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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
3
A collage of jokes and quips from several papers including Chicago Record Brooklyn Life New York World Detroit Free Press Harlem Life Philadelphia Record and others. The brief items cover marriage teasing miscommunication puns pirates and social observation with humorous exchanges and punchlines.
Japan fears loss of citizens to the United States due to misrepresentation promising better opportunities. The note compares such fraud to false cures for stomach disorders. A Boston report says copper producers have sold ahead to September 1, 1900, likely limiting deliveries and keeping prices above 17 cents per pound for Lake copper.
John Roach, a fireman aboard the Walla Walla, was shot in the back by a stray bullet while talking with friends on a San Francisco street corner during the Fourth. The faded ink hints at an old letter-ink mystery, contrasting with Carter’s Ink claims.
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic and Adams’ Sar-saparilla Pills to relieve bilious conditions and constipation. It notes a 14 year old boy treated for tetanus at Harbor Hospital in San Francisco from a toy pistol wound. The California Cat Club forms in San Francisco to aid cat breeding shows and protect strays.
A vintage ad promotes Allen's Foot Ease powder to ease swollen hot feet and nail growth. It claims 30 000 testimonials, 25 cents at druggists and shoe stores with a free trial. Also mentions a deadly trolley derailment in Tacoma Washington on the Fourth with sixty deaths and about forty injuries.
Menlo Park in San Mateo County offers new buildings complete laboratories and home-like surroundings for boys and young men. Dr. Ira G. Hoitt leads the school, which is university accredited and entering its tenth year on August 6, 1900. The Fresno Fourth of July celebration is noted as exemplary. Patented remedies are cited for throat and teething issues. Mount Diablo’s renaming to Mount Stockton is proposed for congressional approval.
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh with a $100 reward offer for any failing case. It claims constitutional action through the blood and mucous surfaces and promotes Hall's Family Pills as a companion product.
George B. Wilson of Los Angeles, in China over a year, is believed to have escaped the Boxers. He was safe on the 4th inst when Clem Wilson in this city received a cablegram from Che Foo confirming his safety. Wilson is with mining engineers under an English syndicate and they were escorted by imperial troops.
This London Truth piece recalls American sayings born in U S conflicts and speeches. It cites Col Wood’s cry Dont swear fight and tracks famous lines from Decatur Clay Hale Penn Beecher and others, noting how nations’ refinements shape witty quotable phrases and the enduring memory of such maxims.
The text notes extreme tunnel temperatures in Mont Cenis and St Gothard with centers reaching 86 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit. It describes harsh conditions causing many invalids and mentions expected higher temps in future tunnels like Simplon and Mont Blanc. Improved ventilation and cooling are required to overcome these challenges.
A fresh motorman with farm background is coached by an experienced colleague on city rules. During a real fire alarm the engine moves ahead and shatters a front platform as the instructor scolds the novice for not waiting. The student replies he thought they should ignore the drunk painters. Mrs. Astor owns a large diamond. the finest is said to belong to Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. The 1 karat gem reportedly cost $5,000, and its value rises with weight, potentially reaching $3,800,000 if as large as the Koh-i-Noor. The Vanderbilt diamond came from Sumbulpoor or Golconda.
During a church conference George Q. Cannon lamented the unprecedented lack of respect for church authority in the history of the Mormon church, noting the current climate as unlike any prior era.
An old advertisement claims minor stomach upset signals deeper illness and urges early cure by Hood's Sarsaparilla to purify the blood. It presents Hood's as America's greatest medicine and notes a price of $1.
The Osage Nation in Indian Territory is described as the wealthiest community on earth. Each member is valued at no less than 50 000 in gold, with an $8 million U. S. Treasury annuity and vast lands and buildings. Assistant Indian Commissioner Tanner confirms these claims.
The Southern Pacific Company has ordered 450000 dollars worth of new locomotives from the East to California and will double its Sacramento rolling mills capacity due to heavy work on the new cars. Two thousand six hundred men are employed at the Sacramento shops, the most in company history. Eighteen new large passenger engines will serve the coast road through Santa Barbara, built for fast runs for the San Francisco to Los Angeles passenger flyers on the short route.
Letters from young women in Aptos and Ogdensburg praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier for regularity and pain relief. Miss Gomers reports monthly cycles return with less cramps and heart pain fading after treatment. Miss Jensen credits three bottles of each remedy for relief from severe sideache chills and dizziness.
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