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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1895
Page
1
Local ad notes Lang and Brundage Also Milk Shake Tobacco and Cigars at John on Sons and Cos Old Store on Main Street offering ice cream every Sunday and bread from Phoenix Bakery for customers.
A discussion on legal tender, gold and silver, and free coinage argues that increasing bank circulation benefits the few and worsens public need. It defends silver as sound money and critiques bank dependence while noting a Kansan hug scale in church treasuries and a publisher’s mixed charges and endorsements.
The piece praises Arizona’s development, mineral wealth, cotton and timber use, and railroad expansion. It argues Arizona is Southern California’s back country, with residents frequenting the region in summer and increasing cross-border trade and neighborly ties.
A terse proverb notes that a person cannot be truly good while harboring or voicing suspicions about others. It emphasizes moral integrity and restraint in judgment.
The writer notes Arizonans hurry and must wait for development like new countries. He acknowledges strong incentives for capital and settlers but says progress comes slowly as industries and enterprises move cautiously. People should stay patient and move with the procession.
Lawrence M Lemon son of a San Francisco judge and former Phoenix resident shot and killed Thomas Sheahan a noted mining man of Harshaw last Friday. Sheahan, disarmed, surprised Lemon and Mrs Sheahan in a compromising position. Lemon fled to Tucson and surrendered. Preliminary examination this week resulted in commitment without bonds.
The past year saw tobacco use rise with cigarette sales at 3,335,500,000 and cigars produced at 4,130,440,376, up 63,522,933 from the prior year. Some say tobacco has become a necessity, not a luxury, during stringent times.
The Emmett Idaho Index notes varied currency in circulation with white money on subscriptions yellow money for ads ragged paper bills for change and a man paying a year’s subscription with a half grown wildcat still in his possession. All are legal tender in Emmet.
A quirky 19th century tip suggests girls seek small pretty mouths by repeating phrases and foods. The note cites "Fanny Finch fried four floundering fish for Frances Forbey father" and frequent "stewed prunes" as similarly effective remedies.
The Kansas City Star notes that irrigation unlocks vast land for crops, with 100 million acres potentially irrigable, supporting up to 210 million people. Mining capitalists plan two steamers on the Colorado River route from Picacho to Yuma, and Frank S. Ketcham plans a 100-stall mill at Picacho. Copper Queen smelter raises wages by 50 cents daily, boosting miners to 3.50 a day and others proportionally.
Territorial Superintendent Netherton asks county superintendents to cooperate in the annual Arizona teachers association meeting to be held in Prescott in November and to consider a joint county institute with as many counties as will join.
1878 quote from John G Carlisle condemns the silver demonetization movement as a global conspiracy by moneyed interests. Tribune notes a cabinet office silence on the eloquent tongue in the cause of humanity and warns of dire consequences to the world if such a policy succeeds.
The quote notes that friendship can substitute for formal justice among friends, yet true justice remains a separate pillar even within close bonds. It underscores the value of virtue and mutual respect in sustaining relationships beyond legal or official acts.
The text cites a Lincoln quote warning that postwar corruption could enthrone corporations and concentrate wealth, fearing the money power would manipulate public opinion to destroy the Republic, with Lincoln hopeful his fears are groundless. It ends with an editor character questioning truthfulness and humor.
Six members of the English government appointed to probe metal value changes declare that neither gold nor silver alone can serve as a sole standard without triggering major price level shifts, risking a financial and commercial revolution.
A girl attempts to catch a ball by spreading her arms wide then letting it strike her nose. She twists her hands in a windmill motion, chases the ball, retrieves it, brushes her hair, and smiles, convinced her method is perfect.
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