09 Dec 1898
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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1898
Page
1
The Mesa Free Press announces advertising rates, with details available on application. Morton and Shewman publish the notice as the newspaper’s owners.
The Globe Times reports on November 30 a train reached Globe, Arizona at 10:00 AM marking a milestone for Gila County. Crowds welcomed the iron horse as longtime residents, leaders, and children gathered to witness progress with nostalgia for frontier days and new commerce ahead.
A recent papal decree reverses seven year old excommunication of Catholics affiliated with secret societies allowing burial in consecrated ground. The move is seen as a gain for liberal church factions. Cardinoff mine sale in Pima county to A J Shotwell Denver for 100000. plant to reach 300 tons daily.
Work on improvements to the Highland canal has been suspended for the present. The improvements were made by the farmers under the canal and will add very materially to the carrying capacity of that water way.
The Melbourne Leader reports a large gold nugget found at Kanowna described as 15 inches long 5 inches thick weighing 95 pounds nearly pure gold with oxidized iron at both ends and a sickle hood shape. The finder kept the exact site secret except for the miner and parish priest. Using 95 pounds and 20 dollars per ounce the nugget is about twenty two thousand dollars though not the largest ever discovered.
The week brought a death of Miss Catherine D in Mesa from typhoid and pneumonia after a visit from Phoe nix friends. Obituaries note Driss Dyer’s respected character. Merle Moore’s twenty acre grove yields over a hundred extra orange boxes. Robi Banta and family plan to move to Big Bug with farewell party. Hotel development hopeful. Col Murphy visits from Detroit after Wisconsin launch. Uncle George Sirrine's eightieth birthday celebrated. local cattle and ranch changes noted. Mesa lodge officers elected. town welcomes new residents. Galloway cattle sale reported. tobacco tag payments for milk noted. Local commerce, remodeling, and holiday goods highlighted. a Globe shooting case referenced with Cadette and Mrs Brawley wounding.
A Catholic fair will be held in Tempe beginning on the 21st and continuing for three days. Mrs Burton wife of W A Burton is home from a long Salt Lake visit. WH Smith of Prescott was in town seeking fat cattle. Capt Porter superintendent of the M and P and B R visited Mesa last week. Mesa claims better hotel accommodations than any town of its size on the coast.
The railroad touts complete equipment, comfortable transport, prompt service with gas-lit cars and dining service on all limited trains. It claims the shortest 238 mile route to Los Angeles and the quickest connections to eastern points, inviting inquiries to M. O. Bicknell.
Beginning November 1 the Phoenix Short Line offers round trip tickets from Phoenix to Guaymas Mexico at 35.60 with a sixty day sale window. Stopovers allowed at Nogales and Sonora ports Hermosillo Santa Ana Magdalena and Torres. Guaymas Gulf of California harbor noted as scenic health resort city with 10 000 population. For information inquire of.
Appeal directs shoppers to G F Lampey at 526 West Washington Street Phoenix offering albums Dewey rugs parlor lamps clocks rings silverware and diamonds as potential Christmas presents.
The notice offers assistance on choosing routes with the best connections and accommodations for eastbound travel on the Southern Pacific. It also suggests the shortest line for westbound seaside points and provides contact details for M.0 Bickneth G. P. A. in Phoenix for further information.
The Phoenix Short Line rehabilitated its Pullman service between Phoenix and Maricopa. Passengers may board at seven in the evening and stay until six o'clock the next morning, eliminating the need for rooms at Maricopa.
The Southern Pacific special road train will begin around November 1 with solid vestibuled Pullman cars and complete dining service. It will run twice weekly, with a fast New Orleans to San Francisco service linking to Atlantic Coast routes, plus four weekly east and west fast trains from Maricopa via the Sunset route. For details contact WO BicknellP.
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