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Newspaper

Mesa Free Press

Location

Mesa, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Sep 18, 1896

Page

3

Mesa News Briefs Include Deaths School News and Local Ads

Local notes report a Mesa Dramatic Company playing Handy Andy and a wintery mix of ads and notices. Dr W H Code returns from a coast visit while Br Gatliff heads to Congress. mass wagon road meeting set for Co op hall. Chamberlain medicines praised in Iowa and locally sold by J W Bailey. Shiloh products touted for coughs and catarrh. Mesa Normal School hosts many Mesa youths among its first open week attendees.

Br. Gatliff Congress Mr. Brown Phoenix Herald Hunsacker & Stapley’s Mesa Phoenix Mercury Co-Op Hall Globe Shiloh Henry Brizzee Prescott Karl J W Bailey Felton & Pomeroy Sam Elder Mesa Dramatic Company Andy J B Nelson

Chamberlain’s Pain Balm Promoted by Des Moines Worker

Mr. Jacob Esbensen of the Chicago Lumber Co. in Des Moines testifies he sent medicine to his mother in Germany, praising Chamberlain's Pain Balm as the best for rheumatism after years of use. Bottles cost 50 cents and are sold by druggists and medicine dealers.

W. Benjamin The Spectator Bushford Chamberlain Dexter Iowa Kennedy Mesa Fay Grace Sybie Newell May Standage Emma Pomeroy Tiby Sidie Turman Mamie Robinson Bettie Sirrine Edith Abell Dora Holladay Hattie Jackson Nellie Maud Clark Maisie Wallace Garnet Allison Emma Hobson Messrs Oran Standage Jesse Zeb Pearce Geo. Woodling Gove William Phelps Clayton Whitehead Ashton Cosby Clarence Dana George Dykes Dave Terry Hite Crocket Len Cuber McQueen Jacob Esbensen Chicago Lumber Co Des Moines Old Country

Marvelous Results from Dr King's New Discovery

Reverend J Gunderman of Dimondale Michigan praises Dr Kings New Discovery after his wife suffered pneumonia and La Grippe with long coughing fits. He notes quick relief and highly satisfactory results. Trial bottles offered free at J H Barnett's Drug Store with regular sizes 50 cents and one dollar.

J. Gunderman Dimondale Mich Dr. King Baptist Rives Junction la Guippe

Excursion to Salt Lake Fielded by Railroads

Excursion tickets sold over the M and P railroads via Ogden and Sacramento to Salt Lake and return from Sept 25 to Oct 2. Continuous passage both ways. Call on agent at Mesa to secure tickets, only 59.70 for the round trip.

Ogden Sacramento Salt Lake Mesa

Democratic County Ticket Nominated By Convention

The Democratic county convention last week nominated a full slate headed by Cornel and O R Jakes for Assembly with J W Woolf P P Parker JC Goodwin and Aaron Goldberg. Other nominees include Sheriff L H Orme District Attorney M H Williams Treasurer D J Murray Recorder R L Rosson Probate Judge Frank Baxter Surveyor WA McGinnis and Supervisors Joseph Monihon and Emeryn Kays.

Cornel O R Jakes Assembly J W Woolf P P Parker JC Goodwin Aaron Goldberg L H Orme M H Williams D J Murray R L_ Rosson Frank Baxter WA McGinnis Joseph Monihon Emeryn Kays

Electric Bitters Promoted for Female Complaints

A vintage ad touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for loss of appetite constipation headaches fainting spells nervousness sleeplessness melancholy and related troubles. The tonic promises health and strength with a guarantee and is sold for fifty cents and one dollar at J H Barnett's Drug Store.

J H Barnett

Republican County Convention Nominates Ticket

The Republican County Convention nominated J A Marshall for Council M H McCord J W Benham Captain Calderwood and Winfield Scott for Assembly James McMillan for Sheriff Perry Wildman Treasurer Phil Sheridan Recorder C W Crouse Probate Judge Jerry Millay District Attorney Frank Parker and James Crabbe for Supervisors W A Kimball and A P Shewman were elected to the Territorial Convention A note advertises Shilol's Cure for Consumption with sale by J W Bailey and mentions a 50 cent round trip rate to the Republican convention via the M and P and Salt River Valley Railroad.

Republican County Convention J. A. Marshall M.H. McCord J. W. Benham Calderwood Winfield Scott James McMillan Perry Wildman Treas Phil Sheridan C.W. Crouse Jerry Millay Atty Frank Parker James Crabbe A. P. Shewman

Shiloh's Vitalizer Sold With Printed Guarantee

An old newspaper fragment touts Shiloh’s Vitalizer with a printed guarantee promising cure. It advertises Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and Hood’s Pills with Sarsaparilla, claiming relief from stomach cramps and colds, and notes wartime style endorsements.

Ideal Panacea For Coughs And Lung Ailments

James L. Francis an alderman of Chicago endorses Dr King s New Discovery as an ideal panacea he has used in his family for five years excluding physician prescriptions and other remedies.

