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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1902
Page
3
Editorial extols the Arizona Democrats platform as clear and principled, condemning imperialism and monopolies while backing eight hour workdays and equal taxation for corporations. It urges all Arizonans to subscribe to the platform’s doctrines as sound and just for voters.
In Kansas a widower wed again only two weeks after his wife's burial. Neighbors arrived with tin horns and serenaded him, prompting a stern retort at his door about the impropriety of such uproar at a recent funeral site.
The piece argues the coal miners strike harms the nation with high prices and shortages. It accuses operators of prolonging the strike for profit and claims anthracite mines violate law and that Pennsylvania authorities are blocked by political machines. It urges citizens to assist in identifying responsible individuals.
If we accept Roosevelt's suggestion and wait for an amendment to the Constitution before we begin to control the trusts, the trusts have nothing to fear.
The article lauds Charles M. Shannon though he was defeated for the delegate nomination. It portrays him as loyal to the Democratic party, hardworking and principled. It notes his thirty years in Arizona, his mining work, and argues his prudent vote against the eight hour law was justified. It predicts a future return to public service when Arizona statehood nears.
The latest proposition is a candy trust facing difficulties. If the trust makers secure candy and millinery, women will pursue them, signaling real trouble ahead as the conflict escalates.
Hon George P Blair of Pinal county praised for inserting the eight hour day clause into the Democratic platform. Blair, a mine manager, has long advocated the policy and now secures formal party support.
The article discusses Jules Verne predicting the end of the novel as newspapers will supply future literature. It notes plots grow threadbare from mass writers and rehashed genres while questioning whether literary fashions change like clothing. It cautions readers to weigh Verne’s view carefully.
The passage argues that literature forms reflect their eras as epic and essay evolve. It notes the novel’s youth and aging, praising timeless reading yet warning that mass production harms style and quality. It laments rapid book production and hints at a critic’s view of future taste.
The article notes Edwin Markham's well known poem written before a new hoe trust arrangement emerged. It reports that Markham's man could not now afford to own a hoe due to the formation of this trust.
The banker J Pierpont Morgan declined an offer to pose for a photograph, saying he would not do it even for five million dollars. The remark humorously implies higher sums would be required, hinting at his famed nose and public image.
The Pima county delegation to the Democratic Territorial convention is praised as strong and earnest, its members representing their constituents well. It played a leading role in platform preparation and adoption, backing eight hour day, mine inspection, and other reform measures.
A London solicitor seeks to win a woman by finding her estranged brother in a South American copper mine. After two years with little progress, a chance encounter at a railway station reveals the brother, leading to family reunion and the solicitor’s acceptance as a qualified member.
The St Louis Star explains folk etymology as a toy of language where carryall stems from carride a French diminutive car. It notes the common habit of shaping unknown words to familiar ones and cites sparrow grass from asparagus. The piece highlights how memory faults and conscience are linked in linguistic mishearing.
The article compares Hay and Blaine in their eulogies for McKinley and Garfield delivered before Congress on Feb 27. It cites Hay’s focus on civic virtue and Garfield’s sea imagery of dying with the nation’s healing.
The paradise fish of China is a cultivated aquarium rarity found nowhere in the wild. Males grow to about three and a half inches with a pumpkin-seed body shape and vivid colors including azurine blue gills, crimson sides, blue-bordered fins, and a scarlet spine on the ventral fins.
A London Chronicle note argues for mounting a horse from either side to meet emergencies, criticizing the idea that right side mounting is the sun’s way. It notes hostlers would fine riders who mount on the right in a hotel yard and mentions trick horses and wine being served in the same manner.
A humorous anecdote from the New York Times recalls Henry Clews riding a western railroad train. He is confronted by a rough man who jokes about Clews being bald. Clews replies that he was late in getting hair and would rather have none than the poor substitute.
The Indianapolis News quotes Pa explaining absentminded as thinking, prompting the boy to consider his own thoughts. The exchange emphasizes quick, plain insight and a homey teaching moment in a brief column style.
In a light hearted exchange a groom asks how his wife knew he loved her and she replies he was foolish in moments. The Philadelphia Record notes the playful dialogue as a charming moment in domestic life.
A lighthearted remark from the Atchison Globe notes that when an old bachelor feels blue he regrets having no wife to whine to. The quip captures a quiet social humor about companionship and marriage.
The Atlantic essay argues that novelists like Thackeray Scott and Eliot can elevate ordinary people through patient exposition. It notes how gradual character development reveals dignity in moral struggle and makes plain figures come alive through subtle, revealing touches that show growth and change.
The article explains that precipitation and cold drive glacier creation, not cold alone. It notes regions like Tibet and parts of North America lack ice springs despite constant cold, then describes snowfall filling valleys, avalanches, and repeated deposits creating thick ice. Water infiltration and refreezing aid movement as the ice forms and advances downslope.
Brown urges acts to boost others enjoyment while Jones admits to making a fool of himself. The New York Press frames the exchange as light commentary on social conduct and self-awareness.
The piece traces the historic boy bishop custom on St. Nicholas Day from medieval England. It notes Dean Colet’s St Paul’s School statutes requiring scholars to hear the boy bishop’s sermon and offer a penny, the 1554 London bishop’s order for parish elections, and the later rise of Protestant reforms and the Eton Montem as a continuation. It adds a line linking the “boy preacher” to an earlier English tradition.
A reflection from the Atchison Globe on charity toward others and the temptation to gossip. The piece argues great minds ignore rumors, and all people possess faults, urging charitable silence and restraint in judgment.
Turnip seeds once planted too deep remain dormant for seven years then sprout. The observation notes long dormancy and delayed germination tied to burial depth.
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