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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1902
Page
8
LA PAZ Bolivia November 17 Preparations are under way for an 8 000 man army commanded by President Pando to move against Bolivian revolutionists in the Acre territory. Additional forces gather along the route and the expedition is expected to begin in December.
In New Orleans on November 17 a fresh dispute erupts between Shaffer head of the Amalgamated Association of Steel Workers and Gam Gompers leader of the American Federation of Labor. Shaffer accuses Gompers and Mitchell of Mine Workers of withholding support for the 1900 steel strike. A five member special committee will be appointed to investigate the matter.
New York reports Standard Oil company has declared a dividend of 10 dollars per share. In local entertainment, Eagles advertise Rostock trained wild animal show boasting lions tigers leopards and other exotic acts led by famed trainer Lorenzo. The program features Wallaces the man eating lion and acts by Mlle Dorine Ricardo Mme Salva and Mlle Flora with educated bears.
A stream of rhymed quips markets Troy Laundry Co with a call to wash and a claim of an itchy skin plague. It promotes Dean's ointment for relief at drug stores and ends with a nod to The Citizen newspaper.
An account of Amoy on its island showing a centuries old burial ground invading streets wells and homes. The city's 400000 residents live among 5000000 graves with two to six foot wide roads carrying waste and open plazas serving as dumps. Filth and disease accompany ongoing interments.
Lord Spencer of Althorp, famed book collector, bought a bric-a-brac marmalade pot for two guineas in Bond Street. A china connoisseur later declared the piece worthless, noting the pot is a shilling marmalade pot with a green thistle decoration.
Mr Hyde dismisses his wife's wish to join a women’s self improvement society while Mrs Hyde argues for learning. He insists women belong at home and to rely on husbands, citing St Paul. He ends by throwing a boot at a cat and scolding a child.
A dialogue where Miss Skylight asks a professor for a life course and journal ideas. The professor suggests she is destined to be a mil finer and dedicate herself to a vast, wondrous life work. The exchange emphasizes ambition and grand structural beauty in the world.
An article discusses how wet clothing can conduct lightning and pass current without harming the body, while clothing can be struck and people killed. It notes feet coverings offer high resistance and protection as lightning exits the body.
A mother scolds Elsie for throwing clothes on the floor while Elsie claims she learned herself. The theater lights reveal men on stage who rarely leave between acts, providing a backdrop to the domestic moment.
A humorous Victorian anecdote recounts how Alexandre Dumas promised a six volume romance on snakes to Le Grand Journal editor M de Villemessant. He sent a short feuilleton instead, with a few lines and a copied essay on snakes, ending with a promise to cover the boa constrictor next.
The article explains reading and drawing as ways dogs track birds by foot scent and air scent. It notes drawing is superior for accuracy and speed. Pointing is the stop before locating birds, while a flush occurs if birds take wing.
A New York Times item notes a striking paradox as a man who appears white due to pallid features and gray hair is actually a colored minister. Readers are told this “black white man” is seen daily in the city and is fond of hot ice cream puffs, a curious contrast to his outward look.
The glass is polished on both sides then placed on a firm table with upturned edges. Tin foil sheets cover the plate and quicksilver is spread over it to form an amalgam that creates a reflecting surface.
A brief humorous aside recounts a moment when a girl tried to kiss the speaker and another observer questions the reaction. The narrator says he was up in arms briefly, indicative of comic bravado typical of the Smart Set tone.
A quirky dialogue questions what experience is, with a playful line about headaches from confronting the world. The speaker’s odd phrasing centers on a pun about facing challenges, ending with a character named Puck.
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