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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1893
Page
1
Zeuds Co Lp announces its Mesa store offers a Dry Goods department with new dress goods flannels and accessories. Hardware and Grocery departments stock top goods and the firm handles Myers Pumps Featherbone Buggy Whips and Canton Clipper Plows.
The Journal Miner's report notes about 300 workers on the 8. F., P. & P. railroad with four camps. O'Connor Hughes Lantry & Son and Rhoadamer camps are west of Prescott as grading and bridge crews prepare for a spring push to completion.
The piece cites an open letter to the President questioning the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act and notes editorials claiming prosperity would return without such backing. It reflects on bi metalism, market stagnation, and calls for attention to falling prices and languishing industries.
A weekly editor accidentally swapped names while replying to two subscribers. One asked about teething twins and orchard grasshoppers, and the other sought pest control. The replies misaddressed the queries, suggesting straw and fire for babies and castor oil with gum rubbing for pests.
A reader explains seigniorage the profit the government makes when coinage costs less than its face value. It is the difference between the metal cost plus refining and making the coin and the nominal value passed by the government. Fixed charges for alloy and refining are included in the calculation.
The column surveys anecdotes from the World's Fair era including a southern woman recalling the fair as immoral, observations on an electricity ruin claim by an intramural railroad, and remarks on Ex Marshal Wilson of Honolulu suing a Star editor over royal relations. It also notes American pride in Uncle Sam and Arizona products shown in Phoenix to San Francisco, reflecting era attitudes and sensational reporting.
Free gifts announced by Pritt Bros in Phoenix during the holiday season include a pretty purse with each two dollar purchase. Local shoppers are urged to visit the store to take part in the promotion.
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