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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1902
Page
2
A nostalgic poem recalls vows from childhood between a girl and boy. The speaker reflects on past affection, shared games, and promises to marry as they grew older. Time has pulled them apart, yet memories of youth linger in the couple’s distant reveries.
A suspenseful first person tale recounts a small town bank burglary plan. The narrator describes casing a bank, drilling a three wheel combination lock, and a ruse with the president to gain access. The heist ends abruptly as plans unravel and the culprits leave by train, never pursued by the press.
The London Mail complains Londoners waste years in needless tasks and contrasts them with New York free of such delays. It notes Suez Canal dredging raises maximum ship draught from twenty-five feet seven inches to twenty-six feet three inches this year and records forty four vessels using the improvement in early 1902, with the Japanese battleship Hatsuse noted for breadth of seventy six feet six inches.
A pale yellow 400 carat diamond, found in a Kimberley area mine, is described as octahedral in form. The owner placed the gem in a local bank safe amid great excitement. Government duties may take about half the value, with experts estimating substantial wealth.
A learning piece on grammar outlines the nine parts of speech with examples. It then describes a classroom science trick with electricity involving a bottle, cork, thread and pin, promising a cut thread illusion without opening the bottle.
A fragment list cites a Missing Sweethearts Puzzle explaining an electrocution trick with a postal card and a moving cane. It then details a Camp Rammock trick using sunlight to burn thread through a bottle and mentions a boy’s Camel composition. The passage closes with Tommy Atkins’ kitten rescue vignette from Spectator style prose.
Instructions describe breaking barrels, removing nails, drilling holes, and lacing rope to create a hammock. The piece then shifts to a 1901 Southampton barracks fire tale where a private rescues a tortoiseshell kitten amid smoke and flames, earning cheers for bravery.
A collage of light hearted quips and jokes from multiple papers with satirical lines about debt, social memory, gossip, marriage, and courtship. Notable lines include a debt joke, a misquoted aphorism, and playful exchanges about marriage, voting rights, and social status.
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