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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1898
Page
2
A compact column blends editorial asides on Arbor Day with brief items from across the nation. It mentions a New Jersey mortgage case, a Chicago River jump attempt, US domestic woes, a French rise in suicide attempts, English law on such acts, a Kentucky steam boiler explosion killing two, and a caution about water danger.
The article notes Rev. T. De Witt Talmage married quietly due to a recent family death, sparking speculation about whether he would have chosen a more public ceremony otherwise. It mentions a New York policeman reportedly inheriting 70 000 dollars, hinting at a possible promotion to captain of a Tenderloin precinct and suggests forming clubs to combat loneliness for the year.
A Cincinnati girl is described as covered with fish scales rather than natural skin. Reporters in Cincinnati are noted as unusually proactive, delivering a fish story about three months before the regular season.
The private secretary to Ambassador Hay was arrested for riding a bicycle on a London sidewalk. The remark questions whether Americans retain rights respected in England and hints at recalling earlier revolutionary actions.
Cornell ius Vanderbilt Jr has returned from his wedding trip and begun a three year philosophy program at Yale. It is not known that he previously felt the need for philosophical training.
A new car design functions as a saltwater tank on wheels to carry oysters and shellfish inland in their native environment. Proponents claim West coast diners will soon enjoy halved shellfish as fresh as those on the East Coast.
A small city church fair gathered over four thousand dollars in receipts amid disputes with town merchants. A dealer who sold five pairs of shoes at below cost says he was mocked for charging higher prices than the bazaar saleswoman. The piece notes multiple negative viewpoints on church fairs.
A traveler reports Christians in Syria and Southeastern Asia Minor retreat to inaccessible caves to escape Turkish oppression. The note links their sufferings to biblical examples from Hebrews eleven and asserts that enduring privation for faith remains a living human experience.
The excerpt discusses a psychology influenced trend of anti worry clubs. It argues worry worsens conditions, praising a motto that resisting worry improves lives while suggesting there is little need for dedicated anti worry societies. It frames worry as a self defeating instinct.
A discussion notes that blackboards harm pupils’ eyes and reports experiments finding a cream colored, mellow surface reduces eye strain for students. It mentions historical bias against black in tailoring and public schooling.
The passage argues that a dark green board improves light quality and student attention. It notes benefits from replacing old black surfaces with modern boards, including clearer work, easier reading, and greater pupil engagement, suggesting the old boards should be retired.
A royalist faction in France clings to monarchy yet receives a setback as a recent letter from the Duke of Orléans urges followers to prioritize France over party aims. The gesture reduces tension in the looming parliamentary elections and bolsters the republic.
The 1897 Internal Revenue report shows U S tobacco production reaching over 4.0 billion cigars and nearly 5 billion cigarettes, with vast leaf and other tobacco inputs. It contrasts consumer prevalence with social harms, then highlights Vermont’s Valley Fair Association as a model of principled agricultural fairs.
Mrs Snaggs questions applause for a piece as Mr Snaggs defends praising to encourage better future work. The exchange hints at showsmanship and audience expectations in a Pittsburgh Chronicle theater note.
The flag carried by the Spanish conqueror Cortez during the conquest of Mexico was kept for centuries in a Tlaxcala capital church until recently revealed or moved.
A roundup of early 1900s dispatches notes Oregon Railway involvement in the war effort, grain crop risks near Bakersfield, and new Puget Sound custom inspectors. It reports a failed robbery near Valiente, a wine sale to the California Wine Association, and mortar battery gear for the Columbia River. Teakettles of torpedoes threaten wharf piles, while Theodore Figel is acquitted of a murder charge in San Francisco. The Oregon battleship receives 4000 tons of ammunition, and Wisconsin delays due to steel molders strike. California seeks a 1900 state exhibit, Guardsmen may be mobilized, and Pauncefote claims a U S Alaska boundary settlement. Claus Spreckels buys Gilroy land for sugar cultivation, Skaguay mail congestion grows, and a Sierra Nevada hydropower plan is proposed. Capt Dimond, nearly 102, plans a San Francisco to New York trek. Canadian duty-free shipment rights to Yukon routes are outlined, and debates over a new San Francisco post office continue. New steamers head to Lake Bennett, Whitelaw burns at Skaguay, and Humboldt carries Dawson gold. Lumber mill sales to eastern capitalists loom, with smokeless powder presses expanding Santa Cruz powder works. A major San Francisco strike looms as April 4 targets printers, pressmen, binders, lithographers, and stereotypers for a nine-hour workday.
J Irvine Crowell of Corona represents two eastern corporations that have taken hold of a large copper deposit midway between Daggett and Randsburg California. The belt holds 133 claims with ore averaging 17 percent copper and about 11 dollars gold and 13 dollars silver per ton. Richer specimens reach 40 percent copper. Plans include a 100 ton smelter. the properties are not for sale and stock will not be sold. The development could usher in a major local industry and a possible Copper City. Assessment work on the claims has been completed at 100 dollars per claim.
A report from Skaguay details rich strikes on the Big Salmon River with about forty men prospecting and highly satisfactory indications. Prospects extend nine miles upriver, pay gravel found though bed rock remains unreached. C E West of Skagaby sent word from Port land describing one claim location and purchase of ten others. West arrived January 5 reporting mild interior weather and forecast of up to 10,000 people at Big Salmon within six months. Maj. Walsh of the Yukon district bans travel to Dawson with less than 1000 pounds of provisions. Inspector McGregor halted at Lake Lebarge with his horses, others ordered to stop.
John Edwards E Townsend and T K Lloyd of Salt Lake City bought the F A Lehman group of gold mines in Castle Creek district Arizona for 35000. California produced about 19000000 in gold last year equals a Klondike production of 190000000. Gladiator mine in Bradshaw Mountains Arizona reports a five foot ore body at 700 feet level assaying 40 per ton.
A cablegram reports Spain secured 40 000 900 from private sources. Bowery mission fire in New York leaves forty dead. Seven infants found in Mount Zion Church ashes. police probe ongoing with more bodies expected.
Senior de Barnabe arrives in Washington as Congress shows little favor for an England alliance. Davis calls it unwise and a departure from national policy. The Evans bill to reduce classified posts faces unanimous adverse report. Brazil denies selling warships though authorities claim vessels were sold to the United States. The House Commerce Committee approves 900000 dollar annual subsidy for twenty years for Pacific Cable Company to connect San Francisco with Hawaii. McKinley drafts a message urging Cuban independence and plans to send it within two weeks. Spain proposes troop withdrawal from Cuba with nominal freedom. McKinley refers the agent to the Cuban junta, who will reject all but full freedom. Navy recruiting begins for the Columbia and Minneapolis at League Island despite Congress delay on 1500 additional men. Treasury circular sets new tea standards effective May 1, 1898 through April 30, 1899, with some exceptions.
Reports from Belgrade to Manila outline deaths in Belgrade politics, Manila fire losses of five million dollars, and Italy arming Spain while Japan warns Russia over Port Arthur. European finance strains grow as Spain seeks funds and Russia expands naval strength in the Far East. The Nicaraguan Canal commission surveys the Panama route as tensions rise between Russia and Japan.
A Pacific Rural Press correspondent in Calistoga reviews forage crops tried over years. He lists Jerusalem corn sacaline crimson clover dwarf Essex rape sand vetch and millet varieties but finds them disappointing. He favors alfalfa and corn fodder as best options for small farms and notes gophers hinder alfalfa. sweet corn fodder proves highly valuable for cattle and horses.
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