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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1900
Page
2
The excerpt shows the Mesa Free Press masthead with publisher A. P. Shewman listed, indicating the Arizona publication's branding and ownership. The fragment suggests a local newspaper identity without further article content.
The piece notes a city is satisfied with its census tally but has not yet voiced a response. A bustling economy is described as yielding about 2,000,000 dollars in honey yearly. A reference questions if W. W. Astor is cynical enough to feel flattered by public snubbing from a prince.
A remark argues that ending naval salutes would save powder and spare commanders who feel slighted by the noise. The statement frames salutes as wasteful and emotionally uneven, inviting discussion on naval ritual versus practicality.
A preacher travels as a tramp to gather fresh impressions, noting that if a railroad worker ever catches him stealing a ride, one impression will be that of a boot heel.
The report states John D Rockefeller earns about 164 883 dollars daily with no odd cents shown. It claims the remaining cents reflect meals crackers and milk he consumes due to a bad stomach while asserting that money cannot buy health.
A Philadelphia clergyman observes that people who sleep in church stay alert at baseball games. He adds that rowdy fans hindered by disruptive supporters ruin any chance for a peaceful nap during services.
A Western railroad may rename brakeman to assistant conductor reflecting pneumatic brakes, yet language lags behind. The piece notes many job titles persist long after their duties have changed, citing meat seller called a butcher who rarely slaughters.
Census returns show rapid ten year growth in border lands just outside city centers. The trolley car enabled dense housing beyond the old city edge, reducing urban land pressure and bringing fresh air and sunlight as vital living needs.
Pottstown Pennsylvania hails Mrs Forest C E Mehlhouse as the forerunner of the finished new woman after she drives six eight penny nails into a two inch plank in fifteen seconds without bending a nail or injuring a thumb. The piece contrasts efficiency gains with reform ideas like trimming formalities in letters. American athletes dominate Paris exposition events, winning seventeen of twenty one open championships in hurdling jumps hammer and shot events.
The report describes post hurricane efforts in Galveston Texas with scenes of debris clearing by Adj Gen Scurry and labor gangs, 2701 Galveston dead listed, widespread aid from Chicago New York and national sources, and ongoing relief actions including disinfectants and relief shipments. It notes weddings amid tragedy and mass exodus as recovery begins.
In Brooklyn a grayhaired toothless man and an elderly woman, speaking through a translator, secure a marriage license amid blunt questions about English, money, and previous marriages. The alderman signs the union as newsboys scramble for the fee.
Farmers plan to use motor cars to haul fruit from Kent orchards to London each night to solve transport delays. The piece notes railways cannot meet demand, risking crop spoilage if self reliance is not adopted. The other line jokes that mothers fear more with boys than with girls.
A baggage wagon pulls up to a man's home and unloads numerous trunks, prompting neighbors to joke about a practical prank.
Relief committees expand bureaus for orders and rations in every ward and rapidly handle applicants. Bread and other staples flow while beef and milk run short. The Liverpool Cotton Exchange sent £2000 for Galveston relief and more will follow. Railroads pledge full effort to reopen lines and reconstruct a bridge, with Santa Fe crews and Southern Pacific repair teams en route.
Captain Spencer and five whites defended Layson Island against forty Japanese laborers sent to help load guano. Eight shots killed two, wounded three, and drove the rest away. The Japanese were boarded for transport to Honolulu aboard the Ceylon, with two whites staying behind.
A digest of items includes a Galveston charity appeal from Oakland, a fatal nicotine exposure case in San Jose, Minnie Adams sentenced to life for infant poisoning, Fresno poultry show preparations, Oakland health rules on tuberculosis, Santa Fe wage allegations in Stockton, weather and umbrella advice, a San Francisco petroleum storage regulation, Chinese leprosy controversy at Fresno hospital, and a California railroad rate dispute involving Southern Pacific and Santa Fe with Los Angeles allegations of discriminatory pricing and a proposed mileage basis adjustment.
The steamer Beaconshire reports from Victoria that Russians seized the Japanese sealing schooner Seisho Maru and the boat's crew, along with three crew members from the schooner, and transported them to Petropavlovsky aboard the Russian steamer Kotik. Some American sailors are among the seized crew.
The Russo-Chinese Bank, closed here today and moved to Shanghai, will confiscate as part of indemnity to Russia the Imperial University fund of five million taels, which China drew on for troop payments.
A Sun dispatch from Peking alleges French and Russian troops commit atrocities at Tung Chow including assaults on women and killings of children. General Chaffee objects to press wires while U S Cavalry reconnoiters toward Hunting Fork near Peking and kills two Boxers, destroying rice stores.
The Los Angeles Traffic Association filed a complaint before the Railroad Commissioners charging Southern Pacific and Santa Fe with discriminatory freight rates into the San Joaquin Valley. The action seeks to challenge unlawful traffic practices affecting Southern California shippers.
News from Phoenix reports a double murder at McGeehan and McBride’s saloon near Clifton Tuesday night. Robbers sought a large sum believed in McGeehan’s possession and killed both men as neighbors arrived. A Mexican suspect was captured with another man, and vigilante fears followed. One guard was later killed by a careless gun misfire. McGeehan and McBride were Californians.
In the Census Office operators have counted over 45 million names and work at about a million daily. Completion is expected within 30 days as the national total nears 75 million. City counts are announced when verified. only cities over 25 000 will be listed separately, with others in State totals. Los Angeles city count was finished but verification lagging.
The Senate Committee on Manufactures reports on food adulterations and urges banning alum in baking powders. A list of powders found to contain alum is published, naming ADMIRE, POE, CLOVER LEAF and others with manufacturers in Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles. The public deserves accurate ingredient information on foods offered for sale.
A Sacaton Indian agency dispatch reports the Pima trouble subsided after ringleaders were arrested for resisting government school attendance. Bucks who rebelled were restrained and will face jail.
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