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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1900
Page
3
A Civil War relic tale says two cannons will be melted and recast into a statue symbolizing peace. The piece notes a sharp contrast to the health claims of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters which it says cures constipation dyspepsia and weak kidneys and urges a try.
Dialog from a Philadelphia North American item notes a boy asking for ten cents. Wilson confirms the child is like him and acknowledges the request, while Billy questions if the sentiment is shared.
A cheap health test invites readers to try Cascarets Candy Cathartic now offered at 10c 25c or We across drugstores. The ad emphasizes affordability and efficacy for preventive or relief purposes.
A diner asks a waiter for dinner options described as roast beef, fried chicken, stewed lamb, hash, baked and fried potatoes, escottage pudding, milk, tea and coffee. The diner then requests the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighteenth and nineteenth syllables, prompting a Tid Bits style gag.
An advertisement extols Allen's Foot-Ease powder as easing tight shoes and relieving swollen feet blisters and bunions. It claims relief for ingrown nails sweating and hot aching feet with over 30 000 testimonials and notes price 25 cents with a free trial by mail.
The Van der Nanlen School of Practical Civil Mining Electrical Engineering and Assaying Cyanide, established in 1854 as the oldest practical school, reports high demand for engineers across mining, electrical work, and related fields. It offers open enrollment for all ages and times, with illustrated catalogs mailed to any address via 933 Market St., San Francisco.
The census notes Buffalo population gains and a humorous return to the streets in Chicago. Mrs. Robbins of Norwich praises Piso's Cure for Consumption. Mothers turn to Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething babies. Japanese crews arrive to harvest a 320 acre New Haven ranch vineyard yielding 1800 to 2000 tons. J F R Leonard of Ainsworth Iowa is nominated for United States President by the United Christian party.
The Swift Specific Co claims S S S is a powerful blood purifier and tonic that removes poisons from the blood, improves health from the first dose, and cures diseases of blood poison origin including cancer and scrofula. It touts fifty years of cures, a large patient correspondence, and offers free medical guidance from Atlanta, Georgia.
A collage of light humor and witticisms from Indianapolis Journal Chicago News Washington Star and Philadelphia Press includes teased romances clever one liners about bachelors and a joke about a funeral casket and a shopkeeper’s price ruse. Notable quips mention Mrs Woods summer plans and Abe Lincoln Snow’s chickens story.
In Dallas Texas on August 27 violence erupts as John Bonner and Clement Long exchange gunfire. Bystander James Daniels dies from wounds, James Boston mortally wounds Jennie Lepaw, and John Thrasher fatally wounded by a boy his son’s brother injured him. Saloonkeeper Gus Roebel commits suicide. Contractor John Albert dies from heat in the street.
Salt Lake railroad construction starts in six days with Henry Hawgood named chief engineer. Location begins at Hobart Station and Laguna ranch, then proceeds toward the Cajon pass. The route through San Gorgonia is favored after excluding Telunga San Gabriel San Antonio Morengo.
The advertisement touts Millie Women relieved of female troubles by Mrs Pinkham's medicine and letters from local officials like the Lynn mayor and postmaster, claiming confidential methods and verifying statements. The piece urges readers to investigate and request a recently published book detailing these claims.
A Paris dispatch reports Mr. Crawford promising final compensation for stranded American tourists. He admits hotel and railway coupons were often invalid and travellers relied on themselves until ships sail. Swiss travelers paid emigrant fares and Dr Hill of Salem notes $80,000 tied up and railway coupons outdated as the tourist agency refuses further aid.
An 19th century style classified notice offers Hall's Catarrh Cure and family pills. It mentions a hundred dollars reward for uncurable catarrh and lists endorsements from West & Troax Walding Kinnan Marvin as Toledo druggists.
The Admission Day celebration in San Francisco is boosted by a $2,500 check from the Southern Pacific Railroad, $500 more than 1890, plus a $500 check from Market Street Railway. The Southern Pacific gift is separate from the late Collis P Huntington’s $1,000 contribution.
The advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the cure for nervousness and exhaustion, claiming rich blood from the medicine restores sleep and vigor. It highlights it as America’s greatest medicine and notes Hood's Pills as a non irritant liver remedy to take with the tonic.
Three men including Prof. R. H. Cook nearly perished from thirst while traveling by bicycle from Alamo Gordo New Mexico to El Paso. After bicycle breakdowns the group traversed a seventy mile desert on sand. Two rescuers found one man fifteen miles away and Cook twenty miles from the Cole ranch in spasms. They were treated and are hospitalized in El Paso in critical condition.
In Golovan Bay near Tacoma Washington Caesar Ainsworth murdered his two San Francisco partners Curley McKlee and Clarence King while they slept in their tent. Ainsworth attempted escape by boat but was chased pursued and then hanged himself by tying a weight to his neck and sinking. The killings stemmed from a partnership dispute.
The Oregon Mining Journal reports a very rich and large cinnabar deposit discovered about two miles east of Bybee Spring in Black Canyon Oregon.
The city prepares for a record turnout as many as 200000 visitors are expected during the celebration week. Chinese merchants pledge a generous contribution to the fund and a district committee begins soliciting subscriptions. The Alaska Museum at UC will be open each evening for visiting strangers to view northern exhibits.
Fragmented OCR-style item lists fortune income and hourly daily yearly figures. Mentions amounts like 200000950 and 12000000 with unclear context. No coherent event or individuals identifiable.
The famed Comstock gambler Honest Joe Stuart, once king of high stakes on the Virginia City gambling scene, died in a San Francisco hospital. A Tennessee native who came west in 1849, he built a famed gambling palace where Mackay and Fair played, gave away fortunes in charity, and aided prospectors before dying penniless with friends helping his final days. The obituary veers into a fictionally moral tone about women and ends with a Pe-ru-na promotion.
The steamship Ohio from Nome lands in Seattle with 332 passengers and gold valued at about 2 million dollars. Roughly one third of the treasure is from Nome, the rest from the Klondike. New York Red Cross to start immediate famine relief work for Indians with headquarters announced.
An advertisement extols Pe-ru-na as a universal remedy for women highlighting its claim to cure catarrh of any organ. It asserts catarrh underlies many ailments and that Pe-ru-na addresses inflammation in the mucous lining, offering a solution where other treatments fail. The text emphasizes reliance and broad effectiveness.
Mrs. P. E. Crego of New York and Miss Vareta Tatune of Jamestown New York arrived in the city reporting about $500 stolen from their money during the Los Angeles to San Francisco trip. A Pullman porter saw the purse on the car floor but did not pick it up or seek its owners.
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