Freeland Tribune and Public Notices From 1900s
The Freeland Tribune lists subscription rates and instructions for payments and delivery. It also reports the Illinois Attorney General’s opinion on medical practice and Christian Science treatment, plus a note on Americans in Yokohama seeking support for a temporary reception hospital to aid sick soldiers and other travelers.
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Illinois
Akin
Yokohama
New York Evening Post
War Department
The Kimberley Diamond Mines and Cecil Rhodes Power
A historical overview of Kimberley as the center of Cecil Rhodes empire and the De Beers syndicate, detailing Rhodes rise from Oxford student to Cape Colony premier, the mine’s wealth, work conditions, wages, and security. It notes large-scale diamond production, theft penalties, model village Kenilworth, and the mine’s vast electrical and signaling infrastructure. It closes with reflections on war’s uncertain impact on diamond markets and broader politics in Africa.
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Kimberley
Cecil Rhodes
South Africa
Great Britain
Africa
Rhodes
Cape Colony
Oxford
Cape
Bishop Stortford
Natal
Lobengula
Transvaal
Brazil
Kimberly
Vaal
Orange Free State
de Beers
Imines
England
Kenilworth
Oriel College
Herbert
Cecil
Zambesi
Oldest Pictures of Mankind Unearthed in Egypt
Archaeologists in Egypt uncovered a potsherd depicting a man with a goatee and a woman with a prominent nose. Berlin archaeologist and a German savant deem the illustration the oldest known representations of mankind, dating at least 300 years earlier than prior finds. The owners call the relic “The First Man and Woman.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Berlin
New York Fashions Show Raglan Coats and Velvet Trim
The New York fashion page surveys the season with Raglan shoulder coats, full-box shapes, and velvet bands. It notes tailored pockets, lace trims, and black velvet in gowns, with bangs replacing pompadours and a pouch back hairstyle. Descriptions include two vivid ensembles, a blue cloth suit with braid, and a Dresden-blue satin robe with green velvet details.
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New Yorke
Raglan
New York Sun
Dry Goods Economist
Dresden
Cultivate Imagination in Children Says Soro sis Group
Eminent members of Soro sis in New York City urge the cultivation of children's imagination. They argue that imaginative books like Robinson Crusoe and Swiss Family Robinson inspire lasting moral and spiritual fancies and should be read during a child’s plastic years to build a strong moral foundation.
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Sorosis
New York City
Elnb
Minnow Bait Boom At St Louis Shops
Charley Schuler showcases a vast minnow display in St Louis with about 18 000 fish ready for big bait. Cool weather aids survival while Schuler coordinates 75 000 to 100 000 minnows weekly from multiple wagons and trains. Lehnler, stocking ponds a year and a half ago, notes rapid growth and a four million minnow harvest since spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Schuler
St. Lonia
Schuler
Lehnler
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Desirable Glove Improves Leather for Glove Manufacture
A glove maker near Carlsbad Germany developed a process to manufacture glazed leather for gloves that resists washing without fading its color remains pliant and withstands heat and wear.
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Carlsbad
Germany
Old Style Rules Clash Over Typewritten Messages
A royal decree bans typewritten documents from the queen’s communications while the ezur fna praises the typewriter, owning a golden type bar machine framed with pearls. The piece notes the contrast between traditional royal practice and new mechanical writing.
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Ezur Fna
Barber Shop Comment Sparks Dentist Chair Humor
A brief quip from Smithy as he exits a barber shop. He jokes the shave felt like entering a dentist chair, while Jonesy asks if it hurt. Smithy explains he had to take gas, eliciting light banter in a Philadelphia Bulletin-style “The Barber Talked.”
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Smithy
Jonesy
Philadelphia Bulletin
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Freeland Tribune
THE
Tribune Printing Company, Limited
Orvick
Marx Stumet Anoye Cestue
Freeland
John Gilmer Speed
Ainslee
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Indiana
Texas
Ohio
Montana
Rhode Island
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
North Dakota
Wyoming
Washington
Towa
Oregon
Kafpir Police
Stormington Barnes
Puck
Paris
Capital
Parisienne
New York
Metropolis
Ecru Guipure
Trincess
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