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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1899
Page
3
A bold editorial asserts that Asia Minor will pass from Mohammedan control to a Christian nation and compares this inevitability to the success of Hostetter’s Bitters. It claims the tonics cure misperce, constipation and biliousness universally.
Sniggleton complains of trouble as the landlady orders payment or eviction. Giggeton laments a similar fate, saying his own landlady demands settlement before departure. The pair exchange quips about their precarious housing.
A fragment notes the belief that Jacobs Oil cures a crippling condition when used properly. It asserts prompt relief and rapid resolution of trouble, reflecting historic medicinal rhetoric.
A humorous vignette recalls insomnia cures and a mock doctor’s orders from Vanity Fair style humor. A joke contrasts a wife’s feigned illness with timed medicine and a parodied military scene about meals for a slovenly private.
Try Allen s Foot Ease a powder to be shaken in the shoes. It relieves swollen and sweating feet blistered skin and bunions and soothes corns and chilblains. Over thirty thousand testimonials. Trial free. Sold by all gents and shoe stores 25 cents. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
A strange editorial note likens growing pains to a baby’s biting teeth, but implies the real drama is a fierce political struggle in Philadelphia. The piece uses vivid metaphor to compare biting resolve and power dynamics shaping the city.
Ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a 26 cent price and a money back guarantee if the product fails to cure. The notice closes with a quotation from Young about envy and appreciation of great things.
A mix of business pitches and hotel notices appears with claims of savings on purchases, a Cal http address for a wholesaler, and a San Francisco hotel offering American or European plans at modest rates. The fragment mentions Asiatic chvera disease from rice and room rates at the Brooklyn Hotel, Bush Street, with Chas Montgomery as a contact.
Diamandi a native of Pylaros on a Greek island is praised for rapid mental calculations after a quick glance at a board of 30 number groups. He reportedly makes no errors with large numbers and can compute roots swiftly. An eminent German specialist dismissed all ready reckoners as idiots, but Diamandi also writes poetry and novels between work and shows strong intellect.
A Detroit Journal excerpt features a fiery exchange at Muskrat Lake where a bold leader questions the mission stance about Indians. The Young Man Not Afraid of Anybody Else's Horses asserts a dialectical challenge to the notion that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
A traveler from a frontier district, surprised by a refined custom, asks the waiter about a finger bowl. He jokes he wishes he had known its purpose before starting his dinner, as Mrs. B. Harrison notes in Good Americans.
An 1880s era ad page promotes Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer promising a permanent cure after one day’s use with a free trial bottle. It also features Hall’s Catarrh Cure offering $100 for each untreated catarrh case, notarized oath by Frank J. Cheney, and testimonials. Additional medication mentions include Hall’s Family Pills and Piso’s Cure for Consumption with various distribution notes.
A Cleveland telegraph operator, fired for openly insulting his chief, leaves for New York and quickly rises to a salary of at least $6,000. He credits his firing as the catalyst for his success, a fate he calls luck in disguise.
A compilation of court notes discusses that mere misrepresentation of property value during negotiations does not prove deceit. It also covers state power to protect fishery rights despite private land, validity of certain promissory note remedies, and enforceability of subscription agreements for locating a college despite shortfalls.
A veteran civil engineer recalls a farmer who questioned the need to carry one for every ten, remarking that without the correct number the thing simply would not come out right. The engineer had excitedly described measuring planetary distances weighing them predicting comets eclipses and velocities of projectiles. The farmer’s practical critique grounded the tale in plain wisdom.
A Russian nobleman Count Ram bunsky writes Mayor War wick of Philadelphia claiming his 24 year old son seeks a Philadelphia woman as wife and Countess. He demands beauty and a dot of 3 000 000 dollars. David is noted as the original giant cracker in a side remark.
A collage of light humor from Punch and other papers. Jokes about marriage finances, suitors, servants, and social norms feature nagging rivals and wry lovers. Snappy lines reveal era attitudes and playful banter among characters and readers.
When sciatic nerve pain flares into sciatica, use St. Jacobs Oil promptly for relief and a hoped for cure.
Dean Monahan recalls a 19th century Kansas episode showing the lack of small coins in Hays City. In 1868 a post office cashiered a quarter for a stamp with no change offered, and locals later faced a 26 cent minimum for purchases. A saloon crackdown and a barrel whisky workaround illustrate the era’s coin shortage.
A New Orleans traveler notes how the term Yankee widens as one moves away from the United States. In New York it implies New Englanders, in St. Louis it covers the far northeast, while in New Orleans it includes most north of the Mason and Dixon line. He recalls being called a Yankee in London and a Swiss hotel keeper saying two unrelated men are both Yankees.
In a cafe two chess players argued over a missing pawn which turned up in a cup of coffee as the culprit, later linked with a Cecil Rhodes anecdote from 1884. Rhodes snapped back at a critic, saying hound yourself after generous aid.
A Royal Street curio shop clerk warns unloaded guns are deadly. He recalls handling a dragoon pistol with powder and ball that fired when a corroded cap attached to the hammer, shattering a packing case and startling both men. He cautions to leave such weapons alone.
The piece notes medical findings on death and birth timing from The British Medical Journal, with most deaths around 2 07 p m and births in the early morning. It also reports San Francisco Call claims that John Ballard and W H Martin ousted Captain Nevills from the Rawhide mine, now run by Sidney Sproul, with Nevills planning to pursue lawsuits.
An article argues male examinations intimidate women seeking care and promotes consulting Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts as confidential, offering free advice. A testimonial from Mrs. John Foreman of Baltimore credits seven bottles of the Vegetable Compound with a cure for ovarian trouble, noting many letters support such outcomes.
The Spectator extols the axis or cheetul deer among 36 deer races seen at Woburn. In early summer they show perfect color and antlers, with ivory and red gold coats, white horns, black eyes, white throats, and golden spotted backs. The herd breeds often, sometimes two fawns yearly.
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