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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1898
Page
3
Quarrels over China’s future puzzle observers while a health adage urges using Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters to cure digestive woes. Humorous quotes on office life and a pitch for Allen’s Foot-Ease round out the page alongside tips on reading for brain workers and parents.
A 19th century style advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh cure problem that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot treat. It lists F J Cheney & Co Toledo as proprietors and claims the product works systemically with price per bottle and testimonials.
An advertisement sample promotes Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a free $2.00 trial bottle and treatise. A testimonial from Mrs. Lucy Allace credits Piso's Cure for preventing consumption. Also described is a white china silk evening gown with monserine de soie trim and minx border at the neckline and armholes.
A B Irving, a Windom Minnesota piano tuner, composed the music for We Are Coming Father Abraham after reading the poem. He sang it at a Defiance meeting and again at Fort Wayne, drawing wild acclaim. Publication quickly followed, selling over 40 000 copies before the publisher failed and he received nothing.
The British own at least 20,000,000 acres in the United States. A syndicate including the Dukes of Beaufort and Rutland and Earl Cadogan controls about 8,800,000 acres in cattle and wheat country. Other notable holdings include 8,000,000 acres in Nebraska Iowa and Illinois. A 2,000,000 acre bloc in Colorado Wyoming and New Mexico is linked to the Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Randolph Churchill. Additional holdings total 1,800,000 acres in Mississippi and 1,800,000 acres owned by Lord Tweeddale.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant tasting remedy that acts gently yet promptly on the kidneys liver and bowels. It cleanses the system dispels fevers heads aches and habitual constipation. Sold in 50 cent bottles by leading druggists with promises of prompt procurement if not on hand. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO LOUISVILLE NEW YORK.
A Chicago Record column explores how states once had multiple capitals to spread the political burden and how centralization reduced this practice. It cites Louisiana and the spread of legislatures to Baton Rouge, Providence, and Hartford as historical examples of capital shifts.
A vintage style of gilt and colored silk buttons lines a white satin collar band. The collar uses two narrow bands with machine stitching and small gold olive buttons half an inch long, spaced to create an open insertion. The collar flares slightly but remains a standard width and not high.
A collage of lighthearted quips and comic exchanges from various papers. Jesters. poets. a Venus de Milo joke. a Miami of phrases about marriage, shopping, and revenge. Brief snippets showcase humor and social observations across newspapers.
A society wager at the Imperial theater tested whether six young women wore artificial pigments to the wagered cry of East Lynne and a later note on Gymnema sylvestre claims it tempers taste for sweets and once served as an antidote to snake bite in India.
A vintage ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cool swollen nervous feet, relieve tight shoes, and cure blistered or calloused feet. It claims ten thousand testimonials and offers mail order and in-store options for 25 cents, with address provided.
A male doctor’s examination can distress a delicate woman, driving delay and poor outcomes. Mrs Pinkham offers confidential advice to women from Lynn Massachusetts, claiming Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cures ovarian trouble as testified by Mrs Mars Foreman of Baltimore who reports recovery after seven bottles.
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