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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1900
Page
3
American novelist and war correspondent Stephen Crane died at Badenweiler Germany. Crane, famed for The Red Badge of Courage, made his mark with a single work but left a prolific body of writing.
The piece reviews Stephen Crane and Rufus Choate, noting Crane’s vivid fiction and brash war reporting in Graeco Turkish and Spanish American conflicts. It recalls Crane's birth in Newark in 1871, education, and death from Cuban fever, plus his wife surviving. It also recounts a Ticknor Choate anecdote contrasting manuscript legibility with historic autographs.
An Adrian County Missouri farmer hired a man to kill rats promising one cent per rat tail for 1000 tails. After 750 tails were delivered the pay demanded 7.50 dollars, the farmer refused to pay for fewer than 1000 tails and accused the worker of sending mouse tails. The lower court ruled, but the farmer vows to continue the fight. Equine losses in war noted with figures from Napoleon, Plevna, and 1882 Egyptian conflicts.
The Pope’s snuff habit is said to include a special American blend made for his use. This high priced snuff, flavored with attar of roses before packing, is noted as the finest available in the world.
A Somerville Journal note features a dialogue on soil and sea as supports. The sea captain claims the ocean sustains him about eleven months a year, while a political economist calls the soil essential, illustrating cautious generalization in everyday discourse. A self closing door spring adds to the mood of an angry man attempting to slam the door.
The text contrasts the trust issue with stomach disorders lik e constipation indigestion and dyspepsia and promotes Hostetter s Stomach Bitters as a reliable remedy. It notes the Los Angeles Daily Herald now backs McKinley and Roosevelt and will run as a Republican journal.
A collage of early 20th century ads highlights Cascaret candy cathartic for sleep and Adams Sarsa parilla Pills for constipation and digestion. An 83-year-old woman, Mrs. M. A. Renshaw, died after a monkey bite in Avalon. The San Pablo Oil Company advances a well on the Webern place in San Benito County, now down 600 feet.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot Ease as a cooling powder for swollen nervous feet and tight shoes. It claims to cure nail growths blisters and bunions and offers a free trial. Also notes testimonials and 25 cent price. Also mentions unrelated items about property valuation, medicine, a Pasadena ordinance, teething syrup, and gold discovery in Cambria.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh and constitutional diseases by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers one hundred dollar reward for any case it fails to cure and urges sending for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio, with Druggists selling it at 75 cents.
Union Pacific reports for the year ended June 30 a surplus after fixed charges of about 8 million dollars and 4 million in preferred stock dividends. Net figures, excluding land sales, exceed 20 million. Fixed system charges total around 8 million, leaving 12 million for stock with preferred capped at 4 percent and about 8 million remaining for common stock. Oil discovery reported by Ukiah Oil Eres Company in Mendocino county at Wartenburg place with oil sand first struck at 35 feet.
The ad emphasizes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted women’s health remedy. It appeals to women with assurances about testimonials, privacy, and a long record of curing female ills, inviting readers to remember the product and its address in Lynn, Massachusetts.
A collage of jokes and wits from Chicago and Philadelphia papers. Dialogues cover kiss myths, candid teachers, dyspepsia gags, politics and marriage, with patter from reporters, a census taker, and a railway magnate.
Promotional piece touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as strengthening digestion and improving appetites. It claims an unrivaled record of cures for skin and blood diseases and lists a price of 1 dollar for the remedy and 25 cents for Hood's Pills.
President McKinley and Governor Roosevelt were formally notified of their nominations on Thursday. McKinley was told at his Canton Ohio home and Roosevelt at Oyster Bay New York. Senator Lodge led the McKinley committee while Senator Wolcott of Colorado headed Roosevelt’s delegation.
Hoitt's School in Menlo Park California announces its new buildings laboratories and furnished facilities. Dr Ira G Hoitt heads the school which is accredited at universities. Catalogue available. Tenth year begins August 6 1900.
Prolonged dryness has devastated a large melon crop in Arizona. Hundreds of acres planted and plans to ship over a hundred carloads to the North and East are at risk as water scarcity cuts the early yield by one third. If rain does not come within ten days the entire crop may be dried up.
Hercules Oil Producing aims to drill a 40 acre Kern River district tract amid hopeful forecasts of a strike. Liberty Company reports its Fullerton district well at 750 feet with oil sand exposure and favorable indications. Columbia’s last three wells produce well. Nos. 5 6 7 yield 150 barrels daily. A rig targets well No. 8 for pumping next week.
A Richmond school teacher in Chicago and a Racine City resident write to Dr. Hartman praising Pe-ru-na for relief from female ailments. They report renewed health, happiness, and confidence after using the remedy, claiming it has no equal for irregularities tied to pelvic catarrh. Free women’s book available from Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio.
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