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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1900
Page
2
The page features assorted witticisms about wartime risk for strategists, a fat Italian poet with alternate income, a divorce suit over a wife's cigars, a question about pipe smoking relief, Dr. Talmage praising cheerfulness, theater hat etiquette, and a French judge calling a poet mad, with editorial responses.
A reflective note on sales tactics versus subtle household influences, contrasting a loud salesgirl cry with the softer, almost voiceless methods used to manage a home. The line suggests quieter approaches can have a stronger impact than noisy prompts.
A young man in London who is so cautious he knocks before visiting his girlfriend to avoid signaling a marriage proposal. he fears she might interpret a ring as a proposal.
The Interior Department acts to designate Wind Cave in South Dakota as a national park and considers it as a potential refuge for former U.S. senators.
Two Ohio boys hunting for a skunk discovered a bag containing more than $2,000 in gold. The report does not state whether they recovered the skunk or what happened to the money.
A Pittsburg woman waited twenty years for a man reflecting on time and patience amid mental anxiety. The piece notes that despite the hardship, affection endures and “dear creatures will have us” in the end.
The article notes four million bushels of peanuts are used yearly and asserts that no successful public adulteration of peanut products has ever been proven. It emphasizes the reliability of peanut quality and consumer trust.
The century sees changes in trade as American butter crowds out English butter. If England would accept genuine American corn cakes to pair with butter, gastronomic happiness would be complete. The century ends with war constrained by international agreements protecting noncombatants and prisoners, noting progress and tasks ahead.
Workers of the Canadian Pacific, about thirty thousand strong, subscribe half a day’s pay to a patriotic fund aiding Canadian soldiers in South Africa and their families, likely cooling anti British sentiments among workers.
The article argues for finishing coast fortifications costing about 125 million dollars over several years. It notes Spanish War lessons showing vulnerable coastal defenses, debates over naval vs land defenses, and calls for early completion amid slang and language reform debates.
A columnist discusses how youths use slang like peachy to describe play spaces and argues slang fades meanings, shrinks vocabulary, and harms taste. The piece contrasts casual exuberance with mature prose and advises using slang sparingly as a linguistic spice.
Yankee ingenuity meets baby naming as parents choose novel monikers such as Venustine Ornette Rovilla Syrenola Zulea and others. The piece notes risks for girls later from rare florid names and suggests common sense may prevail despite bold creative spellings and combinations.
Senator Morgan urges moving ahead with a Nicaragua canal citing strategic safety and American control. He argues a Panama canal could be undercut if Costa Rica Nicaragua and Central American states later open a competing route.
An English observer who has spent much of her life in China calls the Empress Dowager a remarkable woman. She is an ardent painter whose Chinese pictures are praised, enjoys wrestling, is well read, loves European music, and is a skilled pianist. Her friends and enemies alike say she has no sense of fear, and her life has been repeatedly threatened.
Miss Blues Hawkes of Boston and Miss Brisket of Chicago trade barbs on cultivation. Chicago claimed vast Pingree potato patches while Boston reportedly lagged in acreage, sparking a witty exchange in New York based Puck.
A collage of brief items reports bubonic plague cases in Sydney Nova Scotia. Salt Lake congress nomination of J T Hammond. divorce case involving Frances M Wolcott and Senator Edward O Wolcott with alimony set. Illinois train collision injuring twenty. Corbin donates funds to Mrs Lawton totaling 98432.07. Omaha flag desecration during municipal campaign. National Editorial Association meets in New Orleans with Buffalo as next site. Topeka subscribes record edition demand. Kentucky Republicans gain ownership control of Louisville Commercial. Copenhagen reports Denmark will not cede the Danish West Indies. Boer movements near Carnavaron and rising forces. Chicago machinists strike. print cloth prices rise. Fall River mills raise prices. Harrison comments on Boer war. Papinta at Orpheum Los Angeles with special souvenir for ladies. Mexican Juarez mass meeting against free zone. gun shipments to London seen as state guard prep. Berlin reports Nansen interview on Iceland expedition plans. new hydrological voyage to Iceland with small vessel.
A bubonic plague case has developed on a steamer from Rosario Argentina Cape Town reports the vessel is under quarantine to prevent spread.
