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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1902
Page
7
The Chicago Record-Herald notes water rights in Palestine as sacred and inviolate. Rich sheiks bore costs for basins and artesian wells while共 wells remained public trust with no neighbor water denial. Damaging or filling a well was an unpardonable crime linked to biblical history.
A London Telegraph story cited by The Times of India portrays Yemen Arabs as stern and violent. An Arab sheik frees a man on bail after a wife’s intervention. the man reoffends, and the first wife returns with his head demanding no public disgrace.
A Chicago gas fitter fixes a dim burner by washing the chimney for fifty cents. A Germantown host learns blunt honesty when a foreign novelist departs, prompting an act of polite frankness. Red snow in Arctic regions is blamed on unicellular algae, turning acres white overnight. Lord Charles laments insistence on his father’s hair as a social demand leads to a blunt reply about personal limits.
The firm’s staff debates how to tell the head about the cashier’s disappearance with the cash missing. The head clerk finally reveals the crisis after a distracting dogfight ends as the head’s carriage arrives. The boss reacts with disbelief, then realization.
A burglar fails to open a bureau drawer as humidity stalls the attempt in a damp house. The sleeping owner taunts him, offering a share of valuables if the drawer yields, then the intruder bolts through the window with part of the sash as payment.
In a West Twenty third street boarding house two young men known for opposite temperaments, a jovial and a bear-like one, are described by a dining room maid through a humorous breakfast scene involving a dumb waiter and a steak order.
A Success magazine writer argues that overcoming morbid sensitiveness requires mingling with others freely and judging oneself as an equal to friends. Will power and determination can conquer self-doubt, enabling people once held back to rise to commanding positions through sustained effort.
A psycho logical writer described a pendulum experiment where suspending a watch by its chain and concentrating thoughts causes the pendulum to swing in the intended direction or pattern. He notes that avoiding hand movements is difficult when focused on the motion.
A Nottingham clergyman praises a local tailor for repairs then blurts out that “When I want a good coat I go to London” and the tailor retorts that for a good sermon he goes to London. The quip plays on London’s mastery of goods and sermons.
A column debate features Raynor asserting belief in ghosts after personal sightings, while Shyne says they have never seen any. The exchange highlights contrasting views on paranormal experiences and intuition.
A rhymed guide lists home remedies for common issues. It advises poisons to use mustard or salt in warm water, borax and wet bandages for burns, oil and dry flannel for blistering, warm baths for convulsions, castor oil with a cool head, ipecac for croup, and laying a fainting person flat. It also mentions hot water for sprains and general warnings to follow rules to reduce pain.
The paradise fish of China is a cultivated aquarium rarity not found in the wild. Males reach 3.5 inches, with a pumpkin seed like body, ashy gray head, azurine gills, yellow red eyes, and crimson sides with blue stripes, large dorsal and anal fins, and scarlet ventral spines.
The London Chronicle notes a strict convention on mounting from the left side only, warning even bearded horsemen to practice on both sides. It says a right side mounting in a hotel yard could incur a fine and stun the horse, and jokes the same rule applies to after dinner wine as “the way of the sun” explanation.
A London solicitor earns a girl by finding her long missing brother in a South American copper mine. After two years with no progress, a chance reunion occurs when the man without warning matches the photo. The story ends with the solicitor becoming a fully qualified member of the bar. Also discussed is folk etymology with examples like carryall from carridle and sparrowgrass from asparagus and a light remark about Flyptskyn.
A quoted dialogue compares a yacht named Nancy seen near the Jersey coast and a second yacht, with reports from the New York Times. The scene shifts to a Pyrenean watering place where table talk recounts a remarkable echo audible far away on the Franco Spanish frontier. An Adamant local notes the echo crosses borders and keeps linguistic character beyond the frontier.
Ordinance No 161 levies an annual ad valorem tax of 100 cents per $100 of assessed value in Tucson for 1902. Funds allocated: General Fund 80, Territorial Bond 5, Sinking Fund 5, Health Sewerage Drainage 10. Taxes due ten days after publication. delinquent December third Monday 1902.
Advert shows Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a cure for eczema blotches sores pimples and skin blemishes. Claims to improve the face remove eczema salt rheum sore lips chapped hands chilblains and piles. Priced 25 cents at druggists.
Frank Massoletti has prepared a petition to the mayor and common council of Tucson requesting opening of a retail liquor store and saloon at 38 Gay Alley. Conditions in ordinance No 158 have been complied with. Date stamps 14-24.
First class alfalfa at the Allis ranch three dollars per month. Horses called for and returned. Drop a card. Ranch two miles south of town. W. W. Allis advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets 25 cents with E. W. Grove’s signature on each box and money back if not cured.
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