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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1894
Page
1
The notice proclaims a free handsome gift to patrons in recognition of liberal patronage over the past year. It warns shoppers against buying old bankrupt or shelfworn stock and promotes the store as headquarters for new goods and liberal trading. It advertises an immense stock of latest dress goods cloaks capes clothing hats and shots with best value in town.
An ad promotes The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad as the Great Middle Route across the continent, linking with the Santa Fe Route railways and offering a seamless intercontinental connection.
Travelers can reach the Grand Canyon and the Natural Bridge of Arizona via Flagstaff Williams or Peach Springs. The route also offers the Petrified Forest near Carrizo and ruins of ancient civilizations, with highlights at Montezuma Well and the long cantilever bridge over the Colorado River.
Gov. Hughes returns to Phoenix to inspect the territorial prison where all inmates are employed. Twenty-five work on the prison farm with plans to irrigate, grow vegetables, and clear fifty acres. Fifty prisoners cut granite to support self sufficiency. Negotiations with a Tucson marble firm could supply materials for working or leasing labor.
The Toledo Weekly Blade touts its nationwide reach and family friendly content with condensed world news, serials, and departments. A Nampa Idaho Leader note warns opal fields near Owyhee are depleted with no buyers, while Shirley mine remains deserted but opal gems linger, and winter Southern California travel picks up with packed westbound trains.
The Southern Pacific charged the war department a bill of 5000 dollars for provisions furnished to soldiers at eating houses along the line during the strike.
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