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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
2
The piece notes a global war mood with a proverb on money and virtue. It cites Russia planning a navy budget of 50 million dollars for the coming year and contrasts honest wealth with its misuses. It also mentions crimes of treasury theft in Glasgow and a claim about wireless telegraphy invention, plus a remark on plagiarism among writers.
The piece argues for a railroad system through Porto Rico to move coffee sugar and tobacco to the coast and bring supplies inland. It notes steep mountains and beaches as interior barriers, praises native oxen for current transport, and cites US wealth growth projections from 1890 to the late 1800s, highlighting vast wealth gains since 1800 and optimistic future figures per the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post.
J W Jagger reports on relative populations in South Africa with figures for Whites in the Cape Colony Bechuanaland Basutoland Orange Free State Natal and other areas totaling about 928 409 bound to English majorities if only adult males were counted. A separate note cites a lecture linking physics to lubrication, explaining oil films reduce metal wear and referencing Reynolds and notable scientists.
Evelyn Archer, poised and stylish, rejects engineer Dare Horton at a bustling station. She believes a husband should be socially elevated and overlooks his appeal. Amid tease from friends, she boards a journey with Kate Albee and Will Merrill while a bouquet from Dare hints at a future.
Evelyn Archer tends Dave Harrington after a fatal wreck that maims him. He survives, and his courage wins Evelyn’s love as they navigate life beyond danger. She accepts him fully, even if his future work may be humble, learning his steadfast character is worth any risk.
A Washington sculptor emphasizes that genuine portraiture requires studying a subject’s character as well as features. He notes lines of character emerge from dialogue and mood, not visible at first glance. The piece cites the Loulou Goal Tx change constructed of wood with inlays, including ebony and oak, with slabs totaling 4000 and items linked to Peter the Great and Tyne forest origins.
A Trenton American article sketches Boer home life in theTransvaal. It describes isolated farms, a domestic clerisy led by a patriarch, and a veiled, bonneted Boer woman. It portrays daily routines, church life, schooling, meals, and the courage of Boer women who defend homesteads and rear children to love freedom and fear God.
The article cites Captain E. E. Zalinski asserting a possible eighteen mile shot with current guns powder and projectiles. It notes the past record around fifteen miles and discusses future powder improvements to sustain uniform pressure from breech to muzzle. It also includes a humorous anecdote about a child on a streetcar and a proverb on a dray horse’s awkwardness.
Father Horovitzky explains Greek Orthodox betrothal and marriage rites in detail. The process includes rings, crowns, and elaborate prayers, with the couple exchanging vows in church before witnesses and a final kiss after blessing.
The czars rule by will alone naming successors like a barber and command an army of over 2.5 million. Their vast personal estate spans millions of acres of land and Siberian mines, wealth incalculable and largely unaccounted. Historical czars faced multiple assassinations including Peter III, Paul I, Alexander II, and Alexander III, whose fear of plots hastened his death. The czar also owns a vast jewelry collection valued for his wife’s use, not his.
In Oxford England excavations near the Bodleian and Sheldonian Theatre reveal traces of the city wall’s missing bastion and ancient tobacco pipes. The find spans sites from New College to Exeter College and Balliol opposite a Saxon tower church, noting the Bastion near Balliol housed Latimer and Ridley before their martyrdom.
The article argues Admiral McNair, commander of the Asiatic squadron before Dewey, could have remained in Asiatic waters if he had not objected to an early relief. It notes his prior Farragut training and bravery at Fort Fisher, suggesting naval officers believe he could have achieved similar glory, implying a price was paid for Dewey's ascent.
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