20 Dec 1895
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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1895
Page
1
Regular meals 25 cents offered at all hours with table service. Located at Pomeroy Block on Main Street in Mesa.
The Inter Ocean notes mining expansion in Arizona with deep workings and irrigation boosting agriculture and health tourism. San Carlos and Deer Creek coal interests, Tiburon island plans, and Santa Fe sale ripple through regional business. Local editors duel over delinquent subscribers in Phoenix.
Thomas G. Merrill, chairman of the finance committee of the National Bimetallic Union, warns that the president's proposal to retire greenbacks would harm silver interests. He says ending currency under the Sherman act would push bullion into the market and force silver prices down.
The Comstock mines in Nevada run exceptionally hot on the lower levels where workers can only endure ten to fifteen minutes. Efforts to cool the shafts fail as ice melts before reaching the bottom, leaving miners struggling with extreme heat.
London Short wis in the U S Treasury reports Bradstreet's notes a weekly gold shipment of 500000 in coin to Buenos Aires via New York brokers. London bankers profit by selling to the U S government at a premium and drawing from the till, blaming U S policy and Lombard Street, with Andrew Jackson invoked in critique.
An 1894 discussion argues pure milk provides similar nutrients to meat and is cheaper, noting milk at eight cents a quart supplies 4.41 ounces of solids per quart. beef costs twelve cents per pound. It cites a Philadelphia Times quote about Pennsylvania railroad car stocks and ends with a satirical editor’s line and announces the Republican convention in St Louis on June 16.
Stephen W. Dorsey says bimetallic sentiment is rising in the United States and England faster than elsewhere. He argues for forging a fair, unilateral path and seeking an international agreement only if needed, urging the county to proceed without waiting for others.
The speaker notes that while Caesar Napoleon and Washington announcements settled death inquiries quickly, the silver question remains unresolved after eighteen months. He argues that an army of goldites using telegraphs newspapers and subsidized politicians continues to suppress the issue.
Reports say settlers have moved en masse to stake claims in the Bill Williams range while experienced miners compare the recent strike there with Tombstone's heyday, noting current yields may not match past peak times.
A boot and shoe department is among improvements at the territorial penitentiary. New machinery for electric lighting is installed.Workers sink a well for a purer water supply below the Colorado river bed. Williams faces political turmoil as O. E. Boyce resigns and J. T. Broyles succeeds. Enemies of incorporation push to keep the town in backwoods status amid a noisy council.
Placer gold continues to come in from surrounding districts. One man from near Stanton brought in over $2,200 worth of gold dust yesterday and sold it to the Prescott National Bank, illustrating the scale of the industry.
An exchange notes a Kansas man claiming bran dy can be made from wet elm saw dust and the discouraged prohibitions. The discussion questions the fate of the good cause when a man can go forth with a rip saw and get drunk on a fence rail.
A Territorial Women Suffrage Association was organized in Phoenix a few days ago with Mrs. Gov. Hughes heading the group.
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