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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1900
Page
3
The Swedish king Charles XII feared beauty above all and avoided anyone who might tempt him. When a blind octogenarian's daughter sought justice for maltreatment by soldiers, he considered hearing her case but refused to listen unless she wore a keg to prove she was beautiful.
A condensed news item notes Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham offering free advice to women from Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, citing Mrs. Chappell of Grant Park, IL. It also describes an Erie Canal pneumatic balance lock at Lockport NY, using two steel chambers with compressed air to lift or lower boats, replacing old stone locks.
A broad survey asserts that most nations within the last century copied English or American constitutions, praising British influence while noting rubber production shares and gas well declines in Kansas. The piece also touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy and mentions a Indiana woman who built a four-room house near Fountain Ferry Park.
Chestertown correspondence describes muskrats on the Eastern Shore constructing high marsh houses from flags grasses and mud. They align beds by rise of spring tides and breathe underwater via periodic air bubbles. The article notes legal protection and markets as fur, plus a cookable mock terrapin interpretation of the meat.
From Damascus comes word of a library treasure found after the 1401 sack, while a Journal LApiculteur notes a curious nightingale observation about drones and workers. Reports describe a Danes gallery at Tottenham marshes, New York mail facilities, a deadly fly bite at St Bartholomews, a tornado in Neodesha, and marital pressures on Pamunky Indian schoolteachers as the State board weighs the issue.
Household advice outlines choosing a silk hall shade in olive green deep yellow or rich dark red to regulate light and complement wall and woodwork. It notes lace sash curtains and ruby red glassware as elegant options, plus care for lacquered brass items and avoidance of fragile glass shapes.
High temp home kitchen notes list several recipes including Twin Mountain Muffins, Cocoa Omelet, Cucumber Fritters, Soft Gingerbread, and Rice Milanaise Pashion. Each item provides ingredient amounts and basic cooking steps such as mixing, baking, frying, and serving suggestions. The text reads like a period kitchen guide with practical measurements and directions.
A West Virginia reader recounts tremors and prostration affecting daily life and feeding, credits Dr. Greene's Nervara blood and nerve remedy with dramatic recovery after trying two bottles and purchasing two more. The note promotes free advice from Dr. Greene at 35 West 14th Street, New York City, urging the ill to seek help.
A Dublin producer fills a room with Irish peat used for carpets curtains and wall paper. He has long studied peat as fuel and now finds it can yield many fabrics. Separately, 1100 Chinese pupils at Queens College Hong Kong range from 9 to 23, with many supporting families and a yearly drop in marriage rates. the average age of students falls each year.
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