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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1899
Page
2
A column of wry anecdotes and stock quips from Mesa City notes on public figures, tastes, and manners. It jokes about Columbus, the American eagle, Russian farmers, and a British bazar encounter, reflecting a playful, satirical tone of the era.
The piece argues time is life not currency and warns against converting time into money. It urges Americans to value time over wealth and to use it wisely for personal and communal benefit.
The Reina Mercedes will be kept in public exhibition rather than sold or repaired for service. The cruiser will be preserved in order to prevent decay and act as a memorial of the war. This marks a first use of a captured ship as a public monument, aimed at showcasing naval prowess without exultation at the foe's defeat.
The obituary notes Mrs Oliphant the English novelist died recently with a life largely self funded yet she left four male relatives dependent on her bounty. She wrote through her life to support them and her generosity contrasts with their indolence and lack of legacy.
Reports from Cape Nome describe thriving steamship arrivals and a $500,000 shipment to Seattle. San Francisco sees a general strike by boiler makers delaying government and private work. Fires at Sutter warehouse cause $6000 loss with no insurance. Hop yards in Pajaro and Salinas begin harvest as labor shifts and production climbs. Alaska earthquakes wreck forests and trigger a tidal wave. Tehama county sees first murder since 1890 with a union theme.
Filipino deserters are urged to return within a month with promised pardon. Aguinaldo’s regime seeks to enforce order, while locals in Malabon and Mindanao show mixed reactions to American sovereignty and protection. Urdaneta gunboat was captured and scuttled. crew moved to Porac. Controversy swirls over friars at San Jose college and control of medical education.
A Chicago Times Herald excerpt notes a rift over labels used for women. After a trip to Boston, one woman objected to another calling a widow woman and later called Miss Anthony a maiden lady. The exchange centers on temperance and personal insults.
An Eastern man asks why Eagle Eye wants Dewey and Funston to arrive together. Amber Pete explains they have one keg of powder and fear splitting it would not equal a bird cartridge. The scene hints at a brisk but perilous bargain as business lumbers along with double quick compound interest.
The column tracks early snow in Wisconsin and farm losses from cold. It notes treasury rulings excluding Chinese ministers from exemption and reports retirements and wishes for Lyman J. Gage. It covers Dewey's homecoming and praise, Transvaal tension, Australian federation, and global unrest with brief mentions of markets and earthquakes.
General MacArthur's forces entered Poroc after about thirty minutes of fighting with slight American losses. The insurgents fled northward as two American columns—Ninth Infantry led by General Wheeler with two Santa Rita guns, and Thirty-sixth Infantry under Colonel Bell with one gun—attacked Poroc from San Antonio at 9 o'clock. The town was found practically deserted and American troops moved through enemy trenches to take possession.
The Los Angeles Times notes a 36 sacks per acre harvest pleasing Anaheim and hints prices may fall across the south coast. It warns weather and market woes delayed planting, but urges more growers to plant to help others and gain future experience from the potato famine’s lessons.
The Missouri Legislature passed a food safety law effective August 20 1899 prohibiting manufacture sale or offer to sell any food article containing arsenic calomel bismuth ammonia or alum. Violators face at least a $100 fine to fund county roads. The act targets alum baking powders and any food containing the listed substances. A Santa Ana tramp was arrested with over $1000 in cash.
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