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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1899
Page
3
The U S Receiving Ship Vermont now over 50 years old has served as a school house for over 1 000 000 sailors in the navy. The piece likens the Vermont to Hostetter s Stomach Bitters, noting 50 years of public presence and claims of cures for malaria fever age dyspepsia constipation indigestion blood disorders and kidney affections.
A Cincinnati Enquirer snippet reports a wife who married to reform her husband and succeeded too well. Now he dislikes the perubahan and seeks a divorce, illustrating a domestic tension shift from romance to legal separation.
An old advertisement urges readers to wake a lazy liver with Cascarets Candy Gethardo. It promotes improved health and notes druggists carry the product for 10 cents.
A fragmented quotation from a Philadelphia North American excerpt juxtaposes a boastful line about knowledge with a courtroom exchange. The passage mixes a jokey remark about a suspect with a asides on Jesse Moore Whiskey claimed as essential and medicine like.
A period ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease swollen feet, itching, blisters, corns, and bunions. It claims relief for sweating and chilblains, with over thirty thousand testimonials. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 26 cents, trial package free. Allen’s address in Le Roy New York.
Daisy deflects Tinkleton’s question about a German guest by noting the visitor is an Englishman. The pair exchange light dialogue in a domestic scene from Harper’s Bazar.
An advertisement claims Laxation Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold within a day. It offers a refund if the remedy fails, at a price of 25 cents.
A mix of social note on Kate-So Carrie’s engagement and happiness, hotel rates in San Francisco, elephant tooth facts, baby teething remedies, and medical cure claims from 1895. The items read like a jumbled column of gossip, travel advice, curiosities, and patent medicine promotions.
LOCAL APPLICATIONS cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional illness best treated with internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Prescribed by leading physicians and offered by F. J. Cheney & Co. at 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills also advertised.
A small town circus charged sixpence admission with half price for children under ten. Edith turned ten that afternoon and her 18 year old brother Tom bought two front seats for ninepence, claiming she was born late in the afternoon to justify tickets. The teller accepted the tale.
Porto Rico correspondence notes Caparra near Pueblo Viejo as the first town founded by Ponce de Leon in 1509, predating St. Augustine. Archaeological ruins include a church and hospital with lime stone furnaces. final evacuation said to be in 1552 amid malaria and mosquitos.
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal quotes two men comparing poker four aces to burglary and robbery. The exchange labels aces as safe openers and suggests a playful crime metaphor in a casual chat.
In seventy years the world built about 400000 miles of railways with the British Empire accounting for roughly one sixth of the total. This rapid expansion highlights the global growth of rail transport since the first line was completed.
Letters from Jennie E Green of Denmark Iowa and Mrs Harry Harpy of Riverside Iowa recount relief from menstrual and ovarian troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Both write of restored health, reduced pain, improved energy, and ability to resume daily tasks after lengthy suffering and prior ineffective treatments.
Prince Chilkov, later Russia’s minister for railways, began as a Liverpool locomotive works mechanic then railway guard and station master in England. He returned to Russia to work as a mechanic and station master before leading the Transcaspian line, becoming director of the Varsovie railway, inspector general of railways and finally minister.
In an ad style copy the article touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a spring medicine that cleanses the blood and cures rheumatism kidney and liver troubles and supports health strength and appetite. It quotes testimonials from Michael Boyle J B Emerton and Annie Robert detailing relief and renewed well being.
Lady Gregory notes in new reminiscences that George IV’s 1821 Ireland visit followed a rough sea voyage with goose pie and whisky aboard. Napoleon’s St Helena death message greeted the king with the quip about his enemy’s demise and the queen’s death.
An ad offering exclusive men’s specialists in Chicago with confidential treatment for genito urinary sexual nervous issues. Claims cures for syphilis with Syphala and Vigo rala invigoration. Marketing mentions home delivery in sealed plain packages and price options.
A collage of quips and light exchanges on婚婚 marriage plans and social witticisms. Jokes about weddings, lovers, clergymen, and everyday curiosities appear in a rapid parade with characters such as Maud May and Mrs Murphy, and a punchline about a prison van driver.
The article notes edible and poisonous jungle fungi in India's Terai and stresses reliance on local guides and even a tame monkey to distinguish them. It warns against trusting untrained judgment and mentions elephants and spare elephants as handy in travel.
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