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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1902
Page
2
Editorial urges voters to support a modern city government in Tucson focusing on streets waterworks parks and a new city hall. It champions arbitration in mining disputes and criticizes coal barons highlighting public welfare and accountability.
The piece argues the Indian question remains a perpetual policy challenge with 1890 and 1900 census figures showing growth from 259000 to 270000. It notes immense diversity among tribes, calls for tailored approaches, and cites Albert Smiley claiming Indians are a genuine American group needing distinct handling despite limitations on citizenship. It contrasts costs with the Filipino issue, noting higher labor and military costs abroad.
Washington reports say coal barons and miners gather to seek settlement without the president’s arbitration commission. The public would welcome a peaceful, fair agreement, though editors regret the case was not fully revealed and tried before the Roosevelt appointees. The coal operators resist making business dealings fully public.
Washington dispatch reports the Secretary of the Senate cannot locate the special order for the Omnibus bill. The order was said to be made by unanimous consent, a practice not recorded in minutes and described as the Senate's most sacred and binding rule.
The measure will be called up on December 10 and remain unfinished business until disposed of. The notice indicates the bill’s status as a pending item in the legislative agenda.
President Eliot criticizes labor unions and advocates long hours while noting the gains from shorter work periods. Hon. L. O. Cowan of Pima County announces candidacy for Speaker of the Arizona House in the 22nd General Assembly, with expectations he will be chosen due to regional balance and Democratic strength.
A verse tale follows the Senator Men in a dusty private car moving through the west. They dismiss the dust on the window as insignificant while imagining wondrous lands and ancient ruins. As the train nears valleys, a crowd forms and the dreamers see the Men Who Were and Who May, set against a restless landscape.
The text depicts a critique of Senators scolding Indigenous people while condemning their own faults. Harrison Conrard of Flagstaff Arizona cites a dated remark from November 23. The piece implies social and racial tensions but presents them in a critical voice.
A university dean plans to move a hotel to Suwanee to serve as a dormitory but local townspeople obtain an injunction claiming the building is public property. A legal fight ensues and the university ultimately loses its bid. Knights of Old. armor and recovery remarks follow with notes on hospital opinions and patent foods.
A dialogue about a woman who shares in the speaker’s joys but leaves to visit her mother when sorrows arise, illustrating domestic partnership and emotional distance.
Humorous quarrel echoes in a brief Chicago News jab about proposing and questioning the elder after engagement.
On a boat the other night a lower berth vs upper berth dream prompts a quip about oversleeping. Uncle and Nephew banter about memory and a directory, culminating in a playful bet on reciting names Muller Muller Muller from the directory.
A Baltimore Herald quip contrasts superstitions about June weddings with a Chicago woman who claims August is her favorite month because she always marries then and leaves with alimony and fees from divorce courts.
Church gathering features a narrator quoting a biblical line about hospitality. A wheezy organ fills the open window as the Rev Flat Foot leads a crowd of strangers on a galorious Sabbath morning toward a collection.
Authors recount tales of the Du Pont family enforcing a fatal courage rule in powder works and a midnight intruder at the Bank of England. The stories describe daring escapes and a sewer-dweller entering the bank’s strongroom, highlighting curiosity about security and risk across eras.
A Ruskin quotation extols knowledge and light while warning that pride can derail pursuit. It notes the journey is endless and the treasure inexhaustible, reflecting on humility before mystery as humanity's safeguard. The text cites Lambert's Oaks inn in Woodmansterne and its famous owners and owners’ lineage.
A dialogue contrasts trustworthiness with punctuality as a watchman is mocked for focusing on timekeeping. The speaker questions the man's reliability while illustrating his obsession with precise clocks and the 12 o'clock whistle.
A dialogue shows a child asking about words as a mother dismisses direct definition and urges schooling. The piece contrasts parental instruction with the child’s curiosity and a insistence on work for education. In a separate note, Frederick Goodall recounts Wellington buying Wilkie’s Chelsea Pensioners for 600 guineas, insisting on cash over a check to avoid bankers learning his naïveté.
A quotation discusses tracing descent from princes to slaves and slaves to princes. It cites Tiberius on blood acquired versus blood inherited and mentions Curtius Rufus as a figure associated with the idea. The passage emphasizes self-made heritage and strength through personal achievement.
A compact glance at two brief opinion snippets from presses. The Indianapolis News notes space constraints cut down coverage while a fair snake claim is corrected from twenty to thirty one feet. The Philadelphia Record adds a quip about trouble seeking rather than trouble itself.
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