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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1899
Page
2
A satirical survey of figures from Nelson Hobson and Yerkes to Hall Caine and Helen Gould. The piece riffs on canal schemes in Washington, yellow journalism, public affection laws, and eccentric curiosities including a museum exhibit with three legs.
The czar's plan for universal disarmament includes a $150,000,000 loan intended for financing artillery. The move is presented as evidence of good faith to support disarmament proposals.
Mr. Maxim claims his rapid-fire weapon reshapes Africa in five years and stops swarms of Arabs rushing toward British troops. He is described as one of the great civ ilizera.
Some people waiting for the French spoliations payments may sympathize with American creditors of Spain whose claims are about to be assumed by the government in the same manner.
Gloucester Massachusetts boasts the highest per capita contribution of men to the U S Navy among U S towns and the recruits are noted for heroism and endurance on the North Atlantic fishing coast.
Over years English increasingly supplants French for commerce diplomacy and social interaction among diverse nationalities. English becomes indispensable, surpassing the role French once held. language now marks influence more than arms or trade.
The era saw about 15 million dollars donated to American colleges in 1898. Critics note much of this charity could ease poverty if redirected, though endowments often gain more publicity than simple welfare aid.
The passage argues that replacing horses with vehicles reduces noise and dirt, preserves pavement, frees space, and improves urban stables by cutting crowding and disease. the horseless city of the future would see double pavement life and more efficient use of street space.
A dietetic report notes sugar is officially recommended in the German army food rations. It purportedly increases weight, reduces hunger and thirst during long marches, and wards off heat effects, suggesting broad benefits for soldiers and even for civilians.
Some medical writers of high authority advise against manufactured sugar and recommend obtaining saccharine matter from nature. They suggest consuming dates, figs, and raisins as healthier alternatives to refined sugar.
The most successful leader detects the people's direction and leads from the front. Sacrifices of preference may occur and hopes be disappointed, but with sagacity he must persuade the public he is pursuing plans of his own devising and earn their support.
The piece mocks Mme. Bernhardt’s dramatic escape account from Vesuvius claiming her curling iron and scorched eyebrows are more sensational than real peril. It argues ordinary women manage beauty risks daily without dramatic rescues and questions the value of such sensational tales.
The article declares the Spanish flag removed from Cuba and Porto Rico now a U.S. province. It predicts Cuba will become an American republic and likely annexation, with vast investment and rapid development led by American capital and influence. It notes Cuba’s freedom from oppression, the rise of American governance, and Spain’s loss of empire in the western hemisphere.
Count Skorzewski, a wealthy landowner in Posen Germany, introduces camels as draft animals on his Czerniejewo estate. The camels outwork two horses, are easily managed, and can thrive on limited fodder, inspiring imitators across Western Europe. The locals dub the animals the Skorzewski quadrupeds with envy spreading through the countryside.
A brief playful exchange where Challie asks for a pocket book as a gift and Dollie questions what she would gain in return. The dialogue hints at curiosity and mutual bargaining in a light domestic scene.
The line echoes a fragment of a marital exchange about fear and fate in a terse dialogue. The speaker contrasts halves of experience and emotion with an incomplete confession, leaving the unresolved sentiment as the core motif.
A noisy person in the office is blamed for causing more nervous prostration cases than overwork and poor health, suggesting environmental stress as a key health factor.
A San Jose man died in a blizzard on the Forty Mile trail in Alaska. A San Francisco woman hanged herself after rent trouble. Lord Beresford praises Mare Island shipyard. A San Francisco thief captured by lariat. Sheriff Busch of Downieville bankrupt. liquor losses. Revelstoke counterfeit arrest of Louis Meyers. possible partner. Eleven Japanese aboard Queen suspected of bribery. Smallpox among Moqui Indians. eastern Arizona. Thousands of range horses starving in Eastern Oregon. McKinley mulls Pacific coast visit. cabinet planned. California pension grants listed with names and amounts.
