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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1898
Page
3
A Philadelphia North American note examines how the phrase my dear varies by gender and relationship. It explains that women write my dear Mrs A to show warmth while men rarely use my dear Mr B toward male friends. Elderly ladies, however, use my dear Mr B with men they've known since boyhood.
A Chicago tailor accidentally swallowed a needle and died from resulting inflammation. The notice then touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, claiming it strengthens the nervous and digestive systems and helps dyspepsia and constipation.
A Detroit Journal fragment features a burglar questioning the use of the term jimmy with a rueful admission of familiarity. The exchange highlights a casual crime moment and the lay figure's perplexed reaction. An unrelated 1889 testimonial from Philadelphia promotes Piso's Cure and a San Francisco mail order ad offers discounts from Gilbert Clements and Sons at 218 California Street.
An advert claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh. It offers a $100 reward for any case of deafness cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes other products like Hall's pills and Schilling's Best. The text also includes a brief fiction line from the Washington Star.
A collage of quips and anecdotes from various papers. Dialogues range from critics of art and theater to humorous exchanges about babies and proposing marriage. Notable lines reference Whistler, Whistler’s art, and a boastful town bore near an election, with light, satirical tones.
Miss Mildred Nevins recounts a 1200 foot fall from a hot air balloon wreck during an ascent with Aeronaut Cowan at Electric Park. She survived, was rescued from the canvas, and described feeling calm amid danger before a ground impact and recovery.
A writer in Literature points to a possible link between Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Charlevoix's anecdote about a red Indian pursuing a thief after a meat theft. The tale, recorded by the Jesuit traveler who died in 1761, features a short gun and a small dog. The anecdote raises if Doyle read it before creating Holmes.
The article outlines Spain's universal military service starting at age 20, with about 100,000 men falling under the conscription laws annually. It notes average annual draws of 75,000 to 80,000, plus a standing army, active and inactive reserves, and a peace strength of 128,153 including gendarmerie and customs roles, with war strength at 183,973. It also mentions potential national capability approaching nearly 1,000,000 men. London Post.
A 1746 incident describes Captain Edwards of the Elizabeth from Jamaica seeking Havana shelter after a storm. Havana's governor refuses plunder, offering safe harbor and assistance, saying distressed enemies deserve humane relief. The ship is unloaded, repaired, and departs, later free as a lawful prize only if captured beyond Bermuda.
The article explains that in Japanese cooking fingers are never used in food preparation. Chop sticks spoons and many clever white wood utensils handle the work. Some dishes require up to twenty four hours for preparation.
The palace of Versailles in Paris is described as the costliest ever built. It is said Louis XVI destroyed documents about the vast spending by burning them to keep the costs from public view.
The article argues Damascus in Syria is the oldest city in the world, predating Rome as an enduring urban center. It notes Damascus has been known since written records began and challenges the common label of Rome as the Eternal City.
A woman laments friends as mere connections and intends a grand farewell by bequeathing her wealth to a church. The remark hints at a mindset of self sacrifice through donation to religious causes as a final legacy.
Detective recounts a South Side prank that ended when a man who dangled from a second story window fell to the pavement and learned a lesson about his self destructive habit. Neighbors and friends had previously dragged him in, triggering crowd hysteria and repeated near tragedies.
A Cleveland girl feared for her playmate who hurt her knee and might lose a limb. The danger passed, and the patient recovered. The girl asked if Bella’s vaccination leg would be cut off, then would require vaccination again.
Mrs Bupp credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending severe headaches chills and widespread weakness. She says she feels like another woman after years of pain and sleepless nights and urges other women to use the remedy.
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