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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1899
Page
3
An old time newspaper promo page describes ten week trials for a penny press with mining news and illustrated scenery, plus stories of love and adventure. Also includes medical ads and a miscellany of anecdotes, poems, and reader notes from the era.
A New York City fashion column reviews hat design trends, noting amateur milliners struggle with messy styles. It highlights the latest cloak shape in crepe de Chine, corset influence on silhouette, and heavy use of sequins. Skirt silhouettes favor tight hips with flared bottoms and a seamless circular shape, promising slimming effects for varied figures.
A collection of humorous and promotional bits from a newspaper page includes jokes about married life and family, old ad prompts inviting readers to ask grocers about starch premiums, and a shop clerk pun. Also features a spoof about kidney pills and a German study note on rheumatism among seafaring men.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a perpetual cure for constipation with a money back guarantee. The piece blends other period notes on dress codes in hotels and late 19th century rail construction projects along the Baltimore and Ohio lines, mentioning bridges, rails, sidings, and yard work in Indiana and Illinois. It closes with a Mint scene in New Orleans where silver bars are refined and show rainbow sheens from micro flakes during cooling.
Practical tips on preventing juice loss from fruit tarts in ovens, preserving gooseberries, testing and cooking eggs, a Cuban salad for Thanksgiving, and preparing beef tea. Includes method details for extracting juice, sterilizing bottles, and serving guidance.
The guide urges gentle care for the ill through pleasant food, regular small portions, and neat presentation. It recommends cheerful greetings, freshening the patient, avoiding disliked items, and supplying hot drinks and nourishing fluids at set times, including night feeds when needed.
Dr Schjerning notes 950 TB cases among 514,830 soldiers and a decline in deaths from 42 per thousand in 1892 to 24 per thousand in 187. The piece also touts Circulated praise for Cascarets candy and prints a brief anecdote about a Florida girl surviving an alligator attack with presence of mind.
An English correspondent in France notes 20 000 top French families divided over the Dreyfus affair as bitterly as any matter, reflecting deep social strains. A stray tobacco ad and an England England pauper ratio remark follow, illustrating varied topics in the page.
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