Fatal Discoveries Buried With Men Who Possessed Secrets
London Tit-Bits recounts scientists and inventors whose breakthroughs were lost with them. Sawbridge’s fulminite exploded with his lab, Taranti’s stained glass secret died with him, a Scotsman’s billiard ball formula vanished after a fatal accident, Herbert Franklin’s color plate method failed to survive, and Adams’s titanium-like tallium dream ended in mental collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Exeter
Sawbridge
Luigi Taranti
Taranti
Ostia
Rome
Italy
Coiot
Herbert Franklin
Chicago
Adams
America
London
Union Arizona News Views and Gossip
The piece reports on union, business, and mining news across Arizona and Sonora. It notes a Las expansion including S P company oil tank at Benson and El Paso Southwestern railroad growth from Cochise to Naco and Clifton, with a possible coast extension. It mentions a Bisbee strike, mail delivery disruption, and the Independent Order of Newspaper Carriers walkout. It covers the Cananea coke shortage forcing Cananea smelters to close early, and local incidents including Emil Sidow's death at Safford and a large mineral exhibit in Prescott.
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Bisbee
Amalgamated Association of the Independent Order of Newspaper Carriers
Epes Randolphi
Cananea, Yaqui River & Pacific Railroad
Colorado
Arizona
Sonora
Cochise
Naco
Clifton
Uncommon Colds and the Pierce Medicine Ad
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for coughs bronchitis and lung weakness. It cites a testimonial from Rev Frank Hay praising relief after using two bottles and warns against substitutes while noting Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for dizziness and headaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Golden
Frank Hay
Nortonville
Jefferson Co
Kansas
Dr. Pierce
Tung Po Teaches Teamaking From Running Water Verse
The article presents Tung Po’s tea making recipe with a claim to a Chinese poet authority. It prescribes boiling water from a stream, using a very hot teapot, and a teaspoonful of tea for two cups plus one for the pot. It warns that leaves rise if the water is not scalding hot.
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Tung Po
Origin of wards tied to St Barbara tale in Germany
German soldiers credit St Barbara for the invention of gunpowder. A monk Berthold Schwarz reportedly mixed white salt heart, black coal soul, and heavenly sulphur after reading her martyrdom tale, and a loud explosion occurred when fired, seen as gunpowder’s birth.
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Berthold Schwarz
St. Barbara's
Belief in the Theory of Words and Color Effects
A Cleveland Plain Dealer column contemplates the idea that words can affect mood like colors. The writer admits uncertainty about color influence but jokes that hearing the phrase lines busy makes them foam at the mouth.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Notable Horse Sale Conversation Cited in Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press quotes Briggs sarcastically praising a fine horse while Griggs counters that the animal had no blemish inside. The exchange highlights skepticism about the horse’s true condition and seller credibility.
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Briggs
Griggs
Detroit Free Press
Inconstant Women Zit: Man Lashes Out After Admitting Truth
A Chicago News item notes a man railing when a woman proves his claim on women's unpredictability. The piece frames the incident as a test of character and restraint amid public commentary.
Report of Condition of Consolidated National Bank at Tucson 1902
The report lists resources and liabilities of the Consolidated National Bank at Tucson Arizona Territory as of September 15 1902 with details on cash specie deposits reserves and notes outstanding. It includes names H B Tenney cashier and notary A M Franklin and a brief note on Seri Indians and their migration toward Tiburon island and cannibalism allegations.
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Tucson
Territory of
Arizona
County
Pima
H. B. Tenney
A. M. Franklin
M. P. Freeman Samuel Hughes
Northern
Lower
California
Tiburon Island
Willard Hotel Serves New Meals for Tucson Readers
An offer encouraging Tucson diners to visit the Willard Hotel for meals not previously available in the city. The notice invites patrons to drop in any time before Sunday to sample the new dining option and form their own impression.
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Willard Hotel
Tucson
Hair Brushlinked Dandruff Causes Baldness Warned
Professor Anna of Hamburg, a European skin disease authority, warns dandruff spreads via shared brushes and urges Nebro's Herpicide as a germ killer and antiseptic to prevent contagion. Sample available for 10 cents in stamps from the Herpicide Co. Dept. D Detroit Michigan.
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Anna
Hamburg
Germany
Herpicide Co
Dept
Detroit
Michigan
Buy at Home. Pease Novelty Co.
Tucson retailer Pease Novelty Co advertises freight savings on typewriters slot machines and automatic machines for sale or rent at 213 North Meyers Street with phone contact 2281.
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Pease Novelty Co
North Meyers Street
Tucson
Ariz
Lingering Summer Colds Prompt Quick Cure Claim
A short notice touts One Minute Cough Cure to break up lingering summer colds. It promises fast, safe relief for coughs colds croup bronchitis and throat and lung troubles and notes children like it from Bell's pharmacy.
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Sumer
Bell’s Pharmacy
Local crafts and recruitment note touts car conductor training
A brief recruitment ad invites applicants for street car conductors with CHAS A HOFF secretary at 38 S Stone Ave. It also promotes B G Capo selling hand carved leather goods in new designs at low prices.
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Chas. A. Hoff
S. Stone Avenue
B. G. Capo’s
Fairy Soap Gold Dust twins ad at Brown's
An advertisement at Brown's promotes GOLD DUST twins for chores. It notes the product is made only by The N. K. Fairbank Company of Chicago New York and Boston, makers of Fairy Soap.
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N. K. Fairbank Company
Chicago
New York
Boston
Not Doomed for Life and Sales Notes
W A Greer of Mc Connellsville Ohio credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with curing years of piles and fistula after doctors failed. The ad promotes cures for burns cuts corns sores eruptions and other ailments with a money back guarantee and lists availability at druggists. Mrs L H Robertson returns from San Francisco with a full ready to wear hat line at W F Kitt's millinery department.
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W. A. Greer
McConnellsville
Bucklen
Zac
L. H. Robertson
W. F. Kitt’s
San Francisco
Tucson Citizen’s Notable Arizona Circulation Lead Comment
The Tucson Citizen holds the largest newspaper circulation in Arizona except for one competitor.
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The
Tucson Citizen
Arizona
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Mr. Sidow
Tombstone
el Paso & Southwestern
el Paso
Alice
Troy
South Bisbee
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Gold Dust Twins
Dean
Absolute Safety Pioneer Transfer Co
Stone Ave
Emma Busch
West McCormick Street
Convent Street
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machines
W. Pennington St
W. McCormick
Stone Avenue
A. M. Feldman
Jackson and
South Fourth Avenue
South Main
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Church Street
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