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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1900
Page
2
The piece surveys football as a popular exercise and entertainment, notes the rise of one man hold ups on trains, and mentions a woman traveling 25 000 miles to marry the man she loved. It also reflects on Swiss cheese rank and the overwhelming power of nature versus human effort. Galveston suffers heavy casualties in a single night, surpassing earlier wars.
A discussion warns that using hypnosis on children to bend their will replaces scolding with compromised autonomy and self respect, risking the loss of independent will power essential to personal dignity.
The thirty biggest US cities added about 8.2 million residents in ten years. People favor urban life over rural freedom, with dense city land markets driving demand while vast rural land remains underused and excluded from city markets.
A New England manufacturer, awarded a large government hat contract, abandons fines for errors and adopts pay raises and cash prizes for skilled work. The move aims to improve quality and efficiency, benefiting both the firm and its workers, with better hats likely for Uncle Sam.
The Agricultural Department issues a bulletin detailing mosquito species bites and breeding, with diagrams and numbers on prolific reproduction. It covers many aspects but omits any guidance on how mosquitoes survive a season without sleep.
The Marquis of London Derry orders English clerks to use Esquire for all male correspondents unless they are laborers, personal servants or tradesmen. The rule broadens the title beyond noblemen and officials. In the U S the title is mostly attached to attorneys, yet Americans are commonly called Mr. and English Esquire.
The article reports rising Finnish emigration to the United States due to czarist oppression in Finland. It notes 15 000 left last year and one steamship line plans 55 000 more this year, with migrants mostly farmers seeking homeland strength rather than urban settlement in America.
Italy presents a rare blend of youth and experience with King Victor Emmanuel III nearing his eighty first year and Signor Giuseppe Saracco serving as premier. The article notes the contrast between the new sovereign and the seasoned government head as Europe observes.
The article surveys the Woman's Educational and Industrial Union of Boston on household costs. It summarizes a nine month expense period from seventy Boston area families, detailing subsistence fuel rent taxes servants furniture and repairs. It notes wide variance in income and spending across households.
The Dead Sea offers a buoyant, almost unsinkable swim with salt crystallizing on skin. Brief immersion yields a remarkable experience though mouthfuls burn and open wounds sting. Desolate shores littered with brine crusted wood warn bathers away from injuries.
London has a population of 4 250 000, about the combined populations of Paris Berlin St Petersberg and Rome.
A brief note highlights Germany's legal chaos with at least five distinct codes in use. A quoted Scottish observer quips that one man has never played golf and can teach others the game, while others offer a playful jab at cross cultural learning.
Lourenco Marques reports Kruger was secretly taken aboard the Dutch cruiser Gelderland at 5 AM to sail for Holland due to fears of Boer attacks. He left the governor's house in a hired carriage, escorted by troopers, and the Gelderland is expected to sail tomorrow.
New York Yacht Club accepted Sir Thomas Lipton challenge. Cablegram to H C Kelly of Royal Ulster Yacht Club confirms conditions unchanged except start time extended to 2 p.m. and races set for August 20, 22, and 24 with possible further races the following week.
Miley Johnson, a black man who wounded Texas and Pacific Conductor William Jordan near Baton Rouge, was lynched at 2 o clock today in Plaquemine. He had been briefly held at the state capitol. last night the sheriff tried to move him to Port Allen jail but a determined mob overpowered the officer and hanged him.
A New York Herald cable from Malta reports a Rus sian official praising the United States and stating Russia seeks peace in China with no territorial aims unless others act. The official dismisses annexation talk of Manchuria and notes rising Russian sentiment toward America amid German distrust after Count Mouravieff’s death from shock over Chinese troubles.
Tacoma observers note Daniel B. Libby among Alaska gold discoverers who returned after 33 years away and found rich platinum like yields in Gololin Bay. His 1866 Western Union survey party pushed through Port Clarence and Norton Sound where Libby and a companion panned gold from Neuckluck river banks before leaving for the telegraph cable news.
Libby now leads a company that holds eight premier claims on the Neuchluck river and additional streams in Golovin Bay, consolidating key mining interests and control over valuable waterways.
S I Morris a contractor was arrested for an alleged plan to kill John W Gates ex president of the American Steel and Wire Company. Two revolvers were found on him and he is said to have targeted W J Brimson general manager of the Kansas City and Southern Railroad. Morris claimed a $50 000 debt from Gates and Brimson and said he was authorized to spend sums for the Calumet and Blue Island Railroad.
Wells Fargo official reports John Krug and Charles Lehn captured in separate cities after a Mexican Central fraud. Krug fled with 18000 dollars, Lehn sold 5000 Mexican money in San Antonio. Krug held 1300 in cash en route to the East. rest of funds unaccounted. Mexican government seeks requisition.
Oscar Wilde was taken to a hospital in Paris and underwent a surgical operation. He lies in critical condition at Hospital La Salpétrière as destitution and hardship have marked his years in Paris. Adherents of his early fame funded him by charity. if he recovers he will go to Scotland for a offered home.
Special dispatch from Constantinople reports new massacres in Diarbekir district. Mussulmans allegedly pillaged outraged and killed for five days without Turkish troops. Eight villages were destroyed and burned.
Vancouver report details a series of murders and robberies on the Skeena river during a troubled season between white and Japanese fishermen in Northern British Columbia. Canneryman Richard Gill cites multiple floating corpses with head wounds and notes no arrests despite strong evidence of robbery as the motive.
A messenger reports Guadalupe Mexico, a 500 person village forty miles from El Paso, washed away by a waterspout. One man and two children drowned. all houses horses cattle goats and fowls perished. A relief committee raised about 300 dollars and dispatched wagons with supplies.
In Bronaugh Missouri seven masked robbers exploded the Farmers Bank vault just after 1 AM killing night watchman William T Morren. The crew escaped with tools from a Missouri Pacific tool chest and with $1625 in cash, while townspeople flooded the streets in alarm.
At Mattewan State Hospital for the Criminal Insane in Poughkeepsie six to eight keepers were assaulted by about twenty patients as some escaped. Most inmates recaptured. several at large. Keepers injured and hospital crews search the surrounding woods. Officials blame cramped quarters for the revolt.
Felecista Telles a popular El Paso social figure married E Garcia in the County Jail as he faced death for murder. Garcia was convicted last spring and sentenced to death for Edward O Connors murder. Telles had testified for him and was imprisoned for perjury before new trial relief allowed their marriage. The ceremony was performed in the jail corridor as guards watched.
Women affirm Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as superior among medicines. The claim emphasizes its efficacy and trusted reputation for household health remedies.
Washington reports Major Matt R. Peterson of the U S V died of yellow fever at Las Animas around 9 o clock October 17. His wife, Mrs Peterson, killed herself an hour later reflecting the family tragedy. The death notice came via telegram from Havana and was confirmed by Surgeon General Gorgas.
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