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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1897
Page
2
The razor-back porker, a South raised breed, is described with humorous detail. It roams woods on nuts and roots, can climb trees, and works for its owner at harvest time. A locomotive cross is praised as a way to produce a true thoroughbred.
The New York Press notes gambling among fashionable women has become a rage with private roulette wheels said to command fabulous prices. Rouge roulette parties are growing more common than poker, signaling that the city’s wealth is edging toward spoil.
The Graham Guardian notes all Graham County ranges hold rich minerals from coal to gold making the camps like Clifton Morenci and Lone Star major producers. The piece suggests the coal fields on the reservation will open soon and that Arizona’s lone coal camp awaits development.
John Wanamaker spends five thousand dollars weekly on advertising, all in newspapers. He ranks among America's most successful businessmen and credits his rise to consistent and intelligent advertising.
Emilla Kilssling, eight, drank lemonade stored in a tin bucket overnight and died in Danville California. Eighteen pupils who drank the same beverage became very sick, prompting health checks and investigation into the source.
The baggiy car on Wednesday morning contained Lee Norris her young attorney shot by Parker in the jail breach Sunday. Norris was writing a letter to his Arkansas sweetheart when mortally wounded. He urged that the letter be mailed in its present form for her to read.
The Yaqui in Sonora have long clashed with the Mexican government over real or imagined wrongs. A general peace proclamation reportedly ends hostilities and signals an amicable settlement, with Yaquis insisting on adherence to any terms and warning against deception.
A Kansas young man reportedly kissed his sweetheart ninety six times in sixty seconds while she responded four times, totaling a hundred. The couple, full of youth and joy, paid little heed to medical warnings or microbial fears as they pursued their playful challenge.
Secretary Long advocates laying up new battleships and big cruisers in fresh water until needed to cut costs. He says annual maintenance runs 609000 to 700000 dollars per battleship and 5000 to 20000 dollars to keep them in order if tied to a post. He proposes using small gun boats for cruising to save money.
A Prescott attorney reports a canary bird dispute involving five damages. One woman sold another a rooster canary that never sang and laid four eggs, leading the buyer to seek five dollars back. The case presents a curious mix of small claims and oddities.
In Ohio doctors press for laws to ban or curb proprietary medicine ads. In return the state newspaper fraternity proposes listing the physician who attended the deceased with each death notice. The move aims to create publicity through obituaries.
Chavis, a chello struck his wife yesterday at about one o clock at the Senator camp, eighteen miles up the Colorado river, and cut her liver out. Jealousy sparked the act. He fled and has not been captured. Guards lined the Colorado river all night hoping he would return for water.
A Mexican paper notes California now monopolizes the U S olive trade as this year’s crop nears 3 million dollars in value. Many orchards will bear this season, while past neglect by clergy and reformers led to decay of olive cultivation in Mexico and the valley, with Spain now supplying imports.
The Mohave Miner notes a railroad to White Hills becoming a fact and describes the line running near foothills through Derbat camp Todd Basin Mineral Park and Chloride. It will extend north to meet the Utah Southern, reach the Rio Virgin salt mountains and Utah iron and coal mines, opening northern country and aiding local people.
Hon Chas P Mason left last Wednesday for the Hawaiian Islands where he has a lucrative position offered in the law office of A S Humphreys in Honolulu. Humphreys, the islands’ leading practitioner, was recently named special attorney for the Japanese legation.
The depth between the Canary Islands and the West Indies is described as extreme with a flat bottom dropping sharply from the African islands toward the American ones. The slope deepens to about 9000 feet, enough to submerge the Alps' highest point under nearly half a mile of water.
A young woman voices harsh view that curfew pushes idle boys to harass women at home. She argues the 9 pm to bedtime window still leaves boys free to trouble sisters during social visits.
A rugged canyon hole west of Flagstaff is called a geological wonder. It may be an orifice to a subterranean lake. Reportedly eighteen hundred feet of cod have not reached the bottom in the mythic tale.
A witty remark contrasts a girl’s thriving love with a man’s six week engagement, likening his renewed look to someone eating quail on a wager. The humorous observation reflects social satire of courtship expectations in a playful tone.
A tale recalls Li Hung Chang dining with the French ambassador in Felim where he humorously offered to take the ambassador’s wife to dinner. The episode ends with a bold crowd reaction. A tramp who asked for wood to earn a meal left a note after being fed, writing I saw but did not see me saw.
A Mexican woman reportedly bore four children described as radically different in appearance a pure white child an Indian type a moon eyed Chinese and a dark Negro the mother and children said to be thriving.
The Japanese government bans all further emigration and, to counter press pressure for a firm stance toward the United States and Hawaii, orders two warships to sail to Hawaii at once to safeguard Japanese subjects.
An exchange lists royal daily incomes with Queen Victoria at 8000 dollars, the German Emperor at 10000, the King of Italy at 8000, the Austrian Emperor at 12500, and the Czar of Russia at 50000 dollars, noting the times are hard though the crowns remain unfazed.
A reporter describes the killer’s motive as money driven in the death of Jorkin. The victim had all funds deposited in a bank the day before, leaving the perpetrator with no financial gain beyond the loss of Jorkin’s life.
A California town reporter described a milliner preparing her spring stock with relief at the update. A subsequent chase followed, ending when a four dollar parasol broke over the reporter’s head as he was pursued for three blocks.
A Chinaman advertises in local newspapers that a first-class American restaurant is available in the City of Mexico. The ad promises fresh oysters supplied whenever called for.
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