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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1899
Page
3
Community memory of Amos J. Cummings endorsing Peruna as a cure for summer catarrh. The letter notes relief during a Cuba trip and urges sending another bottle. Describes summer catarrh as various forms including dyspepsia liver and kidney complaints and recommends Peruna as a universal remedy.
An eighteenth century Fontenelle anecdote on the pleasures of food ends with a wry meditation on life. A friend teases the thinker as he studies a flock of sheep and wonders if among two hundred there is a single tender leg of mutton. An IndianaJournal style aside closes with a humorous ad quote about old tags and barb wire fences.
The California Fig Syrup Co markets Syrup or Fies a well known liquid laxative. It uses senna and aromatic plants to provide gentle cleansing effects on kidneys liver and bowels without irritation. Sold by druggists for 50 cents per bottle with full company name on package.
A collage of quips and teasing lines from various periodicals, including Brooklyn Life Detroit Journal and Puck, features humor about judges, alibis, marriages, hats and hair, and social manners. The items present light wordplay and social banter from multiple writers and papers.
A large exhibit from this country at the Paris Exhibition in 1900 is announced. The note adds that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, famed American remedy, will cure dyspepsia digestion and constipation and urges a trial for all sufferers.
A witty exchange from the Chicago Record notes how actresses mimic society girls in the boxes and how society girls imitate stage actresses, illustrating reciprocal influence between theater and high society in refined social routines.
A quick relief for headaches with Cascarets Candy Cathartic marketed as preventing headaches if taken early. Available from all druggists with price points of 10c 25c and 50c.
The Tucson Arizona Citizen reports a rich lead strike about two miles from Helvetia camp in Pima county. The notice mentions the 17th century fire history in England with the Phoenix fire company established in 1682 and early extinguishing gear using short syringes and leather pipes.
The article reports U S consumption of matches at 490 million daily and 178.85 billion annually. It calculates that if all matches were laid end to end they would extend about 4 939 786 miles.
Allen's Foot-Ease powder cures painful swollen smarting nerves and bunions and helps tight or new shoes feel easy. It claims to cure ingrowing nails sweating callouses and hot tired aching feet with over 30 000 testimonials. Sold by druggists and shoe stores or by mail for 25 cents stamps Trial package is free. Allen Olmsted Le Roy New York.
In a Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph item the notion that Mr. Hiland-Poor is a man of letters persists to the end. The will provides for a literary executor to be appointed.
Hoitt's School in Menlo Park San Mateo County California will reopen in a new building on August 15 under Ira G Hoitt Ph D principal. The academy emphasizes location climate and mental moral and physical training and is credited at the universities.
An old advertisement fragment mentions Columbus Buggy Company's vehicles via A G and J Q Glenn Columbus Repository and a Market Street address. Also cites Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, Dr Klines Great Nerve Restorer, and Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonial notes from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
During a Kansas City church wedding the young nervous minister asked who gives this man to this woman instead of the usual line. The bride’s height and weight drew attention as the congregation stifled laughter.
In a New York store a dialogue unfolds over a cheap Iliad edition. clerks mishear Homer as The Idiot and The Iliad as The Rail yard in a humorous exchange.
In a Forest and Stream reflection a man claims animal eyes dilate under fright, turning the pupil into a magnifying lens. The writer doubts the tale yet imagines cave age storytelling and wonder before children rush outside.
A Roscoe Pa Ledger notice laments past thefts from exchanges and promises credit for future items. It recounts a western exchange claim about a woman’s anatomy then reveals the woman found with 560 pins, labeling the prior claim false and asserting accountability for misstatements.
In a Massachusetts mill town, young lawyer General Butler helps a discharged mill worker and gets her three weeks wages. He ensures payment by attaching the factory's water wheel, prompting the rich firm to settle by noon. The factory had shut down for the first time in 80 years.
Mrs T A Walden of Gibson Georgia reports lived relief from monthly pain and persistent side ache after using the Vegetable Compound Liver Pills and Sanative Wash. A second letter from Florence Wolfe of Lancaster Ohio credits treatment for ending two years of womb inflammation and monthly suffering.
A Mansfield Louisiana reader describes severe menstrual pain leucorrhea and abdominal discomfort before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She reports dramatic improvements and says friends notice her healthier appearance.
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