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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1894
Page
4
Arizona Gazette recounts a Phoenix printer’s day of want where a typo asks for money and the manager replies no funds exist. A hungry compositor requests a meal ticket, then alfalfa, with payment promised by month’s end as local readers mock high subscription and ad rates. Mesa is noted for unshaken debt indifference.
The text blends political talk on silver as money with social caricatures and letters from readers. It references electoral votes, regions favoring silver, and voices from Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and southern states. It also mentions Lady Cooknee Tennessee Claflin and editorials on marriage relations. The passage ends with a quip about wanting more money.
An Ohio paper notes a young man travels twelve miles every two weeks to visit his girl, totaling over 6,000 miles in nine years. It mocks the idea of a persistent romance and jokes about other items from the era including dog stew, tariff talk, and agricultural counts in India.
The Santa Fe Route offers round trip tickets from Deming or El Paso valid until October 31 priced to Chicago 68.60, St Louis 61.10, Kansas City 52.95, Milwaukee 72.10, and St Paul 76.45. Agents named below handle sales.
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