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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1899
Page
3
The ad proclaims Alabastine as the original durable wall coating, distinct from kal sinines, ready to use in white or twelve tints with cold water. It warns against imitations, urges proper packaging labeling, and notes health benefits for school interiors. The company invites readers to request a free Alabastine Era publication.
Mrs. Oscar Stanley of Anderson Indiana gave birth to a boy nine days ago. A nurse detected a needle under the skin inside the thigh that grew sore and large. A physician removed a two inch needle that was in the child at birth. He believes the mother swallowed the needle years ago. The child remains healthy and is described as a dollar today.
Miss Elya Hulburd Young of Springfield becomes the first woman in western Massachusetts admitted to the bar. A Wellesley graduate she studied law at Cornell University. Miss Margaret A. Richardson is sworn in as attorney in Montgomery County Pennsylvania the first woman admitted there and warmly congratulated.
The first avery Kipling writes after illness is expected to fetch a fabulous price as publishers seek it eagerly. Advertisers compare Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters to a cure for stomach ailments, touting it as an unequalled spring medicine for indigestion nervousness and other discomforts.
A classroom joke recounts John starting with 5 oranges, James adds 11, then John gives 7 to Peter, leaving him with 9. The pupils protest that they always do sums in apples. The moment is noted in London Tit-Bits.
A home advice note warns against excessive night air to prevent neuralgia while suggesting using St Jacobs Oil to warm and soothe affected areas.
A Chicago News quip notes curiosity about a couple and their wedding journey. The line hints at a pocketbook carried during a purchase of oranges from a train boy, implying a domestic or travel scene with a subtle curiosity about motive.
An old advertisement hawks Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a cleansing product. It claims beauty benefits and a clean system with fragrant qualities and lists prices 10c 25c and 50c at druggists.
A poem notes a Lenore youth who went to war and fell ill from beef. He recovered after prompt use of old Jesse Moore, a quack remedy. It contrasts high accident risk in the right leg with fewer on the left.
The Arabic alphabet contains 29 letters each written in four forms depending on position in a word. Learning the alphabet requires memorizing 116 distinct signs, covering all stand alone and initial middle and final combinations.
Powder cures painful feet and bunion sting while easing tight shoes. Claims 10 000 testimonials and broad relief for chiblains sweating damp callous and tired feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores. Trial package available by mail for 25 cents to Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY.
A dry weather reminder and a Brooklyn Hotel notice advertises American or European plans at 208-212 Bush Street. Rates for rooms and board range from 50 cents to 1.50 a day with meals at 25 cents. a free coach is offered. Signed Chas Montgomery.
Venice council imposes penalties for glassmakers who take art beyond national borders, including imprisonment of relatives and potential execution by emissary if they refuse to return. Additionally the text advertises Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Dr Kline's nerve restorer with brief testimonials and offers.
The editor admits a typographical error in a dispute with a politician. He says he wrote robber clearly and fired the compositor. The misprint mischaracterized the politician as a robber instead of a jobber.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case. It lists Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as internal medicine sold for 75 cents a bottle with testimonials free. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and notes an anecdote about James Russell Lowell's first client told by Rev Dr Edward Everett Hale.
A collection of light quips and exchanges from various papers features witty barbs about marriage, social pretensions, and everyday manners. Jests touch on Cyrano de Bergerac as a sporting play, housekeepers, artists, and club life with playful digs at family trees and social faux pas.
A Minnehaha mine strike in Randsburg yields a five foot ledge of copper rich rock worth $20. Global copper output rose from 324 055 to 424 126 tons in five years, keeping pace with rising demand. A Standard Oil representative visited copper properties near Randsburg last week. Victoria BC reports gold bearing quartz valued at $32 per ton on the waterfront, possibly extending underwater. Arizona Copper and Detroit Copper raise wages 10 percent while Lake Superior copper stays above 13 cents a pound. The Garvanza mine in El Oro Mexico is bonded to an English syndicate for 100 000 freight money, price set at 3 million gold with April 25 option expiry. Randsburg Miner reporters Pete Glennie Angus Matheson and Charles Small depart for Panamint range on a prospecting tour with provisions, aiming to strike it rich.
Letters praise Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound for uterine and abdominal ailments including falling womb leucorrhea and chronic inflammation with relief after multiple bottles andSanative Wash usage. An amusing joke line from Chicago Post closes the piece.
A fragmentary page mixes social quips and curiosities. The queen jokes about dying happily in a tight dress while a night school anecdote recalls a misanswer about continents and islands. Cumulative notes reference Jacobs Oil cures and a mistaken portrait of Ethan Allen.
The Murfreesboro Independent Banner notes a dated law from the state of Franklin era stating salaries as of January 1, 1788 were paid in pelts. Governor 100 deerskins per year. Chief justice 500 deerskins. Secretary 500 raccoon skins. County clerk 300 beaver skins. House clerk 200 raccoon skins. Assembly members 8 raccoon skins per day. Justice’s fee 1 mink skin.
An Exchange quip notes rheumatism ignores weather while St Jacobs Oil supposedly cures it. It adds a homely warning about marriage before hearing a baby cry. A statistic claims eighty five percent of lameness affects the left side.
The word trivial derives from Latin for three ways and signifies petty chatter at local crossroads.
Cleanup at the Red Rover mine near Acton in Los Angeles County produced a gold brick valued at about $1300 from 115 tons of ore. The mill has operated intermittently due to ongoing development work. Improvements include rebuilding the superintendent's residence and a new road to the hoisting works.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the cure for blood troubles and general ill health. It compares blood purity to sunshine for nature and cites personal testimonials from Susi E. Brown in Lynn Massachusetts N B Seeley in Denver and Mrs J S McMath in Stamford Connecticut asserting cures for dyspepsia rheumatism catarrh and related ailments.
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