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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1899
Page
3
A steam motor car for railroad use recently made a trial run at sixty miles per hour. The performance may surpass prior records and is noted alongside Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, claimed to cure indigestion constipation nervousness and liver and kidney trouble.
A classroom prompt prompts students to identify Columbus, while the teacher cues discussion about the Monte Carlo bank crime and a London figure named Judy, highlighting a memory game of names and places.
A public warning urges consumers to demand genuine Cascarets Candy Cathartic and avoid fraudulent substitutes or imitations advertised as Cascarets. The notice stresses authenticity and consumer vigilance.
The exchange notes a married man losing ambition after his nuptials, with the son-in-law replying he reached his ambition by becoming the father-in-law. A humorous verse from Harlem Life contrasts a Lenore youth’s wartime experience and recovery aided by Jesse Moore.
A short, sharp exchange features a mock accusing a clown of a stupid face and a retort that a harsher look would double the speaker’s salary. The fragment reads like a salon-style comic aside with biting humor.
An advertising notice promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for feet addressing painful swollen smarting feet bunions and chiblains. It claims instant relief loosens tight shoes and lists over 10 000 testimonials with mail orders for 25 cents and stamp payment. Address Allen's Olmsted Le Roy NY.
A collage of testimonials and ads tout teething tonics and cures including Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Piso s Cure all Dr Klines Great Nerve Restorer Hall s Catarrh Cure and Hall s Pills market pitches from various locations and dates featuring endorsements by Lucy Allace and Frank J Cheney with notarial attestation and price notes
A Chicago Tribune snippet recounts a dispute over a stepladder borrowed two years ago. The neighbor allegedly kept the item to pressure the speaker. A London census notes 188000 residents with four or more to a room and 3000 packed eight or more to a room.
At 26, Professor Henry Drummond created a competitive game for friends on a rainy evening. The rule set has each player in a corner, no doors or knives, and the survivor wins. Dr Smith recalls the tense moment as Drummond pinned him during a chaotic scramble.
A collage of jokes and witticisms spans doctors patients barbers and barbs of social satire. Quotations lampoon spelling boarding houses manners and legal banter with punchlines about onions hats horses and false hair. The tone mimics late era humor pages.
Miss Susan Wymar a Richmond school teacher in Chicago writes of sleeplessness from overwork and relief after using Pe-ru-Na. Mrs. Margaretha Dauben of Racine City praises Pe-ru-Na for improving health during the change of life and for female complaints. Free health book offered by Dr Hartman of Columbus Ohio.
Charles L. Davis known as Alvin Joslin told of a Chicago man who admired his diamonds prompting an ornate display. That evening Davis was seated for supper among seven travelers with large cut glass fruit dishes and glass prisms on their attire who claimed the jewels cost $3 000 000 and $250 000 each. The ruse prompted Davis to relocate to another hotel in New Orleans.
A mother chastises her son during a long service. The boy asks with hopeful slyness how bad he would have to be to avoid future churchgoing, revealing his wish to escape the ordeal.
An article cites Dr. Goldscheider from Vienna University advising light in sick rooms to lessen pain. He notes darkness and stillness heighten aches such as toothache and asthma, with relief after sunrise. Children may need a night light, while nervous individuals may tolerate darkness.
A Chicago Chronicle item notes fashionable social diversions in which character reading shifts from palmistry to analyzing handwriting facial lines walk clothing. Observers claim shoes skirt and especially hat reveal personality with hat shape trim size and placement signaling traits.
Frank Gould youngest son of the railroad and telegraph magnate inherits at least ten million dollars yet plans to work for moral and intellectual growth. He studies at the University of New York and becomes a Western Union telegraph operator to learn the company. The Gould brothers are active in transport manufacturing finance and communications sectors.
Mrs Russell Sage recalls her marriage to widower Mr Sage who sought a wife after knowing her as a schoolgirl. She explains she consented hoping for a quiet life, while a man nearby reflects on unlucky luck in failing to win a soft snap.
A London Standard article defends the Lebel rifle bullet as superior to the British Lee Metford. It cites Dahomey Tonkin and Madagascar campaigns where Lebel bullets shattered bones and felled enemies in full trajectory. The writer argues small caliber bullets need no Dum Dum modifications and notes occasional noncompliance is rare.
The clown traces to circus origins and remains a core feature. Clown acts have evolved from whiteface to exaggerated imitations, with two Marks and four Siberian bloodhounds now common. As entertainment shapes grow, rival acts emerge, yet clowns stay central to the circus appeal.
The Chicago Tribune notes that Hitchcock and Ingalls, college classmates at Williams, both later served in the United States Senate and were roommates. The piece mentions Beveridge and Foraker as two senators born near one another.
A New York congressman named Ketcham is described as deaf in a humorous anecdote about a money loan request. The tale highlights miscommunication and the idea of a deaf office seeker mishearing the loan amount. It closes with a wry remark on a tombstone epitaph and a quip about liking disagreeable tasks.
Mrs Patrick Dan ehy of West Winsted Connecticut writes of relief from female weakness displacement of the womb and sleepless nights after using Mrs Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. She reports reduced pain bloating fainting spells and heartburn and says she can sleep work without fatigue.
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