12 Apr 1895
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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1895
Page
1
Removal sale lists Assorted Table Fruit two dollars per dozen Tomatoes and Corn same price Sugar fourteen pounds for one dollar Bacon fifteen cents per pound Salt pork ten cents per pound Choicest Burbank potatoes two dollars twenty five cents per sack and everything else in proportion.
A long-winded argument extols government ownership of railways citing Australia Hungary Belgium and Germany as examples. It claims lower passenger costs higher wages and higher government revenues with watered stock issues and big potential savings if the U.S. adopted public ownership.
Editor Harold W. Roll argues a short winded bicycle struggles at high altitude after a harrowing ride last Sunday. He collapsed on the plaza in exhaustion and begged someone to take the machine back as the crowd watched unable to ride.
A旧 collection of political anecdotes recounts Tom Fitch's talk in Carson City lampooning General Grant's gift accepting. It notes a Tahoe trout tale and cites Gazette on silver movement across Europe, plus remarks on California and Arizona legal points and a reclassification dispute.
A humorous moral critique lampoons male vendors and advertisers who mislead about prices, cures, and goods while contrasting with a section on women’s supposed false claims about age and fit. The piece uses a series of examples to expose pretenses in commerce and social behavior.
The article recounts lawmakers fearful of salary impacts from a county reclassification bill. Author Mr. Fish of Graham county crafted an act intended to take effect on passage, amended to January 1, 1897, then altered by the governor. Though the amended provision was worn away, the law would still take effect after thirty days, leaving office holders despondent and clinging to slim legal chances.
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