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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1900
Page
2
Divergent Farming Examined in The Galveston News
The Galveston News discusses diversified farming in light of self de def union efforts and rural advances. The piece highlights methods that broaden crops and livestock to improve resilience and farmer incomes.
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The
Galveston News
Census Cost And Per Capita Price Highlight Odd Figures
A fragmented clipping notes the census costs 15 000 009 dollars, equating to 20 cents per person. It mentions the Shah of Persia planning to write a book, and a banking clerk irony about detection. It also warns to maintain telephone transmitters to avoid illness and medical bills. The text ends with a moral remark that not doing so is wrong.
Woman Defends Conductor Against Street Car Rowdies
In New York a woman intervened to stop two troublemakers harassing the conductor. Her action portrayed as widening the female sphere as protector and redressor of wrongs for the weak.
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New York
China uses substitute to die for family bribe trick
The piece notes a Chinese practice where officials or substitutes are bribed to die for the family and claims human life is cheap there, describing it as a common form of quick life insurance.
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China
Curious Adventurer Studies Acids on the Human Cuticle
The man who tested a facial chemical to remove a beard without a razor gained new insights into how certain acids affect the human cuticle. He notes the knowledge will aid other adventurers as well as himself, praising curiosity even in a dull world.
Philanthropist weighs town gifts for library or reform school
A Cleveland visiting clergyman questions a settlement worker about a reform school in his town. Citizens are proud of it and the visitor asks if their schools for good boys are something to be proud of, but remains unsure what to say.
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Cleveland
Spain Rebounds After War With United States
Spanish public men claim loss of colonies spurred national growth. Since peace with the United States, Spain shows remarkable material progress. Large cities and smaller towns alike report manufacturing gains and booming commerce, especially in trade with the United States, the strongest since 1884. They say misfortune may yield national blessings if hopeful spirit persists.
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Spain
United States
Reading choices for twenty year old girls and a Chicago mystery
The article debates if twenty year old girls should have free reading beyond strict library limits, likening tastes to pickles and chocolates. It then describes a Chicago crime tale about a young woman’s life policy, suspicious death, and a conspiracy involving a lover, a physician, and detectives.
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Chicago
Heartless crime targets innocent young woman
The account describes a planned murder where a man and accomplices lured and deceived a respectable young woman, using affection to gain her trust before carrying out the deadly act for sordid purposes. The text emphasizes calculated premeditation and cold blood.
Connecticut Health Board Endorses Short Skirt for Women
The State Board of Health led by Dr. C A Lindley urges women to wear short skirts outdoors and in schools arguing they reduce dirt drift and germs. It claims long gowns endanger riders and that skirts aid freedom of movement and safety from entanglement with wheels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health of
Connecticut
C. A. Lindley
Astrologer and escape over marriage trigger court action
A husband, deserting his wife after she consulted an astrologer who predicted two marriages, is arrested. The magistrate later orders him to return and support his wife, prompting reflection on the grim ironies of the case and a bleak view of the world ahead.
Grizzlies Trail Tale Galvanizes Western Rugged Talk
In a grocer’s store a group of men swap travel yarns from a Western town. One man recounts tracking a grizzly from his camp, noting he followed the fresh trail until late afternoon before turning back. The humor hinges on the trail becoming “too fresh.”
Decline of Whaling Shows U S Fisheries Shrinking
The text notes a steady drop in American whale products from 1850 to 1875 with sperm oil 100000 to 42000 barrels, whale oil 300000 to 35000 barrels, and whalebone 5000000 to 400000 pounds, reflecting a gradual end of whale fisheries in the United States.
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United States
Condensed World News Roundup From Various Cities
Reports from Sacramento Phoenix Redding Angeles Camp London Washington Manila Spokane summarize perjury sentence murder verdicts river death boat capsizing and debt figures. Notable items include James D. Prather's eight year prison term and MacArthur approving Lingayen murder sentences with hangings planned December 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
MacArthur
Lingayen
Guardia de Honore Band of
Invited to America for Kruger Visit
The American Transvaal League in Chicago prepared a message inviting Kruger to visit the United States after his European tour. The note expresses that Americans would show respect for his people and condemn Britain’s war against the Orange Free State and their people.
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Chicago
American Transvaal League
Kruger
United States
Great Britain
Orange Free State
Churchill Says US Stay Short and More Troops Needed
Winston Spencer Churchill, a passenger on the Cunard steamship Lucania, told reporters in Queenstown that his stay in the United States would be brief. He endorsed Lord Roberts’ plan to send 20,000 more regulars to the South African war and put Boer forces at about 7,000.
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Queenstown
Winston Spencer Churchill
Cunard Line
Lucania
Liverpool
New York
United States
South Africa
Lord Roberts
Prunes and Raisins Market Slows Despite Shipments Rise
San Jose reports a 50 percent rise in prune shipments this week led by President Bond of the cured fruit association. Demand remains dull due to warm weather and abundant East fruit. inventories grow with few packing houses operating. Raisins show similar dullness per Fresno association vice president Nathan. small export demand and scarce apricot demand noted.
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San Jose
Bond
Cured Fruit Association
Nathan
Fresno Raisin Growers’ Association
Ravisher Jack Ortega Sentenced to Life in Prison
In San Jose on November 30, Jack Ortega the pugilist received a life term for raping Gracie Gamble aged 11. The crime occurred August 26 and the next day the girl’s mother died from shock. A motion for a new trial was denied. Ortega left the courtroom cursing the court as it filled with spectators.
