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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1899
Page
3
Public men debate the status of Porto Rico as the population nears a million with a foreign tongue. The article highlights the need for sound policy along with favorable claims for Hostaetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for malaria fever and related ailments.
The gag line notes a wealthy groom and an affable bride who confound expectations. The bride jokes that her mother handled most of the wedding, implying family influence over the ceremony. The brief item reflects Harlem Life’s lighthearted society tone.
The ad copy claims soreness and stiffness can be taken hold of and removed by using St Jacobs Oil. It suggests relief occurs after sleep, with a claim of complete cure upon waking. The tone is promotional and targeting general discomfort.
A quip on James Watt and steam power appears alongside an advertisement praising Jesse Moore Whiskey as a must have household stimulant. The piece blends a schooling aside with a promotional tone for the whiskey brand, urging its use as a physicians’ recommendation.
A playful exchange about language cites a sailor’s “pitch” fight as a punning clash. The Chicago Post quotes a banter over meaning in a brief, witty back and forth between two speakers.
Shake this powder in shoes to relieve swelling, numbness and discomfort during the season. It soothes smarting feet and tight shoes, helps with blisters callouses and corns, and claims to cure chilblains and foot dampness. Over thirty thousand testimonials claim success. Trial package free. sold by shoe stores for two cents. Allen H Olmsted Roy NY.
A playful exchange between a maiden aunt and her niece quoted from Harper's Bazaar. The snippet also includes an advertisement line for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a one day cure for colds with a money back refund if it fails.
A humor line about neuralgia and steak appears from the Indianapolis Journal. An advertisement offers savings promises of.money on purchases, inviting readers to contact Gilbert Clements' Sons of San Francisco for details on family supplies.
A collage of quoted lines from Victorian era fiction and city ads, including a San Francisco hotel pitch, nerve tonic claims, Hall's Catarrh Cure testimonials, and a Montana mine cost figure. The fragmentary items reference Brooklyn Hotel Bush Street, Dr Kline nerve restorer, Hall's Catarrh Cure, Piso's Cure, and the Anaconda mine cost of 18 million dollars.
A collage of humorous vignettes and brief quips from 19th century newspaper humor columns. Witty exchanges cover love, marriage, travel, and social foibles with playful puns and character jokes. Notable bits feature a dogged discussion of divorce gods, a banker’s bargain, and light classroom gags.
A Hospital piece argues small creatures shape big outcomes as malaria spreads through mosquitoes. It notes the mosquito’s role in disease, and compares vectors with birds and insects in distributing illness, stressing implications for empire and civilization.
An army officer recalls a Cuban campaign where a private named Joseph Murphy pressed daily for letters. A misread Italian name impressed him, until the officer announced the letter was for Giovanni Paladini Castellazzia. The recruit adapted, replying that he would fight as Joseph Murphy, the name that mattered for deployment.
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as an easy cure for sprains and bruises. It claims quick relief and knowledge of its own effects, emphasizing low risk and reliable results.
Law Notes surveys how witnesses swear in Austria Belgium and Spain with religiously charged rituals. It notes cruciform hand placement Bible commands and the phrase by God and holy gospels and the cross kiss variant used in parts of the country.
Mrs E Wooluisrr of Mills Nebraska credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after doctors said she had consumption. She says her menses returned, blood thickened, and she gained weight, praising the remedy as life saving.
Mrs. Gro Leach of Alton Illinois writes she suffered severe womb trouble with frequent menses and weakness. After trying Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports improved health and can sleep and eat again, saying she would not trade it for doctors' medicine.
The Philadelphia Record recalls a child and his sister in a grand West Philadelphia church for the first time. They are awed by the chancel and choir, while the boy recognizes a boy with “black eyes” from a prior trouble and remains somber as they leave.
A sharp youth robs a visiting farmer of a wallet stuffed with stamps and cash near a major rail station. The old man blusters that he will take the money, while the thief disappears, and the stranger laments his loss. The Philadelphia Record and London Outlook note a separate court scene.
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