16 Jul 1897
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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1897
Page
1
The fragment references a travel route covering Denver Kansas City Chicago and St Louis. It lacks a clear event or outcome. No dates or organizations are specified.
J W Benham arrived from Hassayampa with 125 hired workers mostly Japanese to harvest wild canaigre along the river bottom. He ships from Congress and Willcox, with 4 000 packs ready for England. Next week the outfit will move to Verde River as cultivation expands at Tempe and other Arizona sites. The plant yields tannin. a future large industry is forecast.
A tailor’s wife uses the sight of a white coffin as punishment for her son. The boy, curious and fearful, asks if he will be placed in the box for misdeeds. After repeated punishments and a fever, he dies, asking softly if God has punished him.
The passage asserts gold can bear 500 pounds when drawn into a wire 0.05 inches thick, and that a grain can be split into 2,000,000 parts. It describes immense division of a cubic inch and the ability to beat a grain into leaves, with calculations of surface extension and a grand claim about gilding a world-length silver wire.
A desert water finding tale links Western ingenuity with Bushmen of the Kalahari who dig in dry riverbeds and use a reed and sponge to draw moisture. A Phoenix social anecdote contrasts a talking dog story, ending with a witty remark about bathing.
The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company with 7,000 miners in its pay scale asks workers to take a 212 percent cut in wages. The move would also affect 10,000 Alabama miners whose pay is tied to the same scale. The company says the reduction will allow securing large export contracts, effectively increasing company profits if workers accept one eighth less pay.
The steel dam at Johnson's Gannon three miles east of Ash Fork on the Santa Fe line will be built with heavy steel piles and bracing. It stands 65 feet high and is designed to withstand overflow for a watershed of 56 square miles. The innovation allows for expansion and contraction, addressing climate-related metal use issues. Estimated completion cost is 25000 dollars, half the cost of a masonry dam of similar size.
The piece notes how a president gains maximum power from the pocket veto, describes how a vetoed act can still become law with a two thirds Senate vote, and explains the expiration timing after Congress adjourns. It highlights that this power stems from a provision that seems incidental.
Santa Fe New Mexico five indictments against J A Peralta Reavis were dismissed by Judge Laughlin on Wednesday after Attorney Reynolds motion. The Citizen notes the irony of lenient law for the rich and harsher penalties for others, comparing past sentences for different thefts.
A description of a rare natural curiosity called an atal, a circular ring of growing plants that floats on ponds. The hoop forms with roots densely matted to create a cup like basin. Over years accumulation anchors the ring to the pond bottom, sustaining ongoing growth.
Fragmentary OCR describes a speculative view by scientists about a shoreline island and plant life. It mentions weathering patches, mold growth, birds dropping seeds onto a small island pot, and centuries of natural change with references to Ceue ty way and long timescales.
A large work force is active on a dam and pipeline near Walnut with 100 workers, while 50 to 75 labor at pits west of Bellomont report a fire at Ash Fork. The venture is described as costly yet beneficial to the county, retaining many employed residents.
Preparations to rebuild the Walnut Grove dam proceed in Denver eight years after the original structure failed. Citizen William Stout narrowly escaped disaster in the incident, which involved a dam covering 1400 acres with a 400 foot span, 120 feet high and 125 feet thick.
The Sun-Democrat discusses a proposal to reclaim thousands of acres in Coconine county using dlams and a reservoir above the city. It would save millions of wastewater, though it requires substantial funding.
The article reports Mark McDonald of the Verde area was bitten by a skunk ten days ago near the tires mop. He was treated in Chicago and returned to Flagstaff recovered briefly, but this morning he was attacked with hydrophobia symptoms and died moments later.
Prof J OB Blinl s notes that even gold wine in Fevapai County with povo exceptions is now at a post it he has developed and equipped by wealth tax 20 frimn the rice. Paisches show slow progress and potential better results could have come with rapstal at the start.
The Corons jury viewed a body withdrawn from the Chi igo River and returned a verdict that the decedent came to his death by drowning from cause unknown. The wording is clear as the river itself.
A partial OCR item hints at ages between 16 and life in a local event or timeline. The readable bits mention a heart condition or state and reference a minister or leader, but the text remains unclear and fragmentary.
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