27 Sep 1895
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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1895
Page
1
An old notice advertises Milk Shake, Tobacco and Cigars at the 62 inch display in the Sons & Cos Old Store on Main Street with ice cream every Sunday and Bread from Phoenix Bakery.
The article urges residents to promote local progress through speaking well of the town and its merchants, investing, hiring, and circulating money. It emphasizes courteous treatment of outsiders, supporting improvements, and advertising local advantages to accelerate growth.
The Nashua New Hampshire School Board sought to remove a teacher for incompetence but elected her to avoid harming future prospects. She resigned, then withdrew, asking to be relieved of certain duties. The board refused, creating an estoppel against demanding resignation. The case shows the teacher as a shrewd political player.
An old tale tells how a young man sells his soul for endless wealth. He dodges doom with wine and misers tricks until a newspaper venture collapses after a year, leaving the fiend furious and the soul miraculously saved.
The San Jose Mercury denounces individuals with contracted minds who see robbery in every public good move. It argues such incompetents cannot originate enterprise and hinder progress, implying they question divine design behind life and motion.
Pima Lodge No 3 J O O F announces a grand ball at Ried's opera house on Tuesday evening October 8 to benefit the Odd Fellows Home in Arizona. The Tucson order promotes mercy and kindness through Friendship Love and Truth and urges patronage for a worthy cause.
influential Texas gentlemen inquire into Deerfield coal on the San Carlos reservation to spark capital for development. the coal there is said to be excellent and if gila valley yields no discovery the deer creek coal mines may be developed within a few years.
If two lovers spend four hours daily together and exchange about 200 kisses per day, at ten seconds per kiss, they would total 365000 kisses over five years and have lips glued for forty two days six hours.
The Phoenix Gazette reports a startling proposition in which an undertaker seeks to advertise and bury a person linked to a newspaper office in payment. The claim is described as one of the most peculiar and supremely ridiculous ideas ever presented to a newspaper.
McHaney Bros sold the Desert Queen mine on the Colorado desert to McMillan & Co for 250000. The five stamp mill yields about 500 a day and the mine, opened eight feet deep, reveals a fifteen foot wide ledge with portions valued up to 500 per ton.
The Congress mine ships forty tons of ore and concentrates each day via Prescott, indicating steady output from the operation and a reliable rail or road link to distribution points.
The passage reflects on listening as art, the close daughter as future wife, and the lure of beauty. It notes faults in others as a shield for personal virtues, questions whether love survives in spouses, and reports Mohave County's Gold Bug mill nearing completion with a 24 ton capacity and an expected full operation by October 1 in Huntington.
A twenty stamp mill will be built on the Colorado River opposite Murphy's Landing six miles below El Dorado Canyon. Machinery will be hauled from Kingman as water levels are too low to navigate the river.
Druggists report higher plaster sales as nights turn cooler. Porous plasters are cheaper than fall cloaks and overcoats and less troublesome than outer wraps, which may be borrowed or stolen.
In Navajo county, Lawrence admitted guilt for taking Mrs. Jack Williams' horse without permission to elope with another man's wife. He was sentenced to five years in the territorial prison.
A surreal reflection compares a diamond’s fate in combustion, noting no ash remains and the flame burns externally like cork. Once the blaze ends, no trace remains, as if age could dust a butterfly’s antennae.
In response to a question from the Atchison Globe, E Turney of Fairfield Indiana writes that a woman wearing bloomers will not need to shoo chickens as the hens will fly away upon seeing her.
Lieutenant House of the Fourteenth Ohio National Guard at Lancaster is claimed to be the tallest man in the U S National Guard. In stocking feet he stands six feet eight inches tall and weighs 230 pounds.
The scholar Falk, once predicting the world’s end in 1896, has received a respite from doom due to unforeseen delays. He schedules a new deadline for 210 4. a. m. on November 13, 1899, offering humanity a chance to breathe freely again.
President Diaz told the Mexican congress that the finance department shows continued economic development. He cited vigorous improvement in national wealth and treasury, with exports and imports rising and local trade expanding.
Arizona statistics claim higher wealth per capita than any other state or territory, predicting a flood of immigration to the territory as proof of its wealth. The Star notes Arizona leads the nation.
In a remark-filled exchange, references to rail fares, Congressmen, and hogs illustrate public sentiment on a potential hard line stance toward Spain, with further hints of a sharpened Alaska boundary dispute and ongoing tensions with Britain over Corinto.
Experts in Mohave County anticipate that the big gold mines along the Colorado River will yield more gold than any other region. They warn that substantial capital is required to process the ore and expand operations.
A crescent shaped emerald eight inches across is said to be on view at Santa Caterina Cathedral in Genoa. Tradition claims the jewel was a gift from Solomon to the queen of Sheba.
A returning man jokes that he feels like a fish out of water and implies a girl has hooked him, provoking light amusement about romance after a vacation.
The Jerome athletic club has recently been perfected with a solid membership. It secured quarters and engaged a competent instructor to lead training and activities for members.
The Bisbee operation completes the new stack and begins full operation ending the troublesome sulphur fumes. The Southern Pacific will resume its limited service on October 31 with two through trains running in elegant fashion.
Mrs Hearst insures her valuable collection of old laces at her Washington home for 50000 dollars. The policy covers preservation and protection of the historic pieces.
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