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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1899
Page
3
A distinguished historian argues that U S influence in Europe will grow greatly as inevitable as the cure from Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The tonic is praised for digestive relief and general system toning.
A merchant denounces a sale as a gratuitous falsehood while a salesman defends himself, claiming salary and commission depend on telling that falsehood. The Washington Star records the exchange as a sharp marketplace quarrel.
Promote Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a simple cure for sluggish livers and potential health risks. Advertises 10¢ 25c and 50c sizes through druggists, urging readers to take action for better liver function.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt notes a commanding officer praising a subordinate who spent the morning out roughing it with a file of soldiers, the exchange reflecting military discipline and cadence.
A young man from Lenore joins the war effort and falls ill from beef before recovering through the timely aid of Jesse Moore. The verse frames a wartime hardship faced by a local youth and his recovery.
A Philadelphia Inquirer excerpt captures a taunt exchange where a student boasts of being first and a teacher retorts with sharp humor accusing him of being the worst of the bad boys in school. The dialogue hints at classroom tensions and adolescent bravado.
A patent powder claims to cure painful swollen nerves and bunions while easing tight shoes. It promises instant relief from ingrown nails sweating calluses and tired feet with over 30 000 testimonials. Sold by druggists and shoe stores 25 cents by mail free trial package available Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A Columbus Tribune brief promotes the Columbus Buggy Company's travel friendly vehicles. It urges readers to contact A G Glenn at the Columbus Repository for the illustrated catalogue and latest styles, offering Pacific Coast head quarters and Market Street addresses for inquiries.
A collage of sensational claims and patent medicine ads dominates the page. It includes the morbid quote Died Penniless, teething syrup pitches, a Great Nerve Restorer promotion, and a Toledo notary oath offering rewards for catarrh cures. The page mingles medical publicity with testimonials and legal stamps.
Beardman, a once-struggling playwright, finally hits success with a Sheridan attended premiere. After a triumphant second act, Beardman vows it will be a hit, but Sheridan offers a biting retort that the play’s triumph will only delay further recognition for another 20 years.
A collage of light irony and jokes from diverse sources includes exchanges about marriage rings, a hotel fire, counterfeit money tricks, banana peels, and quack doctors. The items feature witty banter, misunderstandings, and social foibles, reflecting early 20th century humor and newspaper tone.
Frances Evans argues in The Ladies' Home Journal that flirtation stirs gambling like uncertainty and ruins steadfast love. The piece describes the flirt as secretive, unscrupulous, and pride wounded, with vanity and damaged affections growing quickly.
A Troy Press note recalls Rev George B Macdonald a Wesleyan clergyman famed for sharp wit. courting tale describes him walking into a parlor to find his future son in law and his future wife sharing a chair. He quips about proprieties and distance in courtship.
The piece notes legends of fishes in religious stories from St Anthony to the Koran and biblical accounts, including a Sabbath-keeping fish and a haddock in Gennesaret, then shifts to Forest Reservations detailing 80 reserves covering 40 million acres in 18 states, Californias Sierra reserve at 4,006,000 acres, and 11 billion board feet of timber lost to fires in 35 years.
An Ohio sailor recounts a Manila Bay tale of a powder boy who risked his life to retrieve his mother's picture in a coat, earning a pardon from Commodore Dewey. The piece also notes a Philippines letters outage under fire and recalls Civil War and Manila Bay gunfire lines from Col O Rorke and a Twentieth Kansas captain.
Col John M Stotsenburg commander of the Nebraska regiment in the Philippines was shot through the heart at Quingua during skirmishes in which eight Americans died He was a West Point graduate of 1881 served as a military instructor at Nebraska State University and later as a major in the First Nebraska His discipline and bravery earned him the devotion of his men after the regiment reached Manila
A Russian inventor has perfected a machine that replaces human flogging, promising speedier collection of taxes and arrears under the flagellation regime. The device aims to enforce compliance while reducing reliance on human labor.
An 800000 half-cent pieces circulated years ago have not been returned for aging or held by the treasury. A man grows fleshy in a year, but observers keep noting it for ten or twelve.
A long forgotten inscription in Nantes Cathedral reveals the sculptor Michel Colomb, once a stray child, who carved the 800 year old Francis II and Duchess Margaret monument. The note ties his early life in Leon to a later royal commission by Duchess Anna, honoring the Breton duke and duchess.
George Purcell recounts mining lore about rats in traps and escapes using tail rings and pinchers. He describes a rat's fight to escape, leaving its tail skin and tail covering in Purcell's grip, while miners note rats may signal mine collapses. M. W. Kerrigan fights rats in a mine then rescues his dog before a cave entry falls in.
Catherine Cava nagh recounts the Washington house once tied to James G Blaine. Its lot was Henry Clay s prize from a card game and later swapped for a Maltese jackass from Commodore Rodgers. The home hosted James K Paulding, Seward before Lincoln s murder night, Belknap, and Blaine.
The text explains bees carry a market basket on their hind legs formed by a fringe of stiff hairs that meet at the tips. After foraging, a bee stores enough pollen in this basket to feed two or three days.
A Canton Ohio woman recounts months of pain dizziness and sleepless nights before using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound She credits the remedy with curing her and endorses advising friends to use it The notice highlights Mrs Pinkham’s ongoing work treating female illnesses via letters and the scale of correspondence she handles annually.
A French writer asserts Napoleon Bonaparte favored bean salad as his daily fare, arguing that sixty cents a day could suffice for meals. He contrasts this with Louis XV who allegedly preferred a costly dish made from mixed bird eggs priced at one hundred dollars.
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