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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1896
Page
1
The Mesa Restaurant in Pomeroy Block Mesa City Arizona offers meals under the proprietress direct charge with market quality tables and cuisine.
Ex President Harrison discusses Indian education in the Ladies' Home Journal noting government efforts and the shift to citizenship after breaking up tribal lands. The piece emphasizes Hampton and Carlisle schools and warns against returning students to nomadic life. Also notes benefits of wood ash for fruit trees as fertilizer and insecticide with recommended application.
A Caribou potato raiser rejects 48 cents a barrel for eleven barrels, insisting on five dollars per load. In Grand Lake, a man seeks pay for a calf pastured all summer. the farmer offers seven dollars debt but accepts the calf as settlement, while the man refuses and proposes to keep the calf longer, effectively waving it.
In Germany an ax was set against a tree and all steps from felling to the pulp mill and printing press were timed by a watch. The process finished with the tree turned into a printed newspaper in one hundred forty minutes.
Flammarion argues Mars shows seasonal surface changes and snowfall melting, challenging the view of a frozen world. He cites weight differences and life as evidence that Martian biology and atmosphere differ from Earth, while suggesting potential intellectual advancement among Martian inhabitants.
After a decade of trial the Sunday law in New Orleans is to be dropped as impracticable. It was enforced only three months in ten years and only spasmodically. Officials testify unanimously against it, saying it required the entire police force and crowded criminal docket with Sunday law violations. The measure failed in a diverse city where Anglo Saxon New England stock was under 1 percent.
Winslow reports G Lewis of Armstrong Abrasive Company negotiating in Winslow for a large stamp mill at Adamana to crush petrified wood from nearby forests. Two carloads of machinery have arrived and fifteen workers will start early next week to ship the material to Chicago for emery wheels and grindstones.
The piece traces money origins to Juno Moneta and Rome with the first coinage, notes the florin named for Florence, and mentions 12th century ducats minted in Apulia. It also describes Brazil’s funeral custom where scarlet mourning attire and carriages mark the decedent.
The Albany Tribune reflects on newspaper men who endure petty swindles and low pay while juggling writing talent with sharp business sense. They face distrust and demand from communities that overlook the paper’s financial needs, risking collapse without a strong business end.
The excerpt recalls David R. Atchison as acting president for a day in 1846 when March 4 fell on a Sunday. Polk’s term ended that day, Taylor declined the oath, and Atchison as Senate president pro tempore held the office until 12 noon. It notes March 4, 1921 will also place a day as president for a day.
The Globe road terminus will advance Arizona's material progress by linking the rich Globe mineral district to markets by rail. It will provide work for hundreds and enable ore processing facilities for copper, gold, and silver. Extending to San Carlos positions a future Deer Creek coal branch rail line for regional development.
The Florence Tribune notes ongoing separation of coal fields in eastern Pinal county from the White Mountain Indian reservation and predicts a railroad into Florence plus early work on the Buttes reservoir within twelve months, with a disclaimer that any disappointment would not be the paper’s fault.
Bee men of the valley did not attend the Agricultural association meeting. Their own association is not very active, yet the bee and honey trade remains strong. This year over thirty carloads of honey were shipped to western markets, in car lots, with additional sales in the home market. Beekeepers report a high price for this locally produced honey, noting its superior quality compared with eastern harvests where alfalfa is not grown.
The difference between success and failure in farming lies in the degree of care given to farm details. Those who practice extra care find ready markets and top prices, while careless neighbors waste products or accept below-cost returns. The main issue is trying to do too many things at once and failing, not ignorance or laziness.
Inquiries to the land office rise over when the San Carlos coal lands will open for entry or purchase. Receiver E. R. Monk assists, noting the survey is under department supervision and will finish before December 1. After approval and filing of plats, the sale date and terms will be announced in the press for thirty days.
Sheriff Mel Greenleaf of Yuma county allowed two prisoners to escape at Maricopa. Howard Withrow, sentenced to five years and nine months for burglary, had long conducted horse and wagon thefts in Phoenix and Tempe. Rafael Ruiz escaped as well, serving six years for grand larceny.
Grand Master Workman A. E. Pierce arrived from Casa Grande Thursday evening and was hosted at the Williams House by Florence Lodge No. 4 AOUW. About sixty attendees enjoyed an elegant Thanksgiving supper and a lively evening of music dancing and social conversation at the hall.
Jerome News reports that the next Territorial legislature should pass a law allowing the board of supervisors in every county to lay out their counties or into supervisor districts. This would give people from all parts of the territory representation on the county boards.
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