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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1897
Page
1
Fragmentary note lists fastest routes to Wuest, Kansas City, Chicago, and St. Louis with unclear spellings and incomplete directions. The text hints at railroad or highway options but provides no specific distances or schedules. Entities include Kansas City, Chicago, St. Louis, Wuest.
SANTA FE PRESCOTT PHOENIX time table lists northbound departures from Phoenix at 7:50 pm with arrivals Prescott 3:20 am and Ask Fork 5:00 am and 6:50 pm. Southbound departures from Ask Fork 7:45 am and 1:45 pm. Prescott southbound 4:58 pm. Prescott northbound 3:35 am. Phoenix southbound 11:45 pm. Details include connections at Jerome Junction and Pregport with mining camps, skull valley dining, and lines to California, Canada, and Mexico. Pres. & Gen Mgr Prescott Aust.
The interview in The Washington Times features Col. McCord quoting Governor-to-be Molord expressing bullish views on Arizona. He emphasizes early statehood, strong laws, low taxes, rail and irrigation expansion, and a plan to attract capital while stressing responsible governance and public morality.
The quoted Bill Nye admonishes readers not to cheat editors or anyone else, warning that dishonesty leads to public consequences. He predicts editors will expose fraud when luck runs out and ruin reputations, causing public censure.
A Napa wine grower describes a full process from grape pulp to fertilizer and ham, noting waste is reused and offal is cremated for fertilizing. The article also mentions interest from phonograph firms and military journals on an imagined self moving car with rapid fire cannons and a 45 mile per hour capability and battlefield havoc concerns.
Annual demand ranges from 110000 to 115000 balls when trade is good, with America and France consuming about half and England Germany and others taking the rest. Recession lowers demand to about 80000 to 85000 balls per year.
Surveyors work on a route from Deming New Mexico toward Globe Arizona. The plan to connect Phoenix and Globe via a direct line would link two Santa Fe trunk lines and open Arizona's mineral timber and agricultural regions. Officials keep the project quiet as reports note a possible bridge and blast operations near the Gila valley.
A massive explosive blast moved a mountainside 40 to 50 feet and dropped it 125 feet, creating the bulwark for a San Francisco dam forty-three miles from the city. Preparations spanned two months, using tunnels and layered black and giant powder to lift and shatter rock.
The Vidette condemns Chapmans confinement describing a luxurious jail setup with a bedroom and hotel meals. He entertains callers and behaves as if in a hotel, while remaining jailed. The piece argues it proves justice favors the wealthy over the poor.
A fragment remark laments how a man invents new forms of littleness when he chooses to be annoying. The line hints at contempt for petty behavior and the human tendency to overthink irritating actions.
A Paris shop advertises pet toads offered for sale at eight pence per item. The listing notes affordable prices inviting customers to acquire amphibian pets.
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