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A. P. Shewman
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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1901
Page
2
Century Talk and Oddities From a Snippet Era
A collage of curious remarks spans money to space, parenting to governance. It muses on China’s future, toy rifles, Prince Chowla Maha Vajira yudh, and a joke about a trust as a “body of very rich men entirely surrounded by water.” It also jokes about hiccups and boarding houses with light satire.
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Thomas B. Reed
Cadet Cadence Complains of Hazing Compared to Football
A West Point cadet voices the view that hazing there is not as severe as football and hints at humane benefits over dangerous stunts like barreling through Niagara rapids. Churchill offers a pointed quip on political candidates balancing wit and fact.
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West Point
Winston Spencer Churchill
Woman's Club praised for intellect and influence
The article notes that nearly half a million foreigners in 1900 ranked the United States as the best place on earth to live. It also cites the Chicago Woman's Club confessing that men are poor at conversation because women do all the talking, praising the club's honesty and perspicacity and foretelling a leading role in global intellectual life.
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United States of America
Chicago Woman’s Club
Woman’s Club
Sheriff's duty to protect prisoners curbs lynching
The article argues lynching prevention should rests with the sheriff rather than public opinion or armed mobs. A sheriff willing to shoot to defend a prisoner can deter lynchings, making them costlier for the sheriff and his bondsmen will lead to fewer lynchings.
Social Morality and Crime Among the Weak
The passage argues that crime and immorality by the weak stem from unpunished offenses by a higher class. It condemns social missionaries approaching the ignoble while the influential sphere remains defiled by practices they rebuke.
The Age of Hustle and Its Promise to the Masses
The era seeks practical gains over ideals, aiming to raise the welfare of the average person. It emphasizes hustle as a path to widespread happiness, accelerating efforts so the greatest number benefits before life ends. The result is presented as broadly beneficial to society.
Movement to curb American art students rushing to Paris
A coalition of U S art institutes seeks to halt the exodus of American art students, especially women, to Paris. Renowned American artists who studied in Paris endorse American training and warn that the Latin Quarter is unhealthy. They advocate home training as sufficient for appreciating European art, noting postgraduate study abroad is fine but not for beginners. Carlisle Indian School football earns praise for manliness and sportsmanship amid unfair spectator behavior.
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Paris
Latin Quarter
America
Europe
Carlisle
Hazing at West Point Questioned as Cadets Detail Ordeals
A court at West Point examined hazing methods used by upperclassmen to entertain themselves at the expense of fourth class cadets. Cadets deny brutality, describing procedures like feet inspection and baths, while acknowledging forced resistance and injuries. Col. Mills notes harsher hazing areas have been halted, urging abolition as a relic of barbarism.
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West Point Military Academy
Booz and Breth
Academy
Booz
Hazers
Col. Mills
West Side Merchant Targeted by Fire and Theft Bid
A merchant on the upper West Side awoke to his front door bell and street shouts. Five men shouted fire and offered to pay a premium to paste bills on the merchant's burned storefront, signaling a possible arson-for-billboard scheme.
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Upper West
New York Evening Sun
Birds' hunger and social card play noted
The text notes that robins can eat about two thirds of their body weight in earthworms daily. It also mentions a woman who plays cards to display her hands and rings rather than for excitement of the game.
Coast region columns report farming, power plans, and smallpox
The column surveys Salt River alfalfa hogs and barley fattening, notes Salton river’s surge after unusual rains, and discusses Santa Barbara county division, Riverside Water Co finances, prune markets, and proposed Slack Canyon coal electric plant. Fresno reports smallpox cases and quarantines, while San Diego notes a Coronado fortifications land purchase. India Cal warns of likely Indian-white clashes over impounding cattle after March 1, with both sides prepared to defend rights.
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Salt River Valley
Arizona
Colorado Desert
Salton River
Santa Barbara County
Riverside Water Company
California
Slack Canyon Coal Mining Company
Salinas
Santa Barbara
Fresno
San Diego
Coronado Beach Company
Ballast Point
India
Cal
Melon Growers’ Association
Bold Highway Robbery Stuns San Francisco
Drummer Marvin Ford a traveling salesman, desperate over poverty and loss at the races, abducted Lee Leong on Sacramento near Montgomery and stole a bag containing 216 dollars in coin. In broad daylight he struck with an iron pipe, knocked Leong senseless, then vanished toward Battery Street as onlookers watched.
