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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1902
Page
7
A Japanese officer volunteers to learn how long a besieged fortress can hold out. He discovers two days of supplies left, is captured, and, before dying under spear points, warns the besieging army that the defenders can endure only two days more.
A French ethnologist explains handshakes began as a trust gesture to show no weapon, later grasped hands to prove safety. The Hera brand notes loyalty origins. The Japanese foster a punishment-free kindergarten system using entertaining play and simple wooden forms to teach geometry and literacy to blind children.
A short exchange contrasts truth and lies as quotes about a stay at home traveler and a stranger. Native remarks that Blinks never left the county yet has a wandering mind, while an exchange highlights his imagined journeys.
A discussion on shorthand in legislative reporting contrasts with a note about the oldest death sentence in the Amherst papyri from around 1800 B C. It recounts methods of punishment in ancient times and mentions a belief among Mexican miners about a gold snake signaling gold deposits.
A barber explains he dislocated his shoulder in the spring and the doctor who set it escaped the chair moments before the man with a towel arrived. If the doctor’s wife recognizes him, it will be by his voice only.
A witty exchange from the Ohio State Journal features a guest fainting after a hotel bill and a related joke about a full length portrait. The dialogue includes a attendant instructing to add ten cents to the bill and a painter’s remark about customary customer purchases.
A fragment recalls a doctor’s lack of confidence in others and high charges while noting that the anthracite region in Pennsylvania speaks twenty languages. A humorous exchange follows about a marriage proposal and a Saxon state dinner custom with bread as plates and later alms.
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