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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1902
Page
2
Editorial department notes for Delegate to Congress J F Wilson of Yavapai County and Joint Councilman Levi H Manning of Pima County. Announcement states candidate R G Brady seeks supervisor nomination and will run under Democratic county convention action in Pima County.
The Phoenix Republican defends high tariffs and trusts while warning that continued protection boosts consolidation and market risk. It cites a $30,000,000 sewing machine trust and recent failures as signs of looming panics. A Wall Street note urges caution as inside manipulation grows and calls for restraint on trust promoters. A Los Angeles lodging anecdote caps the piece.
The coal mining dispute in Pennsylvania remains stalemated after twenty weeks with both sides refusing to yield. The piece argues public welfare outweighs party demands, urges compulsory arbitration, and notes the state has previously deployed troops to the mining region to maintain order.
The old battleship Iowa once commanded by Fighting Bob Evans reportedly sustained serious damage after a collision with a Brazilian rock. The note laments Bob Evans not being aboard to express sailors' feelings with vigor.
The state declares mining operators responsible to the public for coal supply, likening mines to utilities and warning mine owners they cannot sit idle while fuel is scarce. It condemns proposed license-style controls and defends government intervention to ensure adequate fuel distribution.
It took 9 000 pallotings to nominate a Democratic candidate for Congress in a Texas district. The effort reflects the tough and costly process to persuade Texans to concede and cast ballots.
The Los Angeles Herald urges a concerted campaign for the Omnibus Statehood bill noting two months remain to organize and influence opinion. It argues a December Senate action and a November election outcome, with Arizona to elect a Democratic delegate to Congress and maintain current political conditions to secure passage. Colonel Wilson's election is seen as crucial.
The piece notes a new candy manufacturers trust with a nine million dollar capitalization. It jokes on the durability of the arrangement and hints at lingering consumer concerns as cooler weather reduces demand. It also contrasts politics in Missouri and Pennsylvania linking boodler prosecutions to party lines.
The article explains how oceans formed from steam to liquid water and how salts condensed from gases to solids. Land and rivers brought salts into the sea, while ocean chemistry added more brine, now totalling about 7,000,600 cubic miles. Removing all salt instantly would not lower sea level.
A tale recalls the late king of Prussia gifting an aide-de-camp Colonel Malachowsky a small bound portfolio with 500 crowns. After reading the first volume, the officer praises it as highly as possible and asks for a second. On the officer’s birthday, the king returns a second portfolio engraved This book is complete in two volumes.
A reminiscence recalls General Hancock during Gettysburg as surgeons remove his clothing after a wound. Despite medical warnings he orders an aid to convey to General Meade that the enemy is low on ammunition, joking that he was wounded by a tenpenny nail.
A Philadelphia bachelor returns from the Pacific coast with a Chinaman valet recruited by San Francisco friends who said orientals make good servants. The valet keeps a half dollar found on the floor for honesty, later explaining he kept the scarfpin as the same act unfolds.
A London Natural History Museum scene shows Professor Edwin Ray Lankester examining a visitor who brings two eggs she believes are auk eggs worth a fortune. He explains they are from an extinct auk and that the eggs are not hawks eggs, correcting the misunderstanding.
A Town and Country notice notes a singer advancing in her career. The dialogue contrasts past encore performances with present stage manner, highlighting a shift from singing to smiling as a sign of growing confidence.
In a brief notes column the Ohio State Journal records a remark where a speaker recalls a rejected marriage proposal addressed to a friend. The exchange highlights concern for others and affection among companions.
A German botanist reports that one use of sensitive plant leaf movements is to deter small creeping insects by signaling movement. The finding suggests a defensive role for thigmonastic responses in plants.
A fragment discussing Japanese women and marriage norms contrasts lower and upper classes, noting supposed motives for cosmetic habits and divorce practices, then shifts to a casual Chicago Post social note about a sister's perceived strength and social charm.
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