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Mesa Free Press

Location

Mesa, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1893

Page

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Dress Goods and Furnishings Offerings Highlight Store

A listing notes new neat dress goods and fashionable offerings for ladies and gents. The establishment stocks fairness items and full furnishing goods usual to a well equipped shop.

Passing Thoughts on Mortality and Memory

An reflective meditation on life's brevity and the fading memory of individuals after death. It compares fame and wealth to humble beggars, noting generations pass with nature's unchanged beauty. The piece envisions future generations living without recall of the departed.

Broken Heart Sinks Toledo Father After Son Forgery

The Toledo man died the day after visiting his jailed son charged with forging his uncle’s name. Doctors found the father’s heart ruptured, a rare autopsy finding noted by the examining physician. The Oroville Mercury comments on home papers supporting local news.

Toledo Parker

Virginia Peanuts Dominate Nearly Hundred Thousand Acre Crop

The report notes nearly one hundred thousand acres in Virginia are devoted to peanuts with potential for wider planting. It mentions Arizona as favorable for profitable cultivation due to a large land area well suited to the crop.

Virginia Arizona

Desert Land Act ruling redefines cultivation standard

The General Land Office upholds that cultivation means tilling soil and growing crops, not mere irrigation. The decision, affecting desert land patent claims, requires planting seed and producing a crop on at least one eighth of the claimed land, not just hay from native grasses.

General Land Office

World Wheat Production 1882 1893 and Leading Producers

The period 1882 to 1893 saw world wheat output at 26 563 751 767 bushels with 1892 the peak at 2 339 607 629. U S production reached 515 949 000 that year, far surpassing France 204 649 000 behind, while 1893 U S output was 391 000 000, above Russia and Poland by 55 440 000. Mexico maintains 12 000 000 yearly, and Switzerland records the lightest crop with Sweden and Norway next.

France United States Russia Poland China Mexico Switzerland Sweden Norway

Parrot's Profanity Cure Ends With Cyclone Joke

A minister recalls a swearing parrot told by a friend to cure profanity with rapid cage spins and a water dousing. After applying the method, the parrot asks where the cyclone struck, delivering a quizzical punchline about the minister’s absence during the disaster.

Coyote Attack on Man Reported Near Donnelly’s Divide

Taylor Branaman of Riverside News reports a man nicknamed Dad was camping beyond Donnelly’s when a coyote leaped at him at dawn Tuesday night. The animal bit him in the face twice but was beaten off. Authorities note such attacks are rare and suggest the coyote may have been starving or mad.

Taylor Branaman Riverside Stage Dad Donnelly’s Tribune

Purse Ad Promises Value in Pure Chase At Two Dollars

An advertisement touts a pretty purse offered at the price of two dollars with a claim of pure value and attractive design. The brief note positions the item as a savvy purchase for shoppers seeking a stylish accessory at a low cost.

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