Police Magistrate Mott held Olga Nethe rsle Hamilton Revelle Marcus Mayer and Theodore Moss for trial on presenting an immoral play Sappho. Bail was set at one thousand dollars each.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations ordered a favorable report on the Hay Pauncefote treaty with the Davis amendment attached. The amendment grants the United States the privilege to fortify the Panama Canal.
Washington report states the chosen site for the Ochoa dam on the San Juan river rests on quicksand, undermining the dam’s role in the Menocal project and making that route unusable.
Cape Town reports Cecil Rhodes is in town and slated to sail to England on Wednesday. Boer prisoners on the Paardeberg march reportedly made a failed escape attempt en route. About eleven hundred Cronje troops are temporarily aboard British steamers in Table Bay.
London dispatch notes relief of Ladysmith at a cost of over 5000 officers and men in an army of 25000. Churchill adds Boers still hold Vangeenan's Pass while most Free Staters have moved north with the Transvaal forces.
Tom Sharkey and Bob Fitzsimmons signed articles for a 25 round bout to be staged in August with the winner taking the purse. Marquis of Queensbury rules will apply and each side must post a $5000 forfeit. Bids open March 19 at 8 p m by Al Smith at the Hotel Delavan for the right to promote the match.
The Navy Department dispatched two cruisers to Central America amid rising tensions between Nicaragua and Costa Rica to protect Americans and interests. The Detroit and Marblehead were sent, one on each side of the coast, in response to the threatening situation reported March 5.
Transvaal agency in Brussels confirms Kruger ready to conclude peace with Britain only if both republics keep independence. Agency expects Afrikaner factions in Cape Colony and Natal to resist annexation, preferring continued struggle. Stormberg evacuated as British forces entered Sterkstrom region last night.
Fresno building boom Grass Valley depot Southern Pacific takes over Carson and Colorado Spokane to send 200 men to Cape Nome typewriter thief Oakland Lao Ha waiian rice shipments to Hawaii smallpox scare in Truckee Angora goats rise in Oregon Dallas exhibit boosts goat industry Pitcairn brig sails to Cape Nome for season Christain Endeavor gains control of Daily Record Bakersfield oil well at McKittrick 300 barrels daily San Francisco Chinese violence Leong Chen Pow Gee Low Soon UC Walter McGee refits Hearst Hall Sierra tree bonds purchase questions Visalia High School unsafe new building planned San Francisco Elida Wilbur dies Bakersfield school property taxes clarified Teander to load rail material for Siberian railroad Kern automobile service starts in Bakersfield city limits
Washington received private mail from Manila claiming a German warship visited the Sulu Islands about six months ago. An officer sought to persuade the Sultan to declare allegiance under German protection, but the Sultan reportedly rejected recognition of American authority. The report, once doubtful, aligns with suspicions Germany aims to influence Spain and regain Sibutu and Cagayan Sulu by disputing transfer in the Paris treaty. The informant is described as thoroughly reliable.
London reports indicate Kruger made unofficial overtures to Salisbury for peace. The proposed terms were said to be acceptable to the Transvaal but Salisbury reportedly refused them as they did not concede all British demands before the war began.
A ten pound boy was born on the morning overland train as it descended the Tehachapi Mountains at Caliente. The mother, Mrs Frances Henry, was accompanied by her husband. They were traveling from Riverside to relatives in Selma in this county.
The will of Calvin F. Fargo, deceased February 25, valued at 750000, was filed for probate. The bachelor decedent, over 80, moved to California in 1849 for health, built a liquor wholesale fortune, and left most of the estate to relatives and friends. He declares no marriage but provides a $50 provision to any wife proved or adjudged.
In San Francisco and Port Costa over the last two days eighteen British ships took on more than 50 000 tons of wheat. The rush is linked to a requirement for a sworn cargo statement for tax assessment, risking tax collection on the grain if not declared.
In Fresno on March 4 a Chinese boy child born to Congregational Mission parents was baptized by Rev. L. M. Walters marking the first such baptism in the United States. The event highlights cultural integration within American Christian missions.
James Gresham of Brooklyn moves toward building the first serpentine boat for a syndicate led by W J Arkell. The craft, built at Newport News, is billed to cross the ocean in under three days at about sixty miles per hour and may win the trans Atlantic mail contract. The vessel will resemble a sea serpent with a rugby ball shaped body and spiral flange for forward propulsion. Gresham expects a trial spin in six months. Three thousand acres have bets placed at Los Alamitos.
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