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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1900
Page
2
The piece notes that Europe’s coal shortage benefits U S coal interests. It contrasts sensational headlines with reality and cites cultural references about forecasts and public figures. Readers are reminded of overblown reports and the persistence of distant wars in shaping markets.
A remark that the landing place at St Helena bears a Dantean warning, but not as harsh as the famous line. The passage notes the omen is not literally inscribed yet conveys a similar grim sense.
An arena of religious broadcasting emerges as a preacher offers a church wired for a single service accessible to listeners at home. The hypothetical questions what Cotton Mather would say if revived to critique this modern practice.
The text notes Grace M. Dodge is faulted for undercutting men in wages and not being thorough enough. It adds a humorous jab that she eats cream puffs for luncheon rather than beefsteak, a weakness labeled the worst by any butcher.
At a legislative hearing a physician recalled that Boston in 1839 kept pauper lunatics in wooden wheeled cages rolled from the almshouse for air. With a new building, patients were moved inside, but Dr Butler promptly freed them from conditions risking insanity.
An American traveler faced bias at a Turkish post office where a head postmaster charged an eight cent rate for Muslims and 75 cents back post for a heretic. A clerk privately offered to mail it when the official wasnt looking, highlighting inept service and the call for reform.
Porto Rico concentrates its export on coffee far more than any other native product. Gen Roy Stone notes much coffee is sold as genuine Mocha and Java. Most farmers own a coffee patch and process berries to make a strong, ink colored beverage. After the war some adopt American coffee methods, but many still follow ancestral practices.
The piece outlines the long running scam known as the Spanish priest game. Swindlers in Madrid claim to offer a buried treasure or a legacy to entice American victims into sending money for legal or other expenses. No priest exists. the operation is run from a branch in Madrid and elsewhere.
A Western man of prominence is said to be near claiming a legacy from a previously unknown Spanish relative. The text notes that fools remain a numerous subset of humanity.
Edward Bok argues in the Ladies Home Journal that open divorce policy cannot continue. He says the pressing issue is reforming marriage laws first, making marriage harder to obtain, so divorce questions will align with a wiser framework.
The Chicago Tribune notes Bishop Fallows’s parody suggests a masculine longing to be a kicker rather than an angel. It argues the protest is against angelic vanity, not modest longing, likening fiction’s Agnes and Amelia Sedley to modern demands for earthy unglamour.
The Minneapolis Journal reports a sharp rise in land claims with 3122 homestead filings in Minnesota and the Dakotas for three months ending February 28 1900, up 128 percent from the prior year. Railways forecast immigration 50 percent higher than 1899, with eastern migration waning while northern European influx persists. Local growth rests on land productivity and renewed eastern and central western settlement.
A Longman essay condemns overuse of adjectives in prose and poetry. It argues excessive adjectives degrade both the words and the nouns they modify, citing modern writers and a French critic praising restraint as the rose on a briar.
The column reports heavy fighting near Kumassie Africa with progress, 8000 miners striking at Santa Pauline near Santander Spain, and Manitoba repealing the eight hour law. Fictional and factual items include deaths from Munich opera singer Heinrich Vogel, tragic fires in Atkinson Michigan and Wilmot Wisconsin, plus a mix of local indictments, fires, and political acts.
Items of general interest note mining activity near Porterville, medical and fire losses in Colusa, charitable aid to Bessarabia, Fresno county government topics, and wage trends for sailors. Other items cover electrical projects, public utilities, and notable deaths, with several named communities and figures.
The American Bridge Company formed in Trenton New Jersey with nominal capital of 100 000 and potential increase to 70 million It is said to include major steel bridge makers and J Pierpont Morgan Co are to finance the consolidation negotiations began about a year ago.
Property owners and Bannings on Santa Catalina Island reach peace over Avalon attractions. Bannings retain transport and landing privileges and keep a fifteen musician band through October. Free camping and water provided. camera obscura to be removed after current lease ends. isthmus to stay a resort and grow with overflow visitors. George E. Weaver led the negotiations.
Benson introduces a distinct hybrid muskmelon claimed to cross a pomegranate melon with Netted Gem. It is large three to four pounds, oblong, rich orange with gold stripes, prolific, and valued for its long preservation and fine crystallizing flesh. It surpasses the Garden Lemon and Vegetable Peach in every respect.
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