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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1894
Page
3
Mesa Free Press reports social and civic notes from Tempe and Mesa. Visitors include Judge Bethune, E H Winters, Mrs Cuber, and D Emiles. Local events cover a dance, illnesses, shopping, and upcoming town developments.
A customer asks how Mr. Johnson earns much of the trade and the response cites fair dealing and good treatment. The customer notes competitors seem discouraged, reflecting the market mood.
To our patrons of Mesa and vicinity we announce A. G. Austin as our authorized agent for retailing Artic ice made from condensed water. We have added improvements since last season and guarantee good quality. we will not be undersold.
Advertisement notes high prices offered by B F Johnson Sons Co for 5000 rosters and as many hens. The listing specifies a buying request with generous compensation and direct company contact.
Governor Louis C. Hughes offers a five thousand dollar reward for the capture dead or alive of the Apache outlaw known as the Kid. The reward is payable after proof to authorities of capture or death, dated February 17, 1894 in Phoenix Arizona Territory.
A promotional note urges prudent expenditure and thoughtful inquiry in business operations. It invites readers to request a Hercules Gas Engine catalogue by Palmer and Key Type Foundry, located at 405 407 Sansome Street, San Francisco.
Notices announce intention to prove irrigation and reclamation for desert land claims in Arizona with witnesses from Mesa and Tempe. Claims include numbers 1639 1648 1640 1644 1811 1646 and cover sections in Tempe Mesa and Phoenix areas with witnesses Barnett Peterson Lewis Ulmer and others.
Frank W. Walls registers 1894 notices that Venns Sullivan Henry McCrea and C L Hall seek 1500 feet on multiple lodes Black King Black Queen Mammoth No 3 and annex in the Superstition district Maricopa and Pinal Counties Arizona totaling 196.241 acres with surface ground 600 feet wide. Adverse claimants must file within sixty days of first publication. First pub Mar 8 1894.
A New York firm promotes a free sample of a $5 German Electric Belt by Prof. Van der Weyde to agents. They claim it cures nervous debility rheumatism and loss of power and invite responses from interested parties at Electric Agency P. O. Box 1874 New York NY.
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