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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1898
Page
3
A winter tale warns against overconfidence on icy ground. Two men argue about caution until one slips on thin snow, spraining an ankle. He later finds relief using St Jacobs Oil, recovering fully and promising careful walking with the remedy handy.
A Chicago Journal snippet notes surprise at a display of wealth by designers, with a quoted remark about its vulgarity and the observer’s speculation that the person began as a window dresser.
A dyspeptic notes self experimentation offers little hope while doubts about remedies persist. The piece praises Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as an appetizing tonic that overcomes indigestion, constipation, fever, bilious remittent, rheumatism, and weakness.
Frank J. Cheney swears as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every catarrh case cured or not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized December 6, 1886 by A. W. Gleason. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally and claims blood and mucous surfaces are affected. Sold by druggists 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills also recommended.
The text urges buying seeds by trusted names to ensure true to name, sound and clean quality. It highlights D. M. Ferry & Co as a long established, nationwide seed supplier and notes Ferry’s Seed Annual 1898 as a free guide. It also commends the Pacific Coast Jockey Club for honest racing and invites visitors to Ingle Side Race Course.
Slogan style ad for Pacific Coast Syrup Co offering high quality maple syrup in cans sold by aes grocers near Pelican area. Money refunded if not satisfactory and warns against imitation brands under lithe oney name.
Report from Williamsport announces Ie Piso's Cure as the only medicine claimed to cure consumption. The notice notes the product is marketed in November with emphasis on its curative claims for tuberculosis and related afflictions.
A mosaic of quips and cartoons sources from Chicago News Detroit Free Press and Puck mingle with witty exchanges on elections love and everyday misadventures. Brief jokes include engagements rings misunderstandings and a polemical take on voting aftermath.
A description of Mexican noon meals detailing a múltiples course repast with caldo soup rice macaroni stuffed tomatoes artichokes two meats fried potatoes salad beans fruit and sweets, coffee and drinks such as red wine and pulque often served separately by staff. Mention of variations with Veracruz fish or fresh water lake fish. Cor Boston General.
A plain businessman proposes to Miss Wisely. The exchange reveals practical attitudes. A separate English workhouse tale tells of a woman who crossed genders, posed as a painter's wife, lived with her niece for 22 years, and kept her secret after a fall, until hardship exposed her secret.
A sermon style notice urges compassion for the elderly and explains their isolation. It reflects on aging as a distant world, the loss of friends, the drift from younger generations, and the need to brighten their declining years. It ends with a call to cheer the lonely and ease their path.
Word and Way notes Puritanical family practices train children with Bible memorization and strict church participation. The Baltimore American comments that Washington's growth fuels national pride, predicting it will become a capital of society, art, and education with many learned visitors and no rival city.
In a Strand Magazine vignette Harkins admonishes his wife amid a breakfast accident as Bertie spills milk and Harold's glass drips onto Harkins trousers. He vows strict punishment, lamenting ruined clothes and chaotic mealtime.
An old tale about a man who helps a sick beggar by giving him his horse then pleads for secrecy to aid future beggars. The moral stresses relief to honest beggars and the harm of demanding charity. The text also notes a harsh drink called drithel popular in northern England and its risky ingredients and high regional cost.
Mrs SipNer Hamlet of Red House Virginia reports a protracted battle with headaches prolapse and uterine ulceration eased by Mrs Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and related remedies. She states she regained strength walks a mile and can perform housework again.
A raised-letter typewriter helps the blind by punctuating with dots or letters. North Dakota bans killing quail and pheasants until 1906, and forbids trapping beaver and otter until 1903.
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