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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1900
Page
3
An old advertisement states Royal Baking Powder renders biscuits breads and cakes more digestible and nutritious. It claims food raised with Royal will not distress delicate or enfeebled digestion even when eaten warm and fresh. Royal Baking Powder Co. 100 William St New York.
At a Marshall railroad station between 1 and 2 a m three masked robbers entered the Chicago and Alton station and demanded the safe. The cash drawer was plundered and night watchman C Aulgar was shot through the right eye and died. The robbers escaped.
The Warirmoo reports Hawaii court overturns Edwards conviction for an unnatural offense after the American flag was raised. Court grants appeal and demands unanimous verdict under the Constitution. Also notes Kobe quarantine on the Coptic due to bubonic plague aboard Chinese passengers and Queensland killings by natives with trackers pursuing assailants.
The Census Bureau tabulated 1890-1900 city returns showing a total population of 14,644,711 across fifty four cities. Average per city gain was 27.90 percent, with 3,484,666 added since 1890. Officials note the aggregate gain yields 31.33 percent but is not the true per city increase.
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Seattle boy Ulysses Kelley aged 8 and George Oglesby were killed by fire damp in an abandoned shaft at New Castle. Kelley descended to recover a chicken and was followed by Oglesby. both were overcome by gas and plunged to the shaft bottom.
The body of a man identified as John Smith was recovered from the river fifteen miles below Yuba City. Smith, who wandered from the Skinner fruit ranch here while partially demented last week, was unmarried and the son of ex Postmaster J. J. Smith of Ofoville.
A Kansas City Journal account recounts two prospectors salting a mine in the Galena district to fool two wealthy widows. The men dumped paying dirt into a shaft, selling half interests for 1500 dollars and 2000 dollars, then fled to Missouri. The widows persisted and struck a rich vein, earning about 75000 dollars in under a year.
A Washington Star anecdote recounts a Virginia youth who introduces himself as Tolliver Oliver Tolliver and discovers his card spells Aliaferro Taliaferro, prompting humorous reflection on name spelling and pretension during a Richmond to Petersburg train ride.
St Louis coroner Lloyd finds Secker Contracting responsible for the deaths of Patrolman J P Looney and Nicholas Beckman after an electric shock from a power wire improperly placed where it crossed a police telephone line. Fourteen other officers were shocked and burned. they are recovering.
A Hermosillo dispatch reports nine of the twelve Wells expedition members who left Guaymas last June to explore Tortugas have been slain by island cannibals. Three men who escaped survived after a fierce fight to reach a boat.
Mrs James Kell of 707 Ninth Street NE Washington DC describes severe sciatic rheumatism relief after trying doctors and prescriptions. She reports taking S S S Swift's Specific and says pains subsided, crutches unused, appetite returned, and full health restored.
The rare corals of the Philippines are highlighted as precious jewels and a stronger claim to rarity is good health for all. The message promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion dyspepsia belching heartburn and sleeplessness and urges readers to try it.
An athletic man and another man debate the effect of a tramp before dinner on appetite, with the Philadelphia Chronicle noting the humorous exchange about meal timing and appetite.
Advertising copy touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the best laxative with universal praise. It urges readers to try them, notes availability at druggists in 10e 25e and 50e sizes.
In a light moment the pair discuss the census as Sammy asks who takes it. Mrs. Snaggs answers with a playful quip, saying the censor is the one who counts, reflecting a humorous exchange in Philadelphia Chronicle style.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a quick remedy for tight shoes, bunions, swelling, blisters, calluses, and ingrown nails with over 30,000 testimonials. It claims relief while walking, 25 cents at stores, and free trial by mail.
Miss Joanna Scott, 20, native of Scotland, died at Los Gatos from injuries after a Friday wheel collision with a buggy. She sustained a skull fracture from the crash. The notice includes a testimonial for Piso's Cure from Wm. O. Endsley of Vanburen Indiana dated February 10, 1900.
Edwin Gould and his wife returned from a three month trip abroad. He dismissed rumors that the Gould family spent 1,500,000 to pay the Count’s debts and denied any sale of the Count’s palace. He said the trip was for pleasure and noted visiting the Paris Exposition and the Castelline couple. Three sheep men were arrested in Fresno for trespassing on forest reserve with their animals. Mothers urged to use Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children.
The Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid's twenty fifth year celebration in Constantinople was marred by a life plot. One hundred eighteen arrests, including several officials, have been made as a secret inquiry continues. The report notes a surprising museum quip about a living skeleton in Chicago.
An ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for incurable catarrh and cites endorsements from Toledo druggists West & Troax Walding Kinnan MakovIn. It also mentions Hatfield's Catarrh Cure and All's Family Pills while noting Alameda jail provisions as a local oddity.
Morosco's Burbank Theater features matinees all week with The Prisoner of Zenda by The Oliver-Leslie Company, first time on this Coast at popular prices. Next week they present Why Smith Left Home. Sacramento county eyes oil sprinkling for roads. Cavalry horse demand disrupts northern markets as buyers seek stock in Oregon Washington and Nevada.
An old medical advertisement claims rich blood prevents fatigue nervousness and insomnia and promotes vigor. It touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for anemia and other thin blood conditions, asserting it enriches and vitalizes the blood and noting availability from druggists.
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