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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1894
Page
2
Advertising rates are announced as optimism rises over a new north south road and Hudson reservoir plans. The piece urges Mesa citizens to engage, notes early bids in January, and highlights a revived agricultural outlook with rail transport boosting farm prosperity.
The piece reviews a San Francisco Chronicle take on Representative Sickels backing Carlisle currency ideas. It warns of gold drain from the Treasury and banknote expansion risks if banks issu new notes against legal tenders and urges attendance at a 2 PM railroad meeting at Vernon and Spragg's office in Mesa.
An advertisement from Pratt Bros in Phoenix offers a free ticket to every girl aged 15 or under who calls and leaves her name. The notice promises a 5 dollar value and positions the girl as a beauty.
Mrs Hagel Keyes, a famous balloonist, is promoted for a balloon ascension and parachute jump in Mesa on the 27th. The notice accompanies a holiday sale pitch by Prat Bros. in Phoenix offering toy and stationery bargains.
Joseph Riley Morse of Mesa City filings for a patent on 20.61 acres of the Wasp lode in Pinal County Arizona Territory. The survey details locate corners, bearings and distances with corner posts and recorded in Mines Book 13. adjoining claims are Annex Mammoth Montezuma and Aztec. Public claims must be filed within sixty days or be barred. First pub Dec 21.
Prospective buyers are urged to secure a twenty or forty acre tract of Mesa orange land. The advert praises Mesa oranges as superior to California and Florida and not outclassed by Hermosillo fruit.
The ad touts Electric Bitters as a purer medicine guaranteed to cure liver and kidney diseases, clear skin conditions, and purify blood. It claims malaria prevention and treatment, plus relief from headaches constipation and indigestion, with a money back guarantee and prices at 50 cents and one dollar at J H Barnett's Drugstore.
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