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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1899
Page
2
The Freeland Tribune discusses social progress including education and the rising influence of women, referencing New York World views and the Dry Goods Economist guidance. It links evolution in society to higher education, manners, and morale, suggesting business success hinges on careful analysis and steady effort.
A Washington artist of note carries a prosthetic tale after a painful fall and amputation. On a city streetcar a curious passenger presses for details and earns the reply that her missing leg dates to the Battle of Gettysburg.
A half remembered profile of Paul Kruger and Cecil Rhodes, detailing Kruger's enmity and Rhodes’s rise from modest beginnings to a sprawling empire. The piece paints Rhodes as the diamond and money king, a money getter who built a vast South African federation dream and a railway network, while Kruger is depicted as a towering Boer leader driven by hatred for England and a belief in American style governance.
Captain Charles A. Doll of the brig Motley recounts powerless efforts to rescue eight shipwrecked men during a hurricane off Cape Hatteras. He pursued the battered vessel for miles, but the storm drove them apart and the wreck vanished, leaving him with a grim memory of failure and the peril faced by passengers aboard.
ESOC dispatch from Cape Town reports a British military balloon division aiding operations against the Boers in the Transvaal. Balloons will discover hidden forces, observe movements, carry dispatches, and assist map making with vertically photographed terrain. Royal Engineers towers enable rapid reconnaissance while telegraph lines relay data to headquarters.
The village dramatic club staged a controversial performance by a traveling actor who insisted his method required actors to feel the emotions they express. The four act play The Avenger ended with escalating violence and chaos, leaving the troupe unsettled and the actor departed without settling bills. The scene sparked mixed reactions and the tavern owner recalled rheumatism skewing his view. Additionally, a note on artificial palms describes their lifelike construction and limited use in hotels and stores.
The New York World explains the Boer term trek as a journey or travel and notes its use for moving merchandise from Cape Town or Delagoa Bay into the interior. It describes how oppressed Boers trekked northward in three migrations seeking a land of freedom, termed the three treks.
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