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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1899
Page
4
Two letters from Mrs Lizzi of Lowell Massachusetts and Mrs Amos Trombleay of Ellenburgh Center New York describe dramatic recoveries from gynaecological disorders and milk leg after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. Both claim life saving improvement and urge others to try the medicine.
Paris telegram recounts a Parisian social scene in Monte Carlo where a woman bets on a prince’s luck and loses a large sum. She mistakenly places her fortune on the number 27 after hearing the prince invoke her age. The croupier’s 36 red wins remind her she is 36, and she faints. A friend notes wrinkles fade with a nocturnal forehead compress using alcohol and egg white.
A collage of jokes and quips from Yonkers to Harlem Life spans witty exchanges on marriage money feathers and meals. It gathers snippets about mistaken meetings legal talk and naval cadets with punchy one liners and playful exchanges.
A recent storm nearly overwhelmed the Cayman Islands and left once secure objects at risk. The piece urges vigilance about health and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for bowel regularity to combat indigestion and constipation.
A fragment from Jewelers Weekly quotes a child asking why a locket contains a father’s hair. The line, “Tommy-Mamma, why have you got papa's hair in a locket?” reflects a sentimental family memento and a mother’s explanation of keepsake value.
Ad for Cascarets Candy Cathartic touting a mercurial-free vegetable formula. Mentions price points and availability from druggists. Includes a humorous poem line about a Lenore youth and a cannibal joke referencing Jesse Moore in a vintage style ad segment.
A historical advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as curing painful swollen sore feet and bunions, easing tight shoes, and treating chiblains sweating damp callous feet. It cites 10 000 testimonials and offers trial and mail options with a 25 cent price via Allens Olmsted Le Roy New York.
An old classified collage warns mercury toxicity from mirrors and barometers and mentions nitrate exposure. It notes sugar beet alfalfa and fruit lands offered at 15 to 25 dollars per acre with irrigation and a 1.25 dollar annual water rental in Eddy New Mexico. It lists remedies and cures and a patent nerve restorer promotion from Philadelphia.
The ad proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, and claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer $100 to any case not cured and urge sending testimonials to F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Pills also advertised as Hall's Family Pills.
A woman known as Carlo enters a gaming saloon where a former friend wins big. A prince tests luck by betting gold on the lady’s age, urging her to put all on 27. The wheel lands 36 red, revealing her age and causing her to faint.
A defendant pleads that a physician advised a long daily walk and admits taking the plank. The judge sentences three months in the house of correction for the rest, quipping that the court offers free advice.
During Sir M. E. Grant Duff's tenure as governor general of Madras a judge fined a native Christian who had no lawyer to defend him. He offered a remarkable reply claiming honor might decide the matter and proposing to return the money at resurrection if he were wrong.
A health ad promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the standard remedy to purify blood and achieve true strength through union of the body's parts.
President Dreher recalls Edward Aus ten of Boston sharing a tale of meeting Charles Eliot at Cambridge. Eliot says a new law school building is most needed and estimates brick construction at 60 000 to 70 000 dollars, while Austin asks if 100 000 suffices.
The advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant, effective laxative from senna and aromatic plants. It emphasizes cleansing the system without irritation, helping colds fevers and constipation, and notes the unique manufacturing process and full company name to avoid imitators. Available by druggists for 50c per bottle.
Letters from Mrs Eliza Wike and others praise Peruna and Hartman remedies for catarrh of pelvic organs. Readers report relief from dyspepsia heart trouble and nervous debility after using Peruna and Manalin. Dr Hartman offers free book Health and Beauty to women addressing Columbus Ohio.
A brief poetic note by Herbert Randall appears in Connecticut Magazine. The verse imagines love as wind and heart as mine under a midnight sky with sea birds and sailing ships, evoking storms and homeward ships in a lyrical coastal setting.
Judge Wheaton A. Gray presiding in Fresno observed a juror asleep after a long harangue by the prosecuting counsel. On completion, the judge ordered the jury to wake and listen to the court’s instructions.
An Isis report tells of the bishop of Oxford at a meeting to audit a sectarian school's accounts. Among the items is £50 for an occasional monitor. When asked what that meant the bishop replied that it was the nonconformist conscience.
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