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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1894
Page
1
The Co-Op announces a new dry goods department with fashionable dress goods flannels and furnishing goods plus fully stocked hardware and grocery departments. They list Myers Pumps Featherbone Buggy Whips Canton Clipper Plows and promise the best lines at low prices with prompt special orders.
An elderly restaurant advertisement touts tables with market fare, fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables, and ice cold drinks including soda and lemonade.
The Atlantic and Pacific Rail Road announces a unified Great Middle Route across the American continent linking with the Santa Fe Route. The promotion highlights transcontinental connection and expanded rail network opportunities.
Liberal Management promotes a travel route to the Grand Canyon and nearby wonders. The line offers access via Flagstaff, Williams, Peach Springs to the Natural Bridge of Arizona, Montezuma Well, and the Petrified Forest, with mentions of the San Francisco Mountains and cliff dwellers.
The governor notes apricot cultivation with about 1000 bearing acres, mainly Royal and Newcastle varieties, ripening from April to May, plus extensive peaches with over 500 bearing acres maturing June to Christmas. Pears, apples, almonds, figs, olives, and grapes also prosper, with rising shipments eastward and high quality cited. intricate details include Bartlett pears, White Winter Pearmain apples, and 4000 acres of grape vines, mostly raisin varieties.
The Salt River Valley leads in raisin production with superior saccharine content and modern drying and packing methods. Pomegranates and subtropical fruits expand markets, rail improvements promise faster shipments to the East, and a two million acre dream converts into a giant national fruit source with irrigation costs kept low. An extended meditation on seizing opportunity follows.
A northern vicar had his jaw broken by a clumsy dentist yet the trial boosted his popularity. He can preach only ten minutes now but church attendance has surged and he has received several offers of preferment.
Gov. L O Hughes reports for year ending June 30 on mining shifts from silver to gold with gold output $2 080 250 and silver $1 700 800. copper Arizona mines yield 48 279 500 lbs. Gold may reach $4 000 000 in 1894 and near doubling in 1895. Gila Valley Globe Northern railroad in full operation with Southern Pacific station Bowie handling the line to Safford and two engines in use.
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