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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1898
Page
2
The Morton & Shewmans publishers in Mesa Arizona release a local paper titled Arizona Free Press under the imprint MES A a. P. sm. The brief fragment notes the Mesa publication house and date in a period newspaper context.
A jumble of quoted lines from multiple papers humorously comments on lending, war, and rural life. The Buffalo Express notes cycling as a gateway to service while a corn ear rows claim remains even. the Denver Times jokes about an Indian chief and a blanket. England's four and a half percent loan reflects interest in China. Kentucky moonshiners keep the “war spirit” alive.
A French officer is credited with inventing a noiseless cannon of great destructiveness and a suggestion arises to deploy it for Independence Day celebrations, raising interest in its potential public impact and military utility.
The passage notes radical ideas from reformers including women enlisting to fight Spain and references to China’s conservatism and wheel use by Chinese women. It claims the U.S. has no use for the Philippines but could gift them to Japan, and comments on muscles activated by a man saying I’ll take the game and by his smile.
A surprising figure shows over 900000 telephones in the country signaling steady communication growth. The report notes pragmatic tone without fanfare as figures underscore expanding infrastructure and reach across regions.
A New Jersey man faces repeated suicide attempts with a grim note about finding escape in warm weather. An Ohio reader suggests arming ships with rubber, a quip on naval arms. Citizens lament the era’s lack of heroism, while Boston firemen defend property amid a fatal Pittsburg whisky explosion.
Americans in London have raised a fund for Maine explosion survivors while those in Mexico City start a subscription for a monument to the dead. The piece laments a young English nobleman’s fraud conviction and urges noble birth to preserve an honorable name.
A preacher counsels crowds not to migrate to the Yukon noting the region is crowded and labor supply exceeds demand. He frames the message as physical salvation and warns against chasing wealth rumors in the far district.
A highly optimistic inventor thrives on creating remarkable ideas and projects. He revels in surprising the country with novelty and believes wholly in their feasibility. He shows no doubt about success and resists acknowledging the possibility of failure.
The Prussian capital tax shows total liable wealth at about £3.3 billion, up £827 million from 1896, with towns holding £2.0 billion and the countryside £1.3 billion. Only 5,440 taxpayers exceed £50,000 fortunes, and 1,891 exceed £100,000. de facto capital ready for allocation totals £1,100 million.
Among those surveyed, 1,100 individuals with over £50,000 reside in Berlin. The totals indicate 000,000 in cash and landed property amounting to £1,200,000,000.
The piece condemns the French government for punishing Zolas supporters over his trial and likens it to Bastilles. It laments Col Picquarts half pay and uniform ban as symbols of renewed tyranny. It suggests tyranny's fashion may rise again in Paris amid lingering Commune spirit.
A ferocious February heat wave devastated Australian colonies with dried wells and rivers shrinking to ditches. Bush fires burned vast farms and towns, ships blocked by smoke, livestock and human casualties uncertain. Storms, tornadoes and epidemics followed across regions as far south as Melbourne, crippling harvests and wool markets.
The article analyzes global sugar supply and rising beet sugar output in the United States, noting increases from 2,800 tons in 1888 to 438,000 tons last year, aided by government bounties. It compares per capita consumption across nations, highlighting England 86 pounds and Russia 10, and remarks on confectionery’s growing role in sugar use. Pacific Coast News.
Digest of late events notes martial law on the Dyea trail, Santa Cruz church jubilee, Petaluma woolen mill fire loss 35000 with 15000 insured, San Joaquin Valley railroad entry to San Francisco docks, Craven Fair case updates, Vernon quarantine moves and bond elections in Prescott, state officials health and death reports, Klondike gold claims, first US beet sugar factory, and Alaska star mail route. Also coastal defenses at Fort Stevens and SF embezzlement case involving Augustus C Widber.
The United States bought the liners Umbria and Etruria. Cuba supports offer to defend Key West. Surgeon-General Sternberg reports over 1000 surgeon applicants. Calls for 100000 volunteers for nine months. Spain contemplates privateering ban. Britain may press. Navy expands with seven fast high draft yachts. Government plans aid for officers and civilians entering military service.
A man plans his own death but becomes desperate and opts to marry instead. The editor imagines daring assignments for a female reporter, musing about a trip to heaven. A woman’s encounter with her dressmaker highlights social pressures during a difficult era.
A broad sweep of early war era reports notes the Seventh regiment infantry leaving Denver in front of 100,000 spectators, Oneida Indians forming two companies at Appleton, and Methodist Church resolutions backing Cuba's independence. It covers troop movements, potential frontier forts, alcohol demand for munitions, and speculative global finance during the crisis.
Ex-Queen Isabella donates 30000 pesetas to a national fund while American volunteers in the Transvaal offer a 2000 man force. Berlin says Germany refused to sell ordnance to Spain as Paris funds Spain and Lisbon papers nudge U S interests. A Chilean boundary dispute flares with Argentina and saltwater gold extraction advances surface. Randsburg Tehachapi mines report rich ore finds, large nuggets, and new ledges with high pay, while theft at Yellow Aster banks ore losses and Alaska troop plans loom.
Mineral historians note placer deposits in Ventura County and Newhall with a $10,000 output in 1897. Water scarcity hinders movement, but new water supply from mountains and dry washers promised easier exploration and potential rushes.
James Noble, returning to Riverside California from Camp Colton, reports rich turquoise prospects in Southern Nevada. He notes gold finds nearby and says turquoise discoveries north of Colton indicate valuable gems. Attorney-General Hart is among prospectors aiding San Francisco interests.
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