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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1900
Page
2
A judge who saves an American heiress from losing millions restores them to her anxious family. The piece praises restraint and chivalry in a courtly tale. President Jones of Hobart College laments lavish college luxuries for undergraduates and argues professors deserve fair salaries.
Scientists reveal a liquid air technique to freeze ammunition on warships to hundreds of degrees below zero, preventing detonation even if a shell bursts in the magazine. The approach could drastically reduce battlefield magazine explosions, prompting awe at the potential of new science.
Chief of Engineers Wilson underscores coast defense as the top issue in the annual report. He notes Spain war urgency sped work, now ten years in earnest, with fifty percent complete. Twenty five major harbors already boast heavy guns and mortars enough to deter naval attack. Plans call for many more guns.
A Christmas Eve train tale follows Ben the train boy aboard the 7 30 Worcester local. Two striking workers confront a railway president determined to reach Edgetown and reunite with family as sweets and parcels travel in a tense holiday mood.
In a tense rescue on a midwestern line, Ben and a railroad president assume control when a train stalls between Sandsville and Henderson. With a hostile crowd threatening violence at Mendelson, the pair improvise as brakemen and conductors, aiming to pass through Henderson and reach Edgetown without stopping. The crowd guns and bricks rise as the engineer’s determined face appears under coal dust.
In a dramatic old story a 16 year old boy named Ben stops a rail car strike by arming a loaded shotgun and convincing workers to spare the engine. The president later rewards him with $500 and a promise of future duties on the line. The tale spans treachery, courage, and a community Christmas.
The New York Sun reports on Nicholas Scalp, a quiet Norwegian sailor once aboard the Maine, who killed himself at 287 Union Street Brooklyn. He kept a fur mitten bag with seventeen coins, tied to a romance with an Esquiman girl and their child, a memory from Arctic voyages aboard the Bache.
On a Cleveland side street two dogs, a dignified hound and a small fox terrier, are inseparable friends. When a third terrier challenged them, the big dog watched as the fight began, then intervened decisively, sending the aggressor away and comforting his terrier companion. The pair remained devoted, the little dog now more meek and obedient.
A man proposes and is gently rejected by a woman who cites risks to both futures. He thanks her in good humor as she explains their lives cannot be joined. The scene shifts to a noveldrafting remark about avoiding clichés. Nearby, reports note many sheep and hogs killed on the Virginia South Carolina border by wolfdog like creatures.
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