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San Jose
Cal
Jack Ortega
Gracie Gamble
Ortega
Wreck on Mexican Central Rail Road Kills and Injures Scores
Edward Risch of San Antonio brings details of a terrible collision on the Mexican Central Railway last Thursday. More than twenty people were killed and about sixty injured as two trains traveling at about 30 miles per hour collided in a valley between two hills fifty miles south of Jumilico.
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San Antonio
Tex
Edward Risch
Mexican Central Railroad
Jumilico
Trains Wreck in Mexico Buries Dead at 30 Feet High
In the towns of Tamanaca and Symon a construction crew of 150 men rode one train while a freight train with 55 empty cars stalled nearby. A mass of debris 30 feet high buried the wreck, leaving dead and wounded. Two American crew members escaped lynching after the crash, believed to have reached the United States.
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Tamanaca
Symon
Mexico
United States
London court awards 6400 to contract firm in mining scam
In the London and Westminster Contract Corporation being awarded 6400 against Joseph Hamilton Brotherton, the ex American Methodist minister, for defrauding with J. C. Lemp Vance. They formed a contract company, induced Sir James Linton and others as directors, sold shares for 55000, then fled to America with the loot. Papers served on Brotherton in Africa.
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London
London and Westminster
Vance
America
Brotherton
Africa
Buried Alive Babe Survives Green Point Meado w Rescue
A newborn girl named Stacia was buried alive in a Green Point meadow by a treasure seeker who found her in a dirt heap. The father of several children rescued the infant and she is expected to survive, doctors at St. Catherine's Hospital report.
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New York
Stacia
Green Point Avenue
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Meserole Avenue
Guernsey Street
Green Point
Hoyt
Morocco to Be Danned for That Indemnity Fez Mission
Washington reports the State Department ordered Consul Gommere at Tangiers to board a U S warship, likely the Kentucky, and proceed toward Fez to present anew the U S claim for indemnity for the murder of Marcus Ezagui, a naturalized citizen, killed in June 1900. The ship will sail to Mazagan, the closest port to Fez.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Gommere
Tangiers
Morocco
Marcus Ezagui
Kentucky
Smyrna
Mazagan
Fez
Ottoman Navy Cruiser Contract Signed in Constantinople
Hassin Pasha Ottoman minister of marine and General Williams of Cramp Shipbuilding Co. Philadelphia signed a contract in Constantinople for a Ottoman navy cruiser valued at 350000 pounds. The deal includes 23000 pounds indemnity to the United States for losses suffered by Americans during the Armenian massacres.
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Constantinople
Hassin Pasha
General Williams
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Philadelphia
United States
A Sleepy Guest and a Judge at Hyde Park
A Chicago judge of note is ridiculed for falling asleep during a dinner with his hostess and her husband at Hyde Park. The incident ends with the wife’s fury and a wry husbandly admission, highlighting social tensions and comic domestic detail.
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Chicago
Hyde Park
Chicago News
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Exposed as Iron and Quinine
The note claims the tonic's formula is printed on each bottle listing iron and quinine as ingredients. It asserts no cure and no pay. The phrasing implies a warning or expose about the product.
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Grove
Accidentally Killed in Alameda Play Hour
Arthur Tappan a 12 year old boy was accidentally shot by his playmate Charles Swan while hunting a lark with a 22 caliber rifle. The weapon discharged when caught in clothing, striking Tappan in the breast and killing him instantly. Swan and Willie Walchow were briefly jailed then released as the shooting was ruled accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alameda
Arthur Tappan
Charles Swan
Tappan
Swan
Willie Walchow
Alameda Baker Flees Town After Mud Dough Incident
Health Officer reports a bakery worker fled Alameda after being caught tossing a large lump of dough into the bread vat, moments after dropping it in the mud. Neighbors described a chaotic scene as the man disappeared.
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Alameda
Common Sense Talk with Women About Proven Remedies
A public recommendation stresses using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female illnesses, citing decades of sales and testimonials. It argues against trying unknown medicines, claiming over a million women restored to health and urging confidence in this long established remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Praised By Suffering Women
Two women from Michigan and Ohio credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from long standing female health issues. Miss Jazz Saul of Dover writes of month long agony finally eased by the remedy and advice, while Miss Rosa Helden of Canton reports relief from headaches backache dizziness and monthly pains after using the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E
Pinkham
Jazz Saul
Dover
Mich
Rosa Helden
Cleveland Ave
Canton
Lydia E. Pinkham's Remedies Help Two Women
Mary Stahl of Watsontown Pa reports her womb tumors and heavy bleeding disappeared after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the treatment with restoring her health after doctors offered only surgery. A B Davies of Binghamton also says leucorrhea was cured by Pinkham's remedies and recommends them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia
Pinkham
Mary ‘A. Stahl
Watsontown
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. B. Davies
Binghamton, Es
Dear Friend Letter Praises Pinkham Compound Recovery
A Kentucky woman recounts severe child bed fever and womb trouble lasting eight months after birth. After following directions and using the Vegetable Compound, Liver Pills, and Wash she recovers enough to do housework and credits the remedy with saving her life. She hopes the letter helps other women.
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Babe
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