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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1899
Page
3
Authorities find a new batch of fake bills tied to imitation medicines like Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The seizure highlights how high value items attract fraud, while quacking slang from a period vignette underscores the era's street dialogue and social attitudes.
A dramatic exchange in the Indianapolis Journal sees an heiress admit she learned poverty's pangs after recalling a bargain sale where she went without her purse. The heiress responds with warmth as she recalls the moment.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder for easing tight shoes with instant relief for corns bunions and swollen feet claiming 30 000 testimonials and availability in drugstores and shoestores with a 25 cent trial by mail. It also notes seaweed plants and endorses Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children.
An old newspaper catalog of medical advertisements offers Hall's Catarrh Cure at 75 cents per bottle with testimonials from West Trouax and Kimnan Marvin Toledo wholesalers. Also promotes Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a free trial bottle and treatise. Piso's Cure for Consumption is recommended for bad lung trouble with Mrs J Nichols of Princeton Indiana cited.
Mining men prepare for two major gatherings in San Francisco. The first Far Western convention gathers members of the American Institute of Mining Engineers whose writings and advice shape the industry. The California Miners’ Association meets starting October 23 and likely runs four days.
A collage of joke lines and cartoon captions from various papers features snippets about romance, schooling, oaths, poker, fashion, travel, and daily life. Names like Merritt, Madge, and Lucy Weston appear alongside mentions of papers such as Town Topics and Chicago News.
A Washington Post quote discusses a clergyman using a general law about curates. It notes that a rector’s success rests on appearances and routines, with threadbare carpets or worn trousers signaling differing temperaments and worldliness.
Messenger reports a birthday present delivery for Wederly as he agrees to leave the bill for payment by morning. The exchange underscores simple domestic humor captured in a St Louis Post-Dispatch item while a Keo Gate City quip about heaven and earth is noted in the same clipping.
In a letter from Winfield Kansas Congressman Botkin touts Peruna and Man a lin as cures for catarrh of the stomach and constipation. He says twenty five years of illness in Washington worsened his condition and credits Peruna with complete relief and potential permanent cure. He urges others to try the remedy.
A New York Sun reader describes a haunted moment at night with a door that opens by itself. The explanation centers on worn bolts and frames causing the door to swing, revealing an eerie vacancy. The piece ends with the chilling reminder that you never truly get used to the door that opens.
A traveler reports a legend from Australasian islands about cassowaries. Wingless birds wear hairlike feathers that they spread in water to attract small fish. When fish approach, the bird lunges ashore and shakes them loose for a meal, turning a bath into a meal.
A rat trapped alive aboard a naval ship escaped the trap by leaping into the water. A following gull tried to snatch scraps but was grabbed by the rat. After a brief struggle the rat killed the bird, then used the carcass like a sail and rudder to steer toward shore as the ship faded from view. Whether the rat reached land remains unknown.
The article explains camel hair brushes are largely replaced by squirrel hair due to cost and quality. European squirrels supply the hair while American squirrels are less preferred. Bristles from Russia India and German wild hogs feed a global industry, gathered mostly from living animals rather than carcasses.
Reports from MRandsburg indicate the Wedge mine remains in good shape. A 35 ton ore milling yielded $1557.58. The Wedge is Rand district's only patented mine, with a treasury balance of $3000.
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