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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1902
Page
8
The Eagles bring the Bostock trained wild animal show featuring lions tigers leopards panthers jaguars bears wolves hyenas and hybrids In charge is Lorenzo the famed trainer with acts like Wallace the lion known for killing three trainers The lineup also includes Mlle Dorine Ricardo Mme Starva and Mile Flora with educated bears and a globe spanning menagerie.
A Phoenix citizen describes kidney related backache and how Dean's Kidney Pills eased his six to seven year issue after cold spells settled in his kidneys. He and druggist Geo Martin report positive results with Doan's Kidney Pill and Doan's Ointment. Foster Milburn Co. is sole US agent. The ad notes 50 cents and urges the brand name Dean's. Also mentions piano teacher Miss Kate Hendricks and leather goods at B G Capo's.
A dramatic production titled The Silver Dagger with scenic effects and a splendid cast plays tonight at the Opera House. The show features costuming and is presented by Snyder and Pasco. The notice promotes the performance and adds a humorous line about washing.
A Dopseytown Pennsylvania reader claims remarkable results from two weeks use of Dr Kings New Life Pills. The notice asserts the product cures constipation and liver troubles and notes the 25 cent price at all druggists.
In the Probate Court of Pima County Arizona the estate of Juan Elias deceased is ruled by Miguel T Carrillo administrator with the will annexed. The court has set November 27 1902 at 10 o clock a m for settlement of the annual account. Any person interested may appear and file exceptions in writing to contest the account. Dated Tucson Arizona November 15 1902. S W Purcell Ex Officio Probate Judge.
The article notes Japanese people endure damp winter with little effort to mitigate it. Bushido belief devalues cold and samurai training supposedly blunts discomfort. Hibachi heat is minimal and houses are open or lightly built with paper panes. Coolies wear thin clothing while vendors and women endure exposed conditions.
Eben Be Rexford advises fern lovers to start with young plants and keep roots moist with soil. Transplant from native sites with soil, place in a shady, light soil area, and wrap roots in a basket. Water often and shade after planting, noting that some fronds may die but most leaves survive with careful handling.
In Travailes of Edward Webb a famed tale describes wilde men in Prester John and in Constantinople chained for their brutal acts. A naturalist notes ants performing elaborate ablutions as a paired, pleased grooming scene. We meet flower bearers now laying bricks to honor living heroes.
The account places seven golden cities on a mid ocean island west of Africa. Bishops and followers fled Moorish conquest, boarded ships, landed on an unknown island, burned ships to stay, and founded cities famed in lore. Early navigators sought it, with many never returning, believed held by inhabitants.
The piece traces Delhi as India’s historic heart from ancient claims of world rule dating to 1000 B C through Hindu Muslim alternations, Mogul rule, and British conquest in 1803. It notes Old Delhi’s ruins, modern Delhi via Shah Jahan, the 5000-worker mosque, Humayun’s tomb, Jai Singh’s observatory, and the seventy-column hall.
A tale from Alabama recalls a Black coachman who faced a voter suppression incident as a county undertaker accused him of being buried a decade earlier for attempting to vote. The second vignette highlights a dining room server mishearing guests' soup orders, delivering three tomatto soups, each matching a different pronunciation, to comic effect.
A housemaid ate the plums instead of pitting them after being shown how to stone them. The mistress returned to find a plate of plum stones. The maid explained she had eaten them, mum, as instructed.
Three school children argue about ancestry with one bragging that their mother says they descend from Mary Queen of Scots. The others claim similar lines, until one points out that another child is a boy, ending the bragging tease in a light social observation from the New York Times.
A man recalls a past doctor’s prediction that he would be a dead man in six weeks and asks the physician to tell a despondent friend there is no hope, reflecting on optimism and despair. The exchange appears in the New York Herald.
A young man proposed after church one Sunday evening. The woman, though too young and unwilling, agreed only if her father gave consent. He learned the next day that her father had been dead for years, ending the plan.
A railway excursion ticket is only valid for ten days according to an announcement. The husband questions the rule while the wife notes the guarantee compares favorably to his assurances, as reported by the Rich mond Dispatch.
A humorous note says Browne, when needing an ad and lacking funds, will craft one by straightening a corkscrew, illustrating his thrifty or economical nature in a witty anecdote.
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