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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1901
Page
3
A merchant in an eastern city tests job applicants with a reading challenge and distractions to find a boy.master of himself. One boy remains focused, earns rising wages, and eventually secures a high store position. The piece also notes Roman Britain dog breeds and a Bronx river name origin. Garfield Tea ad and a Philadelphia gossip line are mentioned.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt recalls a grandfather who could run ten miles without stopping and an intense prayer claimed to last 25 minutes at a prayer meeting. The dialogue between two boys with distinct nicknames highlights endurance and faith as valued traits.
A Republican Traveler tale from Arkansas City Kansas recounts centuries of St Vitus dance naming and a modern domestic cure. Karl Wagner an 11 year old had severe symptoms improved by Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People after five boxes the disease vanished. The wife confirms the account and the medicine is sold by Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
Dr. MacGowan described how April bamboo rafts form floating gardens in China. Straw and adhesive mud anchor soil and seed, with creeper growth enabling harvest in about 20 days. Floating ricefields use mud flooring and weed roots to hold plants, yielding rice in 60 to 70 days, aiding famine relief in drought or flood.
In a humorous exchange, Little Mabel complains that a new doll cannot stand or move while Little Maud questions its usefulness. The playful dialogue ends with a quip about one eye aiding sight in shooting. The snippet hints at magazine humor and light domestic wit.
Hoitt's School Menlo Park announces growing enrollment and improved condition. Spring term starts January 7 1901. Catalog requests encouraged. Principal Ira G Hoitt Ph D. is named. An astronomer cites a vast time claim about Jupiter and Earth history. A mix of ad copy and quotes from various sources follows.
An advert asserts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic lists iron and quinine on the label and promises no cure no pay with a 50 cent price. The copy emphasizes the tasteless formula and guarantees.
Claim that local applications fail for catarrh and internal remedies cure it. Hall's Catarrh Cure supposedly acts on blood and mucous surfaces, described as non quack and prescribed by top physicians. Promoted by F. J. Cheney and Company Toledo Ohio with testimonials and 75 cent price. Hall's Family Pills also advertised.
Pa discusses modern business methods and political ploys, imagining figures like Huick Zander Seezex and Belva Lockwood in a fictional freewheeling history of opportunity and risk. He highlights advertising, candidates, and purposeful risk as keys to success.
A vivid scene describes a Japanese beauty starting with two small green plums and tea for breakfast. Dinner arrives on red lacquer with tiny cups, including hashed sparrow and stuffed prawn, then a copper-bound rice bowl. She mixes the black fish sauce with rice and eats with chopsticks, ending the meal as a moral about the past.
A Columbus advertisement from 1900 touts Peruna as a safeguard for the Sisters of the Good Shepherd and their charges. It includes letters from Congressmen Meekison and other supporters attesting to its benefits for grip cold and catarrhal diseases. The note credits Dr. Hartman as the developer and invites readers to request a free Dr. Hartman book.
On clear summer evenings a rosy pink arc appears on the horizon opposite the sun with a bluish gray segment beneath it. As the sun sets the arc rises toward the zenith and beyond, forming the earth's shadow visible in the sky.
A man copies and mails an old love letter to his partner hoping to rekindle romance. She rejects the gesture as sentimental trash, calling him a fool and noting his brain is soft. The exchange exposes the difficulty of pleasing a partner.
Willie grumbles that the presents a top kite and sled carry strings. Judge Mrs Waggles notes the strings imply a hidden constraint or joke in the exchange.
An advertisement touts Grove s Tasteless Chill Tonic as a simple mix of iron and quinine to treat malaria. It promises no cure no pay and lists a price of 50 cents.
A fragment from Life recalls a mother-daughter exchange on politeness in conversation. Clara defends her manner while the mother cautions about letting interest flag during dialogue.
A dealer newly arrived challenges a Puck style customer with phrases Nein and him mel, noting the odd miscommunication around a German sausage. The scene captures cultural clash and playful banter in a crowded marketplace.
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