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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1895
Page
1
Local merchants announce reduced prices on all merchandise as the railroad approaches. They claim to offer groceries staples produce real estate insurance loans and lines of credit through reliable companies and easy terms.
A full line of caskets and coffins on hand is available on short notice at reasonable rates. Hearse service will be furnished at Mesa for ten dollars.
Riverside Land Company shipped 2200 Riverside orange leaflets 500 board of trade pamphlets two dozen photos of city and county views and San Jacinto and Pleasant Valley literature with maps. All material to be distributed from the chamber of commerce building as part of a yearlong promotional effort.
In 1862 two Frenchmen brought $6000 in gold dust to Jack Hinton’s store and left $5000 on deposit before vanishing. Rumors spread of a rich quartz strike near Palomas and the Lost Frenchman mine, with expeditions and letters from discoverers. Dozens head to the S. H. mountains chasing a large quartz find. authorities warn excitement may grow.
In a frontier tale from Jack's Valley to Level Plain a man accused of horse stealing faces a biased court. The judge asks if he would steal a horse, the prisoner admits a conditional need, and the courtroom erupts as the judge frees him amid cheers and town hospitality.
The Florida orange disaster after December’s cold wave drives wholesale prices up to 4 to 5 dollars a box, with grape fruit at 6.40 and Sicilian fruit demanded to fill the gap. The frost ruins prospects for next year, kills young groves, and shifts supply to California and imported fruit as apples and other winter fruits brace for shortages.
A traveler describes Arab women in Hadramut before veil and harem, noting yellow turmeric skin dye, black eye lines with antimony, red nose paints, green cheek spots, and gloves and shoes. He recounts wives and locals in Shiet avoiding friendly overtures, and notes long dresses showing yellow legs and blue cotton garments with red and yellow patches.
The text notes Hadrami women in a valley setting wearing tall tapering straw hats and masks to appear externally repulsive to rivals. It references Genesis and remarks on their effect on jealous husbands, as described in a Nineteenth Century source.
A compilation cites riches and production figures: Russia wheat and salt, England's wealth growth, US farm output, patent gains for women, and rail and immigration trends. It notes a North Sea disaster, Pacific trade hubs, and western migration push urging an immigration bureau.
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