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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1902
Page
2
The navy department experimented with a tracer that makes a shell visible to the gunner at night while remaining unseen by the target. The device involves a burning composition in the shell base.
Blanche Walsh stars in Daughter of Harmilcar while Ressie De Wolf gains Alerkan rights to Mrs Willoughbys Kiss. Thomas Jefferson performs Rip Van Winkle on the Pacific coast. Richard Golden finds success with Foxy Quiller at Len Stern’s. William A Brady seeks a theater concession for Way Lown East at the St Louis exposition. Helen Grantley shelves Her Lord and Master and continues The Gind Die Judge with Clyde Pitel. Henry Miller buys Talurit Harding Davis dramatization and plans a first of year production. Sherrie Matthews, ex partner of Ha Bulger, suffers another paralytic stroke and rests in an Indianapolis sanitarium.
Horse racing notes from Memphis and Kentucky include Prince Alert pacing near 2:00, Lord Allerton a bay yearling by Allerton, and plans to revive trotting at Louisville with a driving club to control Douglas track for a fall meeting. J J Bunnell buys two Ashland Wilkes offspring, A TE Morrill purchases Erskine Reed, and Ferenc Dana Walnut Hall records 2:08 and 2:00% in 1902 with Benyon driving many sub 2:10 efforts.
Captain George B. Chadwick of Yale is praised as a superb all around football player. His leadership helped Yale finish the season with a splendid record, and he is noted as the brother of Charles Chadwick, a former prominent Yale figure.
Captain B. Chadwick of Yale, from Brooklyn, learned football on a preparatory team. He starred against Princeton and Harvard, making Yale’s only two touchdowns in the Princeton game. He is slated for a halfback spot on the All America team of 1902 as Yale defeats Princeton and Harvard crown eastern champion. Michigan holds western title.
Jim Doherty the Australian champion arrives seeking a fight and a meeting with Gus Roblin or Denver Ed Martin, with Billy Madden arranging a chance and Sam Fitzpatrick as manager. Doherty may target lighter rivals first. Roblin wants the clash. Also notes horse aging patterns and McGovern Jordan fight offer from the National Sporting Club in London and a purchase by John Splan of Mary Wagner.
The Monk's Owner Fred Gerken, once a leading figure in New York speedway and lover of The Monk, now devotes his leisure to Russian Trotting saddle horses. American bred trotters have flourished on Russian tracks this year, and the top four year old trotter is by Alvin, no American stallion.
Stephen Bell cites a New York Times editorial praising nonunion miners for claiming the right to work when possible. He argues their stance equates to master permission and contrasts it with union advocacy, urging equal duties on landowners and criticizing both sides for blocking work.
Eugene E. Schmitz of San Francisco urged unions in Chicago to elect a fellow laborer as mayor, a prediction likely challenged by observers. George J. Thompson, narrowly defeated for the senate by 33 votes, doubts the labor vote’s strength, citing district splits between silk stocking areas and union strongholds. Thompson’s unionism is seen as a handicap, though labor supporters claim 200,000 votes in Cook County.
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America will publish a book detailing the coal strike and its labor capital relations. He initially refused offers from lecture bureaus and publishers to focus on his organization but agreed with a Chicago firm to edit and prepare the manuscript for release within about two months. The work will offer an inside history without betraying confidences.
Robert Hunter denounces child labor as a crime against humanity. He argues that in industrial nations children, often infants, are taken from homes and sold for pitiful wages into factory and mine slavery. He calls for outlawing the system and granting children inalienable rights of childhood.
A Philadelphia lawyer told how the expression "to feel like 30 cents" began. In New York a vagrant law and the idea of visible means of support led two gamblers to fame through a court plea. The lawyer paid their rolls, they claimed not vagrants, and the line arose as they left for a saloon.
A Jaubert method uses oxylithe, a sodium or potassium peroxide, made cheaply by electrochemical means. When mixed with water it releases oxygen, enabling divers to stay underwater longer. Two to three ounces can supply enough oxygen for about an hour, with carbonic oxide redirected from the lungs back to the generator.
The Indian traveler described the grand lama as an eight year old child with a fair complexion and Aryan features despite oblique eyes. He noted fatigue from ceremonies and ascetic duties, a yellow miter and mantle, crossed legs, joined palms, a throne draped in silk scarves, and dignified state officers moving about.
The Chinese government conferred the Double Dragon order on Dr. Samuel L. Gracey American consul at Puchan The decoration features a silver star center sapphire top pink coral blue enamel dragons and inscriptions In Mantehoo The award is worn from a yellow ribbon bow Congress must grant leave for acceptance
The London Express notes divorce cases in England are down from last year with 159 in the list, including 128 divorce petitions, 12 judicial separations, and 4 restitution of conjugal rights. Of the petitions for divorce 95 are by husbands and 48 by wives. undefended cases rise and 22 petitions are to be contested.
Dr Reynolds, Chicago health commissioner, warns that pneumonia now ranks as the most widespread and deadly acute disease in parts of the United States. He urges not neglect of any cold, calling it timely advice for this season.
Dr Miles promotes a new treatment for heart and nervous disorders claiming twenty five years of study and thousands cured. He offers free trials valued at four dollars and cites testimonials from Col N G Parker Prof J Jewell plus multiple cured patients. Free references and locations in Chicago.
The Electrical World and Engineer reports Japan uses X ray machines from a Philadelphia firm to combat coin theft at government mints. Employees may be unexpectedly scanned to deter loss of gold dollars, with officials calling individuals for tests when needed.
A collection of items from Warsaw Russia notes Chopin statue preservation efforts and a Moscow hospital founded by local women. It mentions Russian cattle exports, a Sibiu to England cold storage line, Prefect Louhet leaving 25 000 rubles unused for the poor, and a planned rent free housing project. The Prag river dredging opens navigation and Odessa grain port prospects.
A terse column offers cautious parenting guidance. It warns against rushing milestones, urges patience with crying, toys, walking, and talking, and praises simple rag dolls. It notes overprotection may cause restlessness and emphasizes letting natural development occur. It ends with a nod to grandmothers as potential mothers.
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