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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1902
Page
2
The Citizen urges readers to go to the polls next Friday to vote on the high license question. The paper states it supports enacting high license and rational saloon control, urging citizens to participate and act for the community's best interests.
The article discusses Southern Arizona farmers facing financial limits for irrigation and machinery. It urges cooperative action to sow grain collectively, obtain shared equipment, and improve market and feeding efficiency, reducing waste and labor. It warns against retreat into old habits and mocks social snobbery from lingering outdated behavior.
The Department of Agriculture plans experiments to change hogs from dirty to clean animals. Poland China suckling pigs will be raised in a clean pen free of contamination and conditioned in cleanliness until they are one year old. They will choose between clean quarters with baths and sanitary feed or the traditional filthy pigsty.
Pierre Wibaux, a prominent northwest cattleman, predicts the era of large cattle outfits is ending. He says small herd operators will dominate western livestock output as settlers spread, crowds out big outfits, and extend the market season.
The upcoming town vote next Friday is portrayed as a test of prudence and self government. The piece claims local dens and joints claim control over public servants in Tucson and urges residents to demand proper service from their officials.
A call to townspeople to vote Friday in favor of a high license ordinance urging residents to govern locally and resist control by a few men tied to joints dives and dens.
In 1881 on Gazelle peninsula New Britain the observer records cockatoos and wild pigeons drinking sea water. Nearby neighbor notes sea drinking is common among both species with beaches lined by birds. The report adds pigeons’ fondness for chili pepper berries and notes pungent flesh during berry season.
Legends describe birds as wise omens and weather shapers from many peoples including Hurons Dakotas and Alaskans with the thunder bird and storm myths. English rulers including William the Conqueror and Queen Elizabeth I reportedly used vivid oaths and fierce eyes as equivalents to swearing, per the London Tatler.
The excerpt lists the injured after an explosion with humorous faux casualty notes for the Groom Bride Cupid and remarks from Mrs. Gay and Mrs. Schoppen. The tone mocks melodrama and domestic pretensions in a Philadelphia Press reflection.
Fragment from the Ohio State Journal presents a streetwise exchange with boasts and a request to tie hands. It reflects colloquial bravado and a playful mock challenge within a local paper’s quirky notes.
A Pall Mall Gazette excerpt cites a Capuchin source on Nepaul and Rajput practices. It claims high birth Hindus end young daughters through murder or poisoning to avoid illegitimacy and marriage arrangements, with Brahman intermediaries arranging early marriages for money.
The text traces royal titles from Egbert to Elizabeth I, noting the evolution of kingly claims. It covers language barriers for George I, Bosworth Field deaths and coronations, and the adoption of Dieu et Mon Droit by Edward III. It also notes Henry VIII and James I titles, and Elizabeth I claiming king of France.
A father scolds a spendthrift son urging saving to change habit. The rod is used and the boy howls in pain, with a moral that pennies lead to pounds. Also notes on horses in war and a Rembrandt portrait joke from Chicago Herald.
A Washington Star snippet features Plodding Pete asking Mike about wealth and Mike replying with a calm sentiment about frugality and avoiding repetition of polite phrases. The dialogue highlights a simple, humorous rural temperament.
A Maine farm tale shows a landlady's thrift and improvisation as relatives arrive for dinner. A pie rivalry reveals the craft of a famed pie maker and a boy's sly remark about one pie surpassing the other amid family wit.
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