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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1897
Page
2
Arizona notices from Mesa announce Morton and Shewman as publishers of the Mesa Free Press led by A. P. Shewman and W. D. Morton. The line mentions Mesa City with publisher branding.
A Klondike club of women hires a man to accompany them and do their cooking. The group shows no terrors can daunt the Klondike woman as they push ahead with their plans.
The theory among European rulers is that eloquent talk for peace is acceptable so long as armies and navies are maintained in proper fighting trim and ready for action.
Not every American girl has the good luck of Miss Julia Chapin of New York who obtained a divorce from a titled European rascal and married an American gentleman, illustrating a dramatic change in personal fortune.
Report notes that despite current yields, the Yukon steamers have not yet delivered the anticipated millions. Correspondents indicate a belief that significantly more gold remains unexplored in the northern deposits, suggesting higher potential gains.
The piece rebuts the claim that dancing causes death, noting there is no record of anyone dying from waltzing in the Redown and presenting it as evidence against the professors' crusade.
The passage urges sustained pursuit of noble goals. It emphasizes elevating theory of attainment above common practice to rise from sensory limitation into a higher realm of vision and renewing ideas.
The piece ponders Spain’s funds for the Cuban conflict and hints at a broader curiosity about imperial finance. It then surveys ambitious tunneling projects including a Thames tunnel, a Hudson tunnel near New York, a Danube tunnel at Budapest, and a future Irish Channel link between Great Britain and northern Ireland.
A wood and iron leg once worn by General Daumesnil, who lost a leg at Wagram and later used a timber and iron contrivance. When asked to surrender a fort near Paris, he proclaimed Give me back my leg and you can have Vincennes. He lived until 1832, leaving a storied Napoleonic legacy.
Electricity now supplies the power for ringing the chimes in Grace Church, New York, with a curfew hymn played by an automatic arrangement. Huge magnets operate ten bells weighing 3,000 pounds, as mechanical music grows in popularity alongside orchestrions self playing pianos and phonographs.
A tourist recalls Daniel Webster’s Marshfield farm where a former superintendent, still living, describes driving the oxen past Webster’s window to satisfy the dying statesman’s wish to see them again. The superintendent disputes rumors of heavy drinking, saying Webster’s only trouble was money shortages.
The piece notes two types of slot machines in Chicago one intended for petty gambling and the other promising returns. It states players risk loss while makers ensure poor returns. It calls for banning both classes and an outlaw in the state, urging avoidance by all but millionaires.
A Massapequa man devises a new plan to handle the so called surprise party, likened to a pastoral donation and seen as a mysterious providence requiring acceptance and endurance.
A Massapequa man confronts a surprise party at his home when guests arrive at his front door. After a tense standoff and parley, the visitors are admitted amid fear and confusion. The episode reflects broader tensions as Spanish policy and Cuban unrest prompt debate on peace terms and US involvement.
The article surveys Chicago Sunday women weighing in on bachelor politicians and a proposed tax on bachelors over 35 for spinsters over 40. It cites Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Miss Lillian Bell, notes jurors would be labeled not proven, and questions a law forcing early marriage while praising male reluctance to wed.
The Basle gathering of Hebrew leaders, led by Dr. Herzl and Dr. Nordau, envisions a Jewish autonomous state in Palestine under Ottoman suzerainty. A fifty million dollar fund would support the plan, with a Jerusalem conference slated for next year.
Incessant and minute change is life’s norm while sudden change signals disease and no change implies incipient death, a stark view of how alteration marks health and mortality.
A fragment from the Philadelphia North American notes a playful scene as a barefoot woman on the street provokes laughter among passersby and headlines a lighthearted reflection on romance and folly.
A roundup of regional happenings includes E C Warren elected city recorder of Redlands Ells Covina plans a $10000 hotel drive San Diego post office boosts carriers to eleven Elks lodge forming in Yuma and new developments in Santa Ana Bakersfield and Pasadena. Ground broken for rail bridges new water rates set for irrigators and a wave of civic projects from cannery talks to glass sand finds reshape Southern California.
The Retail Coal Dealers Association faces anti trust prosecution under 1850 law. San Francisco police brace for Chinatown unrest as highbinders return from Alaskan canneries. Governor Budd names trustees for the state mining bureau. Seal protection calls for pelagic sealing prohibition. Chinese tea importers challenge board appraiser decisions. Monterey Whale Company reports two large catches and season total rises to eight. Rail progress on San Joaquin Valley line speeds toward Stockton to Point Richmond. Klondike trade declines for the steamer Excelsior. Alaska Commercial charter lapses. New Union Iron Works steamer ready for St Michaels run. No quarantine on Arizona rail line as health board sees no danger. San Francisco Board of Education opposition case demurrer sustained. Preston School of Industry abuse allegations erupt. calls for O’Brien removal. Wilsons Peak park improvements planned with trails and terraces. Eight whaling vessels iced in at Point Barrow prompt push for federal relief. Schooner Volcano completes 1100 mile voyage to San Francisco after storm. captain relies on sun and stars. Mexico cuts cotton imports by building a cotton mill.
Frances E Willard reelected president of the National W C T U a strawboard trust formed trouble in Ohio court battle vetoed by rumors of McKinley split yellow fever wanes and New Orleans deaths rise ship Milwaukee sails with record cotton cargo Van Wyck wins NYC mayoralty across a large field of races and a major Santa Fe Pacific hold up near Grant s station in New Mexico Prince Mohammed Ali engages to marry an American girl central New Mexico diet balks at minister appointment
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