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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1899
Page
2
A collection of light commentary from the Mesa Free Press with jokes on France politics books and travel. Observations touch on a fertilizer trust a singing missionary a London dictionary letter H and the parodists. The piece cites books of Cyrano predicting phonographs and electric light.
The piece defends Salvation Army methods as effective in rescuing social outcasts and providing food and clothing, arguing civilization should not reject or condemn such approaches despite objections from different groups.
The text urges a law requiring keeping the body in a proper place for a defined period until unmistakable signs prove death. It argues that this would remove the dread of premature burial from living people and assure them they will not die of an undetectable death.
Critics argue the late war taught little value in progress yet it proves the United States remains a united nation in arms and industry. The conflict shows war is wasteful, cruel, and abhorrent, reinforcing a long noted but often unlearned lesson.
The article notes Doukhobortsi colonists from the Caucasus who have settled in Manitoba and some have wed since landing. It lists several newly married couples with surnames such as Ribin, Slastouchin, Obedkova, Gridchin, Chliachova, Ziberova, and Legebokof, highlighting their strong communal qualities despite unfamiliar names.
A young woman rejects a rich, influential suitor by listing habits she will not tolerate in a husband. She vows she does not smoke, swear, drink, or waste time with idle company, and she is not in debt. Her frank, decisive stance contrasts with the suitor's flaws, and the narrator laments that more girls should be as clear.
Frank Stockton argues that brain workers deserve a second Sunday off. He says Sunday serves as a manual laborers holiday with sermons and religious meditations, but brain workers lack a comparable break.
The article argues for regular rest days and personal time to refresh the brain. It cites ideas from Mr. Stockton and anecdotal habits such as a New York professional sleeping one day monthly, crossing oceans to escape work, and Mrs Sut ton locking herself away daily. It emphasizes choosing rest to “find ourselves.”
The Conservative reprints a Washington report origin of a proposed third day in schools. A. Babcock of Oil City PA urged establishing a day like arbor day in 1894, with support from the Agriculture secretary. Oil City held the first third day on May 4.
A late visitor to a drug store on One Hundredth Street is mistaken for seeking stamps and a canal boat as the apothecary points to a city directory lung tester and ear annihilator. The tale ends with the druggist promising to repaint the sign to intelligence shop after presenting the prescription.
A cheeky remark from a clerk who wishes to be a warship after opening his salary envelope. The exchange prompts questions about leadership and integrity, with a closing jab that no man should reach rulership unless completely straight.
Long piece notes Arizona poll tax exemption turns cripples into a voting bloc and a new law requiring poll tax receipts boosts assessor activity. Mentions armored cruiser California debate and immigration scare with Japs. Discusses dry wine industry push in Santa Clara, and local Arizona university turmoil over a pillow fight.
A contemporary counsels restraint under tough circumstances. The remark underscores patience and steadiness as a response to hardship. The lines highlight resilience and measured action rather than reaction.
Max Cohn reports a promising gold vein in Maricopa county Arizona near Montezuma Head and the Gila. The vein in granite bears oxidized copper carbonate and copper plates with a six inch pay streak and samples showing free gold valued at 1500 dollars per ton.
Items note quips about Dewey and Aguinaldo, calls for pacifying Pana Illinois, and jokes on drinking made from smoke. Reports of executions Hiram Hall in Georgia and Will Tutt in Kentucky. Mention Cooke works winning locomotive contract, Schley on naval board, Hanna photo price, and a Kansas City hanging. Also rumors of Portuguese labor import and Governor Lee urging return of South Dakota volunteers.
The El Pais newspaper denounces the reported sale to C. P. Huntington of the Iron Mountain at Durango. It accuses the Yankee of silent, ignominious methods to take control of Mexico’s wealth, arguing hunger and patriotism are exploited while gold coins purchase mining riches.
Madrid reports that the minister of marine will submit a bill to the chamber proposing the construction of ten ironclads. A British military attache in Peking, Lieutenant Colonel G F Brown, was arrested for refusing to remove his hat during a religious procession. In La Grona a political meeting featured violent speeches denouncing former Premier Sagasta as responsible for the country’s misfortunes.
A Dyea Alaska bound miner reports being the sole survivor of a three man party killed near Klukwan by Chilkat Indians while defacing a totem pole. He identifies the two killed as Sidney Vance and Charles Erricksen. The attacker party fired on them and the survivor escaped into the brush. The incident centers on the Klukwan village area in British Columbia.
In the Peru Bolivia border clash near Oruru 200 were killed. Pando led the revolutionists against President Alonzo's troops and drove them from the field before the victory moved to Oruru. Alonzo and a few men fled toward Antofagasta while Chilean forces disarm those crossing the boundary.
Secretary of State directs return of wartime-exiled consuls to Spain with Bowen at Barcelona Bartleman at Malaga and Carroll at Cadiz now in Gibraltar. They will be retained in the consular service with sub consular officers also kept on.
A Stockholm cable reports strain in Sweden Norway relations after Crown Prince invited about sixty chambers to dinner in Christiania and they largely declined. The Swedish war minister sought Norwegian consent to send two officers to autumn maneuvers but was refused. The Crown Princess suffers eye inflammation limiting reading while Vice Admiral Pedron marks a jubilee and retires this month.
Miss Cora Tanner, a theater actress in Omaha, was almost murdered by hydrocyanite laced candy and roses delivered by a mysterious young man. The box traced to Balduff's confectionary, the motive unclear, and police pursue a case echoing prior famous poisonings.
Escondido gold mines now operate a new fire stamp mill by the Cleveland Pacific Mining company, running day and night. The Little Butte mine shows exceptionally rich ore with pay in nearly all levels, boosting outlook. The St George mine at Vanderbilt gains status as a leading desert gold mine with a ten foot vein of base ore $20 to $40 a ton at 175 feet.
San Juan de Porto Rico The Supreme Court confiscated an issue of the San Juan News for criticizing the court last week. The paper had published Gen Grant's report alleging Porto Rican judiciary corruption and targeting lower courts. General Henry warned the News to desist, but the Court acted without his consent and demanded pre publication submission. General disapproves, stirring American sentiment.
Washington Secretary Alger states definitively that reports of his retirement from the Cabinet are false. He declares he will remain in the post for the administration, noting only disaster or severe health issues could change his private plans. He directs an AP denial to emphasize his fixed, ongoing tenure.
Alaska reports describe four hundred prospectors on the Edmonton trail between Dease Lake and Hudson Bay post on the Laird river. Many are destitute after a year of toil with little gold, suffering scurvy and frostbite, dying without proper medical care while J. H. McGregor appeals to British Columbia authorities for relief.
From Stump Springs near the Nevada line reports claim James Fisk and Johnny Yount struck a rich vein showing 200 ounces of silver and $75 in gold with copper. In Needles the deal by J. H. West and Steve Bedell to buy the Mitchell Leland group is reported, signaling another valuable property transfer.
W J Nolan of Philadelphia Peter Kelly of San Francisco and P J Hannon of Minneapolis own a Jay on No 82 above Discovery Sulphur Creek belonging to Alexander McDonald. Feb 20 after sinking to bedrock and drifting they abandoned the lay then tested a pan of dirt for bread stock netted 12 dollars. Work resumed and richer prospects followed with many abandoned claims proving valueless no more. The theory holds pay streaks may lie in hillside and bench claims.
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