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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1902
Page
4
Name list appears with Treacher 2 NAT E. HAWKE and Justices of the Peace Wiley H. Tussing W. S. Bartlett.
The district court of the first judicial district convened at the courthouse this morning for the October term. Judge George R. Davis presided as the opening day drew a crowd, with a few jurors summoned on the grand jury venire and much of the audience likely there out of curiosity.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for indigestion stomach diseases and digestion related weakness. It claims enriched blood liver stimulation nourished nerves and renewed health with a testimonial from Thomas A Swarts of Columbus Ohio who gained 27 pounds after eight bottles and six weeks. Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are said to cure constipation.
The district court opened with 21 prisoners in custody and seven on bail as a heavy criminal calendar loomed. Spectators included many legal professionals while Manuel Borquez and Teodoro Elias showed visible decline from confinement. Grand jurors were sworn under a new law requiring 13 to 15 members and a nonunanimous verdict system.
Advert claims Burdock Blood Bitters deliver pure blood to improve tone and invigorate the entire system. The copy emphasizes health benefits and overall wellness.
The New York Tribune describes how the Du Pont family runs powder mills nationwide with a strict despotism. A chosen few lead in danger, with elders and uncles often succeeding as heads to ensure capable management, despite fatal risks and repeated escapes from death.
A Detroit Free Press piece asserts that U S citizens traveling abroad do not lose citizenship or government protection. They may lose voting rights when abandoning residence, regain them by returning home, while other nations claim authority over naturalized natives abroad.
An Anglo-Russian correspondent in Astrakhan reports a coroner and clerk debating a bottle found with a murdered man. The coroner tests the liquid and declares it gin despite the clerk's view it is vodka. After repeated tastings, he orders the note to state the bottle was empty and attempts to determine its contents failed.
A Ruskin quote laments vanity in seeking knowledge and light. It argues that pride hinders true understanding, while knowledge and light are good. yet humans perish if they cling to self importance instead of embracing the mystery and endless journey of learning.
The Oaks Stakes derives its name from Lambert's Oaks once an inn in the parish of Woodmansierne England. The house was built for the Hunter's Club under a Lambert family lease and later became General Burgoyne's residence. It then passed to the Earls of Derby with the twelfth Earl making major improvements.
A young man asks if he would be accepted by a millionaire’s family. The reply is a blunt no, followed by the millionaire’s own doubt voiced last night.
A fragment notes soap produced by The N. K. Fairbank Company in Chicago. The readable portion mentions this Chicago firm as the maker of the soap product referenced.
The text credits Don Perignon as a poor blind monk who managed vineyards in a royal monastery and devised the cork stopper for champagne. It notes his experiments with wines led to the use of corks, praising the material for its impermeability elasticity and lightness.
The Tucson temperature report by Observer FE. L. Wetmore lists wind from the southeast and clear skies with increasing cloud cover forecast. Minimum maximum and mean values are not provided in the readable text.
Historic advertorial claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures eczema blotches and skin eruptions. It also heals sore lips chapped hands and chilblains while being infallible for piles. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
The story recounts the artist Charles Frith purchasing a self portrait he had forgotten painting. A shopkeeper reveals the painting labeled as Frith, an elderly, once-young image valued because the artist is deceased. Frith learns the sitter is deceased and dies long after from drink.
Pease Novelty Co advertises freight savings on typewriters slot machines and other automatic devices For sale or rent at 42 Court Street Tucson Ariz Call 2281 CHAS A HOFF Secretary No 388S Stone Avenue seeks applications for street car conductors
D S Valencia relocates carriage stand to the corner of Congress and Stone at Alex Rossi's saloon and can be reached by phone 661. C A Stevens returns from a year off and resumes the old baggage express business at the People’s Store. prompt attention promised for all work left in care.
An advertisement announces the opening of fine millinery at the Leader Millinery Parlors starting Thursday October 2 and for the same week. The notice lists RS M E Boggs at No 25 Congress Street and CHAS A Hoff at No 28 S Stone Avenue with contact Tel 161. Also promotes Dr Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry as a natural remedy for looseness of the bowels.
The swan can reach about 200 years, the falcon 162, and an eagle died aged 1819 after being captured 104 years earlier. Parrots exceed a century, ravens over 100, magpies 20 to 25 in captivity, hens 15 to 20, doves about 10, and small songbirds eight to seventeen with the nightingale at ten as the maximum.
An Detroit based company advertises Herpicide as the only hair preparation that kills the dandruff germ. The ad claims the product cures dandruff and prevents falling hair, urging readers to send 10 cents for a sample to the Herpicide Co. Dept. D Detroit Michigan.
A traveler recalls ordering a tenderloin in Durango that proved inedible as the steak was so tough a fork could not pierce it. The hotel owner insists it is the best in the house and cannot be returned, insisting it is bent.
A vintage advertisement touts DeWitts Little Early Risers to prevent fever biliousness and liver disorders by cleansing the system gently. It also promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a house staple for accidents and emergencies, sold at Bell's Pharmacy.
Mothers worry as winter nears while children fall prey to croup. One Minute Cough Cure is marketed as a fast, safe remedy for coughs colds grip bronchitis and lung trouble with claims of immediate relief available at Bell's Pharmacy.
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