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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1899
Page
4
The M. & P. R. R. will run the regular Sunday excursion with round trip fare set at 75 cents. The notice notes recent cool nights and rainfall in the county, along with various local updates including performances and social events.
Homestead Application No 1648 issuance by the Department of the Interior Land Office Tucson lists William H Strong of Mesa Arizona as filing for final proof to support his claim. Proof will be made before the Clerk of the District Court in Phoenix on September 16 1899. Witnesses Frank Grosskopf Christian Agner John A Schwartz and William K Pomeroy are named to prove residence and cultivation. First publication August 11 1899.
C C Hockett proprietor announces a three weekly daylight stage line linking Mesa Florence and Globe with overnight Riverside stops. Depart Mesa 8 00 a m Mondays Wednesdays Fridays arrive Florence 11 30 a m depart 1 00 p m arrive Globe 6 00 p m next day. Return legs leave Globe 7 00 a m Mondays Wednesdays Fridays reach Florence next day 11 00 a m depart 1 00 p m arrive Mesa 8 00 p m. Fares vary by destination with round trips listed. Agents noted in Mesa Globe Florence and Phoniz locations.
The famed trotting stallion will stand for mares during the 1899 season at Fuller's Corral in Mesa City. Terms are ten dollars per season with return privileges, mares at owner risk for accidents. Joan A Barrxnry.
The description boasts fast and elegant trains with gas lights in all cars and dining cars on all limited trains. It proclaims no snow blockades, 238 miles as the shortest line to Los Angeles, and the quickest time to eastern points, inviting inquiries to agent M. Q. Bicknell.
The Maricopa and Phoenix will restart Sunday excursions from Mesa starting June 4 and continue weekly through the summer. Fares are 75 cents to Phoenix and back from Mesa, 50 cents from Tempe. Tickets good only on sale date. Trains 6 and 7 are annulled Sundays. a special train leaves Mesa at 5 00 p m and Tempe at 5 35 p m for Phoenix with return from Phoenix at 10 00 p m Pacific time. The ad also promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy sold by J W Bailey Drugist.
The District Court of the Territory of Arizona summons Williard F Swiggett in a divorce action filed by Ida Swiggett. Defendant must answer within ten to thirty days depending on service, or face default judgment. First published August 4, 1899.
Local shop advertises fresh meats of all kinds with constant on hand stock. Fruit and fish in season, smoked meats sausages and hamburger, butter and eggs, ham and related goods available.
H P Anewalt serves as general freight and passenger agent in Prescott Arizona per the snippet from the freight and passenger division. The brief notice identifies Anewalt in his official capacity within the local transportation office.
Fragmentary timetable notes show train or travel times linking Maricopa Tucson Deming San Antonio New Orleans Los Angeles Portland and Seattle. Entries include periods like 1003 pm 500 pm 600 pm and 1153 am with mentions of Texas & Pacific and fares or stops. The piece reads as a clipped transit listing from a newspaper page.
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