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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1901
Page
2
In a comic exchange two men plot a marriage proposal to Miss Lovelton. One will pose as a tramp to distract her dog the bull terrier that hates him, while the other awaits a call to intervene. A humorous misstep swaps awkward lines about laying affection at her feet.
A humorous exchange unfolds in a downtown Chicago bank as a man asks the teller what he tells. The teller replies customers with no business should move to the farthest extremity and take a seat, delivering a sharp quip about banking etiquette.
Wise by Experience notes Mrs Hasher lets boarders vote on how to cook the turkey. The outcome shows the group, guided by experience, decided to use every method: boiled roasted broiled fried stewed and fricasseed. Candy and nuts at Keiper's.
An unnamed climber recalls painting a Massachusetts chimney top during a hot summer. He describes blistering heat at the cap, a flaming furnace below, and a desperate escape using a worn undershirt to grip the hook before sliding down to safety.
In a Rhenish Westphalian district a custom gathers veteran smokers in a public hall to compete for prizes by smoking the longest. Each uses a pipe with a huge bowl and equal tobacco. the winner is who smokes on after others stop. Windows open but dense smoke fools the fire brigade into extinguishing perceived flames.
A Peruvian scholar outlines a concise political arc from primitive Asiatic origins and Manco Capac to the Inca theocracy, Spanish conquest under Pizarro, fourteen viceroys and medieval darkness, independence led by San Martin, Bolivar and Sucre, and a republic followed by instability and the Chilean war shaping the future.
An overweight, out of breath actor in a military play is booed by the gallery. He loses temper near the end when his onstage death panting elicits a quip about his bellows. A heckling spectator retorts with the corpse telling him to respect the dead.
The strongest animals survive on vegetable food. The lion’s ferocity, not its raw strength, makes it formidable. An elephant can match several lions and is a vegetarian. Fast, enduring animals like the horse, reindeer, and antelope are also vegetarians.
A Country Life in America excerpt explains frog eggs as tiny black beads in jelly. As water warms development begins, tadpoles grow lungs and lose tails, then legs appear and they become frogs. The life story emphasizes survival from birth to adulthood through daily experience.
The article explains that proper breathing is vital for health and life. It stresses breathing mainly through the nose to warm and purify air, reducing dust irritation and infection from mouth breathing. It describes nasal passageways as shaping air before it reaches the lungs, with nostril breathing improving temperature and cleanliness.
The piece traces an ancient custom of throwing shoes at brides and grooms as they depart for their wedding. It links the practice to various origins including relics of conquest, dowry exchanges, and Jewish law. It cites Deuteronomy and Ruth to illustrate shoe symbolism in severing or asserting household authority.
A Russian nobleman woke at midnight to find his serfs, now free, leaving him in a forest. They guided him home and warned about the horses as they vanished. The note recalls Lincoln's inauguration the day after the emancipation.
A New York Telegram critique cites Magistrate Mott claiming women swear to things they believe, while men must know them first. The piece suggests a coming reaction from women to such remarks and questions whether women are liar by nature or circumstance.
Professor N R Leonard, newly named head of the mining college at Butte, Montana, followed a physician's tonic of beer to gain energy. He tried a bottle but found it nauseating, taking only a spoonful before meals and quickly stopping the regimen.
Mrs. Emmons Blaine of Chicago abandoned her relays of servants after a failed scheme to time their hours. She retired to the country this summer utterly worn out by the effort. She plans to return to Chicago this winter, but the house will stay closed and meals will be eaten at a restaurant. Now she will rely on apartment house attendants for service. It seems the only way to end the servant question is to get rid of the servants.
Signor Mosso argues few attempt to climb Earth’s highest peaks due to fear of rarefied air. He claims health-allowing acclimatization is possible and cites his experiments. Birds reach 29 000 feet, suggesting gradual human ascent could follow a similar pace.
In London a veteran actor recalls Fechter's Hamlet as the standard shape others failed to match, while a Carnarvon writer reports a colossal eight foot shark caught near East London South Africa that recently swallowed a soldier whole, with uniform and body largely intact.
Tim Murphy confronts a shopkeeper over a missing receipt for a small debt. The proprietor refuses to issue receipts and redraws the accounts, claiming the debt settled. Pat contests the claim and exposes the lack of a formal receipt. The shopkeeper finally issues receipts for small amounts.
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