Morton & Shewman Publishers Advertising Rates
Morton and Shewmans publishers announce advertising rates on application. The notice identifies D Morton and A P Shewm an as principals and invites inquiries for pricing.
07 Oct 1898
Page 1
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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1898
Page
1
Morton and Shewmans publishers announce advertising rates on application. The notice identifies D Morton and A P Shewm an as principals and invites inquiries for pricing.
The annual report to the interior secretary states Arizona’s population near 109000 and praises social conditions. It notes volunteers for the war, the El Caney flag, and relative peace with the Apache. Recommendations include statehood, land grants, Whipple Barracks reestablishment, artesian wells funding, ethnological research, higher federal judges salaries, governors and secretaries pay, and territorial legislature pay increases.
Monday evening a group of businessmen met at the school house to spur a fire protection plan. They favored an independent system with water tanks on the hill and a six inch main through the town funded by a 50 percent water tax until the Copper company is paid, warning Jerome could lose insurance if not done.
A Michigan boy, son of a Baptist preacher, mimics baptism by immersion with family cat and two kittens. The cat resists, scratching his face, and the boy declares, Damn it, then be a Methodist if you want to.
The Copper Queen company invited the Rough Riders to an excursion up the Hudson aboard the Sirius on September 16. They were greeted by the commandant at West Point and spent a couple hours viewing the sights. A brass band accompanied the boat and dinner followed on the return to New York.
The Crum of Court Exchange saloon received copies of the Santiago Daily Times volume 1 number 26 published in Santiago de Cuba. Editor Thomas R. Dawley reports the paper is bilingual Spanish English and laments Cuban compositors cannot read English.
The Arizona Baptist Association meets at the Mesa Baptist church on Oct 6 and 7 with a full two day program. Sessions cover Bible study evangelistic work and missions led by Rev E Godwin Rev A Elliott Rev E Daley and others with youth society and devotional services.
The Southern Pacific will run the Sunset Limited from Chicago to the Pacific Coast starting about November 1, then twice weekly with a solid vestibuled Pullman coach set and dining service. A second weekly fast train will run between New Orleans and San Francisco linking with Atlantic Coast trains, plus four weekly east-west runs from Maricopa via the Sunset route. For details contact M. D. Bicknell, G. P.
Account of the Knights Templar Conclave to be held in Pittsburg Pennsylvania from October 10 to 14 with a special low rate of 72.20. Ticket sale dates are October 3, 4, and 5 and the final limit may be extended to December 31. For further information contact M. O. Bicknell G. P. A.
Southern Pacific offers help selecting routes and securing best connections and accommodations. They aim to stage the shortest and quickest line to seaside points and provide information via M. O. Bicxxtun, G. PA Phoeaiz.
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