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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1900
Page
3
The joke cites Mr Wilshire as the famed Los Angeles star boarder whose rent rises trigger municipal cuts. Also mentions Allen's Foot-Ease claims and a Nome death toll since June 1 totaling seventy one with natives accounting for twenty nine.
Advertises Carter's Ink as scientifically compounded from top materials and promises availability through dealers who can obtain it if not in stock.
The notice offers one hundred dollars reward for any case of ag theft not endured by Hall s on Cu J Cheney Co. and endorses F Cheney as trustworthy in business. Also references West & Troax and Kinman & Marvin as Toledo druggists. Also cites catarrh cure, Piso s Cure, and Mrs Winslow s Soothing Syrup with testimonials and a teething joke about a Los Angeles man.
An advertisement claims chronic ulcers stem from poor blood and can be cured by S S S a vegetable blood purifier. It describes the healing process cleansing the blood restoring health and ending discharges. A customer testimonial from J B Talbert of Winona Mississippi supports the claim. The firm offers a free book and physician correspondence.
A pie war cuts prices to a nickel in San Francisco with daily city consumption around 34 000 pies. Officials expect the low prices to boost production and sales further as McCray Bros. relocate their Big Sespe well after water issues.
Paris reports explain why Castellane castle sale was halted. Countess Anna failed to sway her brothers and sister Helen for funds for Count Boni on their New York trip, but Edwin and George were moved to help after a pitiful appeal. They arranged terms with Boni to cover main creditors and stop the sale. Some say Boni pressed for all concessions to avoid Gould family scandal.
A party led by Prof. F W Eply and Prof. Robert Valle from the State Normal School of Whatcom ascended Mount Baker on August 21 and confirmed ongoing sulphurous fumes. They observed a large round hole in the snow, dense vapor, and smoke rising from the crater, with Baker Lake clouds in sight. No prior authenticated ascent is recorded despite many attempts.
Arthur Kelley a boy not yet twelve is held by Deputy Sheriff Blakeley on murder charges in Pendleton Oregon. He admits shooting his father Frank Kelley with a rifle after previous denial and claims of abuse. The family includes a widow and nine children.
The Hanford Sentinel notes two sisters aged 14 and 16 on a local ranch cut 116 boxes of cling peaches in one day. The article cites official instructions outlining MacArthur’s continued chief executive role and the commission’s limited legislative powers until a central civil government is formed.
The Ventura Democrat reports a poor season for Ventura county crops with bean corn and beet yields light on non irrigated land. Grain and hay are reduced and fruit crops like peaches and prunes are scarce. English walnuts show strong output though trees mostly heavy with nuts.
A claim describes Russia adopting a 13 month year of twenty eight days each. The piece compares its apparent stability to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and urges readers to try it for dyspepsia constipation nervousness or insomnia insisting on the genuine product.
A newspaper snippet promotes Hood s Sarsaparilla as a health remedy for debility and nervous prostration with claims of guarding health and preventing disease. It also touts Hood s Pills and Cascarets Candy Cathartic as cures and tonics. The ad mentions a German physician calling Hood s Sarsaparilla a cure for incipient consumption. A second item notes Tulare county authorities pursuing bounty fraud tied to animal tails, and Oakland stall owner John A Howard arrested for sending tails to Tulare county.
The pomelo or grapefruit receives high regard in Southern California for its early large crops and medicinal qualities. A public work, Culture of the Citrus in California, notes the fruit leads all citrus for medicine, tones up the system in invalids, combats spring languor, and is as beneficial as quinine in fevers.
The Portland Oregonian reports Oregon lake owners blew up giant charges to herd carp to one end and set off many cartridges to fill the air with pulverized carp. Only one carp was killed as the fish hid in mud, which cushioned the blast.
Gov Gage and staff will review the grand parade set for September 10 with a reviewing stand on Van Ness near California street. A Point Richmond lot will be donated to the Native Sons parlor with a father of many sons among its members. The fire department will stage public drills on September 9 and Col F S Hastings will build a 350 foot liberty pole in Golden Gate Park to honor Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West, flying a 100 foot flag.
The article lists successive territorial losses by China through foreign cessions and leases. Formosa to Japan in 1895, Kiou-Chou port to Germany in 1897, Port Arthur and Talienwan to Russia in 1898, Wei-Hak-Wei to Britain, a 99-year lease to France for Kwang-Chau Wan, two islands ceded to France, and Hong Kong ceded to Britain in 1841.
The piece surveys Chinese folk customs such as the devil's birthday and kitchen god rituals, then shifts to humorous anecdotes from various locales. It recalls a six-year-old store scene, a patient policeman Patrick, a bootless Russian peasant, arsenic usage in Europe, and Cuba as the leading sugar producer with a 1,000,000 ton crop.
Women praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from feminine ailments. Letters from readers describe suppression, inflammation, and pain improving after using the tonic and associated washes. Mrs Pinkham invites confidential inquiries from women seeking guidance and cures.
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