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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1894
Page
4
The excerpt contrasts living costs in Japan and China with Western spending, noting low incomes yet frugal living in Japan. It mentions Arctic Eskimo publishing, Japanese coin production during war, and domestic production versus imports. It cites Eugene J. Trippel as land office registrar, several Arizona railroad projects, and rail passenger traffic.
The Washington Post reports a peculiar will from a wealthy local who orders his body to be cremated and ashes disposed of by family as they choose. He directs his first wife and daughter to be cremated with him or disposed of in their own ways, and directs his second wife to donate her body to science with ashes her own choice.
Visiting statesmen recounts a joke about Dunbar who would control Arizona Governor Zulick. The tale ties to Hughes’s gubernatorial contest, Smith’s doubt, and a jail outcome. Also notes miners at Harqua Hala stealing gold bottles, Hubbard’s shortfalls, and a pear tree with large fruit.
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