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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1900
Page
3
Lieutenant Charles Peterson of Hook and Ladder Co. No. 21 writes from Ohio about his recovery from la grippe. He credits Peruna with restoring his strength in two weeks and says it keeps him in good health during strenuous duties at fires.
A health notice asserts la grippe leaves weakened nerves and digestion and claims Peruna, used as directed, restores health within weeks. It invites readers to contact The Peruna Medicine Co. in Columbus, Ohio, for a free copy of Facts and Faces.
Lady Jeune, renowned society leader and philanthropist, notes in a forthcoming Youth's Companion article that many quaint London customs linger yet face extinction amid rapid modernization. She highlights traditions preserved by communities and individuals.
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a cold cure in one day with a refund if it fails. E. W. Grove’s signature appears on each box and the price is 25 cents.
A brief exchange between two fathers about interruptions from their children. The first notes his boy interrupts during conversations, while the second adds his boy interrupts during sleep, in a quiet domestic vignette.
A terse exchange cited from the Chicago Tribune shows Pslugger offering $5,000 to induce surrender in the first round. The pugilist protests his honor, insisting he will prove himself a gentleman despite the taunt.
A collage of brief jokes and quips from various 19th century humor pages. The excerpts feature sharp one liners about marriage, travel, manners, and social foibles. Notable wits include Pat, Mr Clubite, Mrs Casey, and Sallie de Witt in humorous vignettes.
The advertisement touts S S S as a blood purifier and tonic that removes blood poisons and purges impurities while building the constitution. It claims cures for cancer scrofula rheumatism chronic sores eczema psoriasis and contagious blood poison, stating decades of cures and free medical advice from Atlanta based Swift Specific Co to readers with blood or skin troubles.
A fragment reports a tense exchange about a body and its disposal. Jimson denies responsibility for a dog and Jackson taunts the owner, asking who sold the body, amid late night sounds and street inquiry.
A collage of nursery tips and comic exchanges. Advertising for Carter's Ink and Carters products alongside domestic quips and a joke about a wedding best man. A malaria tonic claim and a joke about partner horse care appear amid light household humor.
Ohio notices advertise Allen's Foot-Ease for swollen feet and foot pain with testimonials and 25 cent price. Separate oath from F J Cheney promises $100 for catarrh cures with Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills promoted. other remedies include Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething.
Classified notice seeking honest men and women of good character to represent the company. Salary offered. Apply at P. O. Box 587, land, Oregon.
A man in a red necktie explains a ruse to buy inexpensive nickel cigars after a dinner Havana, claiming the nickel cigars taste like the higher priced ones. He demonstrates to the dealer and exits, leaving the scheme described as a clever ploy.
Netta, a girl from a foundling asylum, visits Muriel for tea on Muriel’s birthday. Netta boasts of being founded while Muriel is curious about her own birth. The exchange highlights class and status through their contrasting backgrounds.
Dr Lefevre calls a Laos village in Cochin China a home of fools. A common mania is belief in a buffalo in the stomach, a delusion called pipop. If hope less cases are thrown into water and survive they are counted free from the possession.
A historical portrait traces famed women gamblers from sixteenth and seventeenth century France and England to American outlaws. It highlights Mme de Montespan and Nell Gwynn, royal connections, vast losses, and a dramatic end for Donna Paquita, a Texas-born leader of a grease gang who killed herself after a failed card gamble.
A hostess at a reception after Senator Beveridge's election feigns surprise asking if he is the senator from Indiana. Beveridge bows, replies I shave. Uncle Ephe quips that lung power does not indicate brain power during the Colorado Springs Gazette recounting of the moment.
John F Boyer of Trinity Springs Indiana asserts Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal for coughs and colds in a claim dated February 15 1900.
An old advertisement proclaims that Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets stop coughs and cure colds in one day with no cure no pay. It features a photographer urging people to look pleasant as he wields a camera bulb.
A Goshen Indiana farmer recounts a serious rheumatic illness long suffered, credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with full recovery after a regimen begun January 1897. He notes no other medicines were taken and asserts the pills cured him by March. Available from Dr Williams Medicine Co. or local druggists for 60 cents a box or six for 50.
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