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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1899
Page
3
A collection of satirical and editorial snippets from the Mesa Free Press discussions. The items mock arbitration, flying machines, education, and various public figures. It presents brief witticisms on war, progress, and social norms with dated references.
A collage of observations on literature religion and calendars cites a Harvard professor on the Bible, Russian calendar reform, and social quirks from corseted fashion to cabling Iceland. A San Francisco church box theft with a 30 cent prize ends with a sly note on motherhood and reform.
The piece contrasts the fading horse era with the surge of motor cars in Paris London and New Jersey. It notes new charging stations in France, a horseless carriage image in Britain, and the rapid birth of million-dollar auto manufacturers in the United States. It urges horses to embrace country life and foresees a future when horses regain value only in pastoral leisure.
A historical reflection on deadly wrecks like the Mohegan and Paris off the English coast reveals repeated navigational errors and antiquated lifeboat systems. Critics warn davits fail in choppy seas, while new devices exist but go unused, urging broader safety reforms and shared navigation responsibility.
J H Gurney compiles data from books and papers on bird longevity. Records include a raven sixty nine years, eagle owls aged 68 and 53, Bateleur eagle and Amsterdam condor at 55 and 52, imperial eagle 56, golden eagle 46, sea eagle 42, with many others around forty or less.
A New York Bradley Martin dinner for eighty six guests ran to $9,525 with $53 spent on olives caviar celery radishes and bread. The Bradley Martins are noted for sparing no detail in such gatherings.
A line notes a man’s illness compared to four women facing similar health issues. The wry observation hints at the relative severity or visibility of illness among different individuals.
A broad digest from Victoria to San Francisco notes the Aorangi carrying 230 tons of beer to Honolulu, dried peaches shipping from Fresno, and Judge Treadwell’s skeptical view of slot machines. Reports detail deaths, robberies, labor disputes, and Alaska boundary talks, plus local press strikes on Bakersfield and a comic street clash in Pasadena.
California residents protest the Navy secretary's decision to name a new armored cruiser after the state. They argue California deserves a first class battleship name, but officials say the state must wait until Congress authorizes more battleships for the honor.
The Politique Coloniale reports Russia and Japan arming over Korea risk. A Bombay cablegram cites 251 plague cases with 121 deaths at Poona, including four Europeans. In Berlin lightning killed three and injured twenty at a Charlottenburg cycle track. Montreal sees Willie Marie Bank suspend amid a cashier defalcation of 58,000 dollars.
Independence Kansas reports that girls from several Southern Kansas towns vow not to marry any man unless he served with the famed Twentieth Kansas regiment. They plan a big reception for the returning regiment and would remain single rather than wed men who stayed home.
A period report catalogs alum containing baking powders by name and manufacturer and warns that many private grocer brands disguise alum powders. It notes common low prices and advises housekeepers to avoid powders under twenty five cents per pound to prevent alum content.
The collection reports copper production figures for the United States, trade chatter about cattle imports to Cuba, Manila troop movements including the Sherman transport, and a Havana account recounting a brutal Civil War era desertion and execution narrative.
Narrative from Shoal Bay British Columbia describes Allan Cameron who disappeared in June near his cabin. A search found his skeletal remains near the hut with a grizzly nearby. Authorities say he fell into a crevice while prospecting, crawled back to the cabin, and was killed and eaten by bears.
Benjamin Givens of Company H Fourth U S Infantry, jailed at the Presidio after desertion in combat near Manila, was found aboard the transport Indiana while drunk. He faces a court martial for desertion in the face of the enemy, a capital offense, with Manila orders directing his return.
Kansas City The Star reports Corporal Leonard Hayes, America's only traitor in the Philippines, died in a tragic scene witnessed by Sergeant George A. Lamash of Co. H Twentieth Kansas volunteers. Lamash had gone to the Philippines with the unit.
A Tribune special from New York cites a Herald cablegram from Trieste in which Admiral Dewey predicts that the next war will be with Germany. He notes Germany’s aim to deny rivals what it cannot seize and calls for a large navy to match any power while naming England as a natural ally.
Washington reports Aguinaldo continues to obtain war supplies via German merchants in Hongkong and Japanese traders in Yokohama. British officials have aided in halting some arms shipments but temptations of high prices push illicit trade under a fragile blockade. Spanish gunboats on blockade duty cut shipments between islands, capturing sixteen cargoes but none of them valuable munitions.
Honolulu reports Mauna Loa on Hawaii erupting as lava flows toward Hilo threatening destruction if sustained. The summit crater has quieted while a second crater feeds a glowing lake of lava as earth trembles and roars echo miles away. Tourists recall stones hurled into the fiery lake amid native fears of the end times.
In Carmi Illinois Walter S Warthen his wife their son and married daughter and a neighbor were poisoned at noon Tuesday. All fell ill after dinner as doctors found arsenical poison and treated them through the night. On Wednesday Floyd Warthen aged 14 died. Warthen's daughter Mrs Ivy Crabtree confessed to adding poison to coffee and cabbage though she claimed no intent to harm her father or stepmother.
In Tit-Bits a guest demands the actual dishes offered by a waiter rather than comments on the cook’s peculiarities. The exchange highlights a comic clash over what is on the menu with a quip about the waiter’s description.
Copper production in Montana for May reached about 21.9 million pounds. The report notes steady output across major mines and highlights May as a strong month for the state's copper industry.
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