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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1899
Page
3
A Long Island farm reports an apple tree bearing two crops of fruit in the past year, drawing local curiosity. The piece notes Hosetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy that cures dyspepsia indigestion constipation and blood disorders where other treatments fail, asserting recovery in chronic cases.
A sympathetic neighbour asks about a missing servant as a lady recalls the moment Soy took a watch. The exchange hints at an unsettled domestic incident and local concern over the service disappearance.
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a cure for aches from head to foot. It promises prompt relief and claims broad curative qualities for the human body.
The Boston Globe comments on Chinese ideas of heredity and punishment where a habitual criminal is executed and his descendants are killed, noting the belief that faith without works is dead. It also mentions Jesse Moore Whiskey as a physician recommended stimulant.
Miss D. Angelina jokes about not marrying Lieutenant Y. for lack of brains and skills. Miss A. retorts he swims well but cannot be kept in an aquarium, implying impracticalities of such a match.
An aggregation of advertisements and notices highlights Allen’s Foot Ease for swollen feet and bunions, Laxative Bromo Quinine for cold relief, a claim about beavers in the Rio Grande Canyon, a shipping ad from Gilbert Clements’ Sons, and miscellaneous notices about Berber origins and a nerve restorer. The items reference prices, addresses, and testimonial claims.
Claims nine of ten deafness cases stem from catarrh and ear tube inflammation. Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 guarantee and free circulars from Jea & Co. Toledo. Includes testimonial from J. B. Palmer Seattle praising Piso's Cure for Consumption.
An Austrian professor estimates that among a million people only 900 die of old age while 1 200 die from gout 18 400 from measles 2 700 from apoplexy 7 000 from erysipelas 7 500 from consumption 48 000 from scarlet fever 25 000 from whooping cough 30 000 from typhoid and typhus and 7 000 from rheumatism Smallpox has no rank in the list Was this ap tivaccinator apt Based on locality variation the tally misleads about age related deaths.
An advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla neutralizes blood acids and cures rheumatism. It warns against unknown remedies and asserts Hood's as America’s greatest medicine with an unmatched track record of cures.
The flag known as Old Glory was named in 1831 by Salem brig Charles Doggett captain William Driver. He hailed the flag after a saluting party presented it on deck, later hoisted it at Nashville, and kept it through war before gifting the original to the Essex Institute in Salem.
Chaplain Frederick C. Brown, formerly of the Unitarian Church of Middleboro, was appointed to the navy last April and sails on a long cruise to Manila, earning the distinction of being the youngest chaplain in the service.
A sequence of anecdotes on marriage and trickery. Mr Bridle laments his wife will not mend his clothes while Mr Norris counsels men to coax repairs by feigned mischief. A note on Australian Aborigines gives statistics on full bloods and half castes. The piece closes with social quips about invitations when a husband is present.
A playful mudhole scene between brothers Billy and Sammy Doppy ends with Sammy muddy and Billy declaring he will bell louder after dinner. The scraps describe a childlike pretend game with sounds and roles, reflecting a humorous snapshot from a Scrap Book column.
The passage touts St Jacobs Oil as the quickest route from neuralgia pain claiming it provides relief and a prompt cure by soothing and subduing the suffering.
A London Fun item recalls an old lady giving a cab driver careful instructions and praising his cautious drive. She hands him the fare plus a shilling and asks if he has always driven cabs. He replies he once drove a hearse and jokes it’s a better game, hoping for a future ride.
Mrs. Joan Williams of Englishtown New Jersey writes of severe womb trouble weakness and back pain eased after taking two and a half bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and half a box of Liver Pills Mrs Williams says she was cured. Mrs Joseph Peterson of Warren Pennsylvania describes fifteen years of womb issues heart trouble fainting and dizziness cured after using several bottles of the compound and three packages of Sonative Wash.
A boy challenges his father on what defines an island and offers a classroom answer about water on all sides. The father notes a variation, joking that land surrounded by water on all sides except the upper side would be suburban real estate. The Detroit Journal reports on copper in cheese linking green Parmesan color to copper exposure in acid milk, with 25 samples showing 8 to 8.3 grains of copper per two pounds.
The Plunkville Bugle recounts ejecting an actor from the opera house after a dispute about his manner on stage. The incident involved the pressman and a shoemaker aiding the ejection following a heated exchange over a “miniature” hand gesture.
A collage of humorous quips and cartoons from Brooklyn Life Truth Puck and other papers. Jokes touch on love schemes jealous lovers and club dining tales with light satire and sharp one liners.
A compendium of loanwords from Spanish including piccadillo collar origins, grenadiers in American history, marineros to marines, and other terms such as caraway rye bread hammocks and place names. It notes Columbus and various everyday words like banana apricot Canada and palaver. The piece closes with a child’s Bible anecdote about Samuel and patience.
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