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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1898
Page
3
Burlingame California school Hoitt's School closes its most successful year, graduating ten boys. The institution remains well regarded for its education and upbringing of students in the Pacific Coast region. May 29.
The excerpt shows a bantering exchange where a mistress scolds a tramp for missing early training and career, while the tramp retorts about his prison past. The tone mirrors London humor from the period and highlights class mobility themes.
A provocative editorial asks if the vast sea coast can be blockaded even with limited coastal defenses. The piece references naval officers and the government seat of power to assess feasibility amid wartime strategy.
In a Cleveland Leader exchange Miss Highrocks deems Mme Medley’s gown unfit for Paris while Mr Wellwood defends her voice as fine. The debate centers on appearance versus performance quality in a theater setting.
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease swollen hot feet and discomfort from tight shoes. It claims relief from swelling sweating blisters and bunions with a trial offer and 25 cent price. The note mentions testimonials and mail order details from Le Roy New York.
Public notices warn against mercury in catarrh ointments and promote Hall's Catarrh Cure by F S Cheney Co Toledo Ohio, claiming no mercury and internal action. Also advertises Hall's Family Pills and Dr Kline's nerve restorer trial bottle. Includes miscellaneous anecdotes and quotes.
A collage of witticisms and anecdotes from various sources. The lines feature playful exchanges about music taxes romantic habits and social foibles. Notable bits include barbed humor about war insurance money misers and curious family scenes.
An Omaha World-Herald account explains green sashes identify army surgeons who may not be shot or captured. The code of war honors their role, and surgeons from both sides tended wounded amid the heat of battle despite high peril.
A doctor recalls a former apprentice and a patient who arrives before the physician. The mechanic, on nodding to the lad, asks about symptoms and is told to fetch them. The doctor notes the boy’s streetwise advice nearly swayed the visitor, until the doctor intervened. The piece ends with a note on Brazil's inland transport limits forcing grain imports from North America.
South African diamond mining firms estimate annual losses from theft at about £1,000,000 with roughly half recovered. The figure reflects persistent theft in the industry and ongoing efforts to curb pilferage.
Advert claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cured a liver complaint for Miss Dora Cummings of Minersville and cites friends also benefiting. The ad promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as America’s greatest medicine and lists a $1 price or six for $5 for Hood's Pills to cure indigestion and biliousness.
The Hercules Gas Engine Works offers a range of irrigation plants from 1 to 200 HP built in San Francisco. They advertise their Special 244 HP Engine and Pumping Plant, with numerous units sold this year. The circular claims prompt, efficient, economical irrigation that can save crops.
A summary of how prize money is captured, adjudicated, and distributed for naval captures and privateers, detailing prize courts, government shares, officer and crew divisions, fleet captain roles, and pension fund implications as outlined by the San Francisco Argonaut.
The late Hon. Robert C. Winthrop's father is praised as a model of old school dignity. A biographer notes the strict etiquette, where even elected congressmen did not sit without invitation, and descendants faced pressure to rise in his presence. Customs change with the times.
A humorous exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer depicts a worker offered dinner in exchange for cutting wood, but he declines saying he’s blacklisted by the Woodyard Union, avoiding trouble for both.
The exchange mentions Miss Hawkins and a distinguished family while a joke about a childhood accident is recalled. The dialogue highlights Social notions of lineage and illness within a casual chat.
Georgia poet Frank L. Stanton recalls in the Chicago Times Herald how General Sherman showed kindness to his ill father in Savannah. Sherman visited with staff, supplied food and medicine, and provided a physician, easing the siege era hardships for Stanton’s family.
A Washington Star excerpt notes Tartars invite a man to share a meal. Spectator remarks on two politicians leaving the room arm in arm, contradicting expectations that rivals must hate each other. The dialogue emphasizes cordial behavior despite political opposition.
A patient with chronic womb inflammation and displacement reports dramatic improvement after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sonative Wash. She describes severe backache dizziness and heart racing before treatment and credits the remedies with a complete cure after several bottles and wash packages.
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