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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1894
Page
1
The Co-Op announces a new dry goods department with fashionable dress goods flannels and men and women furnishings. Hardware and grocery depots offer quality items and low prices. Agents for Myers Pumps Featherbone Buggy Whips Canton Clipper Plows. special orders available.
A promotional note describes the Atlantic and Pacific railroad line as the Great Middle Route linking the nation with the Santa Fe Route. It emphasizes continental connection and railway integration across the American rail network.
The article promotes travel to the Grand Canyon and surrounding sites. It highlights access via Flagstaff Williams or Peach Springs and mentions the Natural Bridge of Arizona Montezuma's Well Laeuna Acolla The City of the Sky Petrified Forest Canon Diablo San Francisco Mountains and cliff dwellings. It notes America’s longest cantilever bridge over the Colorado River with executives listed.
The article argues arid western expansion can absorb 60 million new residents, creating homes and industry while preserving rights. It highlights lithographic stone deposits near Prescott, Col. C. P. Sykes's investments, and plans to test and exhibit Arizona stone in New York. It also notes Armour Packing Co bids to supply canned meat to China and Japan amid war, implying strong cattle demand for national armies.
Indio experiences growth as the railroad company constructs 12 cottages and nearby salt works plan to double capacity. Geo W Durbrow sinks an artesian well and prepares to plant 100 acres in fruits and grapes ripening earlier than any other California location.
The irrigation age argues the Third National Irrigation Congress is crucial as western deserts can sustain more people with a proper irrigation system. It says vast public work will employ capital and workers, and provide homes for millions, making irrigation essential during this era of unrest.
The Arizona report explains the arousing smoke in the Aarcavar mountains. Thomas Greenhaw at Harqua Hala led Indian Jack to inspect the blaze and brush fires.
A Globe informant reports the Old Dominion Company operates short handed but will likely stay open. Forty men were discharged last week and twenty eight more last Wednesday, yet sixty workers with families remain employed until copper demand warrants an extra forge.
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