress Street
Tucson
Arizona
M. T. Carrillo
When the Worm Turned
A shiftless husband faces a dramatic life turn when his wife leaves him and returns to a bare house. He discovers a white mug inscribed Think of me, signaling a reckoning for years of neglect and reliance on his spouse.
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Ile
Mother Hubbard
Tie
The American newspaper sets the initial pace
A Booklovers Bulletin note argues Americans think quicker from reading, with newspapers cited as the main source of early inspiration and energy for boys. It contrasts newspaper reading with later growth from books and magazines and contact with people and events.
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New York
Booklovers’ Bulletin
Labrador Ducks Extinct Since 1856 Exhibit Price Highlight
A Chicago Tribune quip notes Labrador ducks in a museum glass case used to cost $1,000 for two specimens. The attendant explains they are the notable exhibit because the birds were shot in 1856 and are now extinct. The visitor jokes about the odor, while remarking he has bought finer ducks for less.
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Labrador
Chicago Tribune
The Poor Tailor Button Woes Cited by Atchison Wife
An Atchison woman complains to her husband that his tailor is poor as she recounts sewing on a button for the third time per the Atchison Globe.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
The Lovable Baby Remembered in Distant Echoes
A nostalgic note recalls a cherished infant once dubbed the sweetest in the world, a memory that lingers despite time and change. The writer reflects on warmth, affection, and evolving perceptions of innocence.
The Flaws In the Rose
The piece argues roses are best kept to back or detached flower gardens due to insect damage and climate issues. It favors peonies for front yards, noting larger blooms quicker bearing and hardiness, while conceding personal rose preference. It cites Wilhelm Miller’s Pilgrim quote.
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America
Wilhelm Miller
Pilgrim
Early Electric Light Experiments With Fruit and Wood
Cadogan Morgan led an 1785 experiment using two wires in wood to produce a spark that luminesces a stick. The same method could light ivory balls, oranges, apples, or lemons as spheroids of bright light. Wires should be within half an inch inside the lemon for the discharge.
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Cadogan Morgan
Hearst
Cynical bachelor quotes a voter on suffrage question
A Chicago Chronicle snippet recalls a bachelor listening to women discuss female suffrage. When asked for his view he delays, recounting a tale of a woman asked how she voted in the recent election. Her reply, given in jest, is about a plum colored gown. He then bows and leaves.
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Chicago Chronicle
Chimney Swifts Adapt to Modern Homes
The article notes that chimney swifts abandoned hollow trees as fires became common with cut forests and rising chimneys. It explains how the birds quickly perceived fires were out by nesting season and began using chimneys, leading to the widespread name chimney swift. The piece cites the Ladies' Home Journal as the source.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Troublesome Flock Member Seeks Husband in Quip
A Chicago News quip features a parson, lawyer and physician describing their most troublesome clients. The parson notes a young woman seeking a husband, the lawyer a middle aged woman seeking a divorce, and the physician a spinster unsure of her desires.
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Chicago News
Useless Expense in Prescription Complaint
A customer recalls paying $3 for a prescription after a drug clerk notes they do not have the named drugs, but offers suitable alternatives. The Boston Transcript comments on the shopper’s regret over the unnecessary expense.
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Boston Transcript
The Reason Why Mesyendorfers Blatter
A brief, cryptic note references a tiny baby and a mistress insisting on condensed milk, with the odd attribution Mesyendorfers Blatter implying a satirical or whimsical item in the page.
Death-defying bullfight without a cape saves life
Cayetano, a famed Spanish toreador, chased an enraged bull with only a dust coat as a capa. He dodged its charges and forced a sharp turn, causing the bull to collapse with a broken backbone as bystanders fled to safety.
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Cayetano
Sailor Surgeon Saved After Drowning Near Medicine Chest
An English warship surgeon famed for prescribing salt water as cure nearly drowned during a squall. After rescue, the captain quips that one could not truly drown in one’s own medicine chest, highlighting the physician's odd medical regime.
Fragmented School Compositions from Vienna Students
Readable lines show youths writing in odd English and broken phrases. The excerpts mention health, martyr bones, a beastly tearing, a four footed walk, a sacrifice of a rich woman, Hannibal in Spain and a distant beckoned troop, and a note about God’s punishment following a ten year span.
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Beines
Hannibal
Spain
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