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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1900
Page
2
A humorous collection notes cultural contrasts and oddities. It mentions Chinese boxers wearing longer hair, Vesuvius crater allegedly falling in, a Pennsylvania barber struck by lightning forcing overtime, Paderewski praising American music with nearly 200000 in American funds backing him, and a Sunday golf player saving two boatmen after a capsizing.
A man who planned a company with fifteen million dollars in capital was arrested on a charge of stealing one hundred seventy dollars, illustrating the absurdity of overblown speculative promises.
The Sahara shows man’s triumph over nature as artesian wells bring irrigation to arid lands. Over twelve million acres have become fertile. In Australia, twenty eight thousand residents sign a petition to the queen seeking relief from grievances, arguing petitions prove merit beyond words.
Bishop Potter praises the Manila troops and their corps in the Philippines. He commends the soldiers’ physique, duty, and intelligence and says no man in Manila reflected discredit on the United States or its army. The Paris exposition is called a striking comparison to Chicago’s world’s fair triumph.
A committeeman heard pupils pronounce Sioux as Si-ox in a New England school. He corrected the teacher who then told students the word is Soo-ox, but he did not pursue the subject further.
Mrs. Burton Harrison argues that home life remains essential amid busy modern life. She contends wives and mothers often decry their efforts as trivial despite maintaining health and care for their families, stressing that a woman's work at home is equally important to the family's welfare.
A U S Department of Agriculture report on five years of world wheat harvests notes rising demand and shifts in production. The study emphasizes implications for American farmers and markets and outlines key supply factors shaping prices.
The piece discusses global wheat production trends with Europe as a major buyer and the United States as a leading exporter. It notes price declines due to shifts in supply and demand, then shifts focus to Justin McCarthy’s speculation on why certain authors fade from memory, suggesting enduring merit governs lasting literary status.
Nine passengers in a third class smoker grow restless as a groaning man in the window corner admits the cause was a loud singing spell. An old gentleman offers tea to ease tension and the car falls silent after the confession.
Isabelle, the flower girl of the Jockey Club and a Parisian notoriety of the second empire, has died recently in a Paris hospital amid great destitution.
A roundup notes the Tulare County Jail report with one prisoner, Fresno and Visalia events, San Jose celebrations, and a cascade of regional notices. Items include railroad sales, forest fires near San Bernardino, grape crops, plant developments at National City, and county fairs dates. Aなど array of local happenings across California.
H W Brown of Los Angeles in Cape Nome reports scarce gold and harsh conditions after nine days. He notes frozen creeks, few workers, and every claim staked for miles with only the machine yielding small amounts while the party remains healthy but disappointed.
C P Huntington forms the Ogden and Lucia Railroad Company with a $1,000,000 capital in Utah. Officers include President R C Chambers and directors D C Adams and others. The line, to run from Ogden to Lucin, aims to eliminate heavy grades by a 100 mile cut off, crossing the Great Salt Lake with pile driving this summer and fall.
United States Consul Adelbert Hay prepares to return home as batches of prisoners arrive daily from the front. One lot lists thirty eight English and Irish names.
Plantation owners in Hawaii plan to recruit Black laborers from the Southern states, sending John Hind and J B Collins to New Orleans with assurances that three or four hundred workers can be secured. They promise to cover travel expenses and pay $30 a month, with Japanese laborers to be dispensed with if recruitment succeeds.
Reports from grain men across major counties including Jewett Republic Smith Phillips Mitchell Cloud Clay Dickinson Reno and others say the Kansas corn crop is half destroyed and could be ruined if rains do not come within a few days.
The Cal fornia Consolidated Petroleum Company promises full cash and installment refunds on demand within thirty days of payment. It asserts stock will rise from 50 cents to one dollar per share, backed by substantial holdings including 10,000 acres of oil fields near Oakland to San Diego, royalties on 5,000 acres, and 2,500,000 shares in other firms, plus a hydraulic rotary drill record of 1200 feet in 30 hours.
An editorial notes the rich invest across many oil stocks to hedge against a single failure while the poor risk everything on one company.
A promotional pitch claims one share in the California Consolidated Petroleum Company opens access to fifty companies and 10 000 acres of oil lands with 5000 acres of royalties, promising safety for small investors and rapid stock gains while denying ties to Standard Oil. The offer emphasizes expert leadership, favorable terms, and a first come, first served sale of fifty cent shares with a $1 par value after treasury stock sells.
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