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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1897
Page
3
The piece notes some people are never content, always seeking a cure for neu ralgia. It claims St Jacobs Oil has cured thousands and urges readers to try it amid pain ravaging the body.
An 1895 Plumstead Kent reader endorses Piso's Cure for Consumption and promotes King Solomon's Treasure Aphrodisiac Tonic by Mason Chemical Co. The ad cites a $5 price for a three week treatment and offers the tonic from Philadelphia.
An advertisement proclaims a constitutional cure for deafness caused by catarrh. It argues inflammation of the Eustachian Tube as the cause and offers one hundred dollars for any deafness cured without Hall's Catarrh Cure. It promotes Hall's Family Pills and Schilling's Best tea and baking powder.
While laying the Nile railway the Sudan expedition reported striking mirages. Distant figures seemed to work on a lake with lakes, wooded hills, ships and cascades visible through field glasses. The illusion grew stronger with magnification.
A collage of humorous quips and exchanges from various voices on manners, flirtations, and city life plus a lyrical passage on the sea. The collection blends jokes about etiquette and money with observational vignettes and a Taine excerpt on the coast’s timeless blue and freedom from human traces.
A humorous exchange notes Mrs Citybred-Mercy doubting winter stay, while Mrs Country cousin replies that visitors from town do not bother them, implying a quiet season in a countryside setting. The brief dialogue reflects social dynamics and local humor from a Boston Transcript excerpt.
A playful Detroit Free Press fragment notes Mrs Breezely frets over a visit by Lieut Slick and his forty men for tea. It then logs a moral quip about mourning envelopes, blackmail, and that fine clothes do not guarantee happiness while hinting at spousal trouble.
The New York Sun reports aluminium wire finds new uses such as door and window screens and hairpins with no rust when exposed to weather. No. 6 gauge wire for clotheslines costs about 60 cents per pound, 1000 feet weighing 24 pounds. Aluminum pigs fetch around 42 cents per pound, half the price of a year ago. The article also notes rising manufactured aluminium goods and a Canadian population estimate of 5,124,438, up about 800,000 since 1891, with New York and Pennsylvania as the only states surpassing Canada in 1890, and 7,638 kitchen utensil patents issued in Washington.
The text touts happiness linked to the Declaration and promotes HoStetter's Stomach Bitters as a regulator for the liver. It claims efficacy for chills and fever, constipation, dyspepsia, rheumatism, kidney trouble and nervousness and urges regular use.
A child asks a parent why punishment is given and whether love remains. The parent explains that punishment stems from love, while the child seeks reassurance about the father’s affection. The exchange centers on parental discipline and family bonds.
An open letter from Dr Samuel Pitcher asserting exclusive rights to the word CASTORIA and Pitcher's Castoria with the signature CHAS H FLETCHER on wrappers. He claims originator status and prohibits others from using his name except The Centaur Company. Also mentions Pacific Coast Jockey Club praise of races at Ingleside Race Course.
It proclaims high quality tea garden drips toboban maple syrup and pelican Louisiana molasses sold by first class grocers in cans. Money refunded if unsatisfactory. Emphasizes genuine product with lithographed manufacturer name on every can.
Aluminum finds new life in baby rattles and religious medals, while aluminum bronze strengthens trolley fittings. German helmets, durable book covers, and aluminum mouthpieces for graphophones show breadth of use. Furniture parts and aluminum basins prove long lasting, and fur niture and kitchen items gain lighter weight.
A historical note explains naval bottle drops in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, linking recovered bottles to South American and Caribbean shores. It discusses currents carrying objects from Europe and Africa to the Americas, while Pacific routes move mails from North America toward Asia before returning toward the western hemisphere.
An oft admired actress captivates London World readers with ethereal beauty and deft stage craft Yet beneath the frolic she reveals a sorrowful depth that makes her performances ache with unspoken pain The piece notes her rare yet powerful impact and the haunting emotion behind her poses The second item reports annual world taxes totaling 4 350 000 900 dollars and a vast sun-like sum.
A plea to address physical development in young girls to prevent weakness and pain. It urges daughters and mothers to seek guidance from Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts, promising candid, expert help from a woman to woman source.
A meditation on timing and opportunity. The speaker urges readers to watch, work, and stand ready on life’s deck to grasp the fleeting instant when fate tilts toward change.
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