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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1897
Page
3
A girl asks about a young man described by Colonel Stillwell as a fine and shy person. The colonel notes he cannot judge the young man’s shyness, and the speaker recalls playing poker with him, reflecting a light, anecdotal tone from a Louisville Courier Journal item.
A visitor asked a White House page about his occupation. The boy, identified as a page in the White House, replied he is running for Congress. The exchange occurred in the Capitol corridor as reported by the Christian Intelligencer.
A wartime style blurb promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters to awaken a dormant liver and relieve bilious attacks. It claims relief from constipation headaches dyspepsia bad breath and right side pain and also promises to remove malaria rheumatism kidney complaint nervous debility. The text shifts to a military scene with a charge and command to fly with the other.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only cure for deafness caused by catarrh. Claims ear inflammation and Eustachian Tube blockage can be treated constitutionally. Offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured by the remedy. circulars available. Sold by Druggists for 75 cents. promotes Hall's Family Pills.
The Hercules Gas Engine Works of San Francisco plans large irrigation engines for farmers across California. They are building an 80 HP pumping plant for Geo. F. Packer, Usa, to lift 6000 gallons per minute from a river and irrigate his land, possibly the largest gasoline pumping setup of its kind. A testimonial touts Piso's Cure for Consumption from John A. Miller of Au Sable, Michigan.
A smartly dressed man in a Broadway wholesale dry goods warehouse watches crowds. He and another similar man bait and detain passersby as a puller in, scamming sayings and trapping victims before a street confrontation ends with a threat of arrest and a rebuff. Later, a brief clash over a coat leads to a defiant escape and moralized comment on shared roberies. A pair of quips end with a light note about a letter opener and marriage.
Gossip from Gay Gotham surveys summer dress trends with fashionably dressed women in New York. It notes rustic simplicity amid pricey materials, detailing gowns in suede colored brilliantine, cerise canvas, cashmere, mohair, and lace, with elaborate bodices and contrasting trims.
A fashion passage contrasts four gowns with varying fabrics from etamine to linen and rose-pink silk. It details intricate trims such as mauve taffeta bands, lace, guspure, and epaulettes, then invites reflection on the appeal of rustic, simple style versus opulent design.
The article notes that gown making centers on tucking and pleating driving high material outlays. Women favor elaborate designs over simple outfits and new dress styles push up expenses. It references warship parable lines and ends with a harsh remark about comments on a dead man and a girl's love affairs.
The San Francisco Argonaut argues uneducated factory workers marry earlier and accept simpler homes while educated stenographers seek salary and status. It suggests a tension between financial security and romantic fulfillment as rent and children strain relationships.
A London photographer charges $2.50 to place a carte in a window and $5 for a cabinet portrait, with many original sitters requesting exhibitions at their own cost. Berlin Hygienic Institute experiments challenge Pasteur's theory that bacteria are essential to ancient life.
The ad recounts letters to Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts praising the Vegetable Compound for relief from womb displacement ulceration backache and other suffering. It claims many testimonials from a single town and asserts the product restores health happiness and usefulness.
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