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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1899
Page
4
News from Mesa mentions welcome rain and town meeting tonight. Visitors Geo Mark and family in town Thursday. Notes on land, mines, and local trades plus ads for Pride of Japan tea and real estate near West. Socials include guests Mary Reid and Lillian Reid at Mrs Dawley’s.
An Oasis note stresses the need for Americans to speak the language of newly acquired island peoples to conduct growing commerce. The brief voice frames linguistic adaptation as essential for handling diverse populations under the flag.
The Ladies Improvement Club hosted a Friday event on Dewey Day serving ice cream and cake. The fundraiser drew a good crowd and realized a considerable amount of proceeds.
A report notes Elijah Pomeroy purchasing 80 acres from Wallace Macdonald near town. It also quotes Rev. S. A. Donahoe of Pleasant, W Va, who recovered from a severe cold after using Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy sold by J W Baily, Druggist, praising its effectiveness.
Advertisement claiming a cold cure in one day for 25 cents. Promises refund if it fails and notes genuine tablets labeled L B Q. Contains dubious product labeling and marketing copy from an old drugstore ad.
The Dr. King's New Discovery proprietors report gifting over ten million trial bottles to aid the needy. They claim the remedy cures asthma bronchitis hoarseness and lung issues and offer free trials through J H Bartlett druggist with a guaranteed refund for regular sizes. Great crowds attended the Phoenix dog show last weekend with positive reports.
In the U S District Court of Arizona Benjamin B Nesbit of Mesa City is declared bankrupt on September 23 1899 The first meeting of creditors will be held October 21 1899 at 10 o clock in the forenoon in Phoenix Arizona at the office of J A Kurtz Referee in Bankruptcy Creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt.
Testimony from Idaville resident J W Gardner praises Electric Bitters for reviving his strength and appetite after general weakness and blood toxins. The item notes the product is available at J H Barnett's Drug Store for 50 cents with a guaranteed result. Also mentions the town council adjourning due to lack of quorum until Friday evening.
The ad recounts a Newark Michigan veteran wounded by a ball in the Civil War who suffered ulcers for 20 years until Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed him. It also promotes the salve for cuts burns bruises boils and other conditions with a 25 cent price and guaranteed cure, sold by J H Barnett. It also notes church leadership changes in Tempe and Mesa and a Virginia man’s leg injury treated effectively by Chamberlain's Pain Balm within a week.
The Maricopa and Phoenix will restart Sunday excursions from Mesa starting June 4 and continuing each Sunday through the summer. Fares are 75 cents round trip from Mesa and 50 cents from Tempe with tickets valid only on sale day. Trains 6 and 7 are annulled Sundays. a special passenger train departs Mesa at 5 00 p m and Tempe at 5 85 p m for Phoenix with return from Phoenix at 10 00 p m Pacific time.
Mesa Florence and Globe stage line operates three weekly trips with daylight travel. Depart Mesa 5 a.m. Monday Wednesday Friday, arrive Florence 11:30 a.m., depart 1 p.m. to Globe by 6 p.m. next day. Globe to Florence 7 a.m. Monday Wednesday Friday, return to Mesa by 8 p.m. Prices list several round trip and single fares with agents in Mesa Globe Florence Phoenix.
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