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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1897
Page
2
The Mesa Free Press credits publishers Morton & Shewan with the Arizona Ltd OO imprint, listing A. P. Sheuman and W. D. Morton as key figures. The brief note catalogs the Mesa City publication and identifying information for the paper.
The passage notes a chainless bicycle design appears feasible yet keeping cranks away from the wheel proves difficult. The brief highlights engineering progress and ongoing mechanical challenges facing the concept.
A Moscow dispatch notes Mr Prinsklentsky earning recognition as a pianist. A Boston woman who died recently used to line her bustle with $24 000 in greenbacks, illustrating lavish attire costs.
A Paris letter describes a French inventor who created an artificial rubber oyster that cannot be distinguished from the real. The note suggests this could become a notable attraction for church fair venues.
The line about farewell the neighing steed is cited as a playful omen of modern cycling enthusiasm and a shift from horse to bicycle. The text playfully contrasts ancient prose with a future fad, implying wheelmen embrace change and velocity.
A Chicago feature extols a young girl known as the cold water girl for her charitable deeds. Though her face is hard and her heart stone, the article asserts she has done more good than any other girl of her age in the city.
In a Memphis Commercial Appeal remark the writer laments racial prejudice and class snobbery while urging harsher, more decisive action. The editor questions comfort with bigotry, proposing a stark contrast by wishing for a cold, uncompromising frost that same night.
The revolver that ended Senor Canovas life was poured into a vat of concentrated sulphuric acid and utterly consumed. Spaniards reject keeping grim mementos and warn against yellow journalism’s influence.
A New York judge offered practical advice to a lovesick man who attempted suicide. He warned not to dwell on one woman and said love is not everything because there are others. The remark, though plain, carries a broader moral about resilience and moving on.
An onlooker threw a beer bottle at the umpire in Pittsburg. the umpire retaliated from the grand stand injuring an innocent spectator. The issue highlights widespread Sunday disgraceful scenes. The National Baseball League president urges reform warning the game risks sinking to prize-fight levels. He calls for action by all players and spectators.
The passage argues that intelligent people evolve their views from youth to middle age and should not mourn changing beliefs. It cites Emerson urging not to cling to memories but to test past statements in the present, living each day anew and avoiding rigid self-contradiction.
A Belevue Hospital physician suggested awakening a cataleptic patient with music. The idea sparked thoughts of chromatics and musical soporifics replacing calomel and drugs, with future prescriptions like Moonlight Sonata or Schubert serenade before bed. Wagner might treat serious troubles and popular street tunes could aid trifle diosases.
Vermont once had few wild deer aside from Essex County near the great forest. A repeal protected population grew tame until October was opened to hunting. Hunters flooded the state and deer near extermination looms, eroding true sport as deer become accustomed to man and many sportsmen retreat from the slaughter.
Connecticut voters approve a sweeping constitutional amendment requiring election inspectors to read English to electors. The plan passed by a wide margin with 47 005 yeas and 4 560 nays, with every town voting yes. The measure aims to bar non English readers from electoral participation and signals a shift against illiterate voters. Foreign voters offered no organized resistance.
The piece notes divorce totals across durations, with 500000 U.S. divorces in 30 years and peaks around four years married, tapering after twenty years. It cites average marriage duration 22-26 years, yet 9.17 years for divorced pairs, and contrasts Russia’s Alaska transfer with U.S. buying. Grand Duke Paul and Faure are mentioned amid shifting diplomacy.
Mrs Rorer writes in the Ladies' Home Journal that eggs should not be boiled. She advises four eggs per quart of water and a 180 degree Fahrenheit water bath for five minutes to keep whites creamy and yolks slightly congealed.
A roundup of late events including two idle wheat ships in San Francisco demanding 35 shillings freight. Lick Observatory eclipse expedition arrives in Bombay and heads inland. McKinley invited to Californios golden jubilee. Plans hinge on a cable from San Francisco to Hawaii with extensions to Japan and Australia. Oregon and California news cover Seattle court awards $800 each to two passengers from Alaska.
The Utica company to operate 60 stamps on the Utica 60 on the Stickle 40 on the Mattiscon and 20 on the Gold Cliff in Calaveras county. The Stickle shaft will be sunk to 1500 feet. In Yuma county Arizona opposite San Diego county the Gold Extraction company shows 68 dollars per ton value based on 51 samples.
The era reads with reports of rheumatic illness in the Pope and a Turkey Greece peace accord signed on Saturday. Cuban insurgents install Masso as president with Capote as secretary of war Aleman as general in chief Gomez leads. A deadly Philippine typhoon on October 6 kills hundreds, while a Carmelita crew evades Seris attack near Tiburon. Santa Monica plans a public fun wharf 800 to 1500 feet long. Mexican concessions to a French syndicate for Chiapas irrigation and a railroad involve 25 million francs.
A mix of bills and protests in Washington including Lorimer's postal savings banks plan, New Mexico statehood proposal, Hawaiians protesting annexation, and Arizona Governor McCord opposing Fort Whipple abandonment. The revenue cutter names shift to Indian tribe names with Algonquin launched at Cleveland and Onondaga named later. The long session opened Dec 5 amid modest public interest and a cautious presidential message.
Eastern notes report December wheat at 1.09 on the Chicago board of trade. Other items mention merged wire manufacturing interests, Wells Fargo messengers to wear white uniforms, heavy snow delaying rail traffic, Santa Fe railroad directors re-elected, a Pan American exposition proposed for 1899, and a silk seizure linked to Mme Adelaide Hermann.
Tax data from the Treasury shows a drop in filled cheese production after the September 8 1896 law. From September 8 1896 to July 1, 1897 1 663 067 pounds were produced with 16 630 dollars tax collected. Seven Illinois factories paid the $400 tax in the fiscal year.
A Hoard's Dairy Man column advises that a batch of seventy five six month old piglets with a spasmodic dry cough likely has porcine verminous bronchitis or common swine cough. Treatment includes oil of turpentine in milk, table salt, nutritious feed, iron sulfate, ginger, pure air, sunshine, and cleanliness. Monitor for worms and coughing mucus, burn or boil affected material.
The Chautanquan notes rapid bee battles with two hive bees forcing entry, stinging intruders, and defenders contorting to protect themselves. If overwhelmed, attackers retreat. if victorious, residents are slaughtered. Some bees switch sides to survive, while others fight to the end.
A young officer seated beside a real widow at a hill station dinner in India learns of her loss after assuming she was a grass widow. He offers sympathy and changes his seat upon realizing her status.
A claim favors Bermudas stating the native complexion is among the finest worldwide. The assertion doubles as promotion for the Bermuda onion, with exports totaling about 17,000,000 pounds annually.
A pew rule introduces a seven foot circle for discus throwing replacing the old box. The change follows the Greek derived event brought to the United States after Princeton’s Garrett won at Athens in April 1896. The adjustment aims to accommodate weight putters and shot putters training in a circle rather than a box.
The ad claims St. Jacob's Oil cures morning stiffness and soreness after daily weariness. It recommends keeping a bottle on the mantel for night use to ensure waking in good condition for work, especially in changeable autumn weather.
A reader question from the Indianapolis Journal on proper usage asks whether to say Lend me $10 or Loan me $10 and receives guidance from Wickwire that neither form is helpful in isolation.
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