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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1899
Page
3
An advertisement from Royal Baking Powder Company of New York emphasizes pure and healthful food as vital to every individual.
The Indianapolis Journal notes Texas was once called the New Philippines for years. French settlers began in 1685, a 25 year clash with Spain followed, and in 1814 the name appeared in Spanish records before Texas derived from a Native American tribe.
A Kansas City Independent item mocks a stiff, overly proud girl and the so called India Rubber Man, highlighting social quirks through a brief jokey exchange.
A Washington man recalls a railroad worker praising messenger boys as tactful yet notes a self described blunt encounter. A tired exchange over a death message shows the blunt humor of the boy who delivers urgent news. The anecdote frames tact as both kindness and abruptness in service workers.
The anecdote recalls Mrs. Julia Ward Howe who eschews grand rhetoric. At Newport a guest asks for something lovely about a piazza and Howe answers in a refined tone that the piazza is a bully piazza. The remark draws gentle amusement from the audience.
Menlo Park San Mateo Co Cal announces the Hoitt's formest School for boys on the Pacific Coast will reopen in a new building August 15. Ira G Hoitt Ph D principal emphasizes location climate and attention to mental moral and physical training.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup touted as the best teething remedy for children. Piso’s Cure for Consumption praised as effective medicine for coughs and colds by Mrs. C. Beltz of Denver, November 8, 1895.
Health warning about catarrh remedies warning against mercury-containing ointments and promoting Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo. Claims internal action on blood and mucus surfaces with testimonials and drugstore availability at 75 cents per bottle Hale's Pills also recommended.
Claim announces a permanent cure for fits and nervousness after one day of use. Offers a free $2 trial bottle and treatise. Includes contact for Dr. R. H. Kline, Ltd. at 980 Arch St Philadelphia Pa.
At a social gathering in Adel yert a professor drew the booby prize a double yolk egg with the legend Something you can beat. After a night out the door locked, the professor pressed a panel and the egg exploded sending yellow gloves and a muffler into view as two young ladies laughed at the mishap.
A Philadelphia Record humorous piece weighs how many apples Adam and Eve ate. Various readers propose numbers from one to eight million, using arithmetic puns and imagined sequences to highlight the playful debate on the biblical origin.
Remains of Russia’s czars from Peter the Great onward lie in a Neva Island memorial chapel. Each cenotaph is a plain white marble block with no decoration, distinguished only by the name of the deceased emperor.
A Washington Star column recounts the long familiar anecdote of a woman overheard two men discussing her in German. She pretends to understand by asking for salt in German, provoking the men to silence. The narrator notes many writers retell the tale in various languages and versions.
An archaic item called a good luck cross was found in Queen Dagmar’s grave. The article promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia and indigestion and notes a private revenue stamp on the bottle neck.
In the Chicago Record a man notes a fortune teller predicts he will marry soon. He recalls his partner’s reaction and her plan to influence his choice by speaking a good word to any girl he might pick.
An old newspaper ad warns that red pimples blotches and boils signal a torpid liver and poisoned blood. It promotes Cas carets Candy Cathartic with prices of 10 25 and 50 cents and claims druggists sell it.
A brief humorous exchange from the Troy Times where a father asks why some people laugh and the son answers that the funny bone is in their sleeves. The dialogue highlights a playful dad son moment.
A Lenore young man goes to war and falls ill from beef. He recovers quickly aided by Jesse Moore. A Chicago Record quotation notes a compliment lingers in a woman's memory, while she may forget the man.
Ad touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease tight shoes and relieve bunions blisters and swollen feet. Claims instant relief and ingrown nail cure with 30 000 testimonials. Available through druggists and shoe stores 25 cents with free trial by mail. Also notes extinction of Natal's hippopotamuses and government destruction order near Durban.
A Hoosier justice of the peace voir dire trial ends after three hours with a six-member jury verdict finding no judgment for either side and ordering each party to pay half the costs. The impartial ruling was praised by both plaintiff and defendant.
The Criterion argues that gambling corrupts sports as fans bet on horse races, stocks, and boxing, causing financial and moral decay. It highlights how odds of 4 to 1 against, 20 to 1, and bets on matches attract the unwise, endangering families and integrity of competition.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Tribune depicting a patient asking a doctor for a diagnosis and receiving a quirky description of a lung ailment as an urge to expel air through the glottis with a guttural sound. The doctor’s prior discharge is mentioned as dismissive.
The note asks for a child named Jamesie to join playmates, with a humorous tilt about a Two-Mrs. Reagan and a pretend William Tell game. The exchange ends with lighthearted caution about the child’s aim.
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