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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1902
Page
4
A reader recalls a peaceful shopping memory at an East Norley general emporium. The scene unfolds with a tired shopper savoring calm amid bustling city stores as clerks fumble for tools and a ribbon purchase turns into a humorous derailed search.
The piece offers guidance on orchard planning by variety, soil use for pots with leaf mold, weakening rosebushes revived by liquid manure, and early fruit supply from small fruits. It advises irregular borders, careful watering for pot plants, and proper drainage with broken pot fragments to prevent sour soil and yellow leaves.
A New York lawyer recalls threatening to sue a Vermont fel low for $10 owed to a client. The man asked what good suing would do, and the lawyer replied it would recover the money. The other man then offered to double the claim, but the lawyer abandoned the effort and lost hope of collection.
Testimony before the commission describes miners at Coxe Bros. & Co. facing low wages, long hours, docking of pay, and blacklistings. Wives like Mrs. Mary Boland recount poverty as families of seven rely on meager earnings from Coxe mines. The proceedings feature W. H. Dottrey and Mike Middlick detailing layoffs, reemployment refusals, and alleged injustices at Eckley and Derringer locations.
December 6 Masquerade ball hosted by the Happy Farmer Club at Dinkelacker's hall Butlervalley. Tickets priced at 25 cents.
A quip from Brooklyn Life about marital storage roles. A husband asserts no space for books while the wife preserves items “too good to be destroyed” yet not useful, in a humorous exchange about domestic storage habits. The exchange highlights gendered views of household belongings and valuation of objects.
An account from Company A, Third Maryland, details the execution of Thompson a deserter who earlier served as a Confederate officer and navy officer. His execution followed a tense scene with his own gambling guards including his brother Tip and a $500 bribe. The firing squad finally killed him as the coffin opened before the shot.
The article describes threading a fine hair through a walnut without boring a hole. It notes the walnut contains tiny through passages and the trick relies on patient gentle guidance along a minute crevice. Success may occur on the first try or after many attempts.
A brief Chicago News humorous exchange about a politician and the idea that no politicians are certain. A grocery man tells a story, interrupted by a disappointed office seeker.
Adam had no friends urging him how to raise his boys, a curious note in the Chicago Record Herald reflecting on parental choices and lonely guidance.
Mrs Worth explains the Nathan Hale statue to her son Tommy in City Hall Park. Tom asks why Hale was tied and killed and whether the bronze figure can move. The exchange reflects a child’s blunt inquiry into the historical execution and the mother’s attempts to answer.
A young lawyer cross examines an old farmer witness in a murder trial. The farmer admits no watch and says he inferred noon, then returns home to find dinner time at 2:30. The kitchen clock has allegedly shown 2:30 for three years, undermining the timing testimony.
A reflective column notes the old world’s brightness fading yet surviving. It argues the charity of society masks sin while many dwell on the past and miss warning signs like a coming train. The piece evokes Atlanta Constitution style with thoughtful caution.
A suited young man angrily protests being mistaken for a waiter twice, enraging the restaurant proprietor who vows to curb the misidentifications or risk losing staff. The exchange captures a humorous yet serious dispute over mistaken identity.
A six month bride reveals to her mother that her husband no longer shows affection. The moment of truth comes when she notices he stopped leaving any change in his pockets, signaling a shift in their relationship.
A San Francisco Chronicle cartoon caption collection features dialogue on the custom of shaking hands. A pun exchanges between a friend and an old man mocks social rituals while a Yonkers Sutesman quip jokes about a strong box and a limburger-smelling home.
Fred Lennox joins Bargo master company as Pearl Sanders seals The Silver Slipper with John Fisher. Arthur Byron named leading man for Mary Mannerley. Henry W. Savage runs five companies touring nationwide. Bristol premieres Mr. Wilson Barretts The Christian King. Grace Van Studdiford ends Bostonians season with European engagement. Orisha Worden plays Nakahira in Around the World In Eighty Days. Lewis Waller gains British rights to M. Beaucaire for London staging. Edgar Selden buys Death by Own Action Club rights for a stage version.
A quip from the Atchison Globe notes a convict's motto as a humorous line about living today and tomorrow. The piece then mocks cynicism about memory, secrecy, class courtesy, and marriage fashion, ending with a brief exchange about mottos.
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