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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1895
Page
3
Morton and Shewman announce legal practice in all courts of the Territory with a specialty in government land business. They offer prompt collections and act as city attorneys and notaries public in office at Orpros Arlington Block, Mesa City. Depositions and pensions services provided.
Gen. McCook retires from active service. Local items report travel to Phoenix on business, church meetings, irrigation progress, and social notes. Revival meetings continue. fruit prospects look heavy. multiple visits from officials and vendors. school trustee election results. and health advice promoting Chamberlain's remedy.
J A Wallace of Denver assisted in forming a Mesa Arizona branch board for the Columbia Building and Loan Association. A large attendance is hoped for as the organization progresses to provide cheap housing finance. The Mesa mill prepares to be fully equipped for the upcoming crop with modern machinery and carpentry underway.
Cases report cures from Electric Bitters for neuralgia rheumatism and leg ulcers. Roswell Cooley and Miss Essie Hunsaker wed yesterday. Local developers receive a steam threshing and feed mill setup. Town sees visiting strangers seeking property. Sam Elder celebrates birth of a son.
A terse reflection contrasts Vim and vigor with avarice seen as theft. The piece notes those feeling progress most are the silurians. Barney is referenced among early Egyptian monuments.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy with a $100 reward if it fails. It claims internal intake reaches the blood and mucous surfaces to strengthen the constitution. A meeting in the Bowery endorses a town survey and trustees' actions despite heated debate.
An old advertisement proclaims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best treatment for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and promises a refund if not satisfied. It states 25 cents per box and sales by John Barnett.
Public sale of the defendant Jeremiah J. Desmonds interest in the east half of Section 34 Township 1 North Range 5 East is ordered by Sheriff L. H. Orme for May 18, 1895 at 1 am at the Maricopa County Courthouse to satisfy a judgment of 76 dollars and 45 cents plus costs. The case is Rogers vs Desmond No 1998 in the Third Judicial District Arizona Territory.
A warning against ointments or catarrh treatments containing mercury warns they damage the mucous surfaces and the nervous system. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F Cheney Co Toledo is promoted as mercury free and taken internally to affect blood and mucous membranes. Testimonials are free and the product sells for 75 cents per bottle through druggists.
Canajoharie resident D W Fuller praises Dr King’s New Discovery as the best home cough remedy and indispensable for his family. Catskill druggist G A Dykeman endorses it after eight years of use with reliable results. Trial bottles are offered free at J H Barnett’s Drug Store with regular sizes 50c and 1.
Students may enter at any time. Board and room $4.50 per week. English Commercial Academic Shorthand and Typewriting courses available.
Jennie M. Barkley of Phoenix Maricopa County Arizona seeks final proof before the District Court clerk in Phoenix on May 18 1895 for timber culture application No 411 SE quarter Section 1 Township 1S Range 5E. Witnesses are David F Watkins Paschal B Hughes John Anderson and Harry B Vine all of Mesa Arizona. Eveenr J Trippel Register.
Margaret W Vernon of Mesa Arizona files intention to prove desert land claim No 1810 for El See 32 Tp 18 R 5E G&SRM before the District Court clerk in Phoenix on May 4 1895. Witnesses: William M Gilbert Joseph W Bond John L Gilbert and Fabius M Vernon all of Mesa Arizona. Everxr J Trippe Register.
A notice reports two black horse mules branded B on left shoulder one a stallion and one with a mule shoe on the third leg, plus a dun mare mule branded C B on left hip and A on hip all aged 10 to 12. Return to John Baker six miles west of Phoenix for a rewarded recovery.
Chas Wing, proprietor of Fall Line of Recerys Dry Goods, markets lime from the White Marble Quarry as the best in the market. He advertises lime products and positions his store as an agent for the quarry.
An advertisement from Park Remedy Co, Boston, promotes obesity pills that allegedly reduce weight by 12 to 15 pounds monthly without starvation or injury. It promises a healthful beauty boost and discreet, confidential correspondence with testimonials and package pricing.
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