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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1896
Page
1
A Lehi store advertisement promotes Charles WIng as proprietor offering a full line of groceries and dry goods. It notes being an agent for the White Marble Lime Quarry with lime described as the best in the market.
The Oasis notes that tourist numbers and eastern spending are down due to broader national hard times. It cites scarce money, limited investment, and restrictive immigration sentiment as factors, while predicting only a gradual improvement with expanded money supply and secure land titles from Nogales pending.
The article argues for universal silver coinage by allowing individuals with uncoined silver to exchange it at mines and have the mints coin it rapidly. It claims gold coinage costs should be shared and that both metals would circulate with equal rights, predicting steady national improvement under bullion policy.
The Cincinnati Price Current estimates a probable winter pack ending the first of this month at 7,895,000 hogs, compared with 7,109,000 hogs the previous winter.
A farmer buys a new suit in town and plans to surprise his family by arriving in it. On the way home he discards the old clothes into the Kanawha River, leaving only a shirt, then discovers the missing bundle later as the parcel hangs from his wagon brake. Separately, England and Wales report nearly 900000 more unmarried women than men.
A satirical survey details leap year gadgets and marriage proposals aimed at the New Woman. The piece mocks braces, mouse traps on jackets, and a proposed canal expansion tied to 1806 era campaigning. It notes manufacturers in New York and Boston and hints at a public discussion on women’s independence.
The Apache Indiana and White Mountain Reservation move to assign the segment for segregation of the Deer Creek coal field. The copper silver and lead rich seam will be mined with land sold under mineral lava, proceeds to go to the Indians. Local sentiment is positive and signing is expected to proceed smoothly. A wealth boost to Southern Arizona is anticipated with excitement rising over the action.
The article describes a Chinese boy's schooling starting at age five, with long study days and constant supervision by a master. It notes intensive writing and literary work, with lessons in history, classics, and science, and emphasizes memorization and recitation as core methods.
The Graham Guardian notes a Utah backed bill to sever a northern Arizona area above the Colorado River for annexation to Utah citing long Utah interest and accessibility, while arguing against broader annexations. The piece frames physical geography as a factor and mentions Utah's wealth claims.
A Republican and Democrat exchanged a tense exchange during a prayer session in Sidney Australia. The Republican speaker urged unity while the Democrat offered Amen and banter about cords. The city then imposed a one pound penalty for loitering near public buildings or streets.
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