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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1896
Page
1
The Mesa Restaurant in Pomeroy Block Mesa City Arizona advertises best meals in the city under new proprietress supervision with market fresh tables.
The article compares German farming via joint stock style large scale operations with a U S movement called the Farmers and Manufacturers Commercial League based in Chicago. It explains wholesale purchasing, uniform management, and direct producer consumer links to cut costs and raise outputs.
The article notes that net profit per acre guides farmer decisions on crops and stresses crop growing as part of stock farming in the West. It warns that success requires modern, level headed planning and adapting to personal local conditions rather than following rigid dictates.
The text declares Flexus fibra a flax based leather substitute that is as flexible as leather and breathable. It claims durability and the ability to take a russet oil shine, presenting it as a superior vegetable material for shoe manufacture.
A Florence Tribune summary notes Judge Ross of the U S Circuit Court in Los Angeles ruled that water companies act as carriers with a trust and are subject to eminent domain, regulating rates to protect land tillers. The ruling, among early pro people decisions, suggests a turning tide against class legislation. It also recounts a British Museum discover on billiards origin and detailing world coins including Annam's large gold piece and other currencies.
The A O U W Temple group plans construction starting around November 1 on Congress street opposite Tucson Grocer Co and beside the Kohler block. Chris Christensen will move from the current corral on the site to the Davis corral at Congress street foot. The temple promises to be Tucson’s most beautiful building, and among the finest in the territory, per Gitizen.
The piece contrasts American ambition with French frugality, citing Roosevelt on wealth and social station. It extols rural peace as the best life for artists and thinkers, praising Joaquin Miller and Prentice Mulford. Six hundred dollars a year and a country home are framed as paradise.
The exchange shows a slave era dialogue where a speaker insists the mule is safe, while another notes risk from the animal near a person’s head. The stubborn denial and insistence on safety reflect tensions in the setting.
A rumor says a French syndicate will shortly purchase the La Fortuna mine for 1,500,000 dollars and the Utica mines in California for 5,060,000 dollars. GC D Lane of San Francisco is named as the principal owner of the alive mines.
A theater ticket seller recalls his parrot learned phrases quickly. The bird escaped, was found injured with feathers plucked, perched high above a tree amid a dozen crows. The parrot kept repeating a garbled line as it faced danger.
The Silver Belt reports Old Dominion Gypper Company received one of their 100 ton furnaces a few days ago and plans rapid installation by skilled agents. The smelter feed has been raised inches and completed in three days, with no smelting disruption during remodeling. The furnace will stay in blast until the new unit is ready, while other departments advance toward a first class property and higher copper output.
An item from The Court Circular outlines mourning rules for a deceased royal relative. It prescribes attire for ladies and gentlemen including black dresses, gloves, and ornaments with changes anticipated on September 6 and a court departure from mourning on September 23.
Of the 356 members of the present Congress all are college educated. Two hundred seven are lawyers and 33 are farmers. Fifty five began life as farmers but moved to money making occupations. All except 22 are American born. Foreign born men seem better at voting American men into Congress than at getting there themselves. There is one colored man in Congress from South Carolina.
The government of Nicaragua lowers its wine tariff schedule due to reliance on California wine. Officials say trade adjustments aim to stabilize markets and preserve imports from major supplier California.
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