30 Jul 1897
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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1897
Page
1
Incomplete timetable notes a northbound departure from Phoenix at 7 50 pm arriving Prescott at 8 32 00 pm and Ash Fork at 6 50 am and 6 59 pm. Southbound leg from Ash Fork lists 7 45 am and an unfinished time.
A bulletin from the Arizona Experiment Station outlines soil types for sugar beets. It notes moderately fertile soils like those for wheat or corn work well, while extreme soils should be avoided. Calcareous, well-drained soils with adequate depth produce the best sugar content and balanced yields.
Honest treatment can attract investment in undeveloped mining claims and gradually correct past speculative errors. As mineralogical and geological knowledge grows and ore treatment improves, mining becomes a legitimate, conservative business for investors rather than a gamble.
Report notes uncertainty over a Santa Fe extension to Globe via the Gila valley with Morenci as an early target. Some predict a route from Morenci through Bonita creek and Ash creek to the San Carlos river, though overall feasibility remains doubtful.
An eastern exchange reports a Livingston Avenue Baptist church sermon in New Brunswick New Jersey where Rev Thomas Needham declared there are no female angels. He said angels are male and messengers of God, arguing redeemed souls are a higher order than angels, provoking disbelief among listeners.
The copper market improves mainly on foreign appetite with British and continental needs absorbing most supply. Jane month transactions are estimated at 15 to 20 million pounds at 11 1-2 cents, while world stocks remain scant. The Mining and Scientific Press notes efforts by speculators to curb price rises. A riddle about eggs ends the item.
The Williams News reports a new Santa Fe railroad order prohibiting employees from frequenting saloons either on or off duty. Violations bring a lengthy suspension of pay as punishment.
Chief Justice Truesdale re appoints Frank P Trott to oversee Maricopa County water as canal directors sign petition. Trott, a veteran irrigation civil engineer, supervises head zanjeros and gauges, directs daily river water distribution, with reports from gauge inspectors and tanjeros guiding allotments for the valley.
A Last Congress resolution prompts the Philadelphia mint to experiment with new coin metals and alloys. Possible aluminum cents or nickel copper combinations are discussed for the cent and three cent pieces. The current cent is 95 percent copper, 2 percent tin, 3 percent zinc, while the five cent piece is 75 percent copper and 25 percent nickel. The aim is easier distinguishing coins by touch.
A congressman helping a drunken young man home encounters a harsh welcome when a tall, vigorous woman at the house drags the intoxicated man by the collar, shakes him, and slams the door as the congressman leaves. The scene ends with the congressman descending the steps.
A fragment describes a congressman and a frightened companion leaving a house, then shifts to a definition of the center of population as the balance point of a nation. It cites the 1890 census locating the center near Columbus, Indiana, moving about four miles yearly, now south and east of the first point.
The text debates whether America derives from Amerigo Vespucci or from a Central American tribe named Ameriques observed by Columbus on his fourth voyage. It notes doubts about the Ameriques’ existence but reports descendants found in Honduras and studies by M. A. Pinart, while cautioning that this does not prove the name's origin.
Capt. E. A. Cutter reports a forthcoming conference between G W G N railroad representatives and the Indians. A settlement on the right of way is hoped, enabling vigorous construction work to begin as soon as the issue is settled.
A forty year old couple was found locked in each other’s arms in a North Dakota hotel. They died together leaving a note that read Though separated in life we are one in death. The report frames the deaths as a tragic romantic gesture rather than suicide.
An experiment in reform work will be tried at Tombs prison in New York City with a boys’ school run by a university settlement teacher. The program will devote an hour and a half daily to school duties.
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