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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1901
Page
2
The final chapter of Frances Raymond’s life recounts a failed stage and writing career. Once praised for beauty and talent, she faced mercurial fortunes, a divorce, and a broken love affair that led to depression and suicide. The article traces her marriages, alleged breach of promise suit, and lingering misfortunes across a turbulent life.
A writer in Success compares George Washington and Simon Bolivar as the great liberators of the Americas. Washington led thirteen states to independence from Great Britain. Bolivar wrested five republics from Spain. The two men differed in temperament yet shared leadership, vision, and persuasive power.
In brutal cold, a Chicago fire erupts on a five story block near Washington and Dearborn. Firefighter Pat Egan threads a dangerous ascent to rescue a frightened girl on a fifth floor window. The heroism continues as the ladder strains against the heat and falling embers.
In a perilous descent from a burning building, Pipeman Egan carries a fainted girl to safety aided by Marshal Horan. Egan sustains severe burns, head wounds, and chest pain from inhaling hot air. Citizens press forward before police restrain them as he reaches ambulance care.
Secret Windsor funeral hitch revealed as Queen Victoria’s coffin proved too tall for the granite sarcophagus. Workmen improvised with wooden supports while orders were issued to carve new granite mouldings from Aberdeenshire to seal the casket six inches higher than before.
A young woman received a humorous letter from a country family offering room and entertainment. The note lists many musicians in the family and invites the lodger to join in vocal or instrumental music, claiming they play by ear and produce real music in the air. The writer signs as a festive, informal invitation from a fiddler, organist wife, and several musician children.
A Detroit Free Press tale recalls a humorous summer evening in Pontiac when a large angleworm outwits a hungry toad. The worm wriggled free multiple times, but the toad cunningly bit and swallowed portions until it finally claimed victory as spectators watched.
A man carrying a large load of second hand schoolbooks rides a Fourteenth Street car and explains to a friend that his purchase is for study preparation for a promotion exam. He clarifies he is not married, just aiming to improve his rank from 8720 to the 900 class.
A young clergyman newly arrived at his first call meets nine boyhood acquaintances at the railway station in a remote town. The reunion leads to a sharp exchange as one friend jokes about a sinecure, reflecting local attitudes and humor in this brief scene from the Gaston Courier.
New York City fashion notes highlight Russian styles gaining traction for months. May Manton waist in Beatrice cloth showcases versatility with tan and white stitching, suitable for various fabrics and for empiecements, yokes, and chemisettes using Lib erty silk with a lustrous sheen. The silk’s softness flatters many figures and outfits.
A fashion note describes a dust cloak using Batiste as an odd but correct wrap fabric for warm weather and smart occasions. Garments feature collars of colored silk or prune satin with tints including pomegranate pink turquoise blue orange and copper red. Mohair dust cloaks for coaching trips sport mossy green silk collars heavy ribs and turned-up cuffs.
A fashion notice describes the battlement bolts of a bolero with extended front tabs and secure long front aspect. It notes battlement tabs preferred over rounded finishes and highlights a strongly made well fitted boys shirt waist as a reliable in demand garment.
The text outlines washable waist construction with a fitted center front, back fullness at the waist, and overlaid right side fastened by small hooks and loops. Bishop sleeves, standing collar, and cuffs are described, with fabric options and yardage for various widths. It also notes pleats, tucks, and laundering considerations, and hints at a shoulder seam treatment and belt details.
No woman wants a simple, tasteful morning gown. The May Manion model offers comfort and dainty appearance in white lawn with blue figures and blue trim. Bishop sleeves, gathered fronts, and a deep round yoke provide shaping. For medium size, material requirements are ten and a half yards of 32 inch width or six and a half yards of 44 inch width.
An eight year old asks about fabric options: three yards of material at twenty seven inches wide, or to consider alternatives. The note presents a concise inquiry on fabric length and width choices for a child’s project.
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