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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1898
Page
3
The report portrays a Philippine insurgent leader as a beautiful woman who repeatedly rushes into deadly fire yet remains unwounded. It compares her persistence to others who live long and stay vigorous by using Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a famed remedy.
Effie and Uncle John discuss the meaning of flowers and who dictates their language in a clipped Boston transcript. The witty exchange questions whether the sentiment is from the giver or the recipient and hints at social cost.
An 19th or early 20th century ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cool swollen nervous hot feet and ease tired walking. It claims cures for swollen sweating feet blisters and bunions and offers trials by mail with stamps. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
A strong minded woman compliments a terror stricken editor for his writing and then asks him to marry her, noting it is rare to meet a man of his sex capable of such discrimination. The exchange appears in a Chicaro Tri item.
An 19th century advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as the firm, praises the product, claims widespread testimonials, and notes price 75 cents per bottle with seven bottle packs. It names wholesale druggists West Trouax and Walding KinMan Marvin and promotes internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces.
An advertisement claims no fits or nervous ness after first day’s use of Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer and invites a free $2 trial bottle with treatise. Also promotes Schillings Best tea baking powder and Piso’s Cure for Consumption with user testimonial from D C Albright of Mifflinburg, Pa dated December 11, 1895.
During the siege of Boston General Washington asked Congress about bombarding the town. Mr. Hancock presided as president of Congress and later spoke on the subject, noting that most property lies in houses and stores in Boston and urging action to free liberties of their country.
A collage of light verse and humorous exchanges from early 20th century papers. Jokes about love, bargains, idle chatter, and social quirks feature personalities like Mrs Kirby, Hawkins, and Mr Fritters. Dialogues touch on manners, misunderstandings, and casual observations.
A Greensburg Indiana report notes that poor digestion can cause heart action irregularities that mimic organic heart disease. The case of Ellen Colsom of Newpoint shows four years of stomach trouble leading to chest pain and choking spells, with prior doctors failing to help.
Patient faced heart trouble linked to digestion. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People the stomach and digestion improved, choking spells stopped, weight and appetite returned, blood cleared, and cheeks rosy. Medicine credited as the cure.
The United States produced 8,000,000 more pounds of copper in 1897 than 1896. Major mines listed include Copper Queen Arizona Verde 31,355,025 and 23,999,873, Bosto tana 60,000,000, Calumet 88,378,986, and Anaconda Co. 131,417,127 pounds.
A London family nurtures American identity during wartime excitement over the Maine disaster. A father, urged by his six year old, begins a weekly household course in American history, covering colonies, Revolution, Constitution, and key events, making learning engaging and patriotic. The boy memorizes and recites, while the father finds purpose in educating his child about America. The piece praises home schooling to foster national pride in youth.
A fragment describes a man named Marbrid raised by Native people who treated him kindly and taught him their ways. He grew to respect their customs and civilization, embracing life with the tribe and adopting their training and values as he matured.
The piece explains rose oil prices at 86 shillings an ounce, about £28 per pound, and notes its limited retail use mainly for scenting powders. It details the large quantities required, the distillation method, and risks of adulteration with geranium oil and fake attar sold from Constantinople to gullible buyers in gilded bottles.
The article argues that consumption is aided by weakened resistive power in tissues, often inherited or worsened by parental health and age. It cautions against marrying into bloodlines with vulnerability, notes that slight illnesses can trigger onset, and warns about poor posture from activities like bicycle riding contributing to chest deformities.
Readers from Englishtown New Jersey and Warren Pennsylvania describe severe uterine womb trouble backache and heart and digestive ailments. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sonative Wash they report dramatic relief and cure with improved strength and ability to function.
The Hercules Gas Engine Works promotes a line of irrigation plants from 1 to 200 HP built in San Francisco. Their circulars advertise the Special 244 HP Engine and Pumping Plant. The ad claims hundreds sold this year and promises prompt efficient economical irrigation that may save crops.
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