This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1893
Page
1
The store announces a new Mesa location with dry goods including dress goods flannels and ladies and gents furnishing items. Hardware and grocery depots stock quality goods. Agents for Myers Pumps Fatherbone Buggy Whips Canton Clipper Plows. Competitive prices and prompt special orders.
The Gazette notes revived factory and bank activity as fears fade after a bank credit tightening era. Officials urge optimism, less restraint on lending, and a return to free deposits and circulating money to spur brisk business across industries.
The Phoenix Gazette highlights rapid growth from gas lights to electric streetcars, new brick blocks, a strong telephone exchange, and a grand sewer system. A thriving economy draws hundreds, with Washington street property selling at a thousand dollars per front foot.
The Star notes rising deposits in nearly all cities, banks and factories reopening, stocks and bonds gaining, and currency premiums shrinking, signaling the crisis of '93 easing.
A boundary survey team reports cattle in splendid condition along the line from Nogales to Dig Springs New Mexico. At San Pedro San Bernardino Springs and Lang's ranch fat steers in hundreds dot the landscape due to abundant rains. Antelopes also plentiful in Lang's Animes valley and Whitewater region. Nogales feed lagged until after the survey, forcing frequent cow milking for hay theft by the stock.
The Stockman carries Allied commentary on farmers mood, debt effects, and cash sales. It projects Arizona cattle investments yielding about fifteen percent net annual profit, notes university growth with Dr Theo B Comstock aiding Arizona University, and outlines a speculative railroad route from Wilcox through Globe via Sulphur Springs valley Aravaipa Canyon to San Carlos coal fields as a future enterprise.
More than forty thousand members of the Odd Fellows gathered for a city celebration in Chicago on September 26, marking a grand fraternal event with extensive processions and ceremonies.
The Arizona Sentinel of Yuma lauds Governor Hughes report to the Interior Secretary as the most comprehensive ever by an Arizona governor. It covers irrigation, statehood details, Colorado river improvements, and advocates national support for cheap Territory transportation and vast benefits.
The Colorado Sun notes that Senator Stewart of Nevada, amid the present silver emergency, has held the Senate floor for three days. He said he had finished with one of the six branches of the silver question and would address the others in future sessions with similar elaboration.
The Florence Tribune quotes Senator Stewart advocating coinage of a silver dollar at par in Western Hemisphere nations to follow Blaine's plan for a commercial union of American governments. If adopted, it would resolve the silver question and position the United States as the trading hub of the American continent.
Herald notes real estate in the Salt River valley is gradually passing to small farmers who deserve space for independent living and profit. The piece argues several thousand such farmers are needed to fill the opportunity and sustain growth.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.