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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1896
Page
3
In Mesa news which reads like a ledger several local items appear. Streets town business houses and crosswalks are noted with a call to grade Main Street. A suffrage club forms, a grand Leap Year ball occurs, and the town notes deaths marriages and travels. Reports on canals, harvests, and local social events fill the column.
Practical guide on croup prevention for children caused by common colds. It explains early hoarseness as the first sign and urges prompt treatment with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, claiming it prevents and eases attacks with safe, harmless ingredients. Sold by all druggists.
A local note highlights Mrs. Cuber’s generous Thanksgiving dinner for the poor and praises her hospitality. The column recounts various tips and advertisements, including Chamberlain’s Pain Balm, Shiloh’s Vitalizer, Shiloh’s Cure, and dental services, with brief mentions of local visitors and business deals.
Mrs. Phoebe Thomas of Junction City Illinois worng was told she had Consumption and no hope but two bottles of Dr Kings New Discovery cured her and saved her life Mr Thomas Eggers of 139 Florida St San Francisco suffered a dreadful cold nearing Consumption and after trying everything bought one bottle and was cured in two weeks Free trial bottles at J H Barnett s Drug Store Regular sizes 50c and 1 00.
Mrs W C Norman of Winslow credits Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills with banishing stomach cramps and restoring strength. She notes renewed appetite and boosted vitality after purification of the blood.
Washington land lawyer Henry N Copp has updated Copp's Prospector's Manual with a rewritten mineralogical section by a Colorado mining engineer. The work covers mining laws locating claims surveying forms and practical guidance on assaying and mineralogy. Price 50 cents at bookstores or from the author.
Old people seek bowel and kidney relief with Electric Bitters described as a mild tonic aiding digestion and tone. Also advertised are land sale or trade offers, Chamberlain's Cholera remedy, Shiloh's Vitalizer cure claims, and Jack Hail's Owl Express schedule along with Hoop's Pills for nausea and indigestion.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as best for cuts bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions. Promises money back if not satisfied with box priced at 25 cents available from J H Barnett.
Local line timetable lists trains between Phoenix Tempe and Maricopa with morning and evening departures. Connections via Southern Pacific at Maricopa and Tempe, with stages to Goldfield and links to Prescott and Congress. Also includes Phoenix Mesa City service with frequent daily stops and signal-based transfers.
Two delinquent notices list owners Susie Westlot Wilcox and JA Williamson. Williamson Lot 1 2 Block 8 owes $300 with tax $82.25 costs $1 total due 325. Wilcox Susie Westlot 2 Block 18 owes $75 improvements $75 tax $1.13 costs $1 total due.
Three weekly trips operate with no night travel. Stages depart Mesa on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at 5 am arriving Globe next day at 6 am. Return trips depart Globe at 5 am on same days and reach Mesa next day at 6 pm. Agents listed: C Co Hocket Johnson Bros Mesa Louis Sultan Globe D C Stevens Florence and L W Collins Phoenix.
Alderman James L. Francis of Chicago endorses Dr King s New Discovery as an ideal panacea for coughs colds and lung complaints. He has used it in his family for five years excluding other prescriptions.
The District Court of the Territory of Arizona in Maricopa County issues a summons to J Lrenon in a civil action filed by Mary H Drenon nee McLaren. Defendants must answer within ten to thirty days after service or face default judgment. Dated October 30, 1896, Clerk J E Walker.
Public notice states Burton is deceased and creditors must present claims by the specified date. Dated October 23, 1896.
WM. PASSEY, Undertaker, advertises imported coffins and caskets always on hand. Coffins made to order on short notice. Furniture repair and job work offered at live and let live prices.
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