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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1899
Page
2
The Mesa Free Press from Mesa City Arizona lists A P ShewMan as publisher. The line presents the newspaper’s masthead and publisher identity for the Arizona edition.
A collage of comments on corruption and culture in France and the United States, notes on tobacco and labor, and a dramatic account of a daylight burglary foiled by twenty women armed with hat pins, with the burglar captured by police. The piece also hints at social trends from photography and fashion to the eucalyptus plant.
An essay outlines how a New England mill girl’s act prompts reflection on women’s rising role in work and government. It notes women ethnologists at Washington and female experts at Smithsonian, signaling shifts in science, administration, and public life, with warnings about public propriety and changing social mores.
A Pacific Coast column laments risky public habits from kisses to gun use by police, urges restraint and clear rules for force. It argues the idle wealthy should unite with the unemployed poor to fund lasting public beneficence and cites Gladstone on labor and Athens wealth.
Ex Governor William Wallace Thayer of Oregon dies at age 72. The report notes his long political career and his impact on state government, reflecting on his leadership and public service.
Merced county reports a 1000 carload sweet potato crop valued at 1c to 1c per carload. Tucson’s city tax roll totals 1 991 708 with a 330 146 rise, promising about 20 000 in tax revenue. Barkerville hears of the 17 ounce Chinaman found nugget worth 314 in Vancouver. Pima county Arizona records a 5 000 000 sale of 35 mining claims in Silver Belt district by George H Sisson and wife to Oxide Copper Co of New Jersey. Mitsui & Co of Japan weighs a transpacific line, contracting for 1000 bales of cotton and planning own steamers, Aadagaki returning from San Francisco. Lady Loreta Addis Douglas arrives in New York from Liverpool with infant daughter en route to Oakland, discussing little. Reports note fruit damage offset by benefits to other crops signaling a strong season ahead.
A poetic attack in a Woman's Home Companion piece ridicules the modern carriage as a dangerous gleaming invention that cannot replace the horse. The speaker questions driving's purpose and disparages mechanics over traditional equine companionship and speed.
The article notes Cauasus tribes train children in dagger use from walking age, starting with stabbing water without splashing, with ongoing practice granting exceptional weapon control. It questions reforms and surgery by suggesting cutting off thieves' hands as a deterrent. The piece ends with a remark on the sun dial as an old timer.
One man was killed and several wounded at a christening in Auburn Illinois the other evening. A riot broke out between Hungarian and Polack miners due to longstanding enmity. The sheriff and deputies left for the scene as foreigners resist arrest and a fight is expected. The wounded refuse medical aid, and two men suspected of the murder are held by the victim’s friends.
Admiral Dewey praised in the East as yellow fever in Key West eases. Socialist writer Lawrence Gronlund dies at 53. McKinley returns to Washington after a Midwest tour. Samoa talks yield peace. Funston a Kansas potential senator. Fires kill four in Mississippi area. Dreyfus case widens with another death. Aluminum output grows dramatically since a decade ago. Five million pounds of canned beef ordered for South Africa. Brigham Roberts faces Utah polygamy challenge in Congress.
Rome reports Pope Leo XIII maintains a rigorous daily schedule starting at 5 a.m. He reads and writes, receives visitors, walks in the gardens, prays rosary, naps, and dines on light meals. Despite illness he shows remarkable nervous energy and often rises at night, keeping pace with attendants and guards during ceremonies.
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