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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1900
Page
1
The Mesa Free Press lists policy on contracts and advertising. The notice states no one may bind the paper without written order from the publisher and mentions advertising rates upon application. Subscription is $2.50 per year.
A local correspondent reports a new prohibition party preparing to field candidates this fall. Petition drives spread across precincts with an expected five hundred signatures. The piece urges temperance groups to mobilize church members and sign calls for a convention to threaten the drink trade and boost reform.
At Mesa in the Territory of Arizona the bank reports assets including loans and discounts 11,605 04 cash 2 87 75 5 502 75 and other items. Liabilities total 45,727 87 with capital stock paid in undivided profits and various deposit and trust accounts. Cashier W. Wilbur swears the statement true dated July 7 1900 before directors Wm Caristy C W Grouss and E W Wineur.
The Sentinel notes there is no local oil company in Yuma and only a few experienced people to form one. A local promoter could raise about 10 000 dollars from stock sales to residents to finance a well. Wells near Yuma show gas and oil occurrences with artesian wells in desert lagunas.
Mrs. Ware versus the Cincinnati Southern concerns common carrier duty to inform travelers of delays. Judge Parker held carriers liable for not communicating quarantine and yellow fever delays at New Orleans, since knowledge of the epidemic existed. The article also notes Mint data predicting gold production trends into 1900 despite African disruptions.
Americans capitalize on Mexico's wealth with thousands of silver and gold mines, cotton mills, and new plants. Last year Mexican wines earned about forty million dollars, while U S machinery imports topped six million dollars as investors seek fortunes in the sister republic.
The text discusses how some earn praise despite hidden faults and how communities quickly detect and resent deceitful behavior. It contrasts perceived benevolence with actual policy and hints at social judgment by neighbors and acquaintances.
The era before kerosene shows lamps using vegetable oils with limited brightness. Petroleum discovery in 1858 and kerosene cost 60 cents per gallon. A testimonial praises Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatic hip pain. Salt River valley crops remain strong with alfalfa growth hindered by winter ground soaking. advice to soak fields to reduce drought impact.
A reader reports severe panic and weakness after a night of distress. After using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, one dose cured the illness, praised as the finest in-home remedy, with a note on affordability. The writer notes the druggist J. W. Bailey sold it. The second passage discusses arid lands in the west and irrigation plans benefiting eastern economies.
An 19th century advertisement touts Acker's Blood Elixir as a cure for dull headaches pains in the body feverishness pimples and sores. It claims purification of blood to restore health and offers a positive guarantee with sale by Jon Raily, druggist.
Strenuous efforts to revive the purist cause in Mesa are hampered by Cosby’s absence, according to Will Me Brayer. The missing field organizer is described as a critical obstacle to progress.
In Maricopa County near Mesa City a dark bay horse age five with K 8 on the left thigh is pasturing on my land. A pasturage bill of 40 dollars is owed by an unknown owner. On Saturday July 31, 1900 at 10 o’clock a.m. I will sell the horse at above land to the highest bidder for cash to cover pasturage and costs.
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