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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1902
Page
3
A Parisian view explains how in France a prospective groom must obtain formal consent from his father and mother, with a lengthy procedure across four months. The process involves family intermediaries and staged meetings at the Opera Comique to assess the match before any proposal.
In Rome and Naples there are factories creating ancient art relics by commission. Bronze Aphrodite statuettes are produced, and tourists were duped by bogus items sold as priceless Macedonian relics. An odd relic was sent to the Athens museum but was detected as a fake by experts who alerted Italian authorities.
Dr. Steiner describes a Java technique to induce sleep by compressing the carotid arteries. The operator sits behind the patient and applies pressure with the index and middle fingers, compressing the carotids toward the spine. He claims the procedure is harmless, anesthesia is rapid, and the patient awakens promptly without aftereffects.
A collection of home tips includes a clam soup recipe with steps for using clam liquor and milk, guidance on repairing broken china with white lead, a method to make waterproof glue from milk and white glue, stain removal for old lace using oxalic acid and careful washing, and mildew treatment with alcohol on blotting paper.
A collection of practical tips for renovating brass chandeliers washing prints in hot brine preserving jelly molds cleaning wallpaper and furniture care including rust removal and drying towels. It also notes an art decorative cushion cover in pink and white denim and ends with a proverb about compassion for the underdog.
A historical survey details bullets staying in brains for decades with little or no impact on intelligence and behavior. It cites cases from 19th century wars and hospital reports, including a Vienna cadet losing manners after bullet extraction and patients walking to hospitals after head wounds.
A London Sketch correspondent describes a Paris scene with English rat pit racing at Chalet du Cycle in Bois de Boulogne, heavy bets on two dogs and a notorious cockfighting club near the Odeon. He mentions a barbarous rata ritual at the Halles with a wine shop opening and victims burned as spectators applaud.
A smoker who fills four medium pipes daily for 20 years would produce about 20,440,000 smoke clouds. Each pipe yields 700 clouds, totaling 4 pipes per day and many decades of smoking.
The article recounts Gordie a brave Union New Jersey woman who outwitted British troops during revolutionary times. It details her clever trap using a cellar trap door to capture British soldiers while her stuttering husband signaling by quietly repeating Gordie’s phrase. The tale highlights her household skills and wartime deftness and ends with a rural proverb about fishing.
The article notes copra from dried cocoanuts remains costly despite vast plantings. It details export growth from Africa and the West Indies, shipboard losses from beetles, and processing into oil, glycerin, and stearine. It suggests copra as a potential ship fuel due to fierce heat, easy storage, and little ash, despite higher price.
A logger in a Portland hotel recounts a tale of a legendary wildcat mine near a logging camp on the lower Columbia. Prospectors abandoned coal workings after cats moved in. a bear hunter killed twenty seven wildcats, dynamite cleared the tunnel, and tons of cats were expelled in the blast. The miner adds that coal miners face oppression.
John H. Converse, president of Baldwin Locomotive Works, described in a blunt interview that his chief challenge is getting his workers to perform a day’s work. Also notes the African grain output, with 40,000 bags of mealies shipped since October to Pretoria and Johannesburg.
City editor condemns a young man after a report from a convention notes silence lasting ten minutes. The desk man points out it was a women’s convention, rendering the line inappropriate for publication.
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