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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1899
Page
2
A collection of quips and notes covers varied topics from Israel Zangwill challenging republics to a Maria Teresa’s sinking spells. Other items mention a sleeping car find worth 1700 dollars, Spain issuing mourning stamps, and Tesla’s crewless boat steered by a shore crank.
The year shows a 50 percent drop in tandem bicycle sales reflecting a shift toward individualism among people. Mrs. Leslie Carter, facing a $64,000 loss with $200 assets, may not be rising on stage but has raised financial status to high art.
The piece argues a nation consumes a billion gallons of beer yearly, implying excess correlates with big numbers. It notes a New York rule banning married women from public school teaching, predicting a hardship for some married men despite potential female acceptance of the discrimination.
A group of girls at Edwin Gould's New Match factory went on strike demanding higher wages. Their leader stated that workers should be compensated fairly and implied that men must propose better terms. The confrontation centers on wage negotiations and labor rights.
A bizarre claim describes a "gory toddy" drawn from a horse kept in intoxication and injected into an alcoholic patient as a cure. Proponents say it could end the drink appetite if effective, predicting rum use may decline.
The Washington Capitol fire may yield benefit if Congress learns from it. The key lesson is to build a durable records vault for precious documents, including those in the Supreme Court basement endangered by flames and water.
The article marks the progress from Rowland Hill’s penny post to a new era extending throughout the British Empire and the English speaking world. It foresees vast strides in intimate intercourse and mutual knowledge as essential steps toward worldwide human brotherhood.
A commentator contrasts a political boss with Clive, noting vast wealth and influence in Bengal’s treasury. The boss commands opportunities and humility alike, while threatening a neighbor with a back-yard engine-house if denied the position he seeks.
The introduction of electric streetcars has damaged two linked industries the draft horse breeding and hay farming. It claims 290000 horses in major cities have been displaced and hay consumption could fall by over thirteen hundred tons daily, with further impacts anticipated nationwide.
Gen Greely reports a new telegraphy system called Synchronograph with promising commercial use. Crehore and Squier tested sign wave telegraphy in England and demonstrated transmission speeds over 3,000 words per minute on 1,100 mile lines.
The post office department plans a large extension of rural free delivery aided by a bigger congressional appropriation. Selection targets the most beneficiaries. A July first law allows private mailing cards, enabling people to send stamped messages with business devices and scenic views. The text urges stout lined registered mail envelopes for safety and convenience.
The piece explains how the term unfriendly act signals serious offenses between states. It traces 1895 Grey warning to France over the Nile at Fashoda and compares with Monroe to justify noninterference in the Americas, noting the word’s strong, decisive meaning in diplomacy.
A wealthy individual is surrounded by acts of kindness in his final hours, reflecting on compassion shown by those around him. Neighbors and staff recount supportive gestures and quiet generosity during his last moments.
A roundup notes Tomasso Killini of San Francisco’s life sentence for Louisa Spain’s murder. The Pearl brings $47,000 in bullion and seventy six tons of concentrates to San Francisco from Unalaska, while the Morgan City is cleared to carry freight to troops in the Philippines. Ohio construction begins at Union Iron Works, San Francisco.
From foreign lands the late Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild left £100,000 to the Evilna Hospital for Children, established in the memory of royal patrons. This sizable bequest underscores a union of aristocratic philanthropy and public health aims.
The article proclaims 1898 will be the greatest year for gold with large shipments from South Africa, the Klondike, and Australia, predicting output nearly doubling any prior year. It also notes rising sales of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, expected to treat more cases of dyspepsia indigestion constipation nervousness and weakness than before.
F M Frye of the Southern Pacific discusses bean industry trends in Santa Barbara. A dry year reduced stock, opening demand for the future, with old beans cleared at good figures. Prices rose from 1.35–1.45 to 3.12–3.15 per 100 pounds amid reduced on hand stock. 5,402,262 pounds shipped in Oct–Nov. Old beans scarce across Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
A collage of 1898 dispatches notes Reed opposing expansion yet gaining weight, Hobson’s cigar symbol, and Lillian Russell’s hardhearted stance. Also reported are Chicago city bribery grand jury summons, Navy orders for Captain Barker, and varied international comments on Dewey, Merriam, and Philippines policy amid wartime bustle.
Former Congressman George E. Adams asks Governor Tanner to seek legislative appropriation for a bronze Lincoln tablet. He proposes inscribing Gettysburg extracts below the martyred president's figure on the forward turret, a prominent memorial for Illinois sailors.
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