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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1900
Page
2
Philadelphia woman denied marriage license in 75 years old case
An elderly Philadelphia woman aged 75 was refused a marriage license, prompting discussion on freedoms and government restraint amid wartime rhetoric and media commentary about national policy and liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country
Philadelphia
Wealth Titans Face No Limit Poker Challenge
A hypothetical no limit poker game among J Pierpont Morgan John D Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie captivates as a striking image of American finance. The remark by Newell Dwight Hillis contrasts new moral calls with old aims suggesting a defining moment in business culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Pierpont Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
United States
Woman’s refusal to elope shows strict ethics
A Texas woman insisted on divorce before agreeing to elope with a married man, displaying notable ethical discrimination in her decision making.
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Texas
Mustache Shaping Device Brings Kaiser Style to All
A new mustache shaping apparatus makes the Kaiser Wilhelm style upper lip adornment accessible to everyday wearers who can grow a mustache and meet the price.
Notable shift in naming juvenile crime
The excerpt notes a change in language from general cussedness to the more modern term boy criminals reflect a debate on youth delinquency and moral labels in historic discourse.
Seamen's Friend Society Ships 1000 Libraries to Navy
The Seamen's Friend society placed over a thousand libraries on American naval vessels urging broader philanthropy. It argues that such aid should extend beyond the navy to other waters and ports, including the Great Lakes region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seamen’s Friend Society
Navy
Great Lakes
Stolen Baggage Car Reported in Italy Draws Beakish Edict
In a curious theft, a baggage car vanished in Italy. The tale echoes earlier sensational cases where a house disappeared in Chicago and a town was moved from one site to another in the West.
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Italy
Chicago
Chorus Girl Weds London Diamond Dealer in $85 Million Plan
A New York chorus girl marries a London diamond dealer in a ceremony slated to cost $85,000,000. The bride plans to continue her stage career despite the union. The piece notes moments when art and devotion seem at odds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Ideal life and the enduring value of ideals
The piece discusses the role of ideals in life, quoting Mrs. Burton Harrison on constancy to ideals as part of the age. It argues ideals give moral courage, warn that losing ideals means losing the soul, and notes pessimism leads to despair while optimism seeks better ideals and happiness.
Census shows age misreporting across generations
The census reveals a common tendency to inflate ages among youths seeking manhood, deflate ages among those near middle age, and add years among the very old. The behavior reflects pride in age despite individuals' lack of responsibility for their years.
Des Moines Register Urges Iowa Canning Factories
The Des Moines Register endorses establishing a canning plant in each Iowa village, costing about 150 dollars with a three horsepower boiler. The idea could extend to Illinois Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin where surplus produce exists. Cannery investment would aid towns by preserving perishables and yielding better prices than raw shipments, with season timing during school breaks benefiting children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Des Moines Register
Iowa
Register
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Proposed 75 Cent Coin Sparks Mixed Public Reaction
A correspondent calls for a 75-cent coin to simplify change and boost trade but the Chicago Tribune rejects the idea. They note existing coins cover 1 5 10 25 and 50 cent values, discuss past fractional pieces, and cite low public demand and potential confusion with halves and dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Sunday Train Ministers Foreseen But Doubtful Fit
A commentary critiques Sunday railway religious services proposing other reforms first. It notes lavish sleeping car charges and dining car quality, then discusses leaders like Evarts Chamberlain and Hanna who oppose regular exercise, contrasting with the president's daily constitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
William M. Evarts
Mr. Evarts
Joseph Chamberlain
Senator Hanna
Washington
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Thousands of Islands Between Madagascar and India
About 16 000 islands lie between Madagascar and the Indian coast, of which around 690 are inhabited. Most are capable of supporting populations, though current settlement remains limited.
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Madagascar
India
Miles Keeps Up Daily Pistol Practice
General Nelson A Miles never neglects daily pistol drills, dedicating at least thirty minutes each day and earning a reputation as one of the army’s best marksmen. The piece notes a frequent tendency to mix truth and error in statements.
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Gener
Nelson A. Miles
Coast column items and local notices summarized
A wide array of notes from Oregon to Tulare covers pest on umbrella trees in Tulare, an indictment against a Christian Science healer in Oregon City, Delta Gamma house plans at Stanford, Oakland delivery wagons, school district hiring policies, and state livestock concerns. Prune crop optimism in Walla Walla, timber outlook at Big Basin, Hawaiian sugar fleet entering Oakland, Sequipa Park funding, marshland reclamation near San Leandro Bay, and university law department changes. Also reports rail line improvements, saloon closures, smallpox vaccination effort in Hayward, cargo details from Kosmos Luxor, San Francisco flax mill, and Tulare mite warning for prune growers with sulfur as remedy.
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Oregon City
Delta Gamma Es
Stanford
Big Basin
Hawaiian Islands
Oakland Harbor
Visalia
Sequipa Park
San Leandro Bay
San Francisco Bay
Stanford University
San Jose Mercury
Rowell
Fresno
California
Philadelphia
Morosco's Burbank Theatre Announces Week of Quo Vadis
A week of the day’s greatest fad begins Sunday night June 17 at Morosco’s Burbank Theatre. Quo Vadis is interpreted by the full Frawley Company with two matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. Seats held for Sunday night only until twelve noon. seats for other nights held until six PM. Usual prices.
