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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1899
Page
3
The text frames a stubborn issue needing a vigorous contest to settle. It touts Hostotter’s Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia indigestion malaria fever and ague and asserts a short decisive battle with Bitters always winning for fifty years.
A short exchange features an ant deriding an idle grasshopper who boasts of constant activity since birth. The snippet reflects a fable tone used by the Indianapolis Journal to segue into an advertisement for Cascarets Candy Cathartic, promoting a laxative tonic with stated prices and availability.
A fragment notes a funerary practice with 40 horses pulling a family vanity and two pulling the carase within an orthelic universe. The text is obscure and symbolic, offering a glimpse into ritual symbolism rather than a clear report.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease a powder to ease tight shoes with claims of instant relief for swollen feet bunions and ingrowing nails. It markets 30 000 testimonials and a trial offer by mail. The page also notes registered bonds on public notes and promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children.
Major General Joseph Wheeler praises Peruna as an excellent tonic and catarrh cure, joining Senators Sullivan Roach and McEnery in endorsement. McEnery of Louisiana, Sullivan of Mississippi, and Roach of North Dakota attest to relief and vigor from Peruna. A free catarrh booklet is offered by the Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co.
An excerpt contrasts Japanese daily life and diet with tea and fish lore, noting little exercise and frequent meals. It then recounts Lincoln anecdotes about a Philadelphia Quaker philanthropist who sought hair restoration, including a cabinet room prank and club dinners with Dr. Bedloe and presidents Cleveland and Harrison.
A Toledo based claim offers Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for deafness caused by catarrh. It asserts inflammation of the Eustachian tube as the cause and promises one hundred dollars for any incurable case, with circulars available and pills sold locally.
An advertisement from April 21 1895 touts Dr R H Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer as curing consumption and fits with no nervousness after one day. It offers a free trial bottle and treatise from Dr Kline Ltd of Philadelphia.
Aeronaut Carl E. Myers explains that balloons can hover and ride out storms while airplanes cannot stop or hover. Balloons cannot go against the wind but remain safer in a tempest if not driven against air currents, appearing calmed even in high winds.
Captain Becker used a loud barrel organ to lure natives into Christian weddings, arranging daily ceremonies for organ music. Reportedly several couples wed twice to ensure the organ played at both weddings, highlighting colonial era curiosities from the Sussex News.
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