Advertising rates advertised by Morton and Shewman
The Wesa Free Press lists that advertising rates are available on application. Morton A. P. Shewm an publishers indicate rates upon request.
06 May 1898
Page 1
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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1898
Page
1
The Wesa Free Press lists that advertising rates are available on application. Morton A. P. Shewm an publishers indicate rates upon request.
The piece argues for building storage reservoirs, irrigation and flood protection in the arid West as a unified national program. It cites Secretary of War Alger on river regulation, flood reduction, and government title to sites, projecting costs and benefits for the Missouri and other rivers. It also contains Arizona Governor Myers McCord urging volunteers amid Cuban independence and Spanish-American war tensions, praising American military readiness and resolve.
A dated April 28 1898 letter from the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints appeals to Governor Heber M Wells urging Utahns to enlist in the U S volunteers. The message praises peace but calls for readiness and cites past sacrifice in the Mexican War.
The proclamation notes the U S call for 122000 volunteers to pressure Spain over Cuba and states Arizona’s quota was met without a formal call. It mentions numerous patriotic offers and a large veteran presence, indicating ample enlistment support and ongoing war mobilization.
Prof Storment and his wife Kagg Storment have returned from the east after living there for three years. He served as principal of the Nor vat school while she taught in the Mesa schools during their stay.
Alfred Austin's poem voicing Anglo American friendship is featured alongside dispatches on Commodore Dewey's Manila victory and Manila falls to American forces. Reports note Spanish losses, Philippine insurgent actions, and English consular turmoil in Santiago. The column also mentions John Mets returning from Florence, Epian agent Jon H. Cleveland's illness, and California hay shipments.
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