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San Francisco
Marvin Ford
Lee Leong
Sacramento
Montgomery
Ford
Battery Street
Armour takes over Continental Fruit express car line
George B. Robins announces Armour & Co. succeeds Earl in refrigerator car interests and will continue Continental Fruit express as a corporate entity for the year. C. B. Dewees becomes California manager, Robert Graham remains Fruit Growers express head on the coast. Santa Fe may boost green fruit in its own refrigerated cars.
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San Francisco
George B. Robins
American Car Line
Armour & Co
Earl
Continental Fruit Express
Armour
C. B. Dewees
Continental Fruit Company
California
Robert Graham
Armour declares no rise in refrigerator charges for fruit trade
Mr. Robbins states Armour will not advance refriger ator charges and explains the Earl car line purchase separates fruit shipping from autos. The plan includes better service and new icing plants to boost efficiency.
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Armour
Robbins
Earl Car Line
Armour & Co
Santa Fe Clerk Robs Employees Missing cashier tied to theft
Frank J. Gavan known as Hennessy a Santa Fe railroad stenographer at Spear and Harrison streets in San Francisco is missing along with about 550 dollars in checks cashed at the Bank of California. He had collected employees wages and fled after cashing the funds. He had worked five to six months after transfer from Pueblo Colorado and resided at 526 Harrison Street. He was well regarded by Terminal Superintendent J. W. Walker and assistant J. R. Donnelly.
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San Francisco
Frank J. Gavan
Hennessy
Santa Fe Railroad
Spear and
Harrison Streets
Gavan
Bank of California
The
Santa Fe
Pueblo
Colo
Harrison Street
J. W. Walker
J. R. Donnelly
Burlington Road To The Coast
Alexander Campbell, veteran railway superintendent, asserts the Burlington will reach Salt Lake and the Pacific. He credits manager Holdredge with driving the expansion, dismissing any argument against extending lines to the Pacific Coast.
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Denver
Colo
Alexander Campbell
Burlington Road
McCook
Neb
Burlington
Salt Lake
Pacific
Holdredge
Burt
Union Pacific
Ogden
Huntington Estate Worth Eighty Million Dollars In New York
The executors of Collis P. Huntington's estate deposit 700000 to cover inheritance tax. The estate's value at death is about 70000000, now estimated around 80000000. This signals a doubling of the fortune since probate estimates. Rising railroad securities add about 10000000 to the current value.
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New York
Collis P. Huntington
Huntington
Russell Sage
Fresno County Allows Import of Phylloxera Resistant Vines
Fresno February 16. Supervisors adopt ordinance permitting import of phylloxera resistant vines after three weeks. Earlier law barred all vine imports to curb phylloxera spread. New rule aims to address scattered outbreaks with targeted import allowances.
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Fresno
Negro Shot In Orchard Theft Near San Bernardino
Robert L. Thompson, 25, a black man, was wounded by bird shot in the lower body after attempting to steal fruit from an orange orchard. A rancher fired when Thompson ran after being discovered, the man arriving at the county hospital with numerous pellets in both legs.
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San Bernardino
Robert L. Thompson
Thompson
Kansas City
Colton
Prune Preparation Method Described by Mrs Tileston
Mrs K M Tileston shares a simple method to preserve prunes as ready to eat like figs. Prunes are boiled briefly, drained, packed hot in cans, sealed, and stored. the article praises the taste, texture, and convenience, noting cans and common jars both work.
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K. M. Tileston
San Jose Mercury
the Mercury
Very Prominent Man Endorses Peruna Remedy
M W Howard of Fort Payne Alabama praises Peruna from Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg Co Columbus Ohio claiming two weeks of use improved his health and that the cure may be permanent He lauds Peruna for la grippe and recommends it to fellow-sufferers with belief it guards against catarrh He notes Congress address and urges readers to obtain a free catarrh book from Dr Hartman Columbus Ohio.
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M’f’g Co
Columbus
M. W. Howard
Howard
Fort Payne
Ala
Dr. Hartman
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