Benjamin A Harbour wounded in the Manila battle on the 5th was a member of Utah's first state senate elected from Salt Lake City He was the sole Populist in that body and later backed Moses Thatcher for US Senator during the Mormon fight over his election. Harbour later enlisted in the Fourteenth Infantry at the start of the Spanish American War. J L Harbour noted Youth's Companion writer and ex Senator.
The Santa Fe Railroad will add 1250 box cars and order sixteen locomotives. Stockton is the expected site for new machine and repair shops at the end of the overland system. Plans cover five or six buildings with tools and machinery priced near $200,000 and adaptable for future expansion.
United States shops built 140 locomotives for Russia last year. Paris reports Thomas Burnside, grandson of Senator Cameron, died in Chicago. Bolivian tension prompts British warship Leander to ready deployment from Esquimault. Madrid notes Don Carlos faction warning. UK debates Pacific cable. US Mexico extradition pact retroactive. Panama labor dispute ends with resumed work. Australian drought costs reach 20 million with total losses near 50 million. livestock losses include 300000 horses and 150000 cattle. Bar on Karl de Merck obtains divorce. Baroness Lillian Young American. Francis C. Baring also divorces spouse for adultery with cousin of Brougham.
A Daily Mail Toulon correspondent reports belief that M. Lockroy expects war with Britain within two years and that Paris official circles preach it. French troops move into Tunis Causica and Algeria and war material is sent to colonies as officers boast of driving the British fleet from the Mediterranean.
Northport News offers a colorful portrait of small town life noting liars, clever locals, pretty girls, gossips, a vexing woman, street corner critics, habitual laughers, well worn trousers, and men claiming mastery of war and weather who have failed at their own affairs.
A list of historical milestones tied to Fridays including marriages of Washington and Victoria, Napoleon, and Shakespeare. major battles such as Bunker Hill and Waterloo. the Mayflower voyage. burnings, assassinations, and notable upheavals like the Declaration, Bastille destruction, Moscow fire, and Lincoln’s assassination.
A collage of brief items citing early 20th century events and personalities. Topics range from imperial policy and Dewey’s writings to Klondike gold, U S Navy costs, legal cases, labor and transportation notes, and a Lisbon of social anecdotes, including a San Francisco father jailed for spanking a baby and a PMQ on a cheating check.
A Manila dispatched report says General Baldomero Aguinaldo, cousin of Emilio Aguinaldo and Filipino war minister, was killed February 10 at Caloocan during heavy fighting with Kansas, Montana, Pennsylvania troops and Third artillery. A general's sword found near railway sheds corroborates the report.
Paris trade data show U S goods imported into France last year totalled 1.633858 million pounds and exceed all prior records. The United States tops the list as France largest supplier, with Great Britain second at 0.484709 million pounds, reversing historic Britain lead.
In Superior Court E A Beardsley C Gates M L Ferguson and Walter L Vail sue C W Anderson claiming an advance of 1000 by the plaintiffs and alleging he located two valuable claims near the Last Chance on Hunker’s Creek in the Yukon district. They seek an accounting and a decree granting each plaintiff a one half interest in the claims. Anderson allegedly does not mine personally but deals in buying and selling claims.
The Sun editorial notes three years after a deep frost that killed most Florida orange trees, a new cold wave devastates the industry again. It cites Deland losses, widespread damage in southern groves, and a predicted lengthy recovery while California expands production and tariff barriers restrain imports.
San Francisco officials announce medals for each returning First California Volunteers soldier, including state and mint pieces. The committee seeks Treasury approval to strike them at the U.S. Mint using metal from a historic California cannon or a bell from an original mission.
The Los Angeles Mining Review outlines a London market listing for 65,000 Copper King Mining Co shares tied to Fresno county properties capitalized at 360,000 pounds. Vendors receive 250,000 pounds in fully paid shares. remaining value covers cash, working capital, and unissued stock. C D Lane notes an electric plant in Murphy’s to power Mines near Angels Camp.
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