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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1896
Page
1
The Mesa Restaurant Miss S ie Allison proprietress announces new management. Located in Pomeroy Block Mesa City Arizona this dining spot offers meals supplied with market fresh dishes and direct proprietress oversight.
WM. PASSEY, UNDERTAKER advertised supplies and imported coffins and caskets always on hand. Coffins made to order on short notice. Furniture repaired and job work done at live and let live prices.
The Washington Post reports that if U S per capita sugar consumption matched 1892 levels, yearly demand would top 4 627 000 000 pounds worth over 170 million dollars at four cents. Reduced consumption still yields about 4 200 000 000 pounds valued at 168 million. The piece cites growing beet sugar progress in the west, Utah, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and New Mexico, with multiple mills paying farmers well and projecting strong profits from beet crops and sugar output.
The Utomian notes that Utah women voted nobly and intelligently, with few mistakes, showing grave duty and principled ballots. The piece lauds their effort and approval of their zealous campaign, calling it a historic moment for the state.
The article describes Golondrina as a small mossy plant used by Native Americans to treat rattlesnake bites by making a tea and applying a poultice, while distinguishing it from the Mock Orange also called Wild Pomegranate, whose root is a large, bitter poisonous plant. It notes the effectiveness of Golondrina in various remedies and mentions the Chile Coyote as a Mexican name for the Mock Orange.
The text notes the Spanish government’s menacing posture and says the United States may declare war if the Cuban rebellion isn’t quelled before Congress. It mentions a buildup of naval forces at New York and the Florida coast and fortifications along the coast. It speculates war would be minor yet lead to US control of Cuba andSpain’s diminished global standing.
Recent insurance statistics indicate that when the wife dies first the husband survives about nine years on average, whereas when the husband dies first the wife survives about eleven years.
Scientists estimate the Gulf Stream carries Florida water to the coast of Norway in about two years. This pathway highlights long transit times for ocean currents and their influence on climate patterns.
A railroad telegraph superintendent recalls the hardships of Arizona construction. Woodpeckers chewed posts while bears attacked insulators and sand storms wore poles to shavings, nearly wrecking lines until steel poles and pitch coating fixed the problem. He praises how beauty inspires art and taste.
The article extols onions as a near miracle remedy for nervous prostration and a wide range of ailments including coughs colds influenza consumption insomnia hydrophobia scurvy gravel kidney and liver trouble. It also claims onions brighten skin when eaten every other day and cites a mine shaft at Pearce reaching 100 feet, supporting belief in an immense ledge and rich ore.
All sovereigns and chiefs of state are invited to visit London for the sixteenth year celebrations marking Queen Victoria's sixty years on the throne. The fetes will honor the reign with international participation and grand royal displays.
The elevated railroad company of Chicago has ordered in Milwaukee a 9000 horsepower engine. The same concern is manufacturing the largest saw mill machinery ever made for California to saw redwood.
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