James L. Francis Chicago

Bartlett Pears Expected as October Crop Sale

Notice advises all persons intending to can Bartlett pears to wait until about October 1st when Geo. Sehornick will have a large crop available for sale.

Pasturage Notice of Sale Near Mesa

Notice of pasturage due on a light bay mare two years old placed in pasture four months ago by an unknown person. Pasturage due four dollars at one dollar per month. If not paid, the animal will be sold to satisfy pasturage on September 26, 1896, per law. Jackson & Hosler.

Mesa Jackson & Hosler

Dissolution of Co partner ship

Notice that the partnership Geo. W. Lewis & L Co. engaged in butchering dissolves by mutual consent. L. R. and D. S. Lewis continue as L. R Lewis & Bro. Debts to the late firm are payable to Geo. W. Lewis, who will settle indebtedness up to Sept 1, 1896.

Geo. W. Lewis & L Co L. R D. S. Lewis L. R Lewis & Bro Geo. W. Lewis

Phoenix and Maricopa Local Timetable Update

Daily train schedule shows departures from Phoenix at 8 p m and 9 am 5 pm, with arrivals to Tempe and Maricopa at various times including 8 25 p m to Tempe and 9 50 p m to Maricopa. Mesa service runs 7 30 am and 2 pm with connections to Tempe and Phoenix, all trains stopping on signal.

Phoenix Tempe Maricopa Southern Pacific Goldfield Prescott Ei Pak Congress Mesa

Atlantic & Pacific Railway Promotes Scenic Arizona Route

The Atlantic and Pacific describes its west and east bound schedules from Ash Fork and highlights the Great Middle Route across the continent. It touts grand scenery and accommodations with access to the Grand Canyon, Laguna and Acoma, Petrified Forest, Montezuma Well, and the San Francisco Mountains.

The Sant Grand Canyon Colorado Mos Flagstaff Williams Peach Springs Arizona Montezuma Laguna Acoma City of the Sky Carrizo Canon Diablo San Francisco Mountains America Colorado River

Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Strength From Purified Blood

An advertising slogan asserts that weakness yields strength as blood is purified and enriched by Hood's Sarsaparilla. It claims appetite returns and the system is built up, presenting the product as a health tonic.

Hood

Stage coach operator declares fare unchanged after rail defeat

L. W. Cousins of the Phoenix Tempe and Mesa Stage promises fares will stay the same after he succeeds in "knocking out" the railroad. asserts no further advances will occur.

L. W. Cousins Phoenix Tempe & Mesa

Bucklen’s Araica Salve for Skin Eruptions and Piles

Patent medicine advertisement offering Bucklen’s Araica Salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. Guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by J H Barnett.

Bucklen J. H. Barnett

Incomplete Northbound Trip Times Between Cities

The note lists multiple northbound arrivals and departures among Phoenix Prescott and Ash Fork with times like 830 am 233 pm 10 pm 520 pm 1201 pm and a southbound sequence 2 pm 7 am 7 am 55.

Prescott Ash Fork

Probate Notice of Estate Sale in Maricopa County

In the Probate Court of Maricopa County Arizona a notice announces Margret W Vernon deceased. FM Vernon administrator petitions for an order of sale of decedents real estate to fund estate needs. The court sets the third of October 1296 at ten in the forenoon for show cause why sale should not be granted. The notice requires appearance at the courthouse and directs publication in Mish Press for four weeks.

Minicopa Territory Arizona Margret W Vernon FM Vernon Houes Maricoa Sesi Sail Cew Press Maricep Oper Court

Arizona Labor Day Proclamation 1896 by Governor Franklin

The 1896 proclamation by Governor Berjasin J Franklin declares September 7 a holiday in the Territory of Arizona. It calls for closure of businesses and public offices and universal observance to honor labor and the nation’s workers. The document is signed in Phoenix with the territorial seal.

Republi Berjasin J Franklin Arizona Phoenix Capitol

WM. Pass ey Undertaker Supplies

WM Pass ey undertaker offers imputed coffins and caskets on hand. coffins made to order. furniture repaired and job work done at site. prices let live. Next door to Mesa City Bank.

WM Passey Mesa City Bank

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mesa Free Press W. H. Code Lou Collins J. W. Bailey W.L Herbert Tripper Grove Mrs. E . Worden F A Austin Dawley Whittier Democrat Carrollton Germany M. & P and Salt River Valley Railroad J. W. Baile United States Land Office Tucson Elizabeth J. Anderson Maritopa Count District Court Fhoensic Maridcopa County Robert Banta William Irwin Joan Barkley Frank C Thompson Mesa Arizna Everaxe J, Trivery, Rogiscer Aia G. W. Lewis J F Lewis L R Lewis Lewis Asaen the Farmers’ Exchange Phoenix & Maricopa Phoenix & Mesa City LeBaron Bros. & Co French Dye Co Vassar, Mich Santa FE Prescott & Phoenix R.A South Bound Don A. Sweet Iron Albuquerque, N, M Territory OF Arizona Rankur Bruce Secretars of WM. Passey Undertaker
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