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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1897
Page
2
A collage of brief items includes four thousand U S pensioners abroad costing six hundred thousand dollars yearly a stabbing in the Tenderloin a New Jersey white bird sighting and a pie entrepreneur aiming for a newsworthy collapse. Also a Pennsylvania poet suicide and dwindling Yellowstone buffaloes mark the month.
A joint order by Secretary Alger and Secretary Long bans football games between the Naval Academy cadets at Annapolis and the United States Military Academy at West Point. This measure signals heightened steps to conserve manpower for impending war efforts.
A Kansas minister voices a provocative admonition on immortality versus legacy. He argues that life matters more than ceremonial memorials. The remark cites Speaker Reed, noting his famous quip that a true statesman is “a politician who is dead.”
The writer argues that Boston should label its rail lines distinctively with the underground term subway while elevating the elevated line to superway. They suggest "L road" and "Elevated" are utilitarian terms, whereas superway feels grand and classical.
The sultan of Morocco is offered a bicycle as a present but cannot accept it. The grand vizier, the power behind the throne, forbids the sultan from riding it fearing a fall and injury.
An eminent jurist noticed the new Great Barrington public library lacked a Bible. He sent a volume with a sharp note, prompting questions whether the absence reflected patron demand or the librarian's oversight.
An editorial warns against “compassion” for hobos and argues most tramps choose wandering over work. It urges that mendicancy and theft appeal to them, and that hobos should be kept moving. Those willing to work may be treated differently, but otherwise they should be driven out of town and barred from returning.
The article notes rapid growth in southern cotton manufacturing from near zero prewar to 482 mills today, consuming over a million bales annually. It compares 1887 Southern use of 401,452 bales and Northern 1,710,080 to the year ended Aug 31, 1897 with Southern 1,042,671 and Northern 1,804,680, arguing Southern output may soon surpass the North.
London plans extend penny installments to hot water and electric light with automatic machines delivering half penny and penny packets of tea coffee cocoa sugar and meat extracts. First hot-water lamp to be placed in Trafalgar Square where unemployed congregate.
The adulteration of foods has reached alarming proportions in the United States. Investigators report that scarcely any food article or drug is free from imitation or adulteration by some man.
The article argues for strict enforcement of weights and measures to prevent adulteration of foods and drugs, noting government investigations and state laws. It links price manipulation in bicycles and typewriters to industrial trusts, discusses watch movements, and reflects on international strains from Britain to France and Russia, plus colonial concerns in Greece, Egypt, and the Congo.
In a Washington Star excerpt, Mr Cumrox comforts his son John as he struggles with Latin verbs amo amas amat. The father notes that mastering them remains a daily burden and urges persistence, saying most trouble lies ahead and early start helps.
A playful line from a National Advertments item hints at a cheek kiss request and a cheeky printed response. The dialogue suggests a humorous, editorial tone about print culture and affectionate gestures.
A summary of Los Angeles area happenings includes plans for a ten story city building, a new Santa Barbara military band, irrigation work at Yuma, a polarizing bond issue destroyed, and Santa Ana mail distribution prospects. Reports cover officials resignations, theatre advertising protests, rail and sugar projects, and notable deaths and scientific notes from Ech Mountain to Ventura.
The Gillam mine near Hot Springs Kern county yields ore averaging 20 dollars per ton and milled at Mammoth mill about a half mile away. Charles A. Dana dies a millionaire with estate valued between 1 and 1.25 million. All property except Sun stock in trust for his widow by Paul Dana goes to his widow. His Long Island Sound home, his principal holding, is free of encumbrances.
A broad digest notes 84 Phoenix buildings under construction, Alaska missionary linkage, a Durrant execution rescheduled to next March, General Fuentes arrested in San Francisco, Vancouver Alaska steam fleet planned, Randsburg road due December 5, auditor appointment for freight receipts, East San Gabriel hotel sold to International Pulmonary Co for 15000, nickel slot machines in San Francisco with daily play estimates, Alaska penal colony bill proposed, naval reserve war footing order forthcoming, Goddard Sharkey boxing result favors Sharkey, Copper River navigation extending, Chillina river route could allow highway or rail via Low Pass to White River and Yukon Klondike area.
Quarantine in Savannah lifted for yellow fever. Henry Hicks named General Master Workman of the Knights of Labor. Mrs. Logan appointed guardian of Senorita Cisneros. Mrs. Tiffany of New York dies. A Chicago claimant wins $20000 against Northwestern for blacklisting. Cleve land clarifies paternity. Pullman engagement broken. J R Sovereign resigns as head of Knights of Labor. Ruins of Major Andre’s prison home in Tappan NY sold to Charles Pike. Hetty Green court appearances noted with wealth penalties. Anaconda escapes Philadelphia museum and kills a pony. Kirk arrested in New York for shooting after door kicked in. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers threatens strike in NYC over wage hike.
Secretary Alger remains ill as McKinley plans minimal appointments until Congress opens. War department orders brands for public animals with U S insignia. Ohio heads pension rolls with 103,431 recipients totaling 15.55 million dollars, followed by Pennsylvania. McKinley studies sculpting a bust in clay then bronze for multiple officials. Sealing talks progress with Canada and Britain without action to ban pelagic sealing. Arctic relief expedition limits reporters to avoid favoritism. Ventura producers reach 9000 of 10000 acres with Oxnard extension. Colonia factory to be built on J Y Save place between El Rio and Huene.
Germany’s exports to the United States have fallen by half over the past year and tensions rise as Japan and Russia clash over Korea. Diaz’s supporters present him two private Pullman cars. Russia seeks an old indemnity to block Turkish army reform. A Peru Chile Argentina alliance aims to partition Bolivia. Weyler’s Cuba policies have devastated rural populations. Mexico plans a million colonists with English syndication at $100 per family. Spain faces revolt and rifle seizures for Carlists. Pierola ill in Lima delays Graus statue unveiling. Gladstone and Bismarck face frailty. Gladstone plans writing, Riviera respite, while Bismarck isolates and refuses Egyptian wintering.
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