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Morosco
Burbank
Frawley Company
Mrs Gladstone Dead in London Death of William E. Gladstone’s widow
Mrs Gladstone widow of William E. Gladstone died at 5 40 p m on June 14 in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Gladstone
London
Gladstone
William E. Gladstone
English honors for Choate and White at Cambridge
London Cambridge University awarded LL.D. degrees to Joseph H. Choate United States Ambassador and Harvard professor John Williams White. Dr Sandys noted the strong ties between the United States and Great Britain during the presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cambridge University
Joseph H. Choate
United States
John Williams White
Harvard
Choate
Sandys
Great Britain
First Receipts of Alaska Gold at Seattle Assay Office
The 1900 season opened with $200,000 in gold dust deposited by fifty miners arriving on the City of Seattle. The largest contributor was F. G. Noyes with $50,000, while Axel Carlson deposited $200. He plans to take his nuggets east.
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Seattle
United States Assay Office
F. G. Noyes
Axel Carlson
Mission School Women Test Alaska Climate in Yukon Garden
Two American women running a mission school on the Yukon 1500 miles inland tested Alaska climate in kitchen gardening beginning May 16. They faced two months without rain and cold summer storms yet harvested 250 bushels of potatoes 500 cabbages eighty bushels of turnips and a few bushels of carrots. The strawberry bed grew well but mice destroyed the berry crop.
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Yukon
Alaska
California
Havana Navy Yard Transfer to Army Planned
The Navy Yard at Havana will be turned over to the army at the request of the Secretary of War. The War Department will improve the yard to be more habitable for government officials. The transfer was agreed with no Navy objection. The floating dry dock at Havana will be bought from Spain for $250,000.
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Navy Yard
Havana
Navy
Army
Secretary of War
War Department
Navy Department
Dishonest Army Clerk Arrested in San Francisco
Ernest Emmerich, chief clerk in the U S A Quartermaster Department, and J W Bartholomew were arrested on charges of conspiring to defraud the government by approving unprovided bills. Emmerich released on 3000 dollar bonds. A note from the American Box Factory found on Emmerich as payee suggests funds paid for undelivered supplies. Bartholomew, secretary of the firm, oversaw boxes used to pack guns and ammunition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Ernest Emmerich
Quartermaster’s Deparment
U.S.A
J. W. Bartholomew
Emmerich
Bartholomew
Concern
California Exhibit at Paris Impresses Trade Officials
J A Fischer, secretary of the state board of trade, notes Southern California’s Paris exhibit is fully installed and the most complete on the grounds, aiming to stimulate demand for California products and attract visitors and immigrants. Photographs will be mailed home. Stockton Mail hints at early contract letting for the San Joaquin and Sacramento Railroad between Stockton and Isleton, with a 51 mile main line and a nine mile branch. Havana reports praise for Gen. Chaffee, “watchdog of their treasury,” and notes a Cuban fondness for him as well as plans to acquire the Havana dry dock for the Navy, to be moved to San Juan, Porto Rico, funded by Treasury money.
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J. A. Fischer
State Board of Trade
Southern
California
State Commission
Paris
Stockton Mail
San Joaquin and
Sacramento Railroad
Stockton
Sacramento
Walnut Grove
Isleton
Havana
Gen
A. R. Chaffee
United States
Gen. Chaffee
Cuba
Navy Department
Gulf
Spain
Treasury Department
San Juan
Porto Rico
R. E. Blackburn
California_ Consolidated Petroleum Company
Orchard King
Will A. Harris
Fred L. Johnson
8. N. Andreus
Southern California
G. W. Luce
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
P. J. Beveridge
Beveridge
Illinois
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Santa Monica
J.M. Hale
Hale Brothers
San Francisco
San Jose
Salinas
Petaluma
New York
Los Angeles National Bank
California Consolidated Petroleum Company stock offer and assets
An advertisement explains redeemable stock and cash or installment refunds within thirty days of payment. It asserts future stock appreciation to one dollar per share, with gold redemption floor, and claims ownership of 10,000 oil acres between Oakland and San Diego plus royalties on 5,000 leased acres and 2,500,000 shares in fifty companies. It notes hydraulic rotary drills recording 1200 feet in 30 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calfornia Consolidated Petroleum Company
California Consolidated Petroleum Company
Oakland
San Diego
California
Home
Standard Oil Company
Treasury
We Divide Your Risks and Multiply Your Profits
A quotation describes the rich man diversifying stock across many oil companies to guard against loss, while the poorer investor risks everything on a single company. The contrast underscores risk distribution in investments.
California Consolidated Petroleum Company promotion gains zest
Prominent California investors back a venture claiming to bundle fifty companies and vast oil lands into one stock. The offer promotes safety for small holders, non assessment, and rapid price rise from 50 cents to a dollar or more. Key figures include R. E. Blackburn and Will A. Harris with broad regional ties.
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Mesa Free Press
Mesa City
A. P. Shewman
Paris Papers
Newell Dwight Hillis
Oriental
Hanford
C. H. Blewer
Kings County Board of Supervisors
Portland Oregonian
Walla Walla Valley
Walla Walla
Visalia Delta
Mill Creek County
San Luis Obispo Tribune
Soledad
Santa Margarita
Haywards
Kosmos
Luxor
Hamburg
Ecuador
Peru
Chile
South America
Kentucky
Oregon
Board of Trade and Merchants’ Exchange
Tulare Register
C. M. Hatch
Mr. Hatch
Consolidated Petroleum
California Consoliated Petroleum Company
Laughlin Building
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