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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1900
Page
3
An old patent medicine advertisement defends Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as a straight medicine with sixty years of cures, urging buyers to consult doctors and return money if won’t help. The copy stresses honesty, warns against exaggerated claims, and notes the manufacturer J C Ayer Company of Lowell Massachusetts.
A London Chronicle note recalls Mark Twain in Ballarat puzzled by the local slang. a Ballarat mayor’s brief exchange led to a quip about welcome and thanks. A Scottish church gifts funds for a continental holiday, sparking a wry remark about the minister and congregation’s weariness in Germany.
Farmers of Dubuque county Ta band together to guard remaining game. Owners of 700 acres form a compact to prevent further violations of game laws with more joining daily.
A historic note cites 349 abandoned farms in Rhode Island per the official state catalogue. Report highlights economic decline and addresses the broader context of land abandonment across the state. The item reflects on demographics and agricultural shifts shaping regional planning and policy.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr. Greene's Nervara blood and nerve remedy as universally beneficial for women across life stages. It claims quick, lasting effects against nervous exhaustion, overwork, grief, and disease, and promises beauty maintenance through daily use. Consultations offered at 35 West 14th Street New York City by call or mail.
Sailor, a wise dog and assistant lighthouse keeper on Wood Island off Maine, rings the bell to salute passing vessels. He learned young, travels with keeper Thomas Orcutt, and serves as messenger at mealtimes while delivering letters and small items.
A frontier officer, inspired by dogs used by the German army, trained parrots to guard his tent. He found thieves nearby and the parrots’ alarm prompted the brigadier general to suggest that half a dozen parrots trained to cry Halt Who goes there would make an effective sentry.
An extended exploration of plant competition across ages, detailing how leaves and seeds act as weapons, the shapes and terms botanists assign to plant defenses, and comparisons to human warfare. It recounts eucalyptus leaf projects, coconuts, and fortifying hedges, linking botanical strategy to historic defense ideas. It also traces the origin of the term ghetto through inclusion of Venice and Rome Jewish quarters.
In Germany the issue of gentle women earning their living is in its infancy. Upper-class girls rarely work unless poverty forces them. By contrast English girls often work independently. Signs of change appear in contemporary German literature.
A young wife tells her husband she crafted the slippers themselves, including buying the uppers, Mary sewing them, paying a man to sole them, and adding bows. The husband praises her talent and the wife expresses pride in her handiwork.
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