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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1898
Page
3
This notice asserts Cuba's loss would strike at Spain's sustenance and likens it to personal hunger, then recommends Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for indigestion dyspepsia and constipation.
Mrs Corntessel questions a man’s farming past while her husband insists he never lived the farm life. The exchange highlights the tension between claimed rural longing and actual farming experience in a brief Washington Star quip.
Amusing exchange over a $750 opinion fee highlights that charges reflect not only legal work but the moral stance of the attorney. In San Francisco travel notes, Chas. Montgomery advertises Brooklyn Hotel rates and amenities. Leslie Carter files for bankruptcy in New York with liabilities of $63,773 and no assets aside from apparel valued at $200.
Readers are told that hall's catarrh cure is the only positive cure for catarrh and is a constitutional treatment. It is claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces, with a hundred dollar reward if it fails. Also advertised are Hall's family pills and other patent remedies promising cures for fits and nervous disorders.
An excerpt discusses cheese as a future staple for workers, noting variable digestibility among individuals and its high nitrogenous content. It highlights Skimmilk Cheese’s richness in nitrogenous matter, and includes brief, unrelated notes on St Jacobs Oil and a Civil War reminiscence by Sir Charles Gordon.
Vintage advertisement proclaims scrofula lurks in blood and must be expelled. Hood's Sarsaparilla is billed as America’s greatest medicine, with a $1 bottle or six for $5. Hood's Pills claim to cure constipation at 25 cents.
In West Virginia and Kentucky a veteran recalls a mountain girl who refuses to believe Jim Short will enlist. She doubts his courage and teases the reporter, insisting Jim is not yet joined in any army and may never go to war.
A Long Beach anecdote recalls General Grant declining a Saratoga kiss and Mrs. Grant stepping in, then Archduke Josef of Austria-Hungary’s famed horseman tale ends with the horse breaking and a national boast. The items appear in the New York Mail and Express and the Syracuse Standard.
A boy avoids answering questions in class though prompted by the teacher. When pressed about how many feet he has he replies that he never said he had any. The anecdote comes from London Tit-Bits.
Flour is being pressed into bricks for march and camp use. The British government tests the material for army use. It sometimes curbs a fast bachelor to bridal him.
Cold weather triggers nerves as well as joints and St Jacobs Oil is advertised to cure neuralgia and all pains and aches of the body, offering a general remedy claim.
In spring 1860 as Garibaldi led an expedition in Sicily the idea of a constitution sparked debate among Neapolitans. A guide explains that many visitors possess constitutions and wealth, implying that constitutional rights are linked to prosperity.
A discussion on maternal neglect affecting daughters and the need for medical consultation. It recounts Marie F Johnson of Centralia Pennsylvania who, advised by Mrs. Pinkham, used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills and recovered from fatigue pain and irregular menses gaining weight and color.
Daniel OConnell delivers a sharp joke at a Dublin election against Recorder Shaw. The lord mayor notes the humor and Hyperion curls comment while OConnell exposes a bare head, asking for the ladies’ judgment. The exchange ends with OConnell prevailing in wit.
The English Church Times recounts Mrs. Proudie of Copeminster visiting Mudbury to counsel the poor, only to be critiqued for omitting how she handles her husband Mr. Proudie’s drinking. An advertisement promotes Jesse Moore Whiskey as a physician-endorsed stimulant.
A collage of humorous quips and anecdotes from Puck, Tit Bits, Brooklyn Life, Indianapolis Journal, and others. Jests touch on engagements, war era proposals, spouse banter, and social mores with playful exchanges. Readers encounter light satire on marriage, duty, and daily life through witty lines and brief dialogues.
A compact extract outlines the Hawaiian alphabet with pronunciations, notes the 13th letter added by missionaries, and describes vowel pronunciation and dialect differences between high and low caste speakers. It briefly shifts to a line about greetings and expressions of affection, then mentions outdoor sports injuries and St. Jacobs Oil as a seasonal cure.
In Derby two Irishmen who had not met for years greet with a long handshake and a toast to new life. Pat boasts of his marriage and a healthy boy while O Grady notes the child’s likeness despite Pat’s plain looks. The exchange ends with warm, humorous remarks.
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