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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1899
Page
2
An editorial note contemplates the planet Eros as a whimsical new love while critiquing money in politics. It satirizes doctors who cure only the incurable and jokes about a candy trust affecting physicians and dentists. The piece also references Cuba, Mark Twain, boycotts, the Dreyfus affair, and New York burglary totals with a wry, topical tone.
A reflective line notes that in life the burden may fall not on the laborer but on the employer who employs the man with the hoe. The quotation remarks on social inequity and the hidden costs born by those who profit from hard labor.
A remark notes that supporting a candidate via friends can be cheaper than other help. It suggests dancing masters have altered the waltz and asks why fashions can’t be modified as well.
The government will manufacture its own smokeless powder from now on, and it is expected to be more smokeless than any other nation on earth.
William Waldorf Astor reportedly refused a poem Kipling wrote for his magazine and suggested Kipling should not be elevated to a lordship. The notes imply Astor questioned Kipling’s eligibility or merit for the title.
A cruel prank removing a chair from under a person near seating is described as practical murder due to the risk of death from lifelong spinal disease.
The world produced gold valued at nearly 295 million dollars last year, a huge sum yet tiny beside the value of wheat. The wheat harvest exceeded mining value, making gold look insignificant by comparison.
The passage notes rapid progress in weapon development and imagines future war without crossing borders, suggesting a projectile capable of going around a corner as a speculative breakthrough. The tone reflects wartime anxiety about escalating technology and strategic reach.
The article notes that automobile as a hybrid word from Greek and Latin has gained respect in law and become a fixture in language, while shortening it to auto is viewed as vulgar as abbreviating bicycle to bike.
The article argues Southern states including Tennessee and Arkansas have built natural resources to manufacture many goods but rely on the North for certain inputs. It urges more business activity and less political wrangling to end costly independence.
The Chautauquan article by George J. Varney urges lowering pollution and preserving forests that conserve water power and restore oxygen to the air, hoping for better care and protection of these vital resources.
A French observer described Americans in Europe as three groups the millionaires who spend freely even risking their daughters for titles the snobs eager to mingle with princes and dukes and the tourists a crowd of sightseers exploited for profit. The remark reflects a satire grounded in some truth challenging national pride.
The text extols finding work that matches innate capacity, delivering delight and energy rather than weariness. It asserts true happiness comes from doing what one is naturally endowed to do, where task and talent are in tune, producing harmonious fulfillment.
The article argues moral and legal issues around polygamy in Utah, notes a $100 fine for a confessed polygamist paid promptly, and critiques inadequate enforcement. It then analyzes domestic service, labor conditions, and the need to reform housework relations and wages to attract workers, envisioning housemaids as wage earners with set hours rather than servants within a household.
The article analyzes how writers close letters with phrases like Yours truly and Cordially yours, noting practical sign-offs in business and personal notes. It contrasts restrained closings with younger, more effusive writers who use affectionate phrases and sometimes omit prefaces, preferring simply a signature.
A physician says the tired feeling comes from excessive lounging and talking rather than work. He argues energy left unused forms poisonous juices, while diligent effort trains the body to stay fresh and vigorous. He notes non-complaining after age twenty-five or twenty-seven due to proper energy use.
A compact reflection notes how quickly wealth prompts a man to alter his story of lineage. The saying warns that money can distort pride and origins, revealing a brittle self-image.
The twenty first annual report of the California bank commissioners was submitted to the governor showing a two year deposits rise of fifty million three hundred eighty two thousand two hundred ninety five dollars. A highwayman robbed four men and two women in Pendleton Oregon at seven o clock last night. The Bear revenue cutter returned to Seattle with sixty sick and destitute prospectors and ten prisoners from St Michael. An exciting four mile boat race on San Francisco Bay saw the third division win in twenty seven minutes and twenty eight seconds. Visalia began this season's orange shipments earlier than usual with several carloads of Forget Me Not Sunflower and Lily brand fruit and two carloads of fancy lemons leaving Lindsay and Lemon Cove.
Vallejo reports the entire Mare Island shipwright force has struck over pay. Their chief grievance is the government’s failure to restore wages to 5 dollars per day. Considerable rush work is affected by the stoppage.
William A. Nevills, owner of the Rawhide mine, files a $150,000 slander suit against W. H. Martin. Nevills alleges Martin called him a thief and claimed he robbed the mine of $300,000 in gold.
One million Chinook salmon eggs from an Oregon hatchery will be sent to New Zealand aboard the steamer Moana. The United States Fish Commission aims to establish stocks in Australasian rivers where climates resemble the U.S. Pacific coast.
San Francisco port customs receipts for October reached 611540 dollars the highest for October since 1892. Customs Collector Jackson notes rapidly rising port business has outgrown local shipping facilities as activity climbs each year.
Coroner to hold inquest on remains found near Coalinga ten miles southeast after John Kerr reported a body likely months old. Head six feet from trunk, flesh gone. Suspected arsenical Bitter Spring water in canteen eight miles southwest of discovery.
Careful estimates by the California Raisin Growers Association indicate two thirds of the raisin crop have been delivered to packers since October rains. About one third remains in trays with half of the slowly curing raisins salvable by favorable weather in drying houses. The remaining one sixth is destined for wineries.
General Shafter urged at a Red Cross conference that all San Francisco discharged soldiers be paid locally rather than in Manila. This would let them buy transport before funds run out, addressing losses from soldiers spending pay at way ports en route to the city.
