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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1902
Page
3
A study shows about 1 109 merchant steamers over 2000 tons can make 12 knots or more in an hour. Of these 597 are British, 119 French, 106 German, 54 American, 41 Japanese, 34 Italian, 29 Dutch and 21 Russian. Britain dominates the fastest ships, with seven British vessels, five German, four American, two French and one Russian in the over 20 knot category.
A collage of old advertisements touts various patent medicines and tonics. Claims include cures for swollen feet corns bunions fits catarrh relief soothing syrups and nerve restorers with references to Allen's Foot Ease Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer Wall's Catarrh Cure Winslow's Soothing Syrup and others. The fragment mentions Marmore Falls power and city lighting plans in Rome as well.
A Danish navy commander and Royal Greenwich School graduate will head a special marine architecture course for naval cadets at MIT. He prepared cadets for the naval construction corps after resigning from the Danish service and will join the institute’s staff as a permanent member.
The powder makers tested various woods and found burned peas produced the finest, lightest powder. Cedar, boxwood, maple, and ash were tried but peas gave the smooth, even quality sought for charcoal in the propellant.
Prof Hubert Jansen of Germany says he has hired 4 German speaking, 96 French and 730 German colleagues to compile a three language Technical Dictionary in English German and French. The work will include about 500000 technical terms and is aided by twenty three English speaking technical societies.
Gas found in Heathfield Sussex by American engineer backing capitalists. An extensive plant rises as railroad station and hotel already glow with the gas. Sussex gas reportedly richer in hydrocarbon than American gas.
Andrew Carnegie relates a magazine editor asking for an article on Organization in Business. Carnegie insists the work costs far more than standard payment, implying a price of five million dollars and then retracting the offer as untenable.
Puerto Rico shows a strong disposition toward practical matters with regular tourist traffic by automobile from San Juan to Ponce. A proposal to run powerful motor vehicles drawing trailers for freight on the same highways is under consideration as many roads are being improved and slow bull carts will vanish.
A dated report claims the Rothschilds along with the Bleichroeders and Oppenheimers form a cartel of Jewish financiers to withhold credit from Roumania as punishment for expelling Jews. The piece notes Roumania faces a forthcoming loan and that early moves by these financiers have damaged its reputation.
A Tennessee paper reports a single Dyer County tree yielding four cords of firewood three gallons of honey and five raccoons captured by a local citizen. The unusual haul highlights a curious rural bounty and showcases the citizen's unexpected forest abundance this season.
A Paris hoax claimed to hold 120 million francs locked in a safe left to Therese d Aurignac Humbert by Robert Henry Crawford. Over twenty years she borrowed millions from lenders, showed sealed envelopes as proof, and funded lavish purchases. When the safe opened it contained about 400 francs and a few jewels. Authorities arrested Humbert, her husband, sister, and two lawyers. Crawford relatives remained elusive. The affair, described as one of the era s greatest frauds, drew on court records and sensational speculation.
Thomas, tenth Earl of Dundonald recalls in the Autobiography of a Seaman a parrot on the Hind that learned the boatswain whistle. During a ladies visit, yardarm discipline hoisted several aboard, the parrot cried Let go as a woman was lowered, she fell into the sea and was rescued. The event nearly provoked a fatal outcome if the boatswain had not been ashore.
Mr Weddle visiting in Maine fell asleep during a long sermon and missed a hat mix up in church. His wife examined a nearby bonnet, he woke during collection looking at a deacon’s hat and declared his own gray fedora was missing, creating a sleepy misunderstanding.
Queen Victoria maintained active control of public affairs even after the Prince's death. The Court Circular notes were written by her and seen only by her, and she warned Sir Henry Ponsonby against seeking her advice. Historians may study her private governance, while George VIs papers remain largely unknown, as Browning notes.
The article argues Napoleon Bonaparte’s will mirrors Cecil Rhodes in wealth bequeathed, noting a private fortune around 40 million dollars from St. Helena exile. It claims exactions from conquered states reached about 675 million, six times the private gift after Austerlitz, portraying Napolean as the richest exile in history.
A historic Leominster specimen of the ducking stool, a punishment device for scolds and loud-tongued women, once used at the Priory Church. The Leominster stool was last recorded in 1800, with other examples remaining in Montgomery, Warwick, Portsmouth, and Leicestershire.
A promotional piece asserts nervous women suffer from catarrh and that Peruna cures catarrh anywhere. It quotes testimonials from Miss Lizzie Sneathing and Mrs. Alex Johnson and Mabel Meyers, urging readers to write Dr. Hartman for free advice and treatment details.
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