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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1893
Page
2
On Thursday December 28, 1893 the paper notes receipt of an annual Columbia Calendar from Pope Manufacturing Co of Boston, makers of Columbia bicycles. The item highlights the bicycle brand and the Boston manufacturer.
A Mesa resident condemns Mormon beliefs with anonymous charges about fraud and moral laxity. The letter references Ben LeBarron, Morris, and Day's Gap preaching Christ, alleging polygamy, lack of Bible truth, and heavy tithes. It criticizes migration to Arizona, schooling, water scarcity, and wages, framing Mormonism as deceitful and anti biblical.
A 1893 letter from R O Wetcu of Mesa decries Mormon beliefs and actions, naming violence and fraud linked to early Mormon history, then Governor Hughes’s annual report asserts Mormon population is less than one eighth, praises their thrift and irrigation progress, and notes polygamy is no longer practiced.
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