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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1894
Page
1
Opened in Mesa the Zens finest line Eyer store offers a display of eyewear with a focus on value and style. Local shoppers visit to view frames and receive fittings from staff in a compact new outlet.
The ad notes a Dry Goods Department with new fashionable dress goods flannels and furnishing items. It also markets stocked Hardware and Grocery Departments with choice goods. It states lines are among the best and prices are very low with prompt attention to special orders.
The Oasis reports experiments in Southern Arizona showing that under extremely dry air the freezing point may be several degrees below the standard thirty-two degrees. Two standard Weather Bureau thermometers showed temperatures below freezing without ice forming until near twenty-six degrees above zero, suggesting a lower actual freezing point in arid conditions.
The Columbia Democrat surveys a new church financing scheme in Missouri labeled hugging societies. It outlines a crude price scale based on age and relationship, including girls under sixteen at 15 cents for long embraces and widows at various rates, with preachers and editors largely excluded from participating.
A Treasury ad seeks bids for bonds the proceeds of which fund government expenses. The note says the silver could be coined to pay pensioners and put into circulation, with pensioners eager for payout.
A Los Angeles centreman predicts Arizona will dominate cattle horses and hogs due to favorable climate and land. He notes Los Angeles shifted from grazing to fruit as soil adapts and suggests California will buy Arizona stock in coming years. He mentions fruit shipments and stock quality improvements.
The Arizona Supreme Court last week upheld the territorial license law in Emil Sydow v Territory on habeas corpus from Cochise County. The ruling rejected claims of unconstitutional discrimination favoring non agricultural dealers and cited federal immunity provisions. The writ was denied and the petitioner remanded.
Butte financier W A Clark has deployed dozens of engineers to survey a 28 mile narrow gauge route from Santa Fe Prescott Phoenix line to United Verde Copper Company mines in Jerome Yavapai county. He aims to finish the railroad within the year. A new dispute emerges over Southern California islands including Santa Catalina as Mexico asserts they were not ceded in the treaty transferring territory to the United States.
The Oroville Register extols irrigation as essential to steady crops and profit. It claims irrigation supplies moisture beyond rainfall, prevents crop failures, increases land productivity, attracts capital, and supports urban growth by enabling year round production and higher income even on small tracts.
A St Louis doctor outlines a plan for an institution to treat drinkers and rapidly restore sobriety. He claims baths, beds and remedies can revive a man from morning intoxication in twenty to thirty minutes without harmful decoctions, delivering ready for business condition.
The Stock Grower of New Mexico reports an extraordinary winter with minimal snow and continuous shipments. Cattle remain on the range in fine condition, grazing is abundant, and spring calf prospects are excellent despite the season.
Two cases reported from Huachuca where a Black man shot by a soldier recovers with a bullet in his brain yet asymptomatic, and a Mexican stabbed with protruding bowels frozen but survives. The column promotes local climate for health seekers as ads.
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