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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1899
Page
3
An inventor demonstrates a light ray powered torpedo that can explode on demand. The page also promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a guaranteed cure for constipation, dyspepsia, or liver trouble with a private-stamp bottle neck seal. A brief cartoon caption notes a punning romantic exchange at a piano.
An advertisement for Casearets Candy Cathartic presents them as a pleasant palatable and potent liver regulator and intestinal tonic. It touts easy purchase and consumption with prices 10c 25c and 50c and urges druggists to stock the product.
A letter from Pat explains a coat reduced by cutting off buttons and sent by parcel post with a note indicating buttons hidden in the inside pocket. The text also includes a stray crop forecast statement and two dialogue lines from an Indianapolis Journal item.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as easing tight and new shoes and giving instant relief for coins and bunions, swelling, blisters and callous spots. It cites 30 000 testimonials and says it cures ingrowing nails sweating smarting hot aching feet. Also mentions trial offers and address in Le Roy New York.
A hundred dollar reward offer for catarrh cures from Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsements from Toledo wholesalers West Truax Walding Kinnan Makvin. Cure claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and Dr Kline's Nerve Restorer with a free trial offer from Dr R H King Ltd in Philadelphia.
A Boston tenderfoot, arriving with a few hundred dollars, was lured by sharpers who set up a non producing claim on Stockton Hill, the Moonbeam, and forced him to invest 650 dollars. He later mined ore and suddenly found 90 000 dollars, while others grimly watched the scheme unfold. Toronto World anecdote follows.
A collage of light anecdotes and snippets from 19th and early 20th century papers. Jests about ministers, fashion, stage life, marriages, and curiosities appear alongside humorous exchanges and a morality tip about delaying evil actions.
Exhibit of the first envelope ever crafted in London shows a crude handmade design similar to modern lines. The note recalls that before mid century envelopes were unknown and people folded sheets into squares sealed with wax.
An advertisement extols California Fig Syrup as a pleasant strong laxative from senna and aromatic plants. It claims cleansing effects on kidneys liver and bowels, relief from colds headaches and fevers, and relief from habitual constipation. The ad notes the product uses figs for taste and urges buying only from the California Fig Syrup Co with offices in San Francisco Louisville and New York. It lists price at 50 cents per bottle.
A manager offers to raise an actress salary after complimenting her hit performance. He explains posters will cost 200 to 300 dollars weekly and a printing bill requires a 15 dollar weekly cut until further notice. Separately a health tip suggests feeding nourishment to children using raw egg whites mixed with milk and a pinch of salt.
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