05 Jul 1895
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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1895
Page
1
Mrs Phéeba Thom of Junction City said two bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery cured her when doctors gave up. Mr Thomas Eggers of 139 Florida Street San Francisco recovered from a severe cold to the brink of consumption after one bottle, proving the medicine’s efficacy in coughs.
An advertisement from Park Remedy Co Boston claims fat people can reduce weight from 22 to 16 pounds per month without starvation or injury. It promises improved health complexion and relief from stout abdomens and breathing difficulties. Includes mail order price $2 per package with confidential correspondence.
The notice proclaims a cooperative sales pitch offering best lines and low prices with special orders handled promptly. It markets itself as representing leading suppliers and promises quick attention to custom requests.
The Mesa Restaurant offers meals for 25c and lunches at all hours. Gordon & Sultan props supply tables with market fresh fruit and vegetables in season. Ice cold drinks and private rooms for ladies available.
Lehi advertisement for Chas Wing proprietor offers a full line of groceries and dry goods and notes agency for the White Marble Lime Quarry lime claimed as the best in the market.
Hon. H. D. Underwood returns from Globe with news of a coming mining boom led by Buffalo mines under Dr. E. H. Quook. He predicts 700 workers within 60 days, a resumption of Globe mine activity, and a bolstered Bowie and Globe railroad to link the district with the outside world. The San Carlos right of way dispute may force costly alternatives. Globe citizens are praised for their character as the town grows toward wealth. South America expands cattle fattening on alfalfa, boosting exports to England. Argentina sells far more cattle than two years ago, aided by palatable feed. The largest U S plantation is in Louisiana on the S P railroad, reclaiming land for rice and sugar with steam plows and 16,000 cattle under 3 workers.
A young Alabama girl born deaf mute and blind, Helen Keller, studies vocal expression at a famed New York school on a prestigious avenue. She can distinguish about a hundred names by touch during a reception and understands speech with remarkable ability, aided by teacher Miss Sullivan.
The article notes that more affluent houses in Russia feature double windows to exclude the cold. It highlights a cultural trend toward insulation and comfort in harsh winters.
The piece notes a rebound from years of gloom, predicting a good 1896 with renewed trade and property purchases. It cites rail and machinery as drivers of recovery, contrasts past crises, and asserts persistent optimism despite naysayers. It also mentions Kansas murder appeals, bloomers replacing skirts for safety, quinine tree myths, hay as payment, and a new artesian well near St David.
The text states that feeling must precede knowledge and that learning, glorious though it is, remains only one of many means in life, not its ultimate purpose.
Prospector notes that assessment suspension ends for 95 and requires $100 work on any unpatented mining claim between Jan 1 and Dec 31 1895. He laments the heavy gold outflow to foreign bondholders and cites a growing national drain with Chicago New York and U.S. government losing millions daily.
The article notes arsenic as an ancient poison and suggests it was used by figures such as Nurs and perhaps Messalina and Agrippina to remove enemies. It discusses early knowledge of arsenic's toxic effects and its suspected use in historical cases.
The account describes a singular method of extracting disclosures from prisoners. It claims that prisoners are fed a drugged meal to induce delirium, after which they are watched and interrogated to reveal secrets.
The Countess of Onslow walks daily with her husband during the season wearing blue velvet breeches and a gray Tuscan jacket. The piece notes Rev Charles Wolfe and mentions Mozart adaptations, capsicum origins, East End Long Island farmers using menhaden as fertilizer, and Moroccan women who do not celebrate birthdays.
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