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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1902
Page
2
A cryptic verse references bold acts and bloodied defense within a war context. It notes confusion over South American factions and implies a hero’s struggle, though the exact sides remain unclear. The piece evokes conflict without naming specifics or dates.
Horace Norcliffe the banker wakes to find an intruder Jedrey who demands £20000 money to quiet a living wife Alice. A covert meet leads Horace to a trap revealing Alice is alive and married to Jedrey, and George Grimmell exposes the con in a tense clash.
A silent bidding auction uses slips placed in a box to determine the highest bidder. Dooley, a dog owned by a St Louis woman, rode a Pullman pass from New York to St Louis with stops at Atlantic City and Hot Springs. An old Spanish warship was found off Messina, along with seven foot guns bearing 1632. Local Canarsie legends claim a house deed was written on a clam shell. Curious wedding customs in China include a ceremony with a red flower vase representing a deceased groom. Persian letter addresses from Calcutta reveal quaint post office language and ceremonial instructions.
A New York Tribune excerpt argues for hospital staffs uniforms under city control. It claims uniforms improve discipline, reduce friction, and help identify staff, including doctors and patients, likening it to railroads adopting distinct garb to avoid confusion. The piece endorses universal adoption where not yet required.
For two years Louisiana has used molasses to feed horses, mules, and stock, with nine tenths of draught animals in the sugar district benefiting. A new factory produces 150 tons daily of a molasses-based cattle food mixed with corn or oats, drying into a powder, easing handling and expanding use beyond New Orleans and sugar areas.
A survey of wedding traditions mentions flowers strewn before brides and a Persian fruit tree game where guests must gift doubly valued items. It notes jasmine wreaths in Tuscany and a legend of a gardener’s romance that led to jasmine wealth and marriage.
The Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post argues coal at 205 a ton will doom engagements this winter. Couples delay weddings as prices rise and comfort costs mock romance, with stern parents enforcing early curfews as monetary strain spreads to parlor life and spring marriages.
The body of Captain Richard Marsden, harbor master at Gravesend for nineteen years, was committed to the deep off the Goodwin Sands. Marsden was born and married at sea. The piece notes that deep sea water for study is collected using specially prepared bottles.
In the New York Tribune piece a farmer notes that specialization grows across professions yet farming remains broadly general. It highlights several local growers: Jones the plum man with a thriving plum orchard. King the honey man with meticulous frames. Smith who ships clean seed wheat to Virginia. Wilson the Corn man with unconventional methods. and Hawkins, famed for experimental crops like kale and gorghum. The narrative praises diverse, measured experimentation and the payoff of focused persistence in farming.
Vaughan Cornish reports snow phenomena across Canada with towering snow mushrooms in the Selkirks and bare prairie drifts while Paris endures four street battles at night with revolvers and empty cartridge cases littering pavements as lamps are dimmed and cafes empty. Tavie Vader Armes notes the gangs claim only rival plans and urge staying out of fire.
A note on the planned demolition of Cuvier’s impressive cabinet of comparative anatomy in Paris begun in 1796 and completed after twenty one years. Among its prized pieces are embalmed rhinoceros remains once housed at Versailles and visited by Louis XIV. The specimen was saved from revolutionary mob anger in 1798.
Profess or Osborn from the Museum of Natural History reports discovering three toed horse fossils supported by the William C Whitney fund. Fossils include a herd of five. one skeleton nearly complete, others fragmented. They have been shipped to the insetum for study, promising progress in American horse history.
The British Medical Journal suggested a GP average income of 2000 dollars, a figure relayed by papers amid ridicule and indignation. General practitioners say few earn that much after years of effort, and competition in an overcrowded profession makes such inflated estimates cruel.
Stamps found in England show Romans used tablets to treat vision problems. The dedicament specified the remedy aim and the stamps targeted ocular diseases. Preparations hardened with grit or viscous substances could liquefy when needed, echoing today’s triturated compressed tablets as a revival of an ancient practice.
In a courtroom exchange the speaker notes his gray hair will stay gray while the opposing counsel’s hair remains black due to dye. The comment underscores courtroom tensions and personal remarks during proceedings.
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