29 Jan 1897
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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1897
Page
1
Train timetable note listing fastest line among Anta Fe, Frescott and Phoenix routes with estimated times and connection points. Details include placeholders for departure and arrival, typical ride duration, and stops on the advertised schedule.
The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad promotes its route as the great middle road across the continent with west and east bound departures from Ash Fork and scenic highlights. It cites connections via Flagstaff Williams or Peach Springs and urges visits to the Grand Canyon, Natural Bridge of Arizona, Montezuma Well, Laguna and Acoma, Petrified Forest, Canon Diablo, San Francisco Mountains, Cave and Cliff Dwellers ruins, and the long cantilever bridge over the Colorado River.
Mr and Mrs J T Mason host two distinguished naturalists David Bruce the world’s greatest entomologist and Dr Richard L Kunze of New York who spent five and a half months studying insects in Arizona He praises Arizona as the Eldorado of entomology noting large collections including 60000 to 75000 specimens and details on tarantula hawks scorpions and tarantulas He recounts field work near Tucson and discusses insect handling and dangers The article also mentions Prof Errera demonstrating rain formation with alcohol in Brussels and a miniature storm lasting about half an hour
Daily reports suggest using asbestos wool pressed into thin sheets as the middle sole in boots. The material is water proofed on one side and acts as a heat and cold barrier, potentially preventing creak and increasing flexibility. It is claimed asbestos boots could safely walk over live electric wires due to nonconductivity.
The 1896 Leadville district output reached 8.9 million dollars, down over 4 million from 1895. Most production occurred in the first six months with little shipping in the last three months. An estimate suggests if the big strike had not occurred, output would have surpassed recent years.
The Santa Fe Prescott and Phoenix Railway plans to extend from Mesa City to Globe. The move is seen as vital to the camp’s welfare, with Globe consuming 60 tons of coke and coal daily now and expected to rise to at least 150 tons when nearby smelters resume. At present Globe and surrounding camps rely on wagon transport from Geronimo.
Work has begun on pneumatic tubes to connect the New York and Brooklyn post offices. The seven month project will enable handling of 216000 letters per hour once completed and in operation.
A city council discussion considers whether a headwear rule could be enforced in theatres while noting a comic image of a woman attempting a tiny cake made from her hair and the top of her head as a lighthearted aside.
The article notes that deep mining is the successful method in Grass Valley with examples like the Idaho mine at 3100 feet depth. It reports a Kennedy mine ore body in Grass Valley at about 2100 feet deep, 30 feet wide, rich ore and compares favorably to other finds. It argues deep mining will stimulate investment and development across Arizona.
The Star notes that old Tadian weather prophets forecast heavy rains starting last summer with a fourteen year span. It suggests bar ley and wheat crops could have grown on mesa lands last December if irrigation had been used, and calls for watching the prophets' predictions.
In Texas courts the constitutional rights of Mexican citizens to naturalized American citizenship are debated. An Olney opinion asserts they are not entitled to citizenship. If the supreme court sustains it, many Arizona citizens may be disfranchised. Tucson Stay.
Tom Lowe, detained in Denison Texas, allegedly confesses to being the husband of sixteen wives married within eight years. All wives reportedly alive and not divorced, with nineteen children borne to them. authorities note no confirmed divorces at this time.
St Paul Globe notes teachers renew advocacy for phonetic spelling as new legislators, many of whom spell phonetically, influence spelling debates.
The passage depicts a sweeping fear of Russian expansion from Constantinople toward the Mediterranean. It asserts persistent White Power aiming at control, with Turkey weakened by continued Cossack pressure, and the Bosporus and Dardanelles as key routes, while Russia keeps advancing step by step.
A Penobscot County man recalls a boyish day chasing hornet nest wadding for muzzle loading. They gathered hornets from a nest to use as wadding and discussed material merits before a hornet swarm caused a sudden fright and a quick retreat.
A Yokohama report states the trial of Mrs. Walter Carew for arsenic poisoning ends dramatically as Miss Mary Jacob the family governess confesses in court to being the real murderess and the architect of the evidence against the widow.
Pumps at the Maid of Erin mine in Leadville were pulled on the 16th due to mine owners balking at operation costs. The action threatens the closure of most silver lead and iron mines in the camp and inflicts vast damage on the mining district.
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