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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1901
Page
3
A north Georgia weekly publishes a reader letter from Sid Cook accusing George Washington of lying about cherry trees and events. The missive mocks the famous tale and disputes Washington's honesty, referencing Ground Hog Creek and local land disputes.
Advertisement notes a one day cure for a cold using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back promise if ineffective. W Grove’s signature appears on each box and the price is 25 cents.
A vintage testimonial style advertisement offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hell's Catarrh Cure. It lists F J Cheney & Co Toledo wholesale druggists and Hall's Family Pills, touts internal action on blood and mucous membranes, 75 cents per bottle, with testimonials free.
The passage notes only two states produced more gold annually than the Black Hills region of South Dakota, Colorado and California. It lists 1900 outputs: Colorado with 29,500,000 dollars and California with 14,377,200 dollars, followed by South Dakota with 6,617,674 dollars.
A New York Yacht Club member boasts of his children to an old friend in a wry jab about Harvard Henry Stanford Archibald Harriet and Virginia. He notes each child’s lack of family merit while humorously praising the youngest for “just coming useful.”
An advertisement promoting Casca pills claiming pure blood improves complexion. Mentions druggists selling 10c 25c and 50c sizes.
President McKinley nominates Wisconsin's William A. Rublee to serve as consul general at Hong Kong replacing Rouncevelle Wildman who perished in the Rio de Janeiro wreck. Carter's Ink reports the largest global ink sale due to its claimed quality.
Albert Lane, a prominent rancher at Trask's landing, was held to answer to the superior court by Justice Brown for criminally assaulting his adopted daughter Josie Feeney aged 14 who is about to become a mother. Lane's bail was fixed at 5000 dollars.
An advertisement row touts Grove’s taste less Chill Tonic for malaria with quinine and “no cure no pay” pricing, and Garfield Tea claiming to cure inactive liver and digestion disorders with herbal ingredients. It also includes a bre alogue paraphrase from a theatre scene about a jam at the door.
Ruth Nollard an eighteen year old clerk was shot and killed on a Kansas City street this afternoon by Bud Taylor a twenty three year old baseball player and former sweetheart after a quarrel. The item includes an unrelated ad line about Pises Cure for Consumption from N W Samuel of Ocean Grove N J dated Feb 17 1900 and a Boston Transcript quote about Kansas settlement.
The ad promotes Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer claiming to cure colds, coughs, fits, and nervousness in one day with a free trial bottle offer. It lists a price for Bromo-Quinine tablets and provides a Philadelphia address for contact.
The Santa Barbara to Bakersfield highway bill, seeking 85000 dollars for construction, has passed the lower house and faces the senate. Senator Greenwell leads the push, aiming to secure enough votes despite finance committee opposition, ending a 35 year effort by Santa Barbara residents.
In February 1896 two horsemen raced into a mineral claim near the Colville Indian Reservation after Congress opened the area to location. They rode through snow over drifts and hills, bloodied by spur pricks, as rivals contended for the La Fleur mine, with disputes and court battles ensuing.
A tale describes Phil Armour as a fair employer who helps a debtor employee by paying off the wage-owed debt with a company check. The worker repays and adopts a cash basis. The piece also notes rising interest in dwarfing trees from Chinese and Japanese gardeners and a method to create aged looks by pruning and binding.
Gen. Kitchener reports from Pretoria that Dewet has moved north of the Orange River outside Cape Colony. About 200 prisoners are captured. A Boer assault on eighty Kitchener scouts led to a prolonged fight and twenty scout fatalities before surrender.
The Washington Star explains how speeches withheld for revision are placed on the Record’s first page. Senators and representatives race to secure front page print before votes, using a first come, first served system to gain prominent attention.
The text surveys unusual Chinese dishes with remarks on turtle fat and sea slugs, notes on pork and milk in Chinese cuisine, and mentions dog meat in the south for the poor. It adds quips about coffee stones, a hypothetical army, and a tasteless tonic advert.
An advertisement touts S S S as a universal blood purifier and tonic that cleanses poisons from the blood, improves health from the first dose, and cures diseases of blood origin including cancer and eczema. It markets a fifty year track record, large medical correspondence, and free expert consultation from The Swift Specific Co in Atlanta, Georgia.
United States Senator Roach from North Dakota endorses Peruna as a tonic curing catarrh and improving strength appetite and vigor. The ad extols Peruna as a universal remedy with systemic effects and urges readers to write Dr Hartman for free medical advice.
The column explains a sinecure as a paid position with a large salary but requiring little or no real work. It highlights a parental example describing a sinecure as a job that pays well while demanding overtime at nothing.
The report notes Gar field Tea as a prominent blood purifier with claimed health benefits. An improvement in complexion is said to appear after a few days of use.
The Fresh Fruit Association, formed by Northern California growers who ship fruit directly from the trees, reports growing success in attracting new members to the organization.
A handwriting expert discusses whether two letters were written by the same person. He notes he has studied them but has not been retained by either side in the case.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer reader protests media coverage of a controversial affair insisting his name not be dragged into print. He demands that if spelled, his full middle name must be used. The incident highlights concerns over privacy and accuracy in reporting.
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