Governor Henry T. Gage issues a brief Thanksgiving proclamation declaring Thursday November 30, 1899, as a legal holiday in California. The text cites national custom and the President's October 25 1899 proclamation from Washington DC.
Mrs Ruth E Goetz wife of a 24 year old man drank poison in Judge Hylands department as divorce proceedings neared a review. She shrieked I want my Fred and was rushed for treatment after a stomach pump. The case involves cruelty and prior battery charges.
A dispatch from Chun Kiang says a native revolt broke out at Jen-Huahui-Sien in Kui-Chow. A magistrate was killed and authorities call the situation serious and unstable.
The Daily Mail reports that about 200 American gentlemen offer 250 pounds each to tender their services to Britain in South Africa. The offer cannot be accepted but is a gratifying proof of good will from American cousins.
A Berlin dispatch to the Herald cites Berliner Tageblatt stating the imperial government aims to double naval strength. The move is attributed to America's rising sea power and a failing Samoa solution blamed on England-Germany disagreement. Negotiations may still be ongoing.
The schooner Gen Siglin arrived from Cook's Inlet with seventy six passengers and thirty thousand dollars in gold dust. It departed Cook's Inlet October 25 and headed directly to Port Townsend.
Cripple Creek September dividends totaled 295000 dollars. Sloops of mining progress include Ainsworth district 150 men at work on Lake Kootenay. Cameron mine purchasing a fire stamp mill in Mono County. Boston and Montana plant near Great Falls to raise copper output. Woods Investment Company building a 5000 to 10000 horsepower power plant on Beaver Creek. Mountain Beauty mine equipment by Riverside from Los Angeles. Oak Grove site near San Diego with four ton wagon loads and a new two stamp mill. round trip expected in ten days with eleven fine horses powering the teams.
At its San Francisco convention the California Miners Association adopted a resolution directing the legislation committee to prepare a bill for the next session that explicitly repeals the mining act of 1897 to remove any doubt among state miners.
A mosaic of remarks and jests on current events from around the globe. It notes a smokeless coal invention in England and a lighthearted take on Deweys Manila victory and Lipton’s Sandy Hook loss. A Princeton talk by ex President Cleveland is announced for January 6 with unclear focus. The Dewey Day New York celebration costs are listed, totaling 139000 dollars.
Manila reports Third Cavalry and Fourth Cavalry swam the river to surround Bougabong garrison. The enemy escaped but six rifles and ammunition were captured. Castner's scouts skirmished near Aliaga, killing five insurgents.
Richmond Indiana reports that a leading participant says the plan to unite U S threshing machine firms has failed and options on two local plants may expire.
The Isla de Cuba Isla de Luzon and Don Juan de Austria, ex-cruisers of the Spanish fleet sunk at Cavite, are ready to proceed to Manila to join Admiral Watson's squadron. Lieutenant Hobson supervised their reconstruction at a projected cost of 304000 dollars excluding armament.
The German vessel Carolinius, Captain Gotting, arrives in Victoria after sixty eight days from Panama. Now in quarantine and being disinfected and fumigated after its crew suffered fifteen yellow fever deaths at Panama before sailing north.
A Chicago delegation and representatives from other cities met in Indianapolis to form an anti trust baking powder company. Details were completed and a large plant is planned for Chicago with some attendees then traveling to Cincinnati to buy machinery for the new facility.
Civil actions for penalties totaling 402 500 are begun in Chicago under the attorney general. Fifty corporations including West Chicago Street Railway and Metropolitan Elevated Railway are named for failing to file affidavits denying alliances to fix output or prices or restrain trade.
A. M. Dewey, government labor department special agent, announced that all Dewey family members related to Admiral Dewey will hold a reunion at New York's Waldorf Astoria in January or February.
A cousin of the admiral states that nationwide acceptance has been received for a large gathering in New York to honor Admiral Dewey and his bride. About 1500 Deweys are expected to attend from across the country with over 100 from the Pacific coast. The admiral has been asked to set the reunion date.
The comptroller of the currency reports national bank note circulation at 242,984,694 for October 31 1899 up 3,438,413 for the year and down 305,434 for the month. Bond based circulation owne 207,920,773 down 2,124,682 year and up 606,601 month. Lawful money backed circulation 35,063,920 up 5,563,095 year and down 912,036 month. Registered bonds on deposit total 232,460,160 for notes and 70,365,940 for public deposits.
The dispute between General Funston and Archbishop Arland centers on claims of church desecration. The account notes Catholic soldiers in the Thirteenth Minnesota faced desecrated churches used as stores and hospitals, portraying the damage as a strategic necessity.
From Lima Peru official dispatches report Durands revolutionary forces being closely pursued by government troops. Authorities fear the movement has lasting longer than necessary, with losses piling up for the state and commercial houses as anxious crowds await a decisive result.
A new Missouri law prohibits manufacture or sale of any food article containing alum arsenic ammonia or other additives. The piece notes alum restrictions abroad and in several U S states and lists baking powders containing alum with brands such as Calumet Bee Hive Clover Leaf and Home Baking Powder Co The article warns that alum is a cheap ingredient costing two cents a pound versus cream of tartar at thirty and urges households to reference the list.
Santa Paula Chronicle reports on a Chapman machine cracking apricot seeds across from the hotel. Mr Findley runs six men and a driver. pits are salted, shells brushed away, meats float free in water, sorted by women and children, dried, cleaned, and bagged. Finishing in two weeks with other large contracts.
The Old Dominion copper mine in Arizona operates from a single shaft delivering 800000 pounds of